Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells towards a pancreatic cell fate
Shim J, Kim S, Woo D, Kim S, Oh C, McKay R, Kim J. Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells towards a pancreatic cell fate. Diabetologia 2007, 50: 1228-1238. PMID: 17457565, DOI: 10.1007/s00125-007-0634-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivinsAnimalsCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalEmbryonic Stem CellsGene Expression RegulationHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudePancreasReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionStem Cell TransplantationTrans-ActivatorsTransplantation, HeterologousTretinoinConceptsHuman embryonic stem cellsPdx1-positive cellsForkhead box protein A2Embryonic stem cellsEndodermal cellsCaudal-type homeobox transcription factor 2Differentiation of hESCsCell typesPancreatic cell fateRetinoic acidStem cellsMature cell typesEmbryonic germ layersEmbryoid body formationPancreatic cell typesBox protein A2Transcription factor 2Vivo pancreatic developmentEpigenetic signalsCell fateEctodermal differentiationDuodenal homeobox 1Pancreatic fateGene 17Gene expression