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SUBMITTER: Honda Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3851880 | biostudies-other | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Honda Yoshitomo Y Ding Xianting X Mussano Federico F Wiberg Akira A Ho Chih-Ming CM Nishimura Ichiro I
Scientific reports 20131205
Stem cell-based disease modeling presents unique opportunities for mechanistic elucidation and therapeutic targeting. The stable induction of fate-specific differentiation is an essential prerequisite for stem cell-based strategy. Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) initiates receptor-regulated Smad phosphorylation, leading to the osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSC) in vitro; however, it requires supra-physiological concentrations, presenting a bottleneck problem ...[more]