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Stem cell culture: Simply derived epicardial cells

A chemically defined protocol requiring no animal-derived components allows for the easier derivation and enduring expansion of epicardial cells from human pluripotent stem cells.

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Figure 1: Generation of epicardial cells from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs).
Figure 2: Applications of human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived epicardial-derived cells (EPDCs).

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Paik, D., Wu, J. Stem cell culture: Simply derived epicardial cells. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 0015 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0015

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