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NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 12, Pages 1542-1550Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1167
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Preparation of specific lineages at high purities from embryonic stem (ES) cells requires both selective culture conditions and markers to guide and monitor the differentiation. In this study, we distinguished definitive and visceral endoderm by using a mouse ES cell line that bears the gfp and human IL2R alpha (also known as CD25) marker genes in the goosecoid (Gsc) and Sox17 loci, respectively. This cell line allowed us to monitor the generation of Gsc(+)Sox17(+) definitive endoderm and Gsc(-)Sox17(+) visceral endoderm and to define culture conditions that differentially induce definitive and visceral endoderm. By comparing the gene expression profiles of definitive and visceral endoderm, we identified seven surface molecules that are expressed differentially in the two populations. One of the seven markers, Cxcr4, to which a monoclonal antibody is available allowed us to monitor and purify the Gsc+ population from genetically unmanipulated ES cells under the condition that selects definitive endoderm.
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