Snai1 regulates cell lineage allocation and stem cell maintenance in the mouse intestinal epithelium

EMBO Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1319-1335

  Horvay, Katja ^a   Jardé, Thierry ^a   Casagranda, Franca ^b   Perreau, Victoria M ^b   Haigh, Katharina ^a,c   Nefzger, Christian M ^a   Akhtar, Reyhan ^a   Gridley, Thomas ^d   Berx, Geert ^c,e   Haigh, Jody J ^a,c   Barker, Nick ^f   Polo, Jose M ^a   Hime, Gary R ^b   Abud, Helen E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^f INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

apoptosis; intestinal stem cell; organoid; SerinC3; Snail

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SERINC3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANETH CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SECRETORY CELL; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; INTESTINE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

GASTROPODA; MUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; INTESTINES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84929273906     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201490881     Document Type: Article

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