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Essential roles of epithelial bone morphogenetic protein signaling during prostatic development.
Endocrinology - 1 Jul 2014
Omori Akiko, Miyagawa Shinichi, Ogino Yukiko, Harada Masayo, Ishii Kenichiro, Sugimura Yoshiki, Ogino Hajime, Nakagata Naomi, Yamada Gen
Abstract excerpt
Prostate is a male sex-accessory organ. The prostatic epithelia consist primarily of basal and luminal cells that differentiate from embryonic urogenital sinus epithelia. Prostate tumors are believed to originate in the basal and luminal cells. However, factors that promote normal epithelial diff...
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