A method to recapitulate early embryonic spatial patterning in human embryonic stem cells

Nature Methods

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 847-854

  Warmflash, Aryeh ^a   Sorre, Benoit ^a   Etoc, Fred ^a   Siggia, Eric D ^a   Brivanlou, Ali H ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN NODAL; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EOMES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GASTRULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MESODERM; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GASTRULATION; HUMANS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84905258655     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15487105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nMeth.3016     Document Type: Article

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