Regulation of liver development: Implications for liver biology across the lifespan

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2016, Pages R115-R125

  Gruppuso, Philip A ^a,b   Sanders, Jennifer A ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Epigenetics; Growth factors; Insulin action; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; INSULIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL THERAPY; EPIGENETICS; FETUS LIVER; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIFESPAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER REGENERATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; METABOLISM; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INSULIN; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATES; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84969195230     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-15-0313     Document Type: Review

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