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Stem Cells International
Volume 2017, Article ID 8715798, 12 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8715798
Research Article

Neural Differentiation Is Inhibited through HIF1α/β-Catenin Signaling in Embryoid Bodies

Josef Večeřa,1 Jana Kudová,2 Jan Kučera,1 Lukáš Kubala,1,2,3 and Jiří Pacherník1

1Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
2Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 61265 Brno, Czech Republic
3International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital, 65691 Brno, Czech Republic

Correspondence should be addressed to Josef Večeřa; zc.inum.ics@arecev

Received 12 June 2017; Accepted 2 October 2017; Published 20 December 2017

Academic Editor: Boon C. Heng

Copyright © 2017 Josef Večeřa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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