Thyroid hormone increases fibroblast growth factor receptor expression and disrupts cell mechanics in the developing organ of corti

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Szarama, Katherine B ^a,b,c,d   Gavara, Núria ^b,e   Petralia, Ronald S ^a   Chadwick, Richard S ^b   Kelley, Matthew W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Drittes Physikalisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell mechanics; Hair cell; Hypothyroid; Pillar cell; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

ACTIN; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CORTI ORGAN; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROTUBULES; ORGAN OF CORTI; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID HORMONES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873453404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-13-6     Document Type: Article

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