Unrestricted somatic stem cells from human umbilical cord blood grow in serum-free medium as spheres

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zaibak, Faten ^a,b   Bello, Paul ^c   Kozlovski, Jennifer ^a   Crombie, Duncan ^d   Ang, Haozhi ^a   Dottori, Mirella ^a   Williamson, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Stem Cell Sciences UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL USE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FETAL CALF SERUMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; GERMLINE; GROWTH MEDIUM; HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD; IN-VITRO; MONOLAYER GROWTH; PLURIPOTENCY; SERUM-FREE CONDITIONS; SERUM-FREE MEDIUM; SPHERICAL CELLS; STEM CELL; STEM CELL CULTURE; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MONOLAYERS; PULSE MODULATION; SPHERES; TISSUE;

STEM CELLS;

BRACHYURY; CYTOKERATIN 8; FIBRONECTIN; GELATIN; GOOSECOID PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NESTIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FETUS BLOOD; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID;

ANIMALIA;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; FETAL BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; STEM CELLS;

EID: 74549119440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-9-101     Document Type: Article

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