Comparative evaluation of different in vitro systems that stimulate germ cell differentiation in human embryonic stem cells

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 986-994

  Richards, Mark ^a,b   Fong, Chui Yee ^a   Bongso, Ariff ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coculture; differentiation; germ cell; human embryonic stem cell; Vasa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FORSKOLIN; RETINOIC ACID; SCP1 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASA ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GAMETE; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FORSKOLIN; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; TRETINOIN;

EID: 75749145134     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.030     Document Type: Article

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