A soluble and active form of Wnt-3a protein is involved in myogenic differentiation after cholesterol depletion

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 5787-5795

  Portilho, Débora M ^a   Martins, Eliane R ^a   Costa, Manoel L ^a   Mermelstein, Cláudia S ^a  

^a Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cyclodextrin; Myogenesis; Myogenic differentiation; Wnt

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CHOLESTEROL; METHYL BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; MYOGENIN; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; WNT3A PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FIBROBLAST; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION;

ANIMALS; BETA-CYCLODEXTRINS; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CHOLESTEROL; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FIBROBLASTS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; RATS; SOLUBILITY; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 36849045163     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.11.047     Document Type: Article

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