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June 15, 2010PLoS ONE273 citationsOpen Access

Endogenous Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Is Required for Cardiac Differentiation in Human Embryonic Stem Cells

SPSharon L. PaigeTOTomoaki OsugiOAOlga K. Afanasiev

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Background: Wnt/b-catenin signaling is an important regulator of differentiation and morphogenesis that can also control stem cell fates. Our group has developed an efficient protocol to generate cardiomyocytes from human embryonic stem (ES) cells via induction with activin A and BMP4.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a344cc5daadf05dbea73979https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011134
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