Vitamin A/retinol and maintenance of Pluripotency of stem cells

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1209-1222

  Khillan, Jaspal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; Embryonic stem cells; Insulin like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R); NANOG; OCT4; PI3 kinase signaling; Retinoic acid; Retinol; SOX2; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; RETINOL; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GERMLINE STEM CELL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84897879479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6031209     Document Type: Review

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