Temporal Dynamics of Gene Expression During Endothelial Cell Differentiation From Human iPS Cells: A Comparison Study of Signalling Factors and Small Molecules

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Belt, Heini ^a   Koponen, Jonna K ^a   Kekarainen, Tuija ^b   Puttonen, Katja A ^a,b   Mäkinen, Petri I ^a   Niskanen, Henri ^a   Oja, Joni ^c   Wirth, Galina ^a   Koistinaho, Jari ^a   Kaikkonen, Minna U ^a   Ylä Herttuala, Seppo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Kuopio Center for Gene and Cell Therapy   (Finland)

^c FinVector Oy   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; cell therapy; endothelial differentiation; iPS cells; RNA sequencing; transcription factors

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELK3 GENE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HHEX GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; KMT2A GENE; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; RNA SEQUENCING;

EID: 85052545933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2297055X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2018.00016     Document Type: Article

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