A feeder-free, human plasma-derived hydrogel for maintenance of a human embryonic stem cell phenotype in vitro

Cell Regeneration

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1:6-

  Lewis, Fiona C ^a   Bryan, Nicholas ^a   Hunt, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Embryonic stem cells; Hydrogel; Pluripotent stem cells

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEEDER CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTE POOR PLASMA;

EID: 85006049772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20459769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-9769-1-6     Document Type: Article

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