Effect of ROCK inhibitor Y-27632 on normal and variant human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in vitro: Its benefits in hESC expansion

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-95

  Gauthaman, Kalamegam ^a   Fong, Chui Yee ^a   Bongso, Ariff ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Human embryonic stem cells; In vitro; Pluripotency; ROCK inhibitor

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; AMIDE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; TIME;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PYRIDINES; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949302171     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-009-9107-8     Document Type: Article

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