Homeostasis of the Adult Colonic Epithelium: A Role for Morphogens

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-98

  Bleuming, S A ^a   Peppelenbosch, M P ^a   Van Den Brink, G R ^a   Roberts, D J ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MORPHOGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; COLON MUCOSA; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCRINE CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOBLET CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE VILLUS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STEM CELL;

ADULT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLON; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 1342309968     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310005451     Document Type: Review

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