Increased risk of genetic and epigenetic instability in human embryonic stem cells associated with specific culture conditions.

The self-renewal and differentiation capacities of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) make them a promising source of material for cell transplantation therapy, drug development, and studies of cellular differentiation and development. However, the large numbers of cells necessary for many of thes...

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Main Authors: Ibon Garitaonandia, Hadar Amir, Francesca Sesillo Boscolo, Gerald K Wambua, Heather L Schultheisz, Karen Sabatini, Robert Morey, Shannon Waltz, Yu-Chieh Wang, Ha Tran, Trevor R Leonardo, Kristopher Nazor, Ileana Slavin, Candace Lynch, Yingchun Li, Ronald Coleman, Irene Gallego Romero, Gulsah Altun, David Reynolds, Stephen Dalton, Mana Parast, Jeanne F Loring, Louise C Laurent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118307