Wnt signaling activates Shh signaling in early postnatal intervertebral discs, and re-activates Shh signaling in old discs in the mouse

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Winkler, Tamara ^b   Mahoney, Eric J ^b   Sinner, Debora ^b   Wylie, Christopher C ^b   Dahia, Chitra Lekha ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; SHH PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUMBAR SPINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84902477979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098444     Document Type: Article

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