[Endothelin B receptor system and Hirschsprung disease].

Article

[Endothelin B receptor system and Hirschsprung disease].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Jul 1998

Inoue M, Kusafuka T, Okada A

Abstract excerpt

Hirschsprung disease is a congenital malformation caused by the absence of ganglion cells in the myenteric and submucosal neural plexuses of gut. Mutations in the endothelin-Beta receptor (EDNRB) and endothelin-3(EDN3) genes as well as in the RET, glial-cell-derived neurotrophic factor and sox 10...

Topics

Animals
Cell Differentiation
Cell Division
Endothelin-3
Hirschsprung Disease
Humans
Mutation
Neural Crest
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
Receptor, Endothelin B
Receptors, Endothelin
Signal Transduction

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