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Mammalian hepatocyte differentiation requires the transcription factor HNF-4alpha

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A very powerful procedure was used to find what happens when HNF-4alpha function is absent in liver development, and it was found that mammalian hepatocyte differentiation must have the this transcription factor. Mouse embryos die if they have no HNG-4alpha, but they were rescued by complementation with a tetraploid embryo-derived wild-type visceral endoderm.

Author: Li, Jixuan, Ning, Gang, Duncan, Stephen A.
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Publication Name: Genes & Development
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0890-9369
Year: 2000

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BMPs on the road to hepatogenesis

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Bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs) and their contribution to hepatogenesis are discussed in this perspective article. BMPs secreted from septum transversum mesenchyme are needed together with cardiac-derived fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) to cause the ventral endoderm to have a hepatic fate. Recent breakthroughs have brought up new questions.

Author: Duncan, Stephen A., Watt, Alistair J.
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Publication Name: Genes & Development
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0890-9369
Year: 2001
Developmental biology, Morphogenesis, Fibroblast growth factors

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The transcriptional repressor CDP (Cutl1) is essential for epithelial cell differentiation of the lung and the hair follicle

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The transcriptional repressor, CCAAT displacement protein (CDP) (Cutl1), has been found to be necessary for epithelial cell differentiation of the hair follicle and the lung. The C-terminal Cut repeat 3 and homeodomain exons were replaced with an in-frame lacZ gene by targeted mutagenesis in mice for the study.

Author: Busslinger, Meinrad, Jochum, Wolfram, Barrandon, Yann, Ellis, Tammy, Gamvardella, Laure, Horcher, Markus, Tschanz, Stefan, Capol, Janine, Bertram, Paula
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Publication Name: Genes & Development
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0890-9369
Year: 2001
Lungs, Lung, Epithelium, Hair follicles

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Subjects list: Research, United States, Physiological aspects, Genetic aspects, Genetic transcription, Transcription (Genetics), Cytochemistry, Cell differentiation, Mammals, Liver cells, Hepatocytes, Statistical Data Included
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