Systems biology discoveries using non-human primate pluripotent stem and germ cells: Novel gene and genomic imprinting interactions as well as unique expression patterns

Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Ben Yehudah, Ahmi ^a,b   Easley, Charles A ^a,b   Hermann, Brian P ^a,b   Castro, Carlos ^a,b   Simerly, Calvin ^a,b   Orwig, Kyle E ^a,b   Mitalipov, Shoukhrat ^c   Schatten, Gerald ^a,b  

^a Pittsburgh Development Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; RNA; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ADULT STEM CELL; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OOCYTE DONATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MACACA MULATTA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 80052411714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17576512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/scrt24     Document Type: Review

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