BMP-4 down-regulates the expression of Ret in murine melanocyte precursors

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-69

  Kawakami, Tamihiro ^a   Kumasaka, Mayuko ^b   Kato, Masashi ^b   Mizoguchi, Masako ^a   Soma, Yoshinao ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Melanocyte development; Melanocyte precursors; Ret

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN RET; SMAD PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; CELL MATURATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOWN-REGULATION; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICE; NEURAL CREST; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79957564595     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: 1873569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2011.03.010     Document Type: Letter

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