Sensory hair cell development and regeneration: Similarities and differences

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1561-1571

  Atkinson, Patrick J ^a   Najarro, Elvis Huarcaya ^a   Sayyid, Zahra N ^a   Cheng, Alan G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atoh1; Cdkn1b; FGF; Notch; P27^{kip1< sup>; Shh; Wnt}

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MORPHOGEN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATOH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; ATOH1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CHICK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHLEA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ZEBRA FISH; AGE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINEAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; INNER EAR; MECHANORECEPTOR; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; EAR, INNER; HAIR CELLS, AMPULLA; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; REGENERATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84928603760     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.114926     Document Type: Review

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