We evaluated the teratoma-forming propensity of secondary neurospheres (SNS) generated
from 36 mouse induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines derived in 11 different ways. …

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are sustained in a specific microenvironment known as
the stem cell niche. Mammalian HSCs are kept quiescent in the endosteal niche, a hypoxic …

Defining the metabolic programs that underlie stem cell maintenance will be essential for
developing strategies to manipulate stem cell capacity. Mammalian hematopoietic stem cells (…

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an endothelial specific angiogenic mitogen
secreted from various cell types including tumor cells. Increasing evidence suggests that VEGF …

Once their safety is confirmed, human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), which do not
entail ethical concerns, may become a preferred cell source for regenerative medicine. Here…

Various types of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have been established by different
methods, and each type exhibits different biological properties. Before iPS cell-based clinical …

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a potent angiogenic mitogen, plays a crucial role
in angiogenesis under various pathophysiological conditions. We have recently …

The enthusiasm for producing patient-specific human embryonic stem cells using somatic
nuclear transfer has somewhat abated in recent years because of ethical, technical, and …

Purpose To correlate the enhancement pattern of double-phase helical computed
tomography (CT) of small renal parenchymal neoplasms with pathologic findings and tumor …

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a strong angiogenic mitogen and plays
important roles in angiogenesis under various pathophysiological conditions. The in vivo …