BMP and TGF-Β pathway mediators are critical upstream regulators of Wnt signaling during midbrain dopamine differentiation in human pluripotent stem cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 376, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-73

  Cai, Jingli ^a   Schleidt, Stephanie ^a   Pelta Heller, Joshua ^a   Hutchings, Danielle ^a   Cannarsa, Gregory ^a   Iacovitti, Lorraine ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Human pluripotent stem cells; Midbrain dopaminergic differentiation; SHH; SMAD; TGF beta; Wnt

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; SMAD1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; WNT3A PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BMP SIGNALING PATHWAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OPTICAL DENSITY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TGF BETA SIGNALING PATHWAY; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84875262810     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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