Current technology for the derivation of pluripotent stem cell lines from human embryos

Cell Stem Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 521-531

  Hasegawa, Kouichi ^a   Pomeroy, Jordan E ^a   Pera, Martin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTEGRIN; ALPHA3 INTEGRIN; ALPHA5 INTEGRIN; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD51 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; ENTACTIN; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; MATRIGEL; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 2; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 6; VITRONECTIN; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; BIOASSAY; BLASTOCYST; BLASTODERM; BLASTOMERE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL SPREADING; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DERIVATIZATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; IN VITRO PROPAGATION; INNER CELL MASS; KARYOTYPING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SERUM; SPECTRAL KARYOTYPING; TECHNOLOGY; TERATOCARCINOMA; THAWING; VITRIFICATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 77956637276     PISSN: 19345909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2010.05.010     Document Type: Review

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