Y-27632 is an orally active, ATP-competitive inhibitor of ROCK-I and ROCK-II, with K_is of 220 and 300 nM, respectively. Y-27632 attenuates Doxorubicin-induced apoptosis of human cardiac stem cells. Y-27632 also suppresses dissociation-induced apoptosis of murine prostate stem/progenitor cells. Y-27632 primes human induced pluripotent stem cells (hIPSCs) to selectively differentiate towards mesendodermal lineage via epithelial-mesenchymal transition-like modulation^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}.

Y-27632 inhibits the ROCK family of kinases 100 times more potently than other kinases including protein kinase C, cAMP-dependent kinase and myosin light chain kinase. Y-27632 prolongs the lag time and delays the appearance of BrdU-labeled cells in a concentration-dependent manner, delays of about 1 and 4 h are noticed in the Swiss 3T3 cells treated with 10 and 100 μM Y-27632, respectively^[1].
Y-27632 promotes neuronal differentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSCs). Compared to 1.0 and 2.5 μM Y-27632 induced groups, percentages of neuroal-like cells achieved a peak in the 5.0 μM Y-27632 induced group^[2].
Extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules decreases apoptosis markers and inhibiting the ROCK pathway blocks ECM stimulated actin cortical mat reformation and increases apoptosis in embryonic corneal epithelial cells^[8].

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