Defining long-term maintenance conditions of human embryonic stem cells with arrayed cellular microenvironment technology.

abstract：:Balanced and precisely controlled processes between self-renewal and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) into all blood lineages are critical for vertebrate definitive hematopoiesis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the maintenance and differentiation of HSCs have not been fully elucidated. ...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Hirabayashi R,Hozumi S,Higashijima S,Kikuchi Y

更新日期：2013-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined whether cartilage could be engineered from mesenchymal progenitor cells (MPCs) normally found in amniotic fluid. Mesenchymal amniocytes were isolated from ovine amniotic fluid samples (n = 5) and had their identity confirmed by immunocytochemistry. Cells were expanded and then cultured as micromass pelle...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Kunisaki SM,Jennings RW,Fauza DO

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multipotent skin-derived progenitors (SKPs) can be traced back to embryonic neural crest cells and are able to differentiate into both neural and mesodermal progeny in vitro. Neural stem cells (NSCs) are capable of self-renewing and can contribute to neuron and glia in the nervous system. Recently, we derived porcine ...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Zhao MT,Yang X,Lee K,Mao J,Teson JM,Whitworth KM,Samuel MS,Spate LD,Murphy CN,Prather RS

更新日期：2012-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of helix-loop-helix (HLH) protein family of Id (inhibitor of differentiation) dimerize with bHLH transcription factors and function as negative regulators of differentiation during development. Most of inhibitory roles of Id proteins have been demonstrated in non-neural tissues, and their roles in the developi...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Jung S,Park RH,Kim S,Jeon YJ,Ham DS,Jung MY,Kim SS,Lee YD,Park CH,Suh-Kim H

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CD34 surface antigen has been recognized as a marker of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and is widely used for HSC selection as well as for quality control in HSC transplantation. CD34 has been implicated in cytoadhesion signaling, and its expression has been suggested to reflect the activation state of hematopoie...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Lange C,Li Z,Fang L,Baum C,Fehse B

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amniotic fluid stem cells (AFSs) are interesting mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that are characterized by their great potential for cell proliferation and differentiation compared with other types of MSCs identified to date. However, MSCs in prolonged culture have been found to exhibit defects in genetic stability and ...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Phermthai T,Suksompong S,Tirawanchai N,Issaragrisil S,Julavijitphong S,Wichitwiengrat S,Silpsorn D,Pokathikorn P

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capability to form all cell types of the body is a unique feature of stem cells. However, many questions remain concerning the mechanisms regulating differentiation potential. The derivation of spermatogonial cell lines (SGs) from mouse and human, which can differentiate across germ-layer borders, suggested male g...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Thoma EC,Wagner TU,Weber IP,Herpin A,Fischer A,Schartl M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a ubiquitous fungal metabolite with nephrotoxic, carcinogenic, and apoptotic potential. Although the toxic effects of OTA in various cell types are well characterized, it is not known whether OTA has an effect on stem cell differentiation. In this study, we demonstrate that OTA inhibits adipogene...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Lim S,Jang HJ,Kim JK,Kim JM,Park EH,Yang JH,Kim YH,Yea K,Ryu SH,Suh PG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of methods to induce differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) has opened the possibility of using these cells in regenerative or reparative therapies. However, the low frequency of hMSCs in tissue means it is often necessary to expand these cells extensively in vitro. In this study, we e...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Khoo ML,Shen B,Tao H,Ma DD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On May 6th 2014, the European Court of Human Rights added yet a new element to the judicial history of stem cells as it ruled in Durisotto v. Italy [appeal n. 62804/13]. The ruling rejected a patient claim to access an unproven cell therapy-an outcome that is certainly to be welcomed. However, this ruling is a missed ...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Rial-Sebbag E,Blasimme A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junctions within extracellular matrix (ECM)-defined boundaries ensure synchronous activity between cells destined to become functional mediators that regulate cell behavior. However, the role of ECM in connexin (Cx) function in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) has not been elucidated. Therefore, we examined the ...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Suh HN,Kim MO,Han HJ

更新日期：2012-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, undifferentiated pluripotent human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells (hESCs and hiPSCs) have been expanded as monolayer colonies in adhesion culture, both in the presence or absence of feeder cells. However, the use of pluripotent stem cells poses the need to scale-up current culture methods....

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Larijani MR,Seifinejad A,Pournasr B,Hajihoseini V,Hassani SN,Totonchi M,Yousefi M,Shamsi F,Salekdeh GH,Baharvand H

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel cell-based and gene therapies represent promising approaches for the treatment of incurable diseases, including cancer. Following the success of the hematopoietic stem cell-based transplantation, other populations of adult progenitor cells, including mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), have been identified as powerfu...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Ciavarella S,Dominici M,Dammacco F,Silvestris F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death ligands and their tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) family receptors are the best-characterized and most efficient inducers of apoptotic signaling in somatic cells. In this study, we analyzed whether these prototypic activators of apoptosis are also expressed and able to be activated in human pluripotent ste...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Vinarsky V,Krivanek J,Rankel L,Nahacka Z,Barta T,Jaros J,Andera L,Hampl A

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:True tendon regeneration in human patients remains a vision of musculoskeletal therapies. In comparison to other mesenchymal lineages the biology of tenogenic differentiation is barely understood. Specifically, easy and efficient protocols are lacking that might enable tendon cell and tissue differentiation based on a...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Noack S,Seiffart V,Willbold E,Laggies S,Winkel A,Shahab-Osterloh S,Flörkemeier T,Hertwig F,Steinhoff C,Nuber UA,Gross G,Hoffmann A

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand the basis of variation in cellular reprogramming, we performed experiments with two primary objectives: first, to determine the degree of difference, if any, in reprogramming efficiency among cells lines of a similar type after accounting for technical variables, and second, to compare the efficie...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Alicea B,Murthy S,Keaton SA,Cobbett P,Cibelli JB,Suhr ST

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) possess a range of immunomodulatory properties which they exert through soluble mediators and through direct cell-cell contact. Due to these immune regulatory properties, the safety and clinical efficacy of MSC treatment has been tested in a number of autoimmune disorders. In this review w...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Munir H,McGettrick HM

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Geminin is a multifunctional protein previously suggested to both maintain the bone morphogenetic protein inhibition required for neural induction and to control cell-cycle progression and cell fate in the early embryo. Since Geminin is required in the blastocyst on E3.5, we employed shRNA to examine its role during p...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Emmett LS,O'Shea KS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) is a novel differentiation factor that is capable of inducing osteoblast differentiation and bone formation, making it an attractive option in treatment of bone defects, fractures, and spine fusions. Inflammation, which was a common situation during bone healing, is recognized to i...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Huang RL,Yuan Y,Zou GM,Liu G,Tu J,Li Q

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenotypic guidance of embryonic stem (ES) cell fate is paramount if these cells are to be used for tissue repair and regeneration. Our objective was to compare two different cell culture feeders and their effect on proliferation, apoptosis, and differentiation of human (h) ES cells. HSF-6 hES cells were grown in Knoc...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Ozolek JA,Jane EP,Krowsoski L,Sammak PJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteophytes are a distinct feature of osteoarthritis (OA). Their formation may be related to pluripotential cells in the periosteum responding to stimulus during OA. This study aimed to isolate stem cells from osteophyte tissues and to characterize their phenotype, proliferation, and differentiation potential, as well...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Singh S,Jones BJ,Crawford R,Xiao Y

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with neurodegenerative disorders or brain injury have few treatment options and it has been proposed that endogenous adult neural stem cells can be harnessed to repopulate dysfunctional nonneurogenic regions of the brain. We have accomplished this through the development of rationally designed hydrogel imp...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Clark AR,Carter AB,Hager LE,Price EM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) mediates rapid, stress-induced loss of the inhibitor of differentiation (Id)2 in blastocysts and trophoblast stem cells (TSC), and a lasting differentiation in TSC. However, it is not known if AMPK regulates other potency factors or regulates them before the blastocyst stage. Th...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Xie Y,Awonuga A,Liu J,Rings E,Puscheck EE,Rappolee DA

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) posses the ability to self-renew and differentiate into a multitude of lineages, including the osteogenic lineage in vitro. Currently, most approaches have focused on embryonic body (EB)-mediated osteogenic differentiation, which relies on formation of all three germ layers resulting in lim...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Hwang YS,Polak JM,Mantalaris A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemokine stromal cell-derived factor (SDF)-1α/CXCL12 and its receptor CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) play a crucial role in the homing/engraftment and retention of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) in the bone marrow. It has been shown using the viral gene transfer technique that CXCR4 overexpression ...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Gul-Uludag H,Xu P,Marquez-Curtis LA,Xing J,Janowska-Wieczorek A,Chen J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD41 (αIIb integrin), a specific marker for megakaryocytes and platelets, was recently shown to mark the initiation of definitive hematopoiesis in mouse embryos. However, whether embryonic CD41(+) populations have a nonhematopoietic potential remains elusive. Here, we report that the CD41(+) cells from the mouse E11.0...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Zhou J,Chen H,Li S,Xie Y,He W,Nan X,Yue W,Liu B,Pei X

更新日期：2012-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), which arise from multiple embryonic progenitors, have unique lineage-specific properties and this diversity may contribute to spatial patterns of vascular diseases. We developed in vitro methods to generate distinct vascular SMC subtypes from human pluripotent stem cells, allowing ...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Granata A,Bernard WG,Zhao N,Mccafferty J,Lilly B,Sinha S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases of the digestive tract are complex and encompass a broad spectrum of different pathogeneses (inflammatory, ischemic, neoplastic, and functional deficit). The digestive tract is not a sterile environment, and its organs are composed of tissues with different embryologic origin and different morphologic and fun...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Trebol Lopez J,Georgiev Hristov T,García-Arranz M,García-Olmo D

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the pluripotent and proliferative capacity of embryonic germ (EG) cells is thought to be equivalent to that of embryonic stem (ES) cells, there has been far less attention focused on the potential use of EG cells for applications in developing novel strategies of tissue transplantation in the treatment of deg...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Wu Y,Ge C,Zeng W,Zhang C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method of generating an enriched population of NCAM-positive cells from a human teratocarcinoma cell line (NTera2/D1) and their differentiation into midbrain dopaminergic neurons in the absence of the caudalizing factor retinoic acid (RA). NTera2 cells were induced to form embryoid bodies and then to gen...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Ravindran G,Rao HS

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00