Granulosa cells and retinoic acid co-treatment enrich potential germ cells from manually selected Oct4-EGFP expressing human embryonic stem cells

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 319-332

  Chen, Hsin Fu ^a,b   Jan, Pey Shynan ^a   Kuo, Hung Chih ^c   Wu, Fang Chun ^a   Lan, Chen Wei ^b   Huang, Mei Chi ^b   Chien, Chung Liang ^b   Ho, Hong Nerng ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Germ cells; Granulosa cells; Retinoid acid differentiation

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; LAMININ; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; RETINOIC ACID; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84964308690     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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