Wnt signaling in skeletal muscle dynamics: Myogenesis, neuromuscular synapse and fibrosis

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 574-589

  Cisternas, Pedro ^a   Henriquez, Juan P ^b   Brandan, Enrique ^a   Inestrosa, Nibaldo C ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Muscle development; Neuromuscular junction; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN; PROTEIN WNT11R; PROTEIN WNT16; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT10B PROTEIN; WNT11 PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; WNT7A PROTEIN;

COMPLEX FORMATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOFIBROSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPSES; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84894382414     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-013-8540-5     Document Type: Review

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