Generation, expansion and functional analysis of endothelial cells and pericytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1514-1531

  Orlova, Valeria V ^a   Van Den Hil, Francijna E ^a   Petrus Reurer, Sandra ^a   Drabsch, Yvette ^a   Ten Dijke, Peter ^a   Mummery, Christine L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION; XENOGRAFT; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HETEROGRAFTS; HUMANS; PERICYTES; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84901847622     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.102     Document Type: Article

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