HDAC inhibitor 4-phenylbutyrate preserves immature phenotype of human embryonic midbrain stem cells: Implications for the involvement of DNA methyltransferase

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 977-983

  Khan, Zahidul ^a   Akhtar, Monira ^a   Ekström, Tomas J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

4 phenylbutyrate; Differentiation; DNA methyltransferase; Histone deacetylase; Neural stem cells

Indexed keywords

4 PHENYLBUTYRIC ACID; BETA TUBULIN; CD133 ANTIGEN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; GENOMIC DNA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NESTIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL STEM CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE THERAPY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PHENYLBUTYRATES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TUBULIN;

EID: 80053549894     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2011.791     Document Type: Article

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