BMP4 promotes EMT and mesodermal commitment in human embryonic stem cells via SLUG and MSX2

Stem Cells

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 636-648

  Richter, Anne ^a   Valdimarsdottir, Lena ^a   Hrafnkelsdottir, Helga Eyja ^a   Runarsson, Johann Frimann ^a   Omarsdottir, Arna Run ^a   Oostwaard, Dorien Ward Van ^b   Mummery, Christine ^b   Valdimarsdottir, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BMP; EMT; Human ESCs; Mesodermal differentiation; MSX2; SLUG

Indexed keywords

BMP; EMT; HUMAN ESCS; MESODERMAL DIFFERENTIATION; MSX2; SLUG;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MESODERM; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SMAD PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84894283160     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: 15494918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1592     Document Type: Article

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