Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 7 , Pages 2233-2245.e14 , June 2010

Noggin, Retinoids, and Fibroblast Growth Factor Regulate Hepatic or Pancreatic Fate of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

  • Josué Kunjom Mfopou

      Affiliations

    • Cell Differentiation Unit, Diabetes Research Centre, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Bing Chen

      Affiliations

    • Cell Differentiation Unit, Diabetes Research Centre, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    • Department of Embryology and Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Ileana Mateizel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Embryology and Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Karen Sermon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Embryology and Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Luc Bouwens

      Affiliations

    • Cell Differentiation Unit, Diabetes Research Centre, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Luc Bouwens, PhD, Cell Differentiation Unit, Diabetes Research Centre, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Brussels, 1090, Belgium. fax: (32) 0-24774405

Received 22 July 2009 ,Accepted 23 February 2010.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding This study was supported by Vrije Universiteit Brussel under the project code GOA41 - Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

PII: S0016-5085(10)00329-X

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.02.056

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 7 , Pages 2233-2245.e14 , June 2010

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