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NTF-3, a gene involved in the enteric nervous system development, as a candidate gene for Hirschsprung disease.
Journal of pediatric surgery - 1 Jul 2008
Ruiz-Ferrer Macarena, Fernandez Raquel M, Antiñolo Guillermo, Lopez-Alonso Manuel, Borrego Salud
Abstract excerpt
Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a congenital disorder caused by a failure of neural crest cells to migrate, proliferate, and/or differentiate during the enteric nervous system (ENS) development. The requirement of the NTF-3/TrkC signaling for the proper development of the ENS, together with the evidences presented by animal models, led us to investigate the involvement of NTF-3 gene in HSCR. We performed both a...
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