High density cultures of embryoid bodies enhanced cardiac differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells
Lee MY, Bozkulak E, Schliffke S, Amos PJ, Ren Y, Ge X, Ehrlich BE, Qyang Y. High density cultures of embryoid bodies enhanced cardiac differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 2011, 416: 51-57. PMID: 22079290, PMCID: PMC3237870, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.10.140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMurine embryonic stem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsBone morphogenetic proteinEB culturesCardiac differentiationCardiomyocyte productionEmbryoid body culturesStem cellsCardiac-specific genesEarly cardiac developmentCardiogenic growth factorsNK2 transcription factorCardiac regenerative medicineMESC linesTranscription factorsCardiac developmentMorphogenetic proteinsEmbryoid bodiesDifferentiation systemDifferentiation periodFunctional cardiomyocytesHigh-density culturesMyosin light chain 2vRegenerative medicineCell-based therapies