The generation of definitive endoderm from human embryonic stem cells on 3D biodegradable poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) scaffolds and its comparison to those generated on 2D monolayer cultures

Open Stem Cell Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 23-27

  Gao, Steven Y ^a,d   Wong, Jennifer C Y ^a,d   Lees, Justin G ^a,e   Best, Marie B ^a   Wang, Rennian ^b   George, Peter A ^c   Cooper White, Justin J ^c   Tuch, Bernard E ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryonic stem cells; Endoderm; Pancreas; Poly(lactic co glycolic acid); Scaffold

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; LAMININ; MATRIGEL; POLYGLACTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 79955065458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18768938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876893801103010023     Document Type: Article

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