Publications

1. Rathjen, J and Rathjen, PD (2004) Embryonic stem cells; isolation and application of pluripotent cells from the pre-gastrulation mammalian embryo. In Stem Cell Handbook, Ed. Sell, S., Humana Press Towata, New Jersey, 33-43.
   
   
2. Rathjen, J, Washington, J and Rathjen, PD (2003) Identification of a biological activity that supports maintenance and proliferation of pluripotent cells from the primitive ectoderm of the mouse. Biol. Reprod. 69, 1863–1871.
   
   
3. Rathjen, J, Haines, BP, Hudson, K, Nesci, A., Dunn, S and Rathjen, PD (2002) Directed differentiation of pluripotent cells to neural lineages: homogeneous formation and differentiation of a neurectoderm population. Development 129, 2649–2661.
   
   
4. Stead, E, White, J, Faast, R, Conn, S, Goldstone, S, Rathjen, J, Dhingra, U, Rathjen, PD, Walker, D and Dalton, S (2002) Pluripotent cell division cycles are driven by ectopic Cdk2, cyclin A/E and E2F activities. Oncogene 21, 8320–8333.
   
   
5. Pelton, TA, Sharma, S, Schulz, TC, Rathjen, J, and Rathjen, PD (2002) Transient pluripotent cell populations during primitive ectoderm formation: Correlation of in vivo and in vitro pluripotent cell development. J. Cell Sci. 115, 329–339.
   
   
6. Pelton, TA, Sharma, S, Schulz, TC, Rathjen, J, and Rathjen, PD (2001) Transient pluripotent cell populations during primitive ectoderm formation: Correlation of in vivo and in vitro pluripotent cell development. J. Cell Sci. 115, 329–339
   
   
7. Rathjen, J, Haines, BH, Hudson, K, Nesci, A, Dunn, S and Rathjen, PD (2001) Directed differentiation of pluripotent cells to neural lineages: homogeneous formation and differentiation of a neurectoderm population. Development 129, 2649–2661.
   
   
8. Rathjen, J, Lake, J, Bettess, MD, Washington, JM, Chapman, G and Rathjen, PD (1999) Formation of a primitive ectoderm-like cell population, EPL cells, from ES cells in response to biologically derived factors. J. Cell Sci. 112, 601–612.