Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to HOXA + hemogenic vasculature that resembles the aorta-gonad-mesonephros

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1168-1179

  Ng, Elizabeth S ^a,b   Azzola, Lisa ^a   Bruveris, Freya F ^a,b   Calvanese, Vincenzo ^c,d   Phipson, Belinda ^a   Vlahos, Katerina ^a   Hirst, Claire ^b   Jokubaitis, Vanta J ^e   Yu, Qing C ^f   Maksimovic, Jovana ^a   Liebscher, Simone ^g   Januar, Vania ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^h   Williams, Brenda ^b,h   Conscience, Aude ^b   Durnall, Jennifer ^a   Jackson, Steven ⁱ   Costa, Magdaline ^b   Elliott, David ^a   Haylock, David N ^b,h   Nilsson, Susan K ^b,h   Saffery, Richard ^a   Schenke Layland, Katja ^g,j,k   Oshlack, Alicia ^a   Mikkola, Hanna K A ^c,d   Stanley, Edouard G ^a,b,e   Elefanty, Andrew G ^a,b,e   more..

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^j FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IGB   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; STEM CELLS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS; EMBRYOID BODY; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC LINEAGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; SIGNALING MOLECULES;

CELL SIGNALING;

ACTIVIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOXA PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; AORTA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOID BODY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETUS; FETUS CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HOXA GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; LIVER CELL; MESODERM; MESONEPHROS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VASCULARIZATION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AORTA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GONADS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MESONEPHROS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 84994910636     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3702     Document Type: Article

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