Making sense of Wnt signaling—linking hair cell regeneration to development

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jansson, Lina ^a   Kim, Grace S ^a   Cheng, Alan G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axin2; Beta Catenin; Cochlea; Lgr5; Planar cell polarity; Supporting cells

Indexed keywords

AXIN; BETA CATENIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SPONDIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; VESTIBULE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84938536684     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00066     Document Type: Review

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