The vitamin D receptor is a Wnt effector that controls hair follicle differentiation and specifies tumor type in adult epidermis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Pálmer, Héctor G ^a   Anjos Afonso, Fernando ^b   Carmeliet, Geert ^c   Takeda, Hikaru ^d   Watt, Fiona M ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH UK CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYTAMOXIFEN; BETA CATENIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; SEOCALCITOL; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; WNT PROTEIN; CALCITRIOL RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SKIN TUMOR;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIDERMIS; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 44649160789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001483     Document Type: Article

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