Description
SAGisaSmoothened(Smo)agoNISTprimarilyusedinresearchmodelstostudyHedgehogsignalingpathways.Invitro,SAGstimulatesosteoblasticdifferentiationofmesenchymalstemcellsandenhancesproliferationofpulmonaryarterialsmoothmusclecells.SAGalsoincreasesexpressionofPatchedandeffluxofcholesterol.Invivo,thiscompoundexhibitsneuroprotectiveactivity,preventingglucocorticoid-inducedneurotoxicity.
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