A synthetic nanofibrillar matrix promotes in vitro hepatic differentiation of embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 5391-5399

  Yamazoe, Taiji ^a   Shiraki, Nobuaki ^a   Toyoda, Masashi ^b   Kiyokawa, Nobutaka ^b   Okita, Hajime ^b   Miyagawa, Yoshitaka ^b   Akutsu, Hidenori ^b   Umezawa, Akihiro ^b   Sasaki, Yutaka ^a   Kume, Kazuhiko ^a   Kume, Shoen ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Hepatic differentiation; In vitro differentiation; Induced pluripotent stem cells

Indexed keywords

NANOFIBER; RAC1 PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HEPATIC DIFFERENTIATION; IN VITRO DIFFERENTIATION; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; FEEDER CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOCYTES; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; LIVER; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; NANOFIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84890141367     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.129767     Document Type: Article

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