The ROCK inhibitor Y-27632 enhances the survival rate of human embryonic stem cells following cryopreservation

Stem Cells and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1079-1085

  Li, Xiangyun ^a,b   Meng, Guoliang ^a   Krawetz, Roman ^a   Liu, Shiying ^a   Rancourt, Derrick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GELATINASE A; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISSOCIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FREEZE THAWING; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MICE; PYRIDINES; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES;

EID: 57449115567     PISSN: 15473287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.2007.0247     Document Type: Article

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