Esophageal development and epithelial homeostasis

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 4, 2015, Pages G216-G228

  Rosekrans, Sanne L ^a   Baan, Bart ^a   Muncan, Vanesa ^a   Van Den Brink, Gijs R ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development; Endoderm; Esophagus; Homeostasis; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; KERATIN; PROTEIN P63; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AIRWAY; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; ENDODERM; EPITHELIAL HOMEOSTASIS; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL DEVELOPMENT; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEDGEHOG; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STOMACH CONTENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84939516851     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00088.2015     Document Type: Review

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