Concise review: Self-renewal in the central nervous system: Neural stem cells from embryo to adult

Stem Cells Translational Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 298-308

  De Filippis, Lidia ^a   Binda, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Neural stem cell; Stem cell expansion; Stem cell transplantation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CD133 ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MYC PROTEIN; NESTIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3, 4, 5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR; PROTEIN P53; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GLIOMA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL RESEARCH; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BRAIN TUMOR; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GLIOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NEURAL STEM CELLS;

EID: 85047688761     PISSN: 21576564     EISSN: 21576580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2011-0045     Document Type: Review

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