Abstract
The disease mechanism of the birth defect esophageal atresia with or without trachea-esophageal fistula remains largely unknown. Kim et al. used Xenopus and mouse genetic models to show that an Isl1-Nkx2.1 axis regulates a midline epithelial progenitor cell population that orchestrates trachea-esophageal separation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 675-683.e4 |
Journal | Developmental Cell |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 16 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- EA/TEF
- Isl1
- Nkx2.1
- Sox2
- esophageal atresia
- foregut separation
- lobation
- lung development
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Developmental Biology
- Cell Biology