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DAPT
Notch pathway inhibitor; Inhibits ?-secretase
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DAPT is an inhibitor of the γ-secretase complex. Notch is a key target of γ-secretase, therefore DAPT indirectly inhibits the Notch pathway. Other targets of γ-secretase that would be influenced by DAPT include amyloid precursor protein, E-cadherin, and ErbB4. (Dovey et al.).
MAINTENANCE AND SELF-RENEWAL
- Reduces colony-forming efficiency of mouse neural stem cells (Androutsellis-Theotokis et al.).
- Enhances radiation-induced cell death of glioma stem cells (Wang et al.).
DIFFERENTIATION
- Promotes differentiation of nociceptors from human pluripotent stem cells, in combination with several other small molecules (Chambers et al.).
- Promotes differentiation of neurons from human and mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells (Crawford and Roelink, Elkabetz et al.).
- Promotes differentiation of retinal pigment epithelium from mouse ES cells (Osakada et al.).
- Promotes differentiation of pancreatic cells from human pluripotent stem cells (D'Amour et al.).
CANCER RESEARCH
- Reduces mammosphere-forming efficiency of breast cancer cell lines and ductal carcinoma in situ cells (Farnie et al., Harrison et al.).