Nephric duct insertion requires EphA4/EphA7 signaling from the pericloacal mesenchyme

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 3420-3430

  Weiss, Anna Carina ^a   Airik, Rannar ^a   Bohnenpoll, Tobias ^a   Greulich, Franziska ^a   Foik, Anna ^a   Trowe, Mark Oliver ^a   Rudat, Carsten ^a   Costantini, Frank ^b   Adams, Ralf H ^c   Kispert, Andreas ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAKUT; Eph; Ephrin; Mouse; Nephric duct; Vesicoureteric junction obstruction

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A4; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A7; LHX1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RET; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE DELETION; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; MEGAURETER; MOUSE; NEPHRIC DUCT; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URETER MALFORMATION; URETEROCELE;

CAKUT; EPH; EPHRIN; MOUSE; NEPHRIC DUCT; VESICOURETERIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; CLOACA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPHRIN-B2; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEPHRONS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; RECEPTOR, EPHA7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; URETER;

EID: 84906265110     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.113928     Document Type: Article

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