# characteristics.submission description[].text
The differentiation of pluripotent stem cells to hepatocyte-like cells offers the perspective of unlimited supply of human hepatocytes. However, the degree of differentiation of hepatic-like cells (HLC) remains controversial. To obtain an unbiased characterization, we performed a transcriptomics study using the Affymetrix Gene Chip???? HG-U133 plus 2.0, with HLC derived from embryonic and induced stem cells (ESC, hiPSC) from two different laboratories. Genome-wide gene expression profiles of ESC and HLC were compared to freshly isolated and up to 14 days cultivated primary human hepatocytes (see submission E-MTAB-3994) obtained under patient informed consent from three male donors. Three biological replicas were used for each ESC and HLC models. (associated data set: E-MTAB-3994 - Gene expression profile of human embryonic stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells in matrigel and recombinant laminins)

# characteristics.submission title[].text
Gene expression profile of human embryonic stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells