Stem Cells in Extraembryonic Lineages and Human Development Stem Cells Derived from Amniotic Fluid and Placenta (Carlson Ch. 17) Stem Cells in Early Development (Lanza 13)
Early Implantation
Stem Cells in Early Development
Early Human Development
Initiating Gastrulation in the Mouse
Differentiation to Germ Layers in Vivo
Extraembryonic Nodal Required for Anterior and Posterior mesoderm formation Houng et al 2011 Development
Nodal Pathway in Early Development
Early in vitro differentiation of embryonic stem cell cultures
Embryos without maternal ndr1 have normal mesoderm markers and head/neck development
Zebrafish Embryos Lacking Maternal and Yolk Sace Ndr2 show defective
Primordial Germ Cells Are Responsible for Sperm and Egg in Adult Tissues
Umbilical Cord Blood is a potent source of multipotent stem cells Multipotent cells can be isolated Immediately and cultured 11 x 10^6 cells/gram 40g/tissue Extensive in vitro renewal (55psg) Multipotent markers expressed No differentiation data? 2009 Schugar et al
Amniocentesis A routine Genetic Screening procedure
Developmental Fates of Embryonic and Adult Stem Cells Diecke and Wu Molecular Therapy 2012
Stem Cells from Amniotic Fluid used to treat myocardial damage Yeh et al Biomaterials 2010
Sheet shows more hAFSCs in heart tissue 4 weeks post injection