Towards the maturation and characterization of smooth muscle cells derived from human embryonic stem cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Vazão, Helena ^a,b   das Neves, Ricardo Piress ^a,b   Grãos, Mário ^b   Ferreira, Lino ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Biocant Center of Innovation in Biotechnology   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIN 1; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; RETINOIC ACID; RHO KINASE; 15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALPONIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE ENGINEERING; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ACTINS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALMODULIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOTHELIN-1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 79952523704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017771     Document Type: Article

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