Signaling pathways in intestinal development and cancer

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue , 2004, Pages 695-723

  Sancho, Elena ^a   Batlle, Eduard ^a,b   Clevers, Hans ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BMP; Hedgehog; LKB; Notch; TGF beta; Wnt

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; K RAS PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; RAF PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; BIOLOGY; CANCER GROWTH; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TYPE; COLORECTAL CANCER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE; HAMARTOMA; HOMEOSTASIS; HOOP LOOP HELIX GENE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CANCER; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE TUMOR; JUVENILE POLYP; LKB GENE; MAMMAL; MESENCHYME; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 8444220513     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.20.010403.092805     Document Type: Review

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