Human embryonic stem cells: Derivation, culture, and differentiation: A review

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 589-603

  Vazin, Tandis ^a   Freed, William J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiomyocytes; cells; chondrocytes; degenerative disorders; differentiation; dopaminergic neurons; ectoderm; embryoid bodies; embryonic; endoderm; endothelial; epithelial; feeder free; hematopoietic; hepatocyte; Human; hyaluronic acid; hydrogels; karyotype; mesenchymal; mesoderm; motor neurons; myelination; neural; neurons; oligodendrocytes; osteocytes; progenitors; stromal; synthetic scaffolds; transplantation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ECTODERM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; MESODERM; MOTONEURON; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL EXPANSION; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TELOMERE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 77956261339     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2010-0543     Document Type: Review

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