Quantum dots do not affect the behaviour of mouse embryonic stem cells and kidney stem cells and are suitable for short-term tracking

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Rak Raszewska, Aleksandra ^a   Marcello, Marco ^a   Kenny, Simon ^a,b   Edgar, David ^a   Sée, Violaine ^a   Murray, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL FUSION; CELL LABELING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRACKING; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST CELL; KIDNEY STEM CELL; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOUSE; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; STEM CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; STAINING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRACKING; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; KIDNEY; MICE; QUANTUM DOTS; STAINING AND LABELING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857738800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032650     Document Type: Article

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