Epithelial Bmp (Bone morphogenetic protein) signaling for bulbourethral gland development: A mouse model for congenital cystic dilation

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 102-109

  Omori, Akiko ^a   Harada, Masayo ^a   Ohta, Sho ^d   Villacorte, Mylah ^a   Sugimura, Yoshiki ^c   Shiraishi, Taizou ^c   Suzuki, Kentaro ^a   Nakagata, Naomi ^a   Ito, Takaaki ^b   Yamada, Gen ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bmp (Bone morphogenetic protein); Bulbourethral gland; Cystic dilation; Epithelial hyperplasia; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 1A; CRE RECOMBINASE; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND CYSTIC DILATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; GENE MUTATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD1 PROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN;

MUS;

EID: 80051695192     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2011.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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