Wnt/β-catenin signaling in adult mammalian epithelial stem cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 428, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 273-282

  Kretzschmar, Kai ^a,b   Clevers, Hans ^a,b,c  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Radiation Oncology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; EPIDERMAL STEM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINAL STEM CELL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CELL; WNT SIGNALING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SELF-RENEWAL; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL SELF RENEWAL; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 85019612996     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.05.015     Document Type: Review

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