Hedgehog signaling in the normal and diseased pancreas

Pancreas

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-129

  Kayed, Hany ^a   Kleeff, Jörg ^a   Osman, Tarek ^a   Keleg, Shereen ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a   Friess, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Indian hedgehog; Pancreatic cancer; Patched; Smoothened; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPAMINE; GENE PRODUCT; HEDGEHOG INTERACTING PROTEIN; LIGAND; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER INHIBITION; CELL FATE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MESODERM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 33646058889     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000202937.55460.0c     Document Type: Review

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