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SUBMITTER: Hwang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3747108 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hwang Yongsung Y Suk Samuel S Lin Susan S Tierney Matthew M Du Bin B Seo Timothy T Mitchell Aaron A Sacco Alessandra A Varghese Shyni S
PloS one 20130819 8
Development of human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-based therapy requires derivation of in vitro expandable cell populations that can readily differentiate to specified cell types and engraft upon transplantation. Here, we report that hESCs can differentiate into skeletal muscle cells without genetic manipulation. This is achieved through the isolation of cells expressing a mesodermal marker, platelet-derived growth factor receptor-α (PDGFRA), following embryoid body (EB) formation. The ESC-derived ...[more]