Characterization of an in vitro differentiation assay for pancreatic-like cell development from murine embryonic stem cells: Detailed gene expression analysis

Assay and Drug Development Technologies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-419

  Chen, Chialin ^a   Chai, Jing ^a   Singh, Lipi ^a   Kuo, Ching Ying ^a   Jin, Liang ^a   Feng, Tao ^a   Marzano, Scott ^a   Galeni, Sheetal ^b   Zhang, Nan ^c   Iacovino, Michelina ^d   Qin, Lihui ^c   Hara, Manami ^e   Stein, Roland ^f   Bromberg, Jonathan S ^c   Kyba, Michael ^d   Ku, Hsun Teresa ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b David H Murdock Research Institute   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CELL MARKER; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INSULIN; NEUROGENIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG RESEARCH; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREATIC LIKE CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, SCID; PANCREAS; SOXF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84860388966     PISSN: 1540658X     EISSN: 15578127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/adt.2010.0314     Document Type: Article

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