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Multipotential progenitors of the mammalian enteric nervous system capable of colonising aganglionic bowel in organ culture.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jan 1999
Natarajan D, Grigoriou M, Marcos-Gutierrez C V, Atkins C, Pachnis V
Abstract excerpt
The enteric nervous system of vertebrates is derived from neural crest cells that invade the gut wall and generate a highly organised network of enteric ganglia. Among the genes that play an important role in ENS development is c-Ret, mutations of which result in failure of formation of enteric ganglia (intestinal aganglionosis). To further understand the development of the mammalian ENS in general and the...
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