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K-Ras mediates cytokine-induced formation of E-cadherin-based adherens junctions during liver development.
The EMBO journal - 1 Mar 2002
Matsui Takaaki, Kinoshita Taisei, Morikawa Yoshihiro, Tohya Kazuo, Katsuki Motoya, Ito Yoshiaki, Kamiya Akihide, Miyajima Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
The E-cadherin-based adherens junction (AJ) is essential for organogenesis of epithelial tissues including the liver, although the regulatory mechanism of AJ formation during development remains unknown. Using a primary culture system of fetal hepatocytes in which oncostatin M (OSM) induces differentiation, we show here that OSM induces AJ formation by altering the subcellular localization of AJ components...
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