Generation of articular chondrocytes from human pluripotent stem cells

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 638-645

  Craft, April M ^a,b,f   Rockel, Jason S ^c   Nartiss, Yulia ^a,b   Kandel, Rita A ^d   Alman, Benjamin A ^c,f,g   Keller, Gordon M ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; JOINTS (ANATOMY); STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; ARTICULAR CHONDROCYTES; CARTILAGE TISSUES; CHONDROGENIC CELLS; DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE; DISPLAY CHARACTERISTICS; ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

CARTILAGE;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; BMP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROGENESIS; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTROPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESODERM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JOINT DISEASES; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROCYTES; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84930939840     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3210     Document Type: Article

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