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Induction of a trophoblast-like phenotype by hydralazine in the p19 embryonic carcinoma cell line.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Mar 2013
O'Driscoll Cliona M, Coulter Jonathan B, Bressler Joseph P
Abstract excerpt
Chemicals that affect cellular differentiation through epigenetic mechanisms have potential utility in treating a wide range of diseases. Hydralazine decreases DNA methylation in some cell types but its effect on differentiation has not been well explored. After five days of exposure to hydralazine, P19 embryocarcinoma cells displayed a giant cell morphology and were binucleate, indicative of a trophoblast-like...
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