Neuregulin/ErbB signaling regulates cardiac subtype specification in differentiating human embryonic stem cells

Circulation Research

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 776-786

  Zhu, Wei Zhong ^a   Xie, Yiheng ^a   Moyes, Kara White ^a   Gold, Joseph D ^b   Askari, Bardia ^a   Laflamme, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GERON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

electrophysiology; embryonic stem cell; neuregulin; pacemaker

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; EGFR PROTEIN, HUMAN; NEUREGULIN BETA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFARCTION; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINUS NODE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NEUREGULIN-1; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 77957270888     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.110.223917     Document Type: Article

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