Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Determines the Vasculogenic Fate of Postnatal Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1576-1587

  Zhang, Zhaocheng ^a   Nör, Felipe ^a   Oh, Min ^a   Cucco, Carolina ^a   Shi, Songtao ^b   Nör, Jacques E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Dental pulp stem cells; Multipotency; Self renewal; Tissue engineering; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; UVOMORULIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; WNT PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; LAMININ; MATRIGEL; PROTEOGLYCAN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL PULP STEM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERMANENT TOOTH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; STEM CELL SELF-RENEWAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS FROM HUMAN EXFOLIATED TEETH; TOOTH PULP; VASCULARIZATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE SILENCING; HEK293 CELL LINE; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; SCID MOUSE; WNT SIGNALING;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLLAGEN; DENTAL PULP; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3 BETA; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LAMININ; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICE, SCID; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROTEOGLYCANS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84960443847     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: 15494918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.2334     Document Type: Article

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