TY - CHAP AU - Dmitry A. Ovchinnikov AU - Ernst J. Wolvetang ED - Craig Atwood Y1 - 2011-04-26 PY - 2011 T1 - Smads – the Intracellular Hubs of Signalling in Regulation of Pluripotency and Differentiation of Stem Cells N2 - Pluripotency is a prerequisite for the subsequent coordinated differentiation of embryonic stem cells into all tissues of the body. This book describes recent advances in our understanding of pluripotency and the hormonal regulation of embryonic stem cell differentiation into tissue types derived from the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. BT - Embryonic Stem Cells SP - Ch. 11 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/15585 DO - 10.5772/15585 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-16 ER -