Graded hedgehog and fibroblast growth factor signaling independently regulate pituitary cell fates and help establish the pars distalis and pars intermedia of the zebrafish adenohypophysis

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4435-4451

  Guner, Burcu ^a   Ozacar, A Tuba ^a   Thomas, Jeanne E ^a,b   Karlstrom, Rolf O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Sunrise Medical Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY GLAND, INTERMEDIATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 50449093793     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0315     Document Type: Article

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