title: A call for standardized naming and reporting of human ESC and iPSC lines.
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.
authors.affiliation: International Stem Cell Registry, Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA. mai.luong@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Mai X
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Luong
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Auerbach
authors.forename: Jeremy M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Crook
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Daheron
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hei
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lomax
authors.forename: Jeanne F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Loring
authors.forename: Tenneille
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: Thorsten M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Schlaeger
authors.forename: Kelly P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Glyn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stacey
authors.forename: Ren-He
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Fanyi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D057026:Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D012015:Reference Standards; D009626:Terminology as Topic