Mutation of EpCAM leads to intestinal barrier and ion transport dysfunction

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 535-545

  Kozan, Philip A ^a,d   McGeough, Matthew D ^b   Peña, Carla A ^b   Mueller, James L ^b,c   Barrett, Kim E ^a   Marchelletta, Ronald R ^a   Sivagnanam, Mamata ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Congenital tufting enteropathy; EpCAM; Ion transport

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ION TRANSPORT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; ION TRANSPORT; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84938758530     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-014-1239-x     Document Type: Article

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