Neural induction and patterning in mammalian pluripotent stem cells

CNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-432

  Osakada, Fumitaka ^a   Takahashi, Masayo ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Default model; Embryonic stem (ES) cell; Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell; Neurogenesis; Photoreceptor; Regeneration; Retina

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MAMMAL CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NERVE CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 79956277240     PISSN: 18715273     EISSN: 19963181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152711795563958     Document Type: Article

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