Alkaline phosphatase-positive colony formation is a sensitive, specific, and quantitative indicator of undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1109-1116

  O'Connor, Michael D ^a   Kardel, Melanie D ^a   Iosfina, Ioulia ^a   Youssef, David ^a   Lu, Min ^a   Li, Michael M ^a   Vercauteren, Suzanne ^a   Nagy, Andras ^b   Eaves, Connie J ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colony forming cell; Differentiation; Human embryonic stem cell; OCT4; Pluripotent; SSEA3

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 3; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYONIC ANTIGEN-3; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CELL CLONE; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONE CELLS; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; HUMANS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47949130484     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0801     Document Type: Article

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