Generation of the epicardial lineage from human pluripotent stem cells

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1026-1035

  Witty, Alec D ^a,b   Mihic, Anton ^a,b,c,d   Tam, Roger Y ^b,c,e   Fisher, Stephanie A ^b,c,e   Mikryukov, Alexander ^a   Shoichet, Molly S ^a,b,c,e   Li, Ren Ke ^a,b,c,d   Kattman, Steven J ^a,g   Keller, Gordon ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Cellular Dynamics International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLASTS; MUSCLE; STEM CELLS;

DISPLAY CHARACTERISTICS; EPITHELIAL TO MESENCHYMAL TRANSITIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLES; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAYS;

CELL SIGNALING;

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; NOGGIN; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE 2; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; WT1 PROTEIN; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPICARDIUM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MESODERM; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL LINEAGE; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMANS; MICE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PERICARDIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84922598217     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3002     Document Type: Article

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