Wnt signalling in lung development and diseases

Respiratory Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Pongracz, Judit E ^a,b   Stockley, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CALCIUM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SMAD PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EMBRYOLOGY; LUNG; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 33644827340     PISSN: 1465993X     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-7-15     Document Type: Review

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