Hepatocyte nuclear factor-4α promotes differentiation of intestinal epithelial cells in a coculture system

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lussier, Carine R ^a   Babeu, Jean Philippe ^a   Auclair, Benoît A ^a   Perreault, Nathalie ^a   Boudreau, François ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Differentiation; HNF 1 ; HNF 4 ; Intestinal epithelial cells; Mesenchymal cells

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MESENCHYME CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKERS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 39149087999     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00418.2007     Document Type: Article

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