Effective cryopreservation of neural stem or progenitor cells without serum or proteins by vitrification

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-144

  Kuleshova, L L ^a   Tan, F C K ^a,b   Magalhaes R ^a   Gouk, S S ^a   Lee, K H ^a   Dawe, G S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Neural progenitor cells; Neural stem cells; Neurospheres; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; LIQUID NITROGEN; NESTIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; IMMERSION; MOUSE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 66849129297     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368909788341298     Document Type: Article

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