Not exact matches
Facial asymmetries and minor physical anomalies begin to appear early in
embryonic development, mainly the first trimester of pregnancy, and can be a sign of instability
during this
growth.
Wnt signals play a key role in directing stem cells
during embryonic development, which led Geiger and colleagues to hypothesize that it might be helping to control stem cell
growth and pluripotency in the gut later in life.
Rivolta and his colleagues knew that
during embryonic development, a handful of proteins, including fibroblast
growth factor (FGF) 3 and 10, are required for ears to form.
«We found that IL - 34 is an essential
growth factor for the differentiation of Langerhans cells and microglia
during embryonic development,» says senior author Marco Colonna, MD, professor of medicine and of pathology and immunology.
Researchers have identified genes that play a role in the condition, some of which are essential for cerebral cortex
growth during embryonic development.
The «Functional Genomics in
Embryonic Stem Cells» consortium comprising 20 research groups (acronym FunGenES; http://www.fungenes.org) has analyzed the transcriptome of ES cells under a series of diverse stimuli
during growth expansion and differentiation.