Shh signaling from the nucleus pulposus is required for the postnatal growth and differentiation of the mouse intervertebral disc

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Dahia, Chitra Lekha ^a   Mahoney, Eric ^a   Wylie, Christopher ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CYCLOPAMINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CRE RECOMBINASE; IHH PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTEGRASE; SHH PROTEIN, MOUSE; VERATRUM ALKALOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPERTROPHY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ERINACEIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE DELETION; GROWTH PLATE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HYPERTROPHY; INTEGRASES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERATRUM ALKALOIDS;

EID: 84860465584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035944     Document Type: Article

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