Wnt signaling in lung organogenesis

Organogenesis

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-108

  De Langhe, Stijn P ^a   Reynolds, Susan D ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Alveolar; Endoderm; Mesenchyme; Morphogenesis; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CYTOKERATIN 14; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; BATGAL GENE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDODERM; EPITHELIAL TO MESENCHYMAL CELL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; TOPGAL GENE; TRACHEA; TRANSGENE;

EID: 45849138163     PISSN: 15476278     EISSN: 15558592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/org.4.2.5856     Document Type: Review

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