Article
Sprouty proteins regulate ureteric branching by coordinating reciprocal epithelial Wnt11, mesenchymal Gdnf and stromal Fgf7 signalling during kidney development.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jul 2004
Chi Lijun, Zhang Shaobing, Lin Yanfeng, Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen Renata, Vuolteenaho Reetta, Itäranta Petri, Vainio Seppo
Abstract excerpt
The kidney is a classic model for studying mechanisms of inductive tissue interactions associated with the epithelial branching common to many embryonic organs, but the molecular mechanisms are still poorly known. Sprouty proteins antagonize tyrosine kinases in the Egf and Fgf receptors and are candidate components of inductive signalling in the kidney as well. We have addressed the function of sprouty proteins...
Topics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Animals
- Bromodeoxyuridine
- Cell Division
- Drosophila Proteins
- Epithelium
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 7
- Fibroblast Growth Factors
- Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
