URASE Kouko
Department School of Medicine, School of Medicine Position Assistant Professor |
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Article types | Original article |
Language | English |
Peer review | Peer reviewed |
Title | Spatial expression of Sonic hedgehog in the lung epithelium during branching morphogenesis. |
Journal | Formal name:Biochemical and biophysical research communications Abbreviation:Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN code:(0006-291X)0006-291X(Linking) |
Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
Volume, Issue, Page | 225(1),pp.161-6 |
Author and coauthor | Urase K, Mukasa T, Igarashi H, Ishii Y, Yasugi S, Momoi M Y, Momoi T |
Authorship | Lead author |
Publication date | 1996/08 |
Summary | Sonic hedgehog (Shh), a homologue of Drosophila hedgehog, was specifically expressed in lung epithelium during branching morphogenesis, but was not uniformly expressed in lung epithelium. Shh was intensely expressed in the distal tips of the bronchial tubes during branching morphogenesis, and Shh was localized on the apical side of the epithelium. On the other hand, Bmp-4, one of the target genes of Shh, was also specifically expressed in the epithelium at the branching point. These results suggest that Shh and Bmp-4 are involved in the branching morphogenesis of lung epithelium. |
DOI | 10.1006/bbrc.1996.1147 |
PMID | 8769111 |