Thyroid hormone regulation of stem cell development during intestinal remodeling

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 71-78

  Ishizuya Oka, Atsuko ^a   Shi, Yun Bo ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Intestinal remodeling; Stem cell; T3 receptor (TR); T3 response gene; Thyroid hormone (T3)

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; GELATINASE B; LIOTHYRONINE; LIOTHYRONINE RECEPTOR; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 3; STROMELYSIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE TARGETING; HORMONAL REGULATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTESTINES; MAMMALS; STEM CELLS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 44649160553     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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