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Y-27632
Chemical compound From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Y-27632 is a biochemical tool used in the study of the rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) signaling pathways.[1] Y-27632 selectively inhibits p160ROCK, although it does inhibit other protein kinases such as PKCs at higher concentrations.[2]
It has been studied for its effects on corneal endothelial cells (CECs) [3] and cardiac stem cells (CSCs).[4]
The substance has been used as part of a chemical cocktail to turn old and senescent human cells back into young ones (as measured by transcriptomic age), without turning them all the way back into undifferentiated stem cells.[5]
A mixture of methylcellulose (1%), ethylene glycol (10%), dimethyl sulfoxide (10%), and Y-27632 (10 μM), termed MEDY, has been shown to be an effective cryopreservation reagent for brain tissue, enabling tissue to resume growth and function after freezing using liquid nitrogen.[6]
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