The Wnt/β-catenin pathway: Master regulator of liver zonation?

BioEssays

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1072-1077

  Burke, Zoë D ^a   Tosh, David ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; TAMOXIFEN; UREA; WNT PROTEIN;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL HETEROGENEITY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; LIVER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 33750819403     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20485     Document Type: Review

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