Developmental programs of lung epithelial progenitors: A balanced progenitor model

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 331-347

  Yang, Jun ^a   Chen, Jichao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEM CELL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUNG; METABOLISM; ORGANOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LUNG; ORGANOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 84906099758     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.141     Document Type: Article

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