The role of SMAD4 in human embryonic stem cell self-renewal and stem cell fate

Stem Cells

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 863-873

  Avery, Stuart ^a,b   Zafarana, Gaetano ^a,c   Gokhale, Paul J ^a   Andrews, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Pluripotency; Self renewal; Signaling; SMAD4; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

4 [4 (1,3 BENZODIOXOL 5 YL) 5 (2 PYRIDINYL) 1H IMIDAZOL 2 YL]BENZAMIDE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DOXYCYCLINE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMAD4 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; NODAL PROTEIN; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 77952345331     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.409     Document Type: Article

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