Stage-specific signaling through TGFβ family members and WNT regulates patterning and pancreatic specification of human pluripotent stem cells
Nostro MC, Sarangi F, Ogawa S, Holtzinger A, Corneo B, Li X, Micallef SJ, Park IH, Basford C, Wheeler MB, Daley GQ, Elefanty AG, Stanley EG, Keller G. Stage-specific signaling through TGFβ family members and WNT regulates patterning and pancreatic specification of human pluripotent stem cells. Development 2011, 138: 861-871. PMID: 21270052, PMCID: PMC3035090, DOI: 10.1242/dev.055236.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman pluripotent stem cellsPluripotent stem cellsTGFβ family membersStem cellsPancreatic lineage cellsEndoderm fateEndoderm populationEndoderm inductionPancreatic specificationInsulin-expressing cellsBMP inhibitionPancreatic lineagePancreatic fateA SignalingInsulin-producing β-cellsGerm layersCanonical WntDevelopmental stagesActivin A signalingFamily membersLineage cellsWntInsulin expressionCell linesSpecific stages