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digestive tract morphogenesis

Known as: intestinal morphogenesis, gastrointestinal tract morphogenesis, gut morphogenesis 
The process in which the anatomical structures of the digestive tract are generated and organized. The digestive tract is the anatomical structure… 
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digestive tract development

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Review
2017
Review
2017
Paneth cells in intestinal physiology and pathophysiology
  • N. Gassler
  • World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology
  • 2017
  • Corpus ID: 10677988
Small intestinal mucosa is characterised by villus forming connective tissues with highly specialised surface lining epithelial… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Vertebrate intestinal endoderm development
The endoderm gives rise to the lining of the esophagus, stomach and intestines, as well as associated organs. To generate a… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Foxa2 Is Essential for Mouse Endometrial Gland Development and Fertility1
During embryonic development, Foxa2 is required for the formation of the node and notochord, and ablation of this gene results in… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Notch and Wnt signals cooperatively control cell proliferation and tumorigenesis in the intestine
Notch and Wnt signals play essential roles in intestinal development and homeostasis, yet how they integrate their action to… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 and -4 Limit the Number of Enteric Neurons But Promote Development of a TrkC-Expressing Neurotrophin-3-Dependent Subset
The hypothesis that BMPs (bone morphogenetic proteins), which act early in gut morphogenesis, also regulate specification and… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Hindgut defects and transformation of the gastro‐intestinal tract in Tcf4−/−/Tcf1−/− embryos
Wnt signalling plays a critical role in both initiating and patterning of the anterior–posterior axis during development. Wnts… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Inducible Gene Knockouts in the Small Intestinal and Colonic Epithelium*
We have developed two systems for performing Cre-mediated recombination of target genes in the rapidly self-renewing mouse small… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Sonic hedgehog is an endodermal signal inducing Bmp-4 and Hox genes during induction and regionalization of the chick hindgut.
Reciprocal inductive signals between the endoderm and mesoderm are critical to vertebrate gut development. Sonic hedgehog encodes… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A Drosophila growth factor homolog, decapentaplegic, regulates homeotic gene expression within and across germ layers during midgut morphogenesis.
The decapentaplegic (dpp) gene product, a member of the transforming growth factor-beta family, is required in Drosophila embryos… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Tenascin during gut development: appearance in the mesenchyme, shift in molecular forms, and dependence on epithelial-mesenchymal interactions [published erratum appears in J Cell Biol 1989 Mar;108(3…
Tenascin, an extracellular matrix protein, is expressed in the mesenchyme around growing epithelia in the embryo. We therefore… 
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