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The novel enterochromaffin marker Lmx1a regulates serotonin biosynthesis in enteroendocrine cell lineages downstream of Nkx2.2.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 15 Jul 2016
Gross Stefanie, Garofalo Diana C, Balderes Dina A, Mastracci Teresa L, Dias José M, Perlmann Thomas, Ericson Johan, Sussel Lori
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Intestinal hormone-producing cells represent the largest endocrine system in the body, but remarkably little is known about enteroendocrine cell type specification in the embryo and adult. We analyzed stage- and cell type-specific deletions of Nkx2.2 and its functional domains in order to characterize its role in the development and maintenance of enteroendocrine cell lineages in the mouse duodenum and colon....
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