Epimorphin-/- mice have increased intestinal growth, decreased susceptibility to dextran sodium sulfate colitis, and impaired spermatogenesis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1535-1546

  Wang, Yuan ^a   Wang, Lihua ^a   Iordanov, Hristo ^a   Swietlicki, Elzbieta A ^a   Zheng, Qun ^a   Jiang, Shujun ^a   Tang, Yuzhu ^a   Levin, Marc S ^a   Rubin, Deborah C ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; DEXTRAN; SODIUM SULFATE; SYNTAXIN 2; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLITIS; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL LINE; COLITIS; DEXTRAN SULFATE; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INTESTINES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; MORPHOGENESIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 33745205659     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI25442     Document Type: Article

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