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Stable stem cell commitment to the adipocyte lineage by inhibition of DNA methylation: role of the BMP-4 gene.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Aug 2006
Bowers Robert R, Kim Jae Woo, Otto Tamara C, Lane M Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies showed that exposure of C3H10T1/2 stem cells to bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP-4) produced cells that convert into adipocytes at high frequency when treated with differentiation inducers. In the present investigation, an independent approach shows that BMP-4 is required for stable commitment of pluripotent stem cells to the adipocyte lineage. Exposure of proliferating 10T1/2 stem cells to...
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