Curcumin's potential to modulate stem cell fate

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 331-332

  Zhang, Xiu Zhen ^a   Li, Xue Juan ^a   Zhang, Hong Yu ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CURCUMIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; JANUS KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P300; STAT3 PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LOSS; CELL RENEWAL; DRUG TARGETING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CURCUMIN; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 67649408949     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2009.04.003     Document Type: Letter

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