The use of agarose microwells for scalable embryoid body formation and cardiac differentiation of human and murine pluripotent stem cells

Biomaterials

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2463-2471

  Dahlmann, Julia ^a   Kensah, George ^a   Kempf, Henning ^a   Skvorc, David ^a   Gawol, Anke ^a   Elliott, David A ^b,c   Dräger, Gerald ^d   Zweigerdt, Robert ^a   Martin, Ulrich ^a   Gruh, Ina ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agarose; Cardiomyogenic differentiation; Embryoid body; Microwell; Pluripotent stem cells; Soft lithography

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; EMBRYOID BODY; MICRO WELLS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY;

CELL GROWTH; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROCHANNELS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

STEM CELLS;

AGAROSE; SILICON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHILICITY; INOCULATION; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYOID BODIES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MICE; SEPHAROSE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

MURINAE;

EID: 84872679014     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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