Embryonic Stem Cells: Similarities and Differences Between Human and Murine Embryonic Stem Cells
Authors: Koestenbauer, Sonja1; Zech, Nicolas H.2; Juch, Herbert1; Vanderzwalmen, Pierre3; Schoonjans, Luc4; Dohr, Gottfried1
Source: American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, Volume 55, Number 3, March 2006 , pp. 169-180(12)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
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Abstract:
The derivation of murine embryonic stem (mES) cell lines was reported for the first time in 1981 (Nature, 1981; 292:154–156; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1981; 78:7634–7638), and they have since proved to be a very useful tool with which to study mammalian development, which is characterized by pluripotency and differentiation. About 20 years later, the successful generation of human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines was described (Science, 1998; 282:1145–1147). Although mES and hES are derived from mammals, they cannot be looked at as being one and the same. While basic information for hES can be derived from mES, such information does not correspond on a one-to-one basis. This review gives an overview of the characteristics of embryonic stem cells with the main focus on the similarities and differences between human and mES cells.Keywords: Embryonic stem cells; surface markers; transcription factors
Document Type: Review article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2005.00354.x
Affiliations: 1: Department of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Graz, Centre of Molecular Biology, Harrachgasse, Graz, Austria; 2: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Frauenklinikstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland; 3: Department of Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology, Römerstrasse, Bregenz, Austria; 4: Thromb-X, NV, C/O Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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