Complete and unidirectional conversion of human embryonic stem cells to trophoblast by BMP4

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 13, 2013, Pages

  Amita, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Adachi, Katsuyuki ^b   Alexenko, Andrei P ^a   Sinha, Sunilima ^a   Schust, Danny J ^b   Schulz, Laura C ^b   Roberts, R Michael ^a,c   Ezashi, Toshihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Women's Health   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HLA G ANTIGEN; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; MATRIGEL; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; KERATIN-7; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84875522268     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1303094110     Document Type: Article

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