The protocols describe two in vitro developmental toxicity test systems (UKK and UKN1) based on human embryonic stem cells and transcriptome studies. The test systems predict human developmental toxicity hazard, and may contribute to reduce animal studies, costs and the time required for chemical safety testing.
Shinde, V., Klima, S., Sureshkumar, P. S., Meganathan, K., Jagtap, S., Rempel, E., Rahnenführer, J., Hengstler, J. G., Waldmann, T., Hescheler, J., Leist, M., Sachinidis, A. Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Based Developmental Toxicity Assays for Chemical Safety Screening and Systems Biology Data Generation. J. Vis. Exp. (100), e52333, doi:10.3791/52333 (2015).