The role of Notch signaling in muscle progenitor cell depletion and the rapid onset of histopathology in muscular dystrophy

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2923-2937

  Mu, Xiaodong ^a   Tang, Ying ^a   Lu, Aiping ^a   Takayama, Koji ^a   Usas, Arvydas ^a   Wang, Bing ^a   Weiss, Kurt ^a   Huard, Johnny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE STEM CELL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MYOBLAST;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSTROPHIN; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTROPHIN;

EID: 84929724496     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv055     Document Type: Article

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