A cellular star atlas: Using astrocytes from human pluripotent stem cells for disease studies

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Krencik, Robert ^a   Ullian, Erik M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Developmental disorders of the brain; Disease models; Human stem cells; Neurological disorders; RASopathies; Regenerative medicine; Synaptogenic proteins

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; PROTEIN S100B; RAS PROTEIN;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLIA CELL; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84875941036     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00025     Document Type: Review

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