Directed differentiation of functional astroglial subtypes from human pluripotent stem cells

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1710-1717

  Krencik, Robert ^a,b   Zhang, Su Chun ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; PROTEIN S100B;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTROCYTES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 80054798510     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.405     Document Type: Article

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