Support the growth and differentiation of endothelial, epithelial, mesenchymal, or oligodendrocyte cells with Hydrocortisone. This glucocorticoid hormone, with anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects (Kang et al. Biol Pharm Bull, 2001; Langhoff & Ladefoged. Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 1983), enhances proliferation and self-renewal of limbal stem cells in explant cultures (Yu et al. Exp Eye Res, 2016) and supports long-term growth of immature human myeloid cells in culture (Salahuddin et al. Blood, 1981). Hydrocortisone also promotes differentiation of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cell-derived definitive endoderm toward lung alveolar epithelial cells (Mokhber Dezfouli et al. Cell J, 2019). The product is supplied as the sodium salt of hydrocortisone 21-hemisuccinate, which is a more water-soluble form of hydrocortisone. Hydrocortisone comes with 98% purity; Molecular weight 484.5 g/mol; CAS Number 125-04-2. Visit STEMCELL.com for more information and related products.