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Progressive accumulation of epigenetic heterogeneity during human ES cell culture.
Epigenetics - 1 Jul 2009
Tanasijevic Borko, Dai Bo, Ezashi Toshihiko, Livingston Kimberly, Roberts R Michael, Rasmussen Theodore P
Abstract excerpt
Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) can be maintained in culture over a large number of passages while maintaining apparently normal colony morphology. However, recent reports describe variability in epigenetic states in comparisons among different human ES cell lines. These epigenetic differences include changes in CpG methylation, expression of imprinted genes, and the status of X chromosome inactivation (XCI)....
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