A high-throughput multiplexed screening assay for optimizing serum-free differentiation protocols of human embryonic stem cells

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-142

  Outten, Joel T ^a   Cheng, Xin ^b   Gadue, Paul ^b   French, Deborah L ^a   Diamond, Scott L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CD34 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NESTIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CER1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; EMBRYOID BODIES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM LAYERS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MICE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 79951514003     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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