Molecular biology of the small intestine

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 90-94

  Ahuja, Vineet ^a,b   Dieckgraefe, Brian K ^b   Anant, Shrikant ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crypt villus axis; Gene expression; Paneth cell; Radiation injury; Signaling pathway; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; R SPONDIN1 PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TARGETING; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE INJURY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PANETH CELL; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; PANETH CELLS; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33745764673     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mog.0000203865.25384.65     Document Type: Review

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