A call for standardized naming and reporting of human ESC and iPSC lines

Mai X Luong; Jonathan Auerbach; Jeremy M Crook; Laurence Daheron; Derek Hei; Geoffrey Lomax; Jeanne F Loring; Tenneille Ludwig; Thorsten M Schlaeger; Kelly P Smith; Glyn Stacey; Ren-He Xu; Fanyi Zeng

doi:10.1016/j.stem.2011.03.002

A call for standardized naming and reporting of human ESC and iPSC lines

Cell Stem Cell. 2011 Apr 8;8(4):357-9. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2011.03.002.

Authors

Mai X Luong¹, Jonathan Auerbach, Jeremy M Crook, Laurence Daheron, Derek Hei, Geoffrey Lomax, Jeanne F Loring, Tenneille Ludwig, Thorsten M Schlaeger, Kelly P Smith, Glyn Stacey, Ren-He Xu, Fanyi Zeng

Affiliation

¹ International Stem Cell Registry, Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA. mai.luong@umassmed.edu

PMID: 21474098
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2011.03.002

Abstract

Human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cell lines are being generated at a rapid pace and now number in the thousands. We propose a standard nomenclature and suggest the use of a centralized database for all cell line names and a minimum set of information for reporting new derivations.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cell Line
Embryonic Stem Cells / cytology*
Humans
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / cytology*
Reference Standards
Terminology as Topic*

Grants and funding

G1001045/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom