Renal branching morphogenesis: Morphogenetic and signaling mechanisms

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-12

  Blake, Joshua ^a,b   Rosenblum, Norman D ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branching morphogenesis; CAKUT; Kidney; Signaling; Ureteric bud

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN RET; RBM PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NEPHRIC DUCT; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URETER; URINE;

EID: 84912571264     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.07.011     Document Type: Review

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