Ascorbic acid enhances differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cardiac myocytes

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1912-1916

  Takahashi, Tomosaburo ^a   Lord, Bernadette ^a   Schulze, P Christian ^a   Fryer, Ryan M ^b   Sarang, Satinder S ^b   Gullans, Steven R ^b   Lee, Richard T ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Partners Research Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Myocytes; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARDIAC MYOSIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN BETA; TIRON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; DRUG SCREENING; EMBRYO CELL; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM LAYER; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SARCOMERE; STAINING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSINS; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0037446546     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000064899.53876.A3     Document Type: Article

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