Milestones of directed differentiation of mouse and human embryonic stem cells into telencephalic neurons based on neural development in vivo

Stem Cells and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 947-958

  Nat, Roxana ^a,b   Dechant, Georg ^b  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MORPHOGEN; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTIP2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXG1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GSH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SATB2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBR1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

BRAIN; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MORPHOGENESIS; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; TELENCEPHALON; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79957852316     PISSN: 15473287     EISSN: 15578534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.2010.0417     Document Type: Review

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