Model systems for studying trophoblast differentiation from human pluripotent stem cells

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 349, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 809-824

  Ezashi, Toshihiko ^a   Telugu, Bhanu Prakash V L ^b,c   Roberts, R Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Department of Animal and Avian Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP4; Embryonic stem cell; Placenta; Pluripotent; Trophoblast differentiation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 5; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; OXYGEN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN;

BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; HUMAN; MESODERM; OXYGEN TENSION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; MALE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84866407537     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-012-1371-2     Document Type: Review

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