Dying alone: a tale of rho.

Samuel, Michael S; Olson, Michael F · Cell Stem Cell · 2010

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Chen et al. (2010) and Ohgushi et al. (2010) report that Rho-mediated actomyosin contractility underlies the proclivity of human embryonic stem cells to undergo apoptosis upon dissociation or during low-density propagation, a property that challenges their in vitro isolation and manipulation.