Potent Human Recombinant Cytokine BMP-4

November 04, 2019

University of Birmingham
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Graduate Student

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Company:

Gibco

Product Name:

Human recombinant BMP-4

Catalog Number:

PHC9534

We use BMP-4 in one of our protocols to differentiate human embryonic stem cells and push them towards hematopoiesis.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into mesoderm

Starting Material

Human embryonic stem cells, specialized media

Tips

Used in the first stages of differentiation to form embryoid bodies

Results Summary

This cytokine worked well for us, and resulted to production of hematopoietic, commited cells.

DOI or PMID #

N/A

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Summary

The Good

Easy to reconstitute and use.

The Bad

Sometimes, its hard to get the whole lyophilized powder as its stuck in the cap. Need to be careful.

The Bottom Line

This BMP-4 human recombinant cytokine worked very well in our protocol and allowed the production of hematopoietic cells in combination with SCF and VEGF.

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