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Noggin is required for normal lobe patterning and ductal budding in the mouse prostate.
Developmental biology - 1 Dec 2007
Cook Crist, Vezina Chad M, Allgeier Sarah H, Shaw Aubie, Yu Min, Peterson Richard E, Bushman Wade
Abstract excerpt
Mesenchymal expression of the BMP antagonist NOGGIN during prostate development plays a critical role in pre-natal ventral prostate development and opposes BMP4-mediated inhibition of cell proliferation during postnatal ductal development. Morphologic examination of newborn Noggin-/- male fetuses revealed genitourinary anomalies including cryptorchidism, incomplete separation of the hindgut from the urogenital...
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