EGF-mediated induction of Mcl-1 at the switch to lactation is essential for alveolar cell survival

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 365-375

  Fu, Nai Yang ^a,b   Rios, Anne C ^a,b   Pal, Bhupinder ^a,b   Soetanto, Rina ^c   Lun, Aaron T L ^a,b   Liu, Kevin ^a,b   Beck, Tamara ^a,b   Best, Sarah A ^a,b   Vaillant, François ^a,b   Bouillet, Philippe ^a,b   Strasser, Andreas ^a,b   Preiss, Thomas ^c,d   Smyth, Gordon K ^a,e   Lindeman, Geoffrey J ^a,b,f   Visvader, Jane E ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Australian National University   (Australia)

^d VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN S6; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MCL1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MTOR PROTEIN, MOUSE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BREAST CELL; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST EPITHELIUM CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LACTATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; STEM CELL; TRANSLATION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UDDER;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYELOID CELL LEUKEMIA SEQUENCE 1 PROTEIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STEM CELLS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84925969713     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb3117     Document Type: Article

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