***Article 1
Total Cites: 2566
Article Title: Multilineage potential of adult human mesenchymal stem cells
Authors: Pittenger, MF, Mackay, AM, Beck, SC, Jaiswal, RK, Douglas, R, Mosca, JD, Moorman, MA, Simonetti, DW, Craig, S, Marshak, DR
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 284
Page: 143-147
Year: 1999
Addresses:
· OSIRIS THERAPEUT, Baltimore, MD, USA
· JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, Sch Med, Baltimore, MD, USA
· Osiris Therapeut, 2001 Aliceanna St, Baltimore, MD, USA

***Article 2
Total Cites: 1704
Article Title: Embryonic stem cell lines derived from human blastocysts
Authors: Thomson, JA, Itskovitz-eldor, J, Shapiro, SS, Waknitz, MA, Swiergiel, JJ, Marshall, VS, Jones, JM
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 282
Page: 1145-1147
Year: 1998
Addresses:
· UNIV WISCONSIN, Wisconsin Reg Primate Res Ctr, Madison, WI, USA
· TECHNION ISRAEL INST TECHNOL, Fac Med, Dept Gynecol & Obstet, Rambam Med Ctr, Haifa, Israel
· UNIV WISCONSIN, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Madison, WI, USA
· Univ Wisconsin, Wisconsin Reg Primate Res Ctr, 1223 Capitol Court, Madison, WI, USA

***Article 3
Total Cites: 1351
Article Title: Pluripotency of mesenchymal stem cells derived from adult marrow
Authors: Jiang, YH, Jahagirdar, BN, Reinhardt, RL, Schwartz, RE, Keene, CD, Ortiz-gonzalez, XR, Reyes, M, Lenvik, T, Lund, T, Blackstad, M, Du, JB, Aldrich, S, Lisberg, A, Low, WC, Largaespada, DA, Verfaillie, CM
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 418
Page: 41-49
Year: 2002
Addresses:
· UNIV MINNESOTA, Sch Med, Stem Cell Inst, Minneapolis, MN, USA
· UNIV MINNESOTA, Sch Med, Dept Med, Div Hematol Oncol & Transplantat, Minneapolis, MN, USA
· UNIV MINNESOTA, Sch Med, Ctr Immunol, Dept Microbiol, Minneapolis, MN, USA
· UNIV MINNESOTA, Sch Med, Dept Neurosurg, Minneapolis, MN, USA
· UNIV MINNESOTA, Sch Med, Dept Genet Cell Biol & Dev, Minneapolis, MN, USA
· Univ Minnesota, Sch Med, Stem Cell Inst, Minneapolis, MN, USA

***Article 4
Total Cites: 1127
Article Title: Mammalian neural stem cells
Authors: Gage, FH
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 287
Page: 1433-1438
Year: 2000
Addresses:
· Salk Inst Lab Genet, La Jolla, CA, USA
· Salk Inst Lab Genet, 10010 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA, USA

***Article 5
Total Cites: 1081
Article Title: Nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation and cell therapy as an alternative to conventional bone marrow transplantation with lethal cytoreduction for the treatment of malignant and nonmalignant hematologic diseases
Authors: Slavin, S, Nagler, A, Naparstek, E, Kapelushnik, Y, Aker, M, Cividalli, G, Varadi, G, Kirschbaum, M, Ackerstein, A, Samuel, S, Amar, A, Brautbar, C, Ben-tal, O, Eldor, A, Or, R
Journal: BLOOD
Volume: 91
Page: 756-763
Year: 1998
Addresses:
· HADASSAH UNIV HOSP, Dept Bone Marrow Transplantat, Jerusalem, Israel
· HADASSAH UNIV HOSP, Dept Pediat, Canc Immunotherapy & Immunobiol Res Ctr, Jerusalem, Israel
· HADASSAH UNIV HOSP, Tissue Typing Lab, Jerusalem, Israel
· ICHILOV HOSP, Dept Med, Div Hematol, Tel Aviv, Israel
· Hadassah Univ Hosp, Dept Bone Marrow Transplantat, Jerusalem, Israel

***Article 6
Total Cites: 1046
Article Title: Multi-organ, multi-lineage engraftment by a single bone marrow-derived stem cell
Authors: Krause, DS, Theise, ND, Collector, MI, Henegariu, O, Hwang, S, Gardner, R, Neutzel, S, Sharkis, SJ
Journal: CELL
Volume: 105
Page: 369-377
Year: 2001
Addresses:
· YALE UNIV, Sch Med, Dept Lab Med, New Haven, CT, USA
· YALE UNIV, Sch Med, Dept Genet, New Haven, CT, USA
· JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, Sch Med, Ctr Oncol, Baltimore, MD, USA
· Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Lab Med, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT, USA

***Article 7
Total Cites: 1005
Article Title: Purified hematopoietic stem cells can differentiate into hepatocytes in vivo
Authors: Lagasse, E, Connors, H, Al-dhalimy, M, Reitsma, M, Dohse, M, Osborne, L, Wang, X, Finegold, M, Weissman, IL, Grompe, M
Journal: NAT MED
Volume: 6
Page: 1229-1234
Year: 2000
Addresses:
· StemCells, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
· OREGON HLTH SCI UNIV, Dept Mol & Med Genet, Portland, OR, USA
· TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSP, Baylor Coll Med, Dept Pathol, Houston, TX, USA
· STANFORD UNIV, Sch Med, Dept Pathol & Dev Biol, Stanford, CA, USA
· StemCells, 525 Del Rey Ave,Suite C, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

***Article 8
Total Cites: 928
Article Title: Subventricular zone astrocytes are neural stem cells in the adult mammalian brain
Authors: Doetsch, F, Caille, I, Lim, DA, Garcia-verdugo, JM, Alvarez-buylla, A
Journal: CELL
Volume: 97
Page: 703-716
Year: 1999
Addresses:
· ROCKEFELLER UNIV, New York, NY, USA
· UNIV VALENCIA, Burjassot, Spain
· Rockefeller Univ, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY, USA

***Article 9
Total Cites: 876
Article Title: Dystrophin expression in the mdx mouse restored by stem cell transplantation
Authors: Gussoni, E, Soneoka, Y, Strickland, CD, Buzney, EA, Khan, MK, Flint, AF, Kunkel, LM, Mulligan, RC
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 401
Page: 390-394
Year: 1999
Addresses:
· CHILDRENS HOSP, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Boston, MA, USA
· CHILDRENS HOSP, Div Genet, Boston, MA, USA
· CHILDRENS HOSP, Dept Surg Res, Boston, MA, USA
· HARVARD UNIV, Sch Med, Dept Genet, Boston, MA, USA
· Childrens Hosp, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Boston, MA, USA

***Article 10
Total Cites: 797
Article Title: Turning brain into blood: A hematopoietic fate adopted by adult neural stem cells in vivo
Authors: Bjornson, CRR, Rietze, RL, Reynolds, BA, Magli, MC, Vescovi, AL
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 283
Page: 534-537
Year: 1999
Addresses:
· NEUROSPHERES LTD, Calgary, Canada
· CNR, Ist Mutagenesi, Pisa, Italy
· IST NAZL NEUROL C BESTA, Milan, Italy
· Univ Washington, Dept Biochem, Seattle, WA, USA

***Article 11
Total Cites: 785
Article Title: Identification of a neural stem cell in the adult mammalian central nervous system
Authors: Johansson, CB, Momma, S, Clarke, DL, Risling, M, Lendahl, U, Frisen, J
Journal: CELL
Volume: 96
Page: 25-34
Year: 1999
Addresses:
· KAROLINSKA INST, Dept Cell & Mol Biol, Stockholm, Sweden
· KAROLINSKA INST, Med Nobel Inst, Stockholm, Sweden
· KAROLINSKA INST, Dept Neurosci, Stockholm, Sweden
· Karolinska Inst, Dept Cell & Mol Biol, Stockholm, Sweden

***Article 12
Total Cites: 746
Article Title: Regeneration of ischemic cardiac muscle and vascular endothelium by adult stem cells
Authors: Jackson, KA, Majka, SM, Wang, HG, Pocius, J, Hartley, CJ, Majesky, MW, Entman, ML, Michael, LH, Hirschi, KK, Goodell, MA
Journal: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
Volume: 107
Page: 1395-1402
Year: 2001
Addresses:
· BAYLOR COLL MED, Ctr Cell & Gene Therapy, Houston, TX, USA
· BAYLOR COLL MED, Dept Pediat, Houston, TX, USA
· BAYLOR COLL MED, Childrens Nutr Res Ctr, Houston, TX, USA
· BAYLOR COLL MED, Dept Mol & Cellular Biol, Houston, TX, USA
· BAYLOR COLL MED, Methodist Hosp, DeBakey Heart Ctr, Houston, TX, USA
· BAYLOR COLL MED, Dept Pathol, Houston, TX, USA
· Baylor Coll Med, Ctr Cell & Gene Therapy, N1030,1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, USA

***Article 13
Total Cites: 719
Article Title: Stem cells, cancer, and cancer stem cells
Authors: Reya, T, Morrison, SJ, Clarke, MF, Weissman, IL
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 414
Page: 105-111
Year: 2001
Addresses:
· STANFORD UNIV, Sch Med, Dept Dev Biol, Stanford, CA, USA
· UNIV MICHIGAN, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
· UNIV MICHIGAN, Dept Internal Med, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
· STANFORD UNIV, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Stanford, CA, USA
· Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Pharmacol & Canc Biol, Durham, NC, USA

***Article 14
Total Cites: 703
Article Title: Embryonic stem cell lines from human blastocysts: somatic differentiation in vitro
Authors: Reubinoff, BE, Pera, MF, Fong, CY, Trounson, A, Bongso, A
Journal: NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume: 18
Page: 399-404
Year: 2000
Addresses:
· MONASH UNIV, Monash Inst Reprod & Dev, Melbourne, Australia
· HADASSAH UNIV HOSP, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Jerusalem, Israel
· NATL UNIV SINGAPORE, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Singapore, Singapore
· Monash Univ, Monash Inst Reprod & Dev, Melbourne, Australia

***Article 15
Total Cites: 668
Article Title: Stem cells in the central nervous system
Authors: Mckay, R
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 276
Page: 66-71
Year: 1997
Addresses:
· NINCDS, MOL BIOL LAB, BLDG 36, RM 4D04, BETHESDA, MD, USA

***Article 16
Total Cites: 622
Article Title: Defining opportunistic invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients with cancer and hematopoietic stem cell transplants: An international consensus
Authors: Ascioglu, S, Rex, JH, de Pauw, B, Bennett, JE, Bille, J, Crokaert, F, Denning, DW, Donnelly, JP, Edwards, JE, Erjavec, Z, Fiere, D, Lortholary, O, Maertens, J, Meis, JF, Patterson, TF, Ritter, J, Selleslag, D, Shah, PM, Stevens, DA, Walsh, TJ, Invasive Fungal Infections Coopera
Journal: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume: 34
Page: 39277
Year: 2002
Addresses:
· EORTC DATA CTR, Invas Infect Cooperat Grp, Brussels, Belgium
· NIAID, Mycoses Study Grp, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
· NCI, 9000 Rockville Pike,Bldg 10,Rm 13N240, Bethesda, MD, USA

***Article 17
Total Cites: 597
Article Title: Little evidence for developmental plasticity of adult hematopoietic stem cells
Authors: Wagers, AJ, Sherwood, RI, Christensen, JL, Weissman, IL
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 297
Page: 2256-2259
Year: 2002
Addresses:
· STANFORD UNIV, Dept Pathol, Sch Med, Stanford, CA, USA
· STANFORD UNIV, Dept Dev Biol, Sch Med, Stanford, CA, USA
· Stanford Univ, Dept Pathol, Sch Med, Stanford, CA, USA

***Article 18
Total Cites: 570
Article Title: Formation of pluripotent stem cells in the mammalian embryo depends on the POU transcription factor Oct4
Authors: Nichols, J, Zevnik, B, Anastassiadis, K, Niwa, H, Klewe-nebenius, D, Chambers, I, Scholer, H, Smith, A
Journal: CELL
Volume: 95
Page: 379-391
Year: 1998
Addresses:
· UNIV EDINBURGH, Ctr Genome Res, Edinburgh, Scotland
· EUROPEAN MOLEC BIOL LAB, Heidelberg, Germany
· Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Genome Res, W Mains Rd,Kings Bldg, Edinburgh, Scotland

***Article 19
Total Cites: 566
Article Title: Dependence of human stem cell engraftment and repopulation of NOD/SCID mice on CXCR4
Authors: Peled, A, Petit, I, Kollet, O, Magid, M, Ponomaryov, T, Byk, T, Nagler, A, Ben-hur, H, Many, A, Shultz, L, Lider, O, Alon, R, Zipori, D, Lapidot, T
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 283
Page: 845-848
Year: 1999
Addresses:
· WEIZMANN INST SCI, Dept Immunol, Rehovot, Israel
· WEIZMANN INST SCI, Dept Mol Cell Biol, Rehovot, Israel
· HADASSAH UNIV HOSP, Jerusalem, Israel
· SOURASKY MED CTR, Tel Aviv, Israel
· JACKSON LAB, Bar Harbor, ME, USA
· Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Immunol, Rehovot, Israel

***Article 20
Total Cites: 560
Article Title: Hematopoietic potential of stem cells isolated from murine skeletal muscle
Authors: Jackson, KA, Mi, TJ, Goodell, MA
Journal: P NATL ACAD SCI USA
Volume: 96
Page: 14482-14486
Year: 1999
Addresses:
· BAYLOR COLL MED, Ctr Cell & Gene Therapy, Houston, TX, USA
· Baylor Coll Med, Ctr Cell & Gene Therapy, Houston, TX, USA