Activin A and Wnt-dependent specification of human definitive endoderm cells

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 319, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 2535-2544

  Toivonen, Sanna ^a   Lundin, Karolina ^a   Balboa, Diego ^a   Ustinov, Jarkko ^a   Tamminen, Kaisa ^a   Palgi, Jaan ^a   Trokovic, Ras ^a   Tuuri, Timo ^a   Otonkoski, Timo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Definitive endoderm; Differentiation; Human pluripotent stem cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; PROTEIN NODAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STIMULATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEFINITIVE ENDODERM CELL; ENDODERM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; PANCREAS CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84885387439     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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