Activin and BMP4 synergistically promote formation of definitive endoderm in human embryonic stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 631-642

  Teo, Adrian K K ^a   Ali, Yusuf ^a   Wong, Kee Yew ^b   Chipperfield, Hiram ^a   Sadasivam, Akila ^a   Poobalan, Yogavalli ^a   Tan, Ee Kim ^a   Wang, Siew Tein ^a   Abraham, Suman ^a   Tsuneyoshi, Norihiro ^a   Stanton, Lawrence W ^b   Dunn, N Ray ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activin; BMP; Embryonic stem cells; Endoderm; Human; Mouse; Pluripotency

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; APLNR PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; LEPREL1 PROTEIN; LRIG3 PROTEIN; LZTS1 PROTEIN; MCC PROTEIN; PROTEIN; ROR2 PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMITIVE STREAK; UPREGULATION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; HUMANS; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84859483446     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1022     Document Type: Article

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