Induced pluripotent stem cells—opportunities for disease modelling and drug discovery

M Grskovic, A Javaherian, B Strulovici… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2011 - nature.com
The ability to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from patients, and an
increasingly refined capacity to differentiate these iPSCs into disease-relevant cell types …

Stem cells, ageing and the quest for immortality

TA Rando - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Listen to an interview with Tom Rando on the stem cells podcast Adult stem cells reside in
most mammalian tissues, but the extent to which they contribute to normal homeostasis and …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and classification of chromosomal aberrations in human induced pluripotent stem cells

Y Mayshar, U Ben-David, N Lavon, JC Biancotti… - Cell stem cell, 2010 - cell.com
Because of their somatic cell origin, human induced pluripotent stem cells (HiPSCs) are
assumed to carry a normal diploid genome, and adaptive chromosomal aberrations have …

Screening ethnically diverse human embryonic stem cells identifies a chromosome 20 minimal amplicon conferring growth advantage.

K Amps, PW Andrews, G Anyfantis… - Nature …, 2011 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract The International Stem Cell Initiative analyzed 125 human embryonic stem (ES) cell
lines and 11 induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines, from 38 laboratories worldwide, for …

Characterization of human embryonic stem cell lines by the International Stem Cell Initiative

Coordination of data collection and analysis … - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
Abstract The International Stem Cell Initiative characterized 59 human embryonic stem cell
lines from 17 laboratories worldwide. Despite diverse genotypes and different techniques …

Adaptation to culture of human embryonic stem cells and oncogenesis in vivo

DEC Baker, NJ Harrison, E Maltby, K Smith… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
The application of human embryonic stem cells (HESCs) to provide differentiated cells for
regenerative medicine will require the continuous maintenance of the undifferentiated stem …

[HTML][HTML] Erosion of dosage compensation impacts human iPSC disease modeling

S Mekhoubad, C Bock, AS De Boer, E Kiskinis… - Cell stem cell, 2012 - cell.com
Although distinct human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) lines can display
considerable epigenetic variation, it has been unclear whether such variability impacts their …

The tumorigenicity of human embryonic stem cells

B Blum, N Benvenisty - Advances in cancer research, 2008 - Elsevier
Human embryonic stem cells (HESCs) are the in vitro descendants of the pluripotent inner
cell mass (ICM) of human blastocyst stage embryos. HESCs can be kept undifferentiated in …

Critical issues in tissue engineering: biomaterials, cell sources, angiogenesis, and drug delivery systems

H Naderi, MM Matin… - Journal of biomaterials …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Tissue engineering is a newly emerging biomedical technology, which aids and increases
the repair and regeneration of deficient and injured tissues. It employs the principles from …

Genetic and epigenetic stability of human pluripotent stem cells

RJ Lund, E Närvä, R Lahesmaa - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012 - nature.com
Studies using high-resolution genome-wide approaches have recently reported that
genomic and epigenomic alterations frequently accumulate in human pluripotent cells …