Overexpression of BCL2 enhances survival of human embryonic stem cells during stress and obviates the requirement for serum factors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3282-3287

  Ardehali, Reza ^a   Inlay, Matthew A ^a   Ali, Shah R ^a   Tang, Chad ^a   Drukker, Micha ^a   Weissman, Irving L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell survival; Viability

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRESS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM FACTOR; TERATOMA;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SERUM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952742094     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019047108     Document Type: Article

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