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Tamara Glaser1, Oliver Brüstle.
Abstract
Neuronal induction by retinoic acid (RA) is commonly used in embryonic stem (ES) cell differentiation. Two recent papers show that this paradigm induces a population of neurogenic precursors with properties of radial glia. Upon differentiation, RA-treated cells give rise to a defined and developmentally restricted neuronal lineage. This role of RA in cell fate specification provides new perspectives for studying the radial glia-neuron transition and for generating homogenous populations of neurons from ES cells.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15955577 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2005.05.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Neurosci ISSN: 0166-2236 Impact factor: 13.837