Scalable platform for human embryonic stem cell differentiation to cardiomyocytes in suspended microcarrier cultures

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1609-1619

  Lecina, Marti ^a   Ting, Sherwin ^a   Choo, Andre ^a   Reuveny, Shaul ^b   Oh, Steve ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; DRUG THERAPY; OSTEOBLASTS; STEM CELLS;

BIOPROCESSING; CARDIOMYOCYTES; CARDIOTOXICITY; CELL EXPANSION; CELL LINES; CELL THERAPY; CONTROL CULTURES; DRUG SCREENING; EMBRYOID BODY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES; HEAVY AND LIGHT CHAINS; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS (HESC); MICROCARRIER CULTURE; MICROCARRIERS; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; SERUM-FREE MEDIA; TROPONIN I;

CELL CULTURE;

MICROSPHERE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EVALUATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSPENSION;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EFFICIENCY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSPHERES; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SUSPENSIONS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 78649649709     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2010.0104     Document Type: Article

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