A high-throughput platform for stem cell niche co-cultures and downstream gene expression analysis

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 340-349

  Gracz, Adam D ^a   Williamson, Ian A ^a   Roche, Kyle C ^a   Johnston, Michael J ^a   Wang, Fengchao ^b,f   Wang, Yuli ^c   Attayek, Peter J ^d   Balowski, Joseph ^c   Liu, Xiao Fu ^a   Laurenza, Ryan J ^a   Gaynor, Liam T ^a   Sims, Christopher E ^c   Galanko, Joseph A ^a   Li, Linheng ^b,e   Allbritton, Nancy L ^c,d   Magness, Scott T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SOX9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; COCULTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINAL STEM CELL; MICRORAFT ARRAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; STEM CELL NICHE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MALE; METABOLISM; PANETH CELL; PROCEDURES; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; STEM CELL; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PANETH CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84923848479     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb3104     Document Type: Article

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