On the role of lateral stabilization during early patterning in the pancreas

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 79, 2013, Pages

  De Back, Walter ^a   Zhou, Joseph Xu ^b,c   Brusch, Lutz ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate decision; Juxtacrine signalling; Lateral inhibition; Mathematical model; Pancreas; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILIZATION;

CANONICAL MODELS; CELL FATE DECISION; CELL-CELL INTERACTION; ENDOCRINE CELLS; IN-VITRO; LATERAL INHIBITION; LINEAGE SPECIFICATION; ORGAN DEVELOPMENT; PANCREAS; PATTERN FORMATION; PROGENITOR CELL; RATIO CONTROL; SCATTERING PATTERN; SPATIAL PATTERNING; SPATIAL PATTERNS; THEORETICAL RESULT; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TRANSDIFFERENTIATION;

CELLS;

CADHERIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1BETA; NEUROGENIN 3; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACINAR CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOCRINE CELL; EXOCRINE CELL; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE REDUCTION; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS CELL; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACINAR CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PANCREAS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84872260133     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0766     Document Type: Article

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