Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α contributes to an intestinal epithelial phenotype in vitro and plays a partial role in mouse intestinal epithelium differentiation

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Babeu, Jean Philippe ^a   Darsigny, Mathieu ^a   Lussier, Carine R ^a   Boudreau, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditional mouse knockout; Differentiation; Small intestinal epithelium

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELL; FIBROBLAST; GOBLET CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 67650021574     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.90690.2008     Document Type: Article

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