In vitro spatially organizing the differentiation in individual multicellular stem cell aggregates

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 20-31

  Qi, Hao ^a,b   Huang, Guoyou ^a   Han, Yu Long ^a   Lin, Wang ^a   Li, Xiujun ^c   Wang, Shuqi ^d   Lu, Tian Jian ^a   Xu, Feng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryoid body; embryonic stem cells; microfabrication; spatially controlled differentiation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MICROFABRICATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; TISSUE;

EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MICRO-ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY; MULTICELLULAR AGGREGATES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION;

STEM CELLS;

GROWTH FACTOR; MACROGOL; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOREACTOR; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SURFACE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PROCEDURES;

CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYOID BODIES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 84949201685     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2014.922917     Document Type: Review

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