单词 | embryoid body |
释义 | > as lemmasembryoid body embryoid body n. Biology (originally) an aggregate of cells that develops when certain mouse tumours are grown in culture, and which bears some resemblance to an early embryo in its structure and potential for differentiation; (in later use also) a similar aggregate derived from cells from other sources, esp. embryonic stem cells. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > cell > types of cells > [noun] > aggregate of cells embryoid body1958 1958 Jrnl. Nat. Cancer Inst. 20 1263 These embryoid bodies have not been observed in primary strain 129 [mouse] teratomas. 1977 C. F. Graham in M. I. Sherman Concepts in Mammalian Embryogenesis vii. 332 The greatest range of differentiated tissue forms after both simple and cystic embryoid bodies are plated out on tissue culture dishes. 2000 Guardian 8 May i. 9/2 They grow into a kind of cell porridge called an ‘embryoid body’, with millions of nerve, heart and skin cells jumbled up higgledy piggledy. 2009 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106 7617/2 In brief, hESCs [= human embryonic stem cells] were dissociated and induced to differentiate as embryoid bodies in NIM medium. < as lemmas |
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