Nuclear receptors in stem cells and their therapeutic potential

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1299-1306

  Sun, GuoQiang ^a   Shi, Yanhong ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug discovery; Embryonic stem cells; Histone modification; Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs); MicroRNAs; Neural stem cells; Nuclear receptor TLX (NR2E1); Wnt

Indexed keywords

DRUG DISCOVERY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MICRORNAS; NEURAL STEM CELL; NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; WNT;

CYTOLOGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIGANDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

STEM CELLS;

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; LIVER RECEPTOR HOMOLOG 1; LIVER X RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; PROTEIN ERRBETA; PROTEIN TLX; PROTEIN TLX AGONIST; PROTEIN TLX ANTAGONIST; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID MODULATING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL; STEM CELL EXPANSION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TLX GENE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG DISCOVERY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 78649319100     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2010.08.003     Document Type: Review

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