Role of GATA factors in development, differentiation, and homeostasis of the small intestinal epithelium

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Aronson, Boaz E ^a,b   Stapleton, Kelly A ^a   Krasinski, Stephen D ^a,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoderm; GATA; Intestinal development; Intestinal differentiation; Intestinal epithelium

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6;

ABSORPTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLON MUCOSA; DIGESTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SECRETORY CELL; SMALL INTESTINE; ANIMAL; GATA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINAL DEVELOPMENT; INTESTINAL DIFFERENTIATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ENDODERM; GATA; INTESTINAL DEVELOPMENT; INTESTINAL DIFFERENTIATION; INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDODERM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GATA6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL;

EID: 84900303046     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00119.2013     Document Type: Review

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