The following is a list of references we find to be particularly interesting. These references are provided as a guide to the various uses our customers are making of our products. The methods referenced here provide a starting point may not be optimized for all situations. Some empirical experimentation may be required. At the end of the list is a searchable database for additional citations. ---------------------------------------------------Aicher A, Heeschen C, Mildner-Rihm C, Urbich C, Ihling C, Technau-Ihling K, Zeiher AM, Dimmeler S. (2003). Essential Role of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase for Mobilization of Stem and Progenitor Cells. Nature Medicine 9:1370-1376. Abstract Invitrogen products used: CellTracker Orange Amit M, Shariki C, Margulets V, Itskovitz-Eldor J. (2003). Feeder Layer- and SerumFree Culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Biology of Reproduction 70:837-845. Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut D-MEM, KnockOut Serum Replacement, Lglutamine, 2-mercaptoethanol, MEM Non-Essential Amino Acid Solution, basic fibroblast growth factor, collagenase IV Blyszczuk P, Czyz J, Kania G, Wagner M, Roll U, St-Onge L, Wobus AM. (2003). Expression of Pax4 in Embryonic Stem Cells Promotes Differentiation of Nestin-positive Progenitor and Insulin-producing Cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.100:998-1003. Abstract Invitrogen products used: IMDM (Iscoves Modified Dulbecco’s Medium), trypsin, transferrin, fibronectin, B-27 Dong X, Pulido JS, Qu T, Sugaya K. (2003) Differentiation of Human Neural Stem Cells into Retinal Cells. Neuroreport 14:143-146. Abstract Invitrogen products used: D-MEM/F-12, B-27 Goolsby J, Marty MC, Heletz D, Chiappelli J, Tashko G, Yarnell D, Fishman PS, DhibJalbut S, Bever CT Jr, Pessac B, Trisler D. (2003) Hematopoietic Progenitors Express Neural Genes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.100:14926-14931. Abstract Invitrogen products used: D-MEM, CD Hybridoma, HuC/HuD antibody, CellTracker Orange. Horii T,Nagao Y, Tokunaga T, Imai H. (2003). Serum-free Culture of Murine Primordial Germ Cells and Embryonic Germ Cells. Theriogenology 59:1257-1264. Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut D-MEM, KnockOut Serum Replacement, ESQualified FBS. Hung S-C, Chen NJ, Hsieh SL, Li H, Ma HL, Lo WH. (2002). Isolation and Characterization of Size-Sieved Stem Cells from Human Bone Marrow. Stem Cells 20:249-258. Abstract Invitrogen products used: D-MEM (low glucose), FBS, PBS Hwang WS, Ryu YJ, Park JH, Park ES, Lee EG, Koo JM, Jeon HY, Lee BC, Kang SK, Kim SJ, Ahn C, Hwang JH, Park KY, Cibelli JB, Moon SY. (2004). Evidence of a Pluripotent Human Embryonic Stem Cell Line Derived from a Cloned Blastocyte. Science E-publication ahead of print. Abstract Invitrogen products used: DMEM, DMEM/F12, KnockOut Serum Replacement, bFGF Jungling K, Nagler K, Pfrieger FW, Gottmann K. (2003). Purification of embryonic stem cell-derived neurons by immunoisolation. FASEB Journal. 17:2100-2102. Abstract Invitrogen products used: Neurobasal, B-27, GlutaMAX Kawasaki H, Suemori H, Mizuseki K, Watanabe K, Urano F, Ichinose H, Haruta M, Takahashi M, Yoshikawa K, Nishikawa S, Nakatsuji N, Sasai Y. (2002). Generation of Dopaminergic Neurons and Pigmented Epithelia for Primate ES Cells by Stromal CellDerived Inducing Activity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99:1580-1585. Abtract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut Serum Replacement, FITC-phalloidin, YOYO-1 Li H, Roblin G, Liu H, Heller S. (2003). Generation of Hair Cells by Stepwise Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100:13495-13500. Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut D-MEM, FCS, non-essential amino acids, 2mercaptoethanol, L-glutamine, SuperScript II Reverse Transcriptase Lind EF, Prockop SE, Porritt HE, Petrie HT. (2001). Mapping Precusor Movement Through the Postnatal Thymus Reveals Specific Microenvironments Supporting Defined Stages of Early Lymphoid Development. J. Exp. Med. 194:127-134. Abstract. Invitrogen products used: Vybrant CFDA-SE Cell Tracer Kit, Prolong anti-fade media Liu S, Qu Y, Stewart TJ, Howard MJ, Chakrabortty S, Holekamp TF, McDonald JW. (2000). Embryonic Stem Cells Differentiate into Oligodendrocytes and Myelinate in Culture and After Spinal Cord Transplantation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97:61266131. Abstract Invitrogen products used:Cell Tracker Orange Lowe B, Avila HA, Bloom FR, Gleeson M, Kusser W. (2003). Quantitation of Gene Expression in Neural Precursors by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction using Self-Quenched, Fluorogenic Primers. Analytical Biochemistry 315:95-105. Abstract Invitrogen products used: LUX primers, -MEM, FBS, Neurobasal Medium, B-27, Lglutamine, Trizol, T7 RNA Polymerase, Topo Tools, Taq DNA Polymerase, Micro-toMidi Total RNA Purification System, SuperScript II Reverse Transcriptase, Platimun Quantitative PCR SuperMix-UDG Luo Y, Cai J, Ginis I, Sun Y, Lee S, Yu SX, Hoke A, Rao M. (2003). Designing, Testing, and Validating a Focused Stem Cell Microarray for Characterization of Neural Stem Cells and Progenitor Cells. Stem Cells 21:575-587. Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut D-MEM, ES-qualified FBS, non-essential amino acids, 2-mercaptoethanol, L-glutamine, Trizol Mangi AA, Noiseux N, Kong D, He H, Rezvani M, Ingwall JS, Dzau VJ. (2003). Mesenchymal Stem Cells Modified with Akt Prevent Remodeling and Restore Performance of Infarcted Hearts. Nature Medicine 9:1195-1201. Abstract Invitrogen products used: MEM, GlutaMAX, FBS, antibiotics, TRIzol reagent, OneStep RT-PCR with Platinum Taq kit Maurer MH., Feldmann RE Jr, Futterer CD, Kuschinsky W. (2003). The Proteome of Neural Stem Cells from Adult Rat Hippocampus. Proteome Science 1:4. Abstract Invitrogen products used: Neurobasal medium, B-27 Oswald J, Boxberger S, Jorgensen B, Feldmann S, Ehninger G, Bornhauser M, Werner C. (2004). Mesenchymal Stem Cells Can Be Differentiated Into Endothelial Cells In Vitro. Stem Cells 22:377-384. Abstract Invitrogen products used: D-MEM-Low Glucose, GlutaMAX-I Prudhomme W, Daley GQ, Zandstra P, Lauffenburger DA. (2004). Multivariate Proteomic Analysis of Murine Embryonic Stem Cell Self-renewal Versus Differentiation Signaling. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.101:2900-2905. Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut Serum Replacement, Alexa Fluor 488 Richards M, Fong CY, Chan WK, Wong PC, Bongso A. (2002). Human Feeders Support Prolonged Undifferentiated Growth of Human Inner Cell Masses and Embryonic Stem Cells. Nature Biotechnology 20:933-936. Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut D-MEM, D-MEM, glutamine, penicillinstreptomycin, nonessential amino acids solution, insulin-transferrin-selenium supplement Richards M, Tan SP, Tan JH, Chan WK, Bongso A. (2004). The Transriptome Profile of Human Embryonic Stem Cells as Defined by SAGE. Stem Cells 22:51-64. Abstract Invitrogen products used: TRIzol, I-SAGE kit, One Shot Top 10 E. coli, SAGE2000 software Romanov YA, Svintsitskaya VA, Smirnov VN. (2003). Searching for Alternative Sources of Postnatal Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Candidate MSC-Like Cells from Umbilical Cord. Stem Cell 21:105-110. Abstract Invitrogen products used: D-MEM (low glucose), Medium 199, D-PBS, EBSS, penicillin-strepomycin, L-glutamine, sodium pyruvate, trypsin-EDTA Romero-Ramos M, Vourc'h P, Young HE, Lucas PA, Wu Y, Chivatakarn O, Zaman R, Dunkelman N, el-Kalay MA, Chesselet MF. (2002). Neuronal differentiation of stem cells isolated from adult muscle. J.Neurosci.Res. 69:894-907. Abstract Invitrogen products used: Neurobasal A, B-27, N2 Sato N, Meijer L, Skaltsounis L, Greengard P, Brivanlou AH. (2004). Maintenance of Pluripotency in Human and Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells through Activation of Wnt Signaling by a Pharmacological GSK-3-specific Inhibitor. Nature Medicine 10:55-63. Abstract Invitrogen products used: D-MEM/F12, KnockOut Serum Replacement, L-glutamine, MEM Nonessential amino acids, 2-mercaptoethanol, basic fibroblast growth factor Schuldiner, M, Yanuka O, Itskovitz-Eldor J, Melton DA, Benvenisty N. (2000). Effects of Eight Growth Factors on the Differentiation of Cells Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97:11307-11312. Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut D-MEM, KnockOut Serum Replacement, MEM Non-essential Amino Acids, L-glutamine, basic FGF, trypsin Schuldiner M, Itskovitz-Eldor J. Benvenisty N. (2003). Selective Ablation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Expressing a “Suicide” Gene. Stem Cells 21: 257-265. Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut SR, KnockOut D-MEM, L-glutamine, MEM Non-essential amino acids, bFGF, MMLV Reverse Transcriptase Schulz TC, Palmarini GM, Noggle SA, Weiler DA, Mitalipova MM, Condie BG. (2003). Directed Neuronal Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells. BMC Neuroscience 4:27. Abstract Invitrogen products used: DMEM/F12, KnockOut Serum Replacement, MEM nonessential amino acids, penicillin-streptomycin, L-glutamine, Alexa-350, Alexa-488 and Alexa –568 conjugated antibodies Segev H, Fishman B, Ziskind A, Shulman M, Itskovitz-Eldor J. (2004). Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Insulin-Producing Clusters. Stem Cells 22:265-274. Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut D-MEM, KnockOut Serum Replacement, MEM Non-essential Amino Acids, L-glutamine, basic FGF, collagenase IV, D-MEM/F12, N2, B-27, insulin-transferrin-selenium, TO-PRO-3 iodide Sowa H, Kaji H, Canaff L, Hendy GN, Tsukamoto T, Yamaguchi T, Miyazono K, Sugimoto T, Chihara K. (2003) Inactivation of Menin, the Product of the Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Gene, Inhibits the Commitment of Multipotential Mesenchymal Stem Cells into the Osteoblast Lineage, JBC 278:21058-21069. Abstract Invitrogen products used: Eagle’s basal medium, FBS, penicillin-streptomycin, MEM. D-MEM, G418, lipofectamine, SuperScript first strand synthesis system for RT-PCR Spees JL, Olson SD, Ylostalo J, Lynch PJ, Smith J, Perry A, Peister A, Wang MY, Prockop DJ. (2003). Differentiation, Cell Fusion, and Nuclear Fusion During ex vivo Repair of Epithelium by Human Adult Stem Cells for Bone Marrow Stroma. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100:2397-2402. Abstract Invitrogen products used: CellTracker Green, MEM, L-glutamine, penicillinstreptomycin Sperger JM, Chen X, Draper JS, Antosiewicz JE, Chon CH, Jones SB, Brooks JD, Andrews PW, Brown PO, Thomson JA. (2003). Gene Expression Patterns in Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Human Pluripotent Germ Cell Tumors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.100:13350-13355. Abstract Invitrogen products used: D-MEM, FCS, L-glutamine, trypsin-EDTA, MEM Nonessential amino acids, dispase, collagenase IV Vallier L, Rugg-Gunn PJ, Bouhon IA, Andersson FK, Sadler AJ, Pedersen RA. (2004). Enhancing and Diminishing Gene Function in Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells 22:2-11. Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut D-MEM, KnockOut Serum Replacement, Collagenase IV, Lipofectamine 2000, Oligofectamine Wachs F-P, Couillard-Despres S, Engelhardt M, Wilhelm D, Ploetz S, Vroemen M, Kaesbauer J, Uyanik G, Klucken J, Karl C, Tebbing J, Svendsen C, Weidner N, Kuhn HG, Winkler J, Aigner L. (2003). High Efficacy of Clonal Growth and Expansion of Adult Neural Stem Cells. Laboratory Investigation 83:949-962. Abstract Invitrogen products used: Neurobasal medium, B-27 Ward CM, Stern P, Willington MA, Flenniken AM. (2002) Efficient Germline Transmission of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Grown in Synthetic Serum in the Absence of a Fibroblast Feeder Layer. Laboratory Investigation 82:1765-1767 Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut SR, KnockOut D-MEM, L-glutamine, 2mercaptoethanol, MEM Non-essential amino acids. Ward CM, Stern PL (2002) The Human Cytomegalovirus Immediate-Early Promoter is Transcriptionally Active in Undifferentiated Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells 20:472-475 Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut SR, KnockOut D-MEM, 2-mercaptoethanol, TOP10F competent cells, Lipofectamine Reagent Wislet-Gendebien S, Leprince P, Moonen G, Rogister B. (2003). Regulation of Neural Markers Nestin and GFAP Expression by Cultivated Bone Marrow Stromal Cells. Journal of Cell Science 116:3295-3302. Abstract Invitrogen products used: DiD Vybrant cell-labeling solution, D-MEM, D-MEM/F12, FBS, N2, B-27, Neurobasal Medium Wu P, Tarasenko YI, Gu Y, Huang LY, Coggeshall RE, Yu Y. (2002). Region-specific Generation of Cholinergic Neurons from Fetal Human Neural Stem Cells Grafted in Adult Rat. NatureNeuroscience 5:1271-1278. Abstract Invitrogen products used: D-MEM/F-12, N2 Xu C, Police S, Rao N, Carpenter MK. (2002). Characterization and Enrichment of Cardiomyocytes Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Circulation Research 91:501-508. Abstract Invitrogen products used: KnockOut D-MEM, collagenase IV, non-essential amino acids, -mercaptoethanol, L-glutamine Try our citations database for more references- click here