Basic FGF and suppression of BMP signaling sustain undifferentiated proliferation of human ES cells

Nature Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-190

  Xu, Ren He ^a,b   Peck, Ruthann M ^a   Li, Dong S ^a   Feng, Xuezhu ^b   Ludwig, Tenneille ^b   Thomson, James A ^a,b  

^a WiCell Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; NOGGIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; NOGGIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 18744375483     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth744     Document Type: Article

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