Acute effect of endothelins on intercellular communication of human embryonic stem cells

Journal of Stem Cells

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-56

  Wong, Raymond C B ^a,b,d   Davidson, Kathryn C ^a,e   Leung, Jessie ^a   Pera, Martin F ^c   Pébay, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelin; Gap junction; Gap junctional intercellular communication; Human embryonic stem cells

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 2; ENDOTHELIN 3; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MESSENGER RNA; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN GCTM 2; PROTEIN TG 30; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENDOTHELIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COLONY FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOTHELINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS;

EID: 77955240469     PISSN: 15568539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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