Open AccessNestin-positive progenitor cells isolated from human fetal pancreas have phenotypic markers identical to mesenchymal stem cells
Author(s) -
Ling Zhang,
Tianpei Hong,
Jiang Hu,
Yinan Liu,
Yonghua Wu,
Lingsong Li
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i19.2906
Subject(s) - biology , stem cell , progenitor cell , nestin , microbiology and biotechnology , cd90 , pdx1 , stem cell marker , cd34 , pancreas , cellular differentiation , cd44 , cell , islet , endocrinology , insulin , neural stem cell , biochemistry , genetics , gene
To isolate nestin-positive progenitor cells from human fetal pancreas and to detect their surface markers and their capability of proliferation and differentiation into pancreatic islet endocrine cells in vitro.