A novel in vitro model system for smooth muscle differentiation from human embryonic stem cell-derived mesenchymal cells

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Guo, Xia ^a   Stice, Steven L ^b   Boyd, Nolan L ^c   Chen, Shi You ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Human embryonic stem cell derived mesenchymal cells; Transforming growth factor ; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALPONIN; CARBACHOL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 11; MYOCARDIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ELONGATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL;

ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84874095802     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00298.2012     Document Type: Article

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