Review Article

Isolation, Culture, and Functional Characterization of Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Current Trends and Challenges

Table 2

List of chemicals used to enhance culture of hESCs.

Name of chemicalsReferences

Matrigel[48]
[49]
Fibronectin[51]
[52]
Laminin and collagen type IV[51]
[52]
E-cadherin[13]
E-cadherin/laminin 521[13]
Synthetically designed bed surfaceMelkoumian et al., 2010
Corning Synthemax Surface, a synthetic acrylate surface conjugated with vitronectinKawase et al., 2014
Spider silk proteinsWu et al., 2014