Treatment of human embryos with the TGF inhibitor SB431542 increases epiblast proliferation and permits successful human embryonic stem cell derivation
Author(s) -
Margot Van der Jeught,
Björn Heindryckx,
Thomas O’Leary,
Galbha Duggal,
Sabitri Ghimire,
Sylvie Lierman,
Nadine Van Roy,
Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes,
Tom Deroo,
Dieter Deforce,
Petra De Sutter
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/det400
Subject(s) - epiblast , homeobox protein nanog , embryonic stem cell , inner cell mass , andrology , nanog homeobox protein , immunocytochemistry , rex1 , embryo , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , stem cell , blastocyst , immunology , embryogenesis , sox2 , endocrinology , medicine , gastrulation , induced pluripotent stem cell , genetics , gene
Is there an effect of the TGFβ inhibitor SB431542 (SB) on the epiblast compartment of human blastocysts, and does it affect subsequent human embryonic stem cell (hESC) derivation?
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