“…Promotes neuronal differentiation of NPCs (Yan et al, 2021) PDGF Neurotrophic factor and promotor of cell survival involved in NPCs differentiation (Funa and Sasahara, 2014) QVD-OPh Inhibitor of caspases, anti-apoptotic (Kuželová et al, 2011) Repsox TGF-β pathway inhibitor. Increases neuroepithelial markers levels and promotes neuronal differentiation (Li and Huang, 2019) Retinoic acid Metabolic product of vitamin A involved in NPCs differentiation into specific types of neurons (Maden, 2007) SP600125 Inhibitor of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway. This leads to a reduction in stemness and promotes cellular differentiation (Semba et al, 2020) Selenium Oxidative stress and other damaging factors protector (Van et al, 2003) Transferrin Neuroprotector, part of the antioxidant defense system, iron metabolism (Van et al, 2003) TTNPB Agonist of RA receptor subtype important for ensuring stem cell reprogramming into neuronal-like cells (Das and Pethe, 2021) Valproic Acid Inhibitor of histone deacetylase, leading to changes in chromatin structure and gene expression that favor neuronal differentiation (Phiel et al, 2001;Vukićević et al, 2015) Vitamin C Neuroprotective effects, antioxidant (May, 2012), enhancer of the expression of genes involved in neurogenesis, maturation, and neurotransmission (Shin et al, 2004) Y27632 Rho-kinase inhibitor, which indirectly inhibits the ERK signaling pathway promoting stem cells survival and differentiation (Kamishibahara et al, 2016;Fu et al, 2018) Cavaleiro et al 10.3389/fnmol.2023 Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 09 frontiersin.org 5.…”