Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 6 , Pages 2063-2073.e4 , December 2009

Expansion and Differentiation of Neural Progenitors Derived From the Human Adult Enteric Nervous System

  • Marco Metzger

      Affiliations

    • Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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  • Petra M. Bareiss

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Anatomy, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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  • Timm Danker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrophysiology, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Germany
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  • Silvia Wagner

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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  • Joerg Hennenlotter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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  • Elke Guenther

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrophysiology, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Germany
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  • Florian Obermayr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Children′s Hospital Tuebingen, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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  • Arnulf Stenzl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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  • Alfred Koenigsrainer

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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  • Thomas Skutella

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Anatomy, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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  • Lothar Just

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Anatomy, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Lothar Just, PhD, Institute of Anatomy, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, Eberhardt-Karls-University Tuebingen, Oesterbergstrasse 3, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany. fax: (49) 7071-29-5124

Received 13 February 2008 ,Accepted 10 June 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.06.038

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 6 , Pages 2063-2073.e4 , December 2009

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