LGR4 and LGR5 Function Redundantly During Human Endoderm Differentiation

Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 648-662.e8

  Tsai, Yu Hwai ^a   Hill, David R ^a   Kumar, Namit ^b   Huang, Sha ^a   Chin, Alana M ^a   Dye, Briana R ^a   Nagy, Melinda S ^a   Verzi, Michael P ^b   Spence, Jason R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoderm; Intestine; LGR5; Organoid; Pluripotent Stem Cells; WNT

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; LGR4 PROTEIN; LGR5 PROTEIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NESTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84999648516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2352345X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2016.06.002     Document Type: Article

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