Nkx2.2 is expressed in a subset of enteroendocrine cells with expanded lineage potential

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 12, 2015, Pages G975-G987

  Gross, Stefanie ^a   Balderes, Dina ^a   Liu, Jing ^b   Asfaha, Samuel ^a   Gu, Guoqiang ^b   Wang, Timothy C ^a   Sussel, Lori ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bmi1; Enteroendocrine cells; Lgr5; Nkx2.2; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BMI1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LGR5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROG3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NKX-2.2 HOMEDOMAIN PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CRYPT CELL; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTESTINAL STEM CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; RADIATION RESPONSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOMARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELLS; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 1; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 84949964875     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00244.2015     Document Type: Article

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