Derivation and maturation of synthetic and contractile vascular smooth muscle cells from human pluripotent stem cells

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 321-330

  Wanjare, Maureen ^a   Kuo, Frederick ^a   Gerecht, Sharon ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Smooth muscle; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; ELASTIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CAVEOLA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ELASTIN; HUMANS; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-SIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE MYOSINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 84872518158     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvs315     Document Type: Article

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