Engineering the human pluripotent stem cell microenvironment to direct cell fate

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1002-1019

  Hazeltine, Laurie B ^a   Selekman, Joshua A ^a   Palecek, Sean P ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture engineering; Differentiation; Ectoderm; Embryonic stem cells; Endoderm; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Mesoderm; Microenvironment; Niche; Self renewal

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE ENGINEERINGS; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MESODERM; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NICHE; SELF-RENEWAL;

CELL CULTURE; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); STEM CELLS;

CELL ENGINEERING;

APOPTOSIS; CELL ORGANELLE; DRUG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL; STEM; SUBSTRATE;

ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE ENGINEERING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GERM LAYER; HUMAN; MESODERM; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NICHE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; SELF-RENEWAL; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL CULTURE ENGINEERING; DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MESODERM; MICROENVIRONMENT; NICHE; SELF-RENEWAL;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GERM LAYERS; HUMANS; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84886784022     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.03.002     Document Type: Review

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