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Accession information: Vol. 7; Issue 19; 20 September 2005 Abstract
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Examples of improved feeders and feeder-free methods for derivation of human embryonic stem cells

Louise A. Hyslop, Lyle Armstrong, Miodrag Stojkovic and Majlinda Lako

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Table 1. Examples of improved feeders and feeder-free methods for derivation of human embryonic stem cells
Culture conditions Details Refs
Feeder cells Human fetal muscle and skin 99
Human adult fallopian tubal epithelial layer 99
Human foreskin fibroblasts 100, 101
Human adult skin fibroblasts 102
Human adult endometrial cells 103
Human adult breast parenchyma cells 103
Human embryonic fibroblasts from hESCs 104, 105
Human placental fibroblasts 10
Feeder-free substrates and defined media Matrigel with conditioned medium from MEFs 106
Laminin with conditioned medium from MEFs 106
Fibronectin, and medium supplemented with TGF-b, LIF and FGF-2 107
Human serum supplemented with conditioned medium from hESC-derived fibroblasts 108
Matrigel, and medium supplemented with FGF-2 and noggin 8, 29
Laminin, and medium supplemented with activin A, nicotinamide and KGF 9
Extracellular matrix from MEFs with conditioned medium from MEFs 7
Abbreviations: FGF-2, basic fibroblast growth factor; hESCs, human embryonic stem cells; KGF, keratinocyte growth factor; LIF, leukaemia inhibitory factor; MEFs, mouse embryonic fibroblasts; TGF-b, transforming growth factor b.

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9 Beattie, G.M. et al. (2005) Activin A maintains pluripotency of human embryonic stem cells in the absence of feeder layers. Stem Cells 23, 489-495, PubMed

10 Simon, C. et al. (2005) First derivation in Spain of human embryonic stem cell lines: use of long-term cryopreserved embryos and animal-free conditions. Fertil Steril 83, 246-249, PubMed

29 Xu, R.H. et al. (2005) Basic FGF and suppression of BMP signaling sustain undifferentiated proliferation of human ES cells. Nat Methods 2, 185-190, PubMed

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100 Hovatta, O. et al. (2003) A culture system using human foreskin fibroblasts as feeder cells allows production of human embryonic stem cells. Hum Reprod 18, 1404-1409, PubMed

101 Inzunza, J. et al. (2005) Derivation of human embryonic stem cell lines in serum replacement medium using postnatal human fibroblasts as feeder cells. Stem Cells 23, 544-549, PubMed

102 Richards, M. et al. (2003) Comparative evaluation of various human feeders for prolonged undifferentiated growth of human embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells 21, 546-556, PubMed

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