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Table 1 Effects on differentiation potential of multipotent/pluripotent stem cells after treatment with epigenetic drugs

From: DNA methylation in stem cell renewal and multipotency

Stem cell classification

Epigenetic drug

Differentiation after treatment

Reference

Multipotent stem cells

   

   Adipose-derived stem cells

5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine

Cardiomyocytes

[38]

   Adipose-derived stem cells

5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine; trichostatin A

Cardiomyocytes

[57]

   Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine

Osteocytes

[39, 40]

   Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine

Cardiomyocytes

[45, 58]

   Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine; trichostatin A

Osteocytes; chondrocytes

[41]

   Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine; trichostatin A

Neural-like cells

[42]

   Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

Sodium butyrate

Osteocytes

[59]

   Cardiac progenitor stem cells

5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine

Cardiomyocytes

[60]

   Neural progenitor stem cells

Trichostatin A

Neuronal cells

[61]

   Neural progenitor stem cells

Valproic acid

Neuronal cells

[62]

   Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells

5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine

Cardiomyocytes

[63]

Pluripotent stem cells

   

   Embryonic stem cells

5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine

Cardiomyocytes

[64, 65]

   Embryonic stem cells

5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine

Endothelial cells

[66]

   Embryonic stem cells

Trichostatin A

Cardiomyocytes

[67, 68]