Derivation of insulin-producing cells from human embryonic stem cells

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 73-87

  Van Hoof, Dennis ^a   D'Amour, Kevin A ^b   German, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Georgia Biobusiness Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BUTYRIC ACID; C PEPTIDE; CYCLOPAMINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EXENDIN 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; INSULIN; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROGENIN 3; NICOTINAMIDE; NOGGIN; RETINOIC ACID; SCATTER FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ONECUT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WNT3A PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETOGENESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EXOGENOUS VARIABLE; HUMAN CELL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; STEM CELL CULTURE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

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EID: 70349863066     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2009.08.003     Document Type: Review

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