2011
Small molecule Wnt inhibitors enhance the efficiency of BMP-4-directed cardiac differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells
Ren Y, Lee MY, Schliffke S, Paavola J, Amos PJ, Ge X, Ye M, Zhu S, Senyei G, Lum L, Ehrlich BE, Qyang Y. Small molecule Wnt inhibitors enhance the efficiency of BMP-4-directed cardiac differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells. Journal Of Molecular And Cellular Cardiology 2011, 51: 280-287. PMID: 21569778, PMCID: PMC3334336, DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.04.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman iPS cellsAction potential durationHuman iPS cell-derived cardiomyocytesSmall-molecule Wnt inhibitorsIPS cellsPluripotent stem cellsIPS cell-derived cardiomyocytesBMP-4Cardiac disease mechanismsCardiac differentiationCell-derived cardiomyocytesPotential durationBone morphogenetic protein 4Stem cellsWnt inhibitorsCardiomyocyte action potential durationHuman pluripotent stem cellsInduced pluripotent stem cellsHuman induced pluripotent stem cellsDisease mechanismsTranslational cardiac researchIntracellular calcium imagingEfficient cardiac differentiationWnt/β-cateninProduction of cardiomyocytes
2007
The Renewal and Differentiation of Isl1 + Cardiovascular Progenitors Are Controlled by a Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway
Qyang Y, Martin-Puig S, Chiravuri M, Chen S, Xu H, Bu L, Jiang X, Lin L, Granger A, Moretti A, Caron L, Wu X, Clarke J, Taketo MM, Laugwitz KL, Moon RT, Gruber P, Evans SM, Ding S, Chien KR. The Renewal and Differentiation of Isl1 + Cardiovascular Progenitors Are Controlled by a Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway. Cell Stem Cell 2007, 1: 165-179. PMID: 18371348, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2007.05.018.Peer-Reviewed Original Research