Gremlin 2 promotes differentiation of embryonic stem cells to atrial fate by activation of the signaling pathway

Stem Cells

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1774-1788

  Tanwar, Vineeta ^a   Bylund, Jeffery B ^a,b   Hu, Jianyong ^a   Yan, Jingbo ^a,b   Walthall, Joel M ^a   Mukherjee, Amrita ^a   Heaton, William H ^a   Wang, Wen Der ^b,c   Potet, Franck ^c   Rai, Meena ^a,b   Kupershmidt, Sabina ^c   Knapik, Ela W ^b,c   Hatzopoulos, Antonis K ^a,b  

^a Division of Cardiovascular Medicine   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial cardiomyocytes; BMP Signaling; Cardiac differentiation; Embryoid bodies; Embryonic stem cells; Pluripotent stem cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BETA TUBULIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CD31 ANTIGEN; CHORDIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GREMLIN 2; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; MYOCARDIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR COUPTFII; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HEY1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; GREM2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HEART ATRIA; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTEINS;

EID: 84902099178     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: 15494918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1703     Document Type: Article

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