Directing the differentiation of embryonic stem cells to neural stem cells

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3255-3266

  Cai, Chunyu ^a   Grabel, Laura ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; FGF; Hedgehog; Neural progenitors; Neural stem cells; Notch; VEGF; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; RETINOIC ACID; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROMA CELL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37249070253     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21306     Document Type: Review

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