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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Matthew Trotter
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1741 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Vallier Ludovic L Mendjan Sasha S Brown Stephanie S Chng Zhenzhi Z Teo Adrian A Smithers Lucy E LE Trotter Matthew W B MW Cho Candy H-H CH Martinez Amelie A Rugg-Gunn Peter P Brons Gabrielle G Pedersen Roger A RA
Development (Cambridge, England) 20090311 8
The pluripotent status of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) confers upon them the capacity to differentiate into the three primary germ layers, ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm, from which all the cells of the adult body are derived. An understanding of the mechanisms controlling pluripotency is thus essential for driving the differentiation of human pluripotent cells into cell types useful for clinical applications. The Activin/Nodal signalling pathway is necessary to maintain pluripotency in human ES ...[more]