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Alternative Cultures for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Production, Maintenance, and Genetic Analysis
Published on: July 24, 2014
[In vitro strategies for human gametes production from stem cells]
Lucie Tosca1, Anne-Marie Courtot, Annelise Bennaceur-Griscelli
1Université Paris-Sud 11, hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France. lucie.tosca@abc.aphp.fr
Abstract:
Embryonic stem cells (ESC) are self-renewal and pluripotent cells that are able to differentiate in vitro into several cell types in favourable conditions. Technical protocols for in vitro gametes production have been developed in mice and human species. The functionality of such differentiated cells is not always analysed and an early meiotic arrest is a current observation. These kinds of experimentations have also been tested from human induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSC). However, differentiation ends shortly at the primordial germ cell stage.
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