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Multiple dose-dependent roles for Sox2 in the patterning and differentiation of anterior foregut endoderm.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jul 2007
Que Jianwen, Okubo Tadashi, Goldenring James R, Nam Ki-Taek, Kurotani Reiko, Morrisey Edward E, Taranova Olena, Pevny Larysa H, Hogan Brigid L M
Abstract excerpt
Sox2 is expressed in developing foregut endoderm, with highest levels in the future esophagus and anterior stomach. By contrast, Nkx2.1 (Titf1) is expressed ventrally, in the future trachea. In humans, heterozygosity for SOX2 is associated with anopthalmia-esophageal-genital syndrome (OMIM 600992), a condition including esophageal atresia (EA) and tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), in which the trachea and...
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