Activin A regulates growth of gastro-intestinal epithelial cells by mediating epithelial-mesenchymal interaction

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 786-791

  Fukamachi, Hiroshi ^a,b   Kato, Shinko ^c   Asashima, Makoto ^a,d   Ichinose, Masao ^e   Yuasa, Yasuhito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Epithelial mesenchymal interaction; Intestine; Primary culture; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; MYELOPID; INHIBIN; INHIBIN BETA A SUBUNIT; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FORESTOMACH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRANDULAR STOMACH; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STOMACH; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84890797456     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12102     Document Type: Article

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