Effects of extracellular matrixes and growth factors on the hepatic differentiation of human embryonic stem cells

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Ishii, Takamichi ^a,b,c   Fukumitsu, Ken ^b   Yasuchika, Kentaro ^b   Adachi, Keiko ^a   Kawase, Eihachiro ^a   Suemori, Hirofumi ^a   Nakatsuji, Norio ^a   Ikai, Iwao ^b   Uemoto, Shinji ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

fetoprotein; Endoderm; ESC; Hepatocyte

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LAMININ; MATRIGEL; RETINOIC ACID; SCATTER FACTOR; ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FGF4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HGF PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE;

ACTIVINS; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENES; TRETINOIN;

EID: 52449130644     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00072.2008     Document Type: Article

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