WT1 regulates epicardial epithelial to mesenchymal transition through β-catenin and retinoic acid signaling pathways

Developmental Biology

Volumn 356, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 421-431

  von Gise, Alexander ^a,b   Zhou, Bin ^a,c   Honor, Leah B ^a   Ma, Qing ^a   Petryk, Anna ^d,e   Pu, William T ^a,f  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epicardium; Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Mesothelium; Retinoic acid signaling; Wnt catenin signaling; WT1

Indexed keywords

AXIN; AXIN 2; BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN D2; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; RALDH2 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY PLEXUS; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EPICARDIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; WT1 GENE;

EID: 79960562677     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.05.668     Document Type: Article

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