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Transforming growth factor beta cooperates with persephin for dopaminergic phenotype induction.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) - 1 Jul 2008
Roussa Eleni, Oehlke Oliver, Rahhal Belal, Heermann Stephan, Heidrich Stefanie, Wiehle Michael, Krieglstein Kerstin
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the putative cooperative effects of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) family ligands in the differentiation of midbrain progenitors toward a dopaminergic phenotype. Therefore, a mouse midbrain embryonic day (E) 12 neurospheres culture was used as an experimental model. We show that neurturin and...
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