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ArticleBiochemical and biophysical research communications2014

Synergistic contribution of SMAD signaling blockade and high localized cell density in the differentiation of neuroectoderm from H9 cells.

Chao Liu, Yaping Sun, Joshua Arnold, Bingwei Lu, Su Guo

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Article in Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Chao LiuDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China; Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: chaol1974@ahmu.edu.cn.
Yaping SunDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Joshua ArnoldStem Cell Core, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Bingwei LuDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Su GuoDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Electronic address: su.guo@ucsf.edu.

Funding

Chemical Genetics to Elucidate the Development of Dopaminergic NeuronsR01DA023904 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GUO, SU · 2008 to 2012
$1.7M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA023904
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Directed neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) enables researchers to generate diverse neuronal populations for human neural development study and cell replacement therapy. To realize this potential, it is critical to precisely understand the role of various endogenous and exogenous factors involved in neural differentiation. Cell density, one of the endogenous factors, is involved in the differentiation of human ESCs. Seeding cell density can result in variable terminal cell densities or localized cell densities (LCDs), giving rise to various outcomes of differentiation. Thus, understanding how LCD determines the differentiation potential of human ESCs is important. The aim of this study is to highlight the role of LCD in the differentiation of H9 human ESCs into neuroectoderm (NE), the primordium of the nervous system. We found the initially seeded cells form derived cells with variable LCDs and subsequently affect the NE differentiation. Using a newly established method for the quantitative examination of LCD, we demonstrated that in the presence of induction medium supplemented with or without SMAD signaling blockers, high LCD promotes the differentiation of NE. Moreover, SMAD signaling blockade promotes the differentiation of NE but not non-NE germ layers, which is dependent on high LCDs. Taken together, this study highlights the need to develop innovative strategies or techniques based on LCDs for generating neural progenies from human ESCs.

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Cell CountCell DifferentiationCell LineEmbryonic Stem CellsHumansNeural PlateSignal TransductionSmad ProteinsSmad ProteinsDifferentiationHuman embryonic stem cellsLocalized cell densityNeuroectodermSeeding cell density

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