Publications

2012

Khandekar N, Lie KH, Sachdev PS, Sidhu KS. (2012) Amyloid precursor proteins, neural differentiation of pluripotent stem cells and its relevance to Alzheimer's disease. Stem Cells and Development Jan 18 ahead of print. doi:10.1089/scd.2011.0564.

2011

The International Stem Cell Initiative, Amps K, Andrews PW, Sidhu K et al. (2011) Screening ethnically diverse human embryonic stem cells identifies a chromosome 20 minimal amplicon conferring growth advantage. Nature Biotechnology Nov 27;29(12):1132-1144. doi: 10.1038/nbt.2051.

Chayosumrit M, Hardikar AA and Sidhu KS (2011). Role of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist in maintaining pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells. The Open Stem Cell Journal Suppl. Issue 3:11-22.

Han J, Chung H, Sachdev PS and Sidhu KS (2011). Epigenetic modifications in reprogramming and lineage specifications from embryonic stem cells: current trends and relevance in developing regenerative medicine (book chapter). In Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine and Cancer. SR Singh (ed). Pages 1-27, Nova Science Publishers, New York USA.

Han J and Sidhu K (2011). Embryonic stem cell extracts: usage in differentiation and reprogramming (review). Regen Med 6: 215-227.

Han J and Sidhu K (2011). Reprogramming somatic cells by fusion with embryonic stem cells: present status and prospects in regenerative medicine (book chapter). In Methodological Advances in the Culture, Manipulation and Utilization of Embryonic Stem Cells for Basic and Practical Applications. Craig Atwood (ed). Chapter 13, pages 237-258, Intech International Press, Austria.

Hua J and Sidhu KS (2011). Coaxing hESC to form oocyte-like structures by co-culture with testicular extract and hormones. The Open Stem Cell Journal Suppl. Issue 3:34-45.

Lie KH, Chung H and Sidhu KS (2011). Derivation, propagation and characterisation of neuroprogenitors from pluripotent stem cells (hESCs and hiPSCs) (book chapter). In Human Embryonic Stem Cells Handbook. Kursad Turksen (ed). Methods in Molecular Biology Series. Ed.: Walker, John M. Springer, Humana Press, USA (Invited chapter; accepted 3.1.2010; in press).

Sidhu K (2011). Basic principles of induced pluripotent stem cells (book chapter). In Progenitor and Stem Cell Technologies and Therapies (Volume 1). Anthony Atala (ed). Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge.

Sidhu KS (2011). Editorial: Present status and future trends in adult and embryonic stem cell research (review). The Open Stem Cell Journal Suppl. Issue 3: 1-3.

Sidhu KS (2011). New approaches for the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (review). Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy 11: 569-79.

Sidhu KS (2011). Induced pluripotent stem cells a slippery slope for neurodegenerative disease modeling? (review). The Open Stem Cell Journal Suppl. Issue 3: 46-51.

Sidhu KS and Lie KH (2011). Stem cells: definition, classification and sources (book chapter). In Frontiers in Pluripotent Stem Cells Research and Therapeutic Potentials: Bench-To-Bedside. Bentham Press (in press).

Sidhu KS, Kim J, Chayosumrit M, Dean S and Sachdev P (2011). Alginate microcapsule as a 3D platform for propagation and differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to different lineages. J Visualised Experimentation (in press, accepted, 21.6.2011).

Sidhu KS and Sachdev PS (2011). Pluripotent stem cells and neurodegenerative diseases: basic science to clinical application (book chapter). In Frontiers in Pluripotent Stem Cells Research and Therapeutic Potentials: Bench-To-Bedside. Bentham Press (in press).

Sutherland G and Sidhu KS (2011). Pluripotent stem cells and disease modelling (book chapter). In Frontiers in Pluripotent Stem Cells Research and Therapeutic Potentials: Bench-To-Bedside. Bentham Press (in press).

2010

Chayosumrit M, Tuch B and Sidhu K (2010). Alginate microcapsule for propagation and directed differentiation of hESCs to definitive endoderm. Biomaterials 31: 505-514.

Chung HCY, Lin RCY, Logan GJ, Alexander IE, Sachdev PS and Sidhu KS (2010). Induced pluripotent stem cells derived under feeder-free conditions display unique cell cycle and DNA replication gene profiles. Stem Cell & Development (in press, accepted 21.4.2011).

Han J, Sachdev PS and Sidhu KS (2010). A combined epigenetic and non-genetic approach for reprogramming human somatic cells. PloS One 5:12297.

Lie KH, Tuch BE and Sidhu KS (2010). Suppression of NANOG Induces Efficient Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Pancreatic Endoderm. Pancreas (in press, accepted 14.3.2011).

Sidhu KS, Ryan JP, Lees JG and Tuch BE (2010). Derivation of a new human embryonic stem cell line, endeavour-2 and its characterization. In vitro Cells and Development Biology 46: 269-275.

2009

Hua J, Pan S, Yang C, Dong W, Dou Z and Sidhu KS (2009). Derivation of male germ cell-like lineage from human fetal bone marrow stem cells. Reprod Biomed Online 19(1):99-105.

2008

Chung H and Sidhu KS (2008). Epigenetic modifications of embryonic stem cells; current trends and relevance in developing regenerative medicine. Stem Cells and Cloning: Advances and Applications 1: 11-21.

Han J and Sidhu KS (2008). Current concepts in reprogramming somatic cells to pluripotent state (review). Curr Stem Cell Res Ther 3(1): 66-74.

Hua J and Sidhu K (2008). Recent advances in the derivation of germ cells from the embryonic stem cells (review). Stem Cells Dev 17(3):399-411.

Sidhu KS, Ryan JP and Tuch BE (2008). Derivation of a new human embryonic stem cell line, endeavour-1, and its clonal propagation. Stem Cells Dev 17(1):41-51.

Sidhu KS, Walke S and Tuch BE (2008). Derivation and propagation of hESC under a therapeutic environment. Current Protoc Stem Cell Biol Chapter 1: Unit 1A.4.

Valenzuela MJ, Dean SK, Sachdev P, Tuch BE and Sidhu KS (2008). Neural precursors from canine skin: a new direction for testing autologous cell replacement in the brain. Stem Cells Dev 17(6):1087-94.

2007

Valenzuela MJ, Sidhu KS, Dean SK and Sachdev P (2007). Neural stem cell therapy for neuropsychiatric disorders. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 19:11-26

2006

Dean SK, Yulyana, Williams G, Sidhu KS and Tuch BE (2006). Differentiation of encapsulated embryonic stem cells after transplantation. Transplantation 82(9): 1175-1184.

Hardikar AA, Lees JG, Sidhu KS, Colvin E and Tuch BE (2006). Stem-cell therapy for diabetes cure: How close are we? Current Stem Cell Res Ther 1(3):425-436.

Lim U, Sidhu KS and Tuch BE (2006). Derivation of motor neurons from three clonal human embryonic stem cell lines. Curr Neurovasc Res 3: 281-288.

Sidhu KS, Lie KH and Tuch BE (2006). Transgenic human fetal fibroblasts as feeder layer for human embryonic stem cell lineage selection. Stem Cells Dev 15: 741-747.

Sidhu KS and Tuch B (2006). Derivation of three clones from human embryonic stem cell line by FACS sorting and their characterization. Stem Cells Dev 15: 61-69.