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Fol. Biol. 2007, 53, 157-163

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2007053050157

Neural Differentiation Potentiated by the Leukaemia Inhibitory Factor through STAT3 Signalling in Mouse Embryonal Carcinoma Cells

Jiří Pacherník1,2, V. Horváth3, L. Kubala3, P. Dvořák1,4,5, A. Kozubík2,3, A. Hampl1,4,5

1Center for Cell Therapy and Tissue Repair, Charles University in Prague, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
2Department of Animal Physiology and Immunology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Brno, Czech Republic
3Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic
4Department of Biology, Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Brno, Czech Republic
5Department of Molecular Embryology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

Received May 2007
Accepted July 2007

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