2014
PIWI Proteins Are Dispensable for Mouse Somatic Development and Reprogramming of Fibroblasts into Pluripotent Stem Cells
Cheng EC, Kang D, Wang Z, Lin H. PIWI Proteins Are Dispensable for Mouse Somatic Development and Reprogramming of Fibroblasts into Pluripotent Stem Cells. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e97821. PMID: 25238487, PMCID: PMC4169525, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097821.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPIWI proteinsEmbryonic stem cellsInduced pluripotent stem cellsPluripotent stem cellsIPS cellsPiwi genesGermline stem cell maintenanceStem cellsControl iPS cellsDifferentiated somatic cellsStem cell maintenancePIWI protein familyReprogramming of fibroblastsExpression profiling revealsGermline developmentProtein familyKnockout embryosCell maintenanceFemale fertileSomatic cellsEmbryonic fibroblastsDirect reprogrammingProfiling revealsTeratoma assayGerm layers
2012
High‐Efficiency Transfection and siRNA‐Mediated Gene Knockdown in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Ma Y, Lin H, Qiu C. High‐Efficiency Transfection and siRNA‐Mediated Gene Knockdown in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Current Protocols In Stem Cell Biology 2012, 21: 5c.2.1-5c.2.9. PMID: 22605647, DOI: 10.1002/9780470151808.sc05c02s21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh transfection efficiencyPluripotent stem cellsTransfection efficiencyTransfection reagent Lipofectamine 2000Human embryonic stem cellsStem cellsHuman pluripotent stem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsPluripotent cell linesLipofectamine 2000SiRNA-mediated gene knockdownPluripotent cellsExpensive equipmentPluripotent genesGene knockdownProtocolEfficiencyPrimary cellsGenesCell linesCarriersCellsApplicationsTransfection
2010
High-efficiency siRNA-based gene knockdown in human embryonic stem cells
Ma Y, Jin J, Dong C, Cheng EC, Lin H, Huang Y, Qiu C. High-efficiency siRNA-based gene knockdown in human embryonic stem cells. RNA 2010, 16: 2564-2569. PMID: 20978109, PMCID: PMC2995416, DOI: 10.1261/rna.2350710.Peer-Reviewed Original Research