URASE Kouko
   Department   School of Medicine, School of Medicine
   Position   Assistant Professor
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 / ForeginForegin
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