Basement Membrane Matrix (BME) has Multiple Uses with Stem Cells

An optimized small molecule inhibitor cocktail supports long-term maintenance of human embryonic stem cells

(2011) Hideaki Tsutsui et al.   Nature Communications

Delayed transplantation of human neural precursor cells improves outcome from focal cerebral ischemia in aged rats

(2010) Kunlin Jin et al.   AGING CELL

Isolation and characterization of portal branch ligation-stimulated Hmga2-positive bipotent hepatic progenitor cells

(2010) Hiroshi Sakai et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Dynamics of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cell/mesenchymal stem cell interaction in co-culture and its implications in angiogenesis

(2010) A. Aguirre et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Impact of vitronectin concentration and surface properties on the stable propagation of human embryonic stem cells

(2010) Jian Li et al.   Biointerphases

A feeder-free culture using autogeneic conditioned medium for undifferentiated growth of human embryonic stem cells: Comparative expression profiles of mRNAs, microRNAs and proteins among different feeders and conditioned media

(2010) Zong-Yun Tsai et al.   BMC CELL BIOLOGY

Basement membrane components are key players in specialized extracellular matrices

(2010) Jenny Kruegel et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Endothelial Progenitor Cells Derived From CD34+ Cells Form Cooperative Vascular Networks

(2010) Sufen Guo et al.   CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

The ‘chemoinvasion’ assay, 25 years and still going strong: the use of reconstituted basement membranes to study cell invasion and angiogenesis

(2010) Adriana Albini et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Human marrow-isolated adult multilineage-inducible (MIAMI) cells protect against peripheral vascular ischemia in a mouse model

(2010) Amirali Rahnemai-Azar et al.   CYTOTHERAPY

Factory neovessels: engineered human blood vessels secreting therapeutic proteins as a new drug delivery system

(2010) M Compte et al.   GENE THERAPY

High-dose rosuvastatin in chronic heart failure promotes vasculogenesis, corrects endothelial function, and improves cardiac remodeling — Results from a randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled study

(2010) Sandra Erbs et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Identification of neuroblastoma stem cells by characterization of side population cells in the human neuroblastoma SK-N-SH cell line

(2010) Shiqin Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Prolonged Drug Selection of Breast Cancer Cells and Enrichment of Cancer Stem Cell Characteristics

(2010) Anna Maria Calcagno et al.   JNCI-Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Engineered human tumor xenografts with functional human vascular networks

(2010) Vanesa Alonso-Camino et al.   MICROVASCULAR RESEARCH

Evidence of an epithelial stem/progenitor cell hierarchy in the adult mouse lung

(2010) J. L. McQualter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cancer stem cells from colorectal cancer-derived cell lines

(2010) Trevor M. Yeung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Matrigel: A complex protein mixture required for optimal growth of cell culture

(2010) Chris S. Hughes et al.   PROTEOMICS

Enhanced Transfection Efficiency of Human Embryonic Stem Cells by the Incorporation of DNA Liposomes in Extracellular Matrix

(2010) Luis G. Villa-Diaz et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

The Role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Prevascularized Bone Tissue Engineering: Development of Heterogeneous Constructs

(2010) Natalja E. Fedorovich et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Bone Formation and Neovascularization Mediated by Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Endothelial Cells in Critical-Sized Calvarial Defects

(2010) Sebastian Koob et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Culture of omentum-induced regenerating liver yielded hepatocyte-committed stem cells

(2010) Nishit Pancholi et al.   Translational Research

The endothelial cell tube formation assay on basement membrane turns 20: state of the science and the art

(2009) Irina Arnaoutova et al.   ANGIOGENESIS

Developmental and Pathogenic Mechanisms of Basement Membrane Assembly

(2009) Peter Yurchenco et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Advancing science and technology via 3D culture on basement membrane matrix

(2009) G. Benton et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Single Lgr5 stem cells build crypt-villus structures in vitro without a mesenchymal niche

(2009) Toshiro Sato et al.   NATURE

ErythRED, a hESC line enabling identification of erythroid cells

(2009) Tanya Hatzistavrou et al.   NATURE METHODS

A chemical platform for improved induction of human iPSCs

(2009) Tongxiang Lin et al.   NATURE METHODS

A Three Dimensional Anchorage Independent In Vitro System for the Prolonged Growth of Embryoid Bodies to Study Cancer Cell Behaviour and Anticancer Agents

(2009) Chui-Yee Fong et al.   Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Bone Marrow–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Angiogenic Processes in a Time- and Dose-Dependent Manner In Vitro

(2009) Garry P. Duffy et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Transplantation of a Tissue-Engineered Human Vascularized Cardiac Muscle

(2009) Ayelet Lesman et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Notch Signaling Regulates Mammary Stem Cell Function and Luminal Cell-Fate Commitment

(2008) Toula Bouras et al.   Cell Stem Cell

High-Throughput Screening Assay for the Identification of Compounds Regulating Self-Renewal and Differentiation in Human Embryonic Stem Cells

(2008) Sabrina C. Desbordes et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Coadministration of Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Progenitor Cells Enhances the Efficiency of Proangiogenic Cell-Based Therapy

(2008) Philippe Foubert et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Human mature endothelial cells modulate peripheral blood mononuclear cell differentiation toward an endothelial phenotype

(2008) Lydia Bellik et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Improved genetic manipulation of human embryonic stem cells

(2008) Stefan R Braam et al.   NATURE METHODS

Engineered Microenvironments for Controlled Stem Cell Differentiation

(2008) Jason A. Burdick et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

A comparison of the tube forming potentials of early and late endothelial progenitor cells

(2007) Nana Mukai et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH