Efficient generation and cryopreservation of cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-66

  Xu, Chunhui ^a   Police, Shailaja ^a   Hassanipour, Mohammad ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Chen, Yinhong ^a   Priest, Catherine ^a   O'Sullivan, Chris ^a   Laflamme, Michael A ^b   Zhu, Wei Zhong ^b   Van Biber, Benjamin ^b   Hegerova, Livia ^b   Yang, Jiwei ^a   Delavan Boorsma, Karen ^a   Davies, Anthony ^a   Lebkowski, Jane ^a   Gold, Joseph D ^a  

^a GERON CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiomyocytes; cell transplantation; cryopreservation; differentiation; human embryonic stem cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ALPHA ACTININ; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CONNEXIN 43; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS;

EID: 78650636514     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.10.91     Document Type: Article

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