Baicalin maintains late-stage functional cardiomyocytes in embryoid bodies derived from murine embryonic stem cells

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-99

  Tang, Meilin ^a   Yin, Mengmeng ^a   Tang, Ming ^a   Liang, Huamin ^a   Yu, Chong ^a   Hu, Xinwu ^a   Luo, Hongyan ^a   Baudis, Birte ^b   Haustein, Moritz ^b   Khalil, Markus ^b   Šarić, Tomo ^b   Hescheler, Jürgen ^b   Xi, Jiaoya ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baicalin; Cardiomyocytes; Differentiation; Embryonic stem cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; BAICALIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NK 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; APOPTOSIS; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

MURINAE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYOID BODIES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FLAVONOIDS; MICE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 84879765645     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: 14219778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350127     Document Type: Article

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