PMID- 28670512 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 2228-5806 (Print) IS - 2228-5814 (Electronic) IS - 2228-5806 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 2 DP - 2017 Jul-Sep TI - Signaling Molecules Governing Pluripotency and Early Lineage Commitments in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. PG - 194-203 LID - 10.22074/cellj.2016.3915 [doi] AB - Signaling in pluripotent stem cells is a complex and dynamic process involving multiple mediators, finely tuned to balancing pluripotency and differentiation states. Characterizing and modifying the necessary signaling pathways to attain desired cell types is required for stem-cell applications in various fields of regenerative medicine. These signals may help enhance the differentiation potential of pluripotent cells towards each of the embryonic lineages and enable us to achieve pure in vitro cultures of various cell types. This review provides a timely synthesis of recent advances into how maintenance of pluripotency in hPSCs is regulated by extrinsic cues, such as the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and ACTIVIN signaling pathways, their interplay with other signaling pathways, namely, wingless- type MMTV integration site family (WNT) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and the pathways governing the determination of multiple lineages. FAU - Fathi, Ali AU - Fathi A AD - Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Eisa-Beygi, Shahram AU - Eisa-Beygi S AD - Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Baharvand, Hossein AU - Baharvand H AD - Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. AD - Department of Developmental Biology, University of Science and Culture, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20170222 PL - Iran TA - Cell J JT - Cell journal JID - 101566618 PMC - PMC5412778 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Differentiation OT - Nodal OT - Stem Cell EDAT- 2017/07/04 06:00 MHDA- 2017/07/04 06:01 PMCR- 2017/07/01 CRDT- 2017/07/04 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/07/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/07/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/07/04 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.22074/cellj.2016.3915 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell J. 2017 Jul-Sep;19(2):194-203. doi: 10.22074/cellj.2016.3915. Epub 2017 Feb 22.