Article
Generation of regionally specified neural progenitors and functional neurons from human embryonic stem cells under defined conditions.
Cell reports - 28 Jun 2012
Kirkeby Agnete, Grealish Shane, Wolf Daniel A, Nelander Jenny, Wood James, Lundblad Martin, Lindvall Olle, Parmar Malin
Abstract excerpt
To model human neural-cell-fate specification and to provide cells for regenerative therapies, we have developed a method to generate human neural progenitors and neurons from human embryonic stem cells, which recapitulates human fetal brain development. Through the addition of a small molecule that activates canonical WNT signaling, we induced rapid and efficient dose-dependent specification of regionally...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Body Patterning
- Cell Culture Techniques
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Lineage
- Cell Proliferation
- Cell Survival
- Cells, Cultured
- Dopamine
- Dopaminergic Neurons
