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Nature Biotechnology 23, 607–611 (1 May 2005) | doi:10.1038/nbt1093

Transient inhibition of BMP signaling by Noggin induces cardiomyocyte differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells

Shinsuke Yuasa , Yuji Itabashi , Uichi Koshimizu , Tomofumi Tanaka , Keijiro Sugimura , Masayoshi Kinoshita , Fumiyuki Hattori , Shin-ichi Fukami , Takuya Shimazaki , Hideyuki Okano , Satoshi Ogawa & Keiichi Fukuda

Embryonic stem (ES) cells are a promising source of cardiomyocytes, but clinical application of ES cells has been hindered by the lack of reliable selective differentiation methods. Differentiation into any lineage is partly dependent on the regulatory mechanisms of normal early development.