Directed differentiation and transplantation of human embryonic stem cell-derived motoneurons

Stem Cells

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1931-1939

  Lee, Hyojin ^a   Al Shamy, George ^a   Elkabetz, Yechiel ^a   Schofield, Claude M ^b   Harrsion, Neil L ^b   Panagiotakos, Georgia ^a   Socci, Nicholas D ^a   Tabar, Viviane ^a   Studera, Lorenz ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Human embryonic stem cells; Neural differentiation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENGRAFTMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MOTOR NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

ERINACEIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 34547858511     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0097     Document Type: Article

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