Modulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in human embryonic stem cells using a 3-D microwell array

Biomaterials

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2041-2049

  Azarin, Samira M ^a,b   Lian, Xiaojun ^a,b   Larson, Elise A ^a   Popelka, Heidi M ^a   de Pablo, Juan J ^a   Palecek, Sean P ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b WiCell Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Cell signaling; Micropatterning; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL WNT SIGNALING; CARDIOGENESIS; CATENIN SIGNALING; CELL FATES; CELL SIGNALING; CELL-CELL CONTACT; CELL-CELL INTERACTION; CULTURE SYSTEMS; DOWN-REGULATION; E-CADHERIN EXPRESSION; EMBRYOID BODY; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS (HESC); INTERCELLULAR INTERACTIONS; MICRO PATTERNING; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MICROWELLS; TARGET GENES; UNIFORM SIZE; UP-REGULATION; WNT PATHWAY; WNT SIGNALING;

CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; GENES; GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROCHANNELS; SIGNALING; STEM CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CELL CULTURE;

BETA CATENIN; UVOMORULIN; WNT PROTEIN;

3D MICROWELL ARRAY; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; EMBRYOID BODIES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84855736858     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.11.070     Document Type: Article

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