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Colonic epithelial expression of ErbB2 is required for postnatal maintenance of the enteric nervous system.
Neuron - 9 Jan 2003
Crone Steven A, Negro Alejandra, Trumpp Andreas, Giovannini Marco, Lee Kuo-Fen
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We utilized the Cre-LoxP system to establish erbB2 conditional mutant mice in order to investigate the role of erbB2 in postnatal development of the enteric nervous system. The erbB2/nestin-Cre conditional mutants exhibit retarded growth, distended colons, and premature death, resembling human Hirschsprung's disease. Enteric neurons and glia are present at birth in the colon of erbB2/nestin-Cre mutants; however,...
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