这是肌肉还是脂肪? 罗 (Rho) 弥合了这个差距
1Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Cell
|April 23, 2003
概括
介酶干细胞根据生长因子分化为肌肉或脂肪细胞. 罗GTPase是细胞命运决定的关键,促进肌肉发育并阻碍脂肪细胞的形成.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 干细胞研究 干细胞研究
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 介质细胞干细胞 (MSCs) 具有多能性,分化为各种细胞类型.
- 细胞分化是一个复杂的过程,受到生长因子等外部刺激的影响.
- 了解控制细胞命运决定的分子机制对于再生医学至关重要.
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