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Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells to blood-brain barrier endothelial cells.
Science advances - 1 Nov 2017
Qian Tongcheng, Maguire Shaenah E, Canfield Scott G, Bao Xiaoping, Olson William R, Shusta Eric V, Palecek Sean P
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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is composed of specialized endothelial cells that are critical to neurological health. A key tool for understanding human BBB development and its role in neurological disease is a reliable and scalable source of functional brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs). Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can theoretically generate unlimited quantities of any cell lineage in vitro,...
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