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SUBMITTER: Vinas JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3622609 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Viñas Jose Luis JL Ventayol Marina M Brüne Bernhard B Jung Michaela M Sola Anna A Pi Felip F Mastora Chrysoula C Hotter Georgina G
PloS one 20130410 4
This study indicates that embryonic stem cells [ESCs] cultured with retinoic acid and activin A significantly upregulate the miRNA let-7e. This specific miRNA modulates the Wnt pathway and the expression of early nephrogenic markers under these differentiation conditions. The differentiation markers WT1, Pax2 and Wnt4 were downregulated when miRNA let-7e was silenced, thus indicating the role of miRNA let-7e in the differentiation process. PKCβ, GSK3β phosphorylation (GSK3β(P)) and β-catenin exp ...[more]