WNT/β-catenin signaling in nephron progenitors and their epithelial progeny

Kidney International

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1004-1008

  Schmidt Ott, Kai M ^a,b   Barasch, Jonathan ^c  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b HELIOS Klinikum Berlin   (Germany)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Canonical WNT signaling; Metanephric mesenchyme; Nephron differentiation; TCF Lef1 transcription factors; Ureteric bud

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; WNT9 PROTEIN;

CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NEPHRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; NEPHRONS; ORGANOGENESIS; STEM CELLS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 53049088426     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.322     Document Type: Short Survey

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