WT1 controls antagonistic FGF and BMP-pSMAD pathways in early renal progenitors

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Motamedi, Fariba Jian ^a,b,c   Badro, Danielle A ^a,b,c   Clarkson, Michael ^a,b,c   Lecca, M Rita ^d,e   Bradford, Stephen T ^a,b,c,f,g   Buske, Fabian A ^f,h   Saar, Kathrin ⁱ   Hübner, Norbert ⁱ   Brändli, André W ^d,j   Schedl, Andreas ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS CENTER ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁱ MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^j LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 3 [4 METHYL 2 (2 OXO 3 INDOLINYLMETHYLIDENYL) 3 PYRROLYL]PROPIONIC ACID; ANTHRA[1,9 CD]PYRAZOL 6(2H) ONE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CASPASE 3; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 16; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN RET; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; RECOMBINANT FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 16; RECOMBINANT GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; SMAD PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VELAFERMIN; WNT8B PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY CELL CULTURE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TUNEL ASSAY;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84904706173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5444     Document Type: Article

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