Article
Inflammatory bowel disease and adenomas in mice expressing a dominant negative N-cadherin.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 17 Nov 1995
Hermiston M L, Gordon J I
Abstract excerpt
Cadherins mediate cell adhesion and are essential for normal development. Embryonic stem cells were transfected with a dominant negative N-cadherin mutant (NCAD delta) under the control of promoters active in small intestinal epithelial cells and then introduced into C57BL/6 mouse blastocysts. Analysis of adult chimeric mice revealed that expression of NCAD delta along the entire crypt-villus axis, but not in the...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Cadherins
- Cell Division
- Cell Line
- Cell Movement
- Chimera
- Crohn Disease
- Immunity, Mucosal
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Intestinal Mucosa
