Transcriptional control of mammalian pancreas organogenesis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2383-2402

  Cano, David A ^a   Soria, Bernat ^b,c   Martín, Francisco ^b,c   Rojas, Anabel ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b CABIMER Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine CSIC University of Seville UPO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryonic pancreas; GATA factors; Multipotent pancreatic progenitor cells; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARISTALESS RELATED HOMEOBOX; GLIS FAMILY ZINC FINGER 3; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 6; MOTOR NEURON AND PANCREAS HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 3; NEUROGENIN DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 1; PANCREAS SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1A; PROSPERO RELATED HOMEOBOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINAR CELL; CELL BUDDING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENDODERM; EXOCRINE CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS DEVELOPMENT; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS HYPOPLASIA; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84903279001     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1510-2     Document Type: Review

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