Use of .beta.-catenin in the expansion of stem and progenitor cells
Patent Number: 6465249
Date of First Priority Issue: Tuesday January 18th, 2000
Date Issued: Tuesday October 15th, 2002
Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, CA)
Inventors: Reya, Tannishtha (Mountain View, CA); Nusse, Roeland (Stanford, CA); Weissman, Irving L. (Redwood City, CA)
From Class: Expansion
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The various signalling pathways associated with embryogenesis seem to be fundamentally important in controlling a variety of stem cells. In this patent the manipulation of beta catenin signalling is covered for the activation of stem cells to either differentiate or proliferate.
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