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163 matching records from 163 references.

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Sox9  SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 9   (Synonyms: 2010306G03Rik)
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1J:308693 Abbas E, Hassan MA, Sokpor G, Kiszka K, Pham L, Kerimoglu C, Fischer A, Nguyen HP, Staiger JF, Tuoc T, Conditional Loss of BAF (mSWI/SNF) Scaffolding Subunits Affects Specification and Proliferation of Oligodendrocyte Precursors in Developing Mouse Forebrain. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021;9:619538
1J:210838 Adolphe C, Nieuwenhuis E, Villani R, Li ZJ, Kaur P, Hui CC, Wainwright BJ, Patched 1 and patched 2 redundancy has a key role in regulating epidermal differentiation. J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Jul;134(7):1981-90
1*J:307271 Airik M, Schuler M, McCourt B, Weiss AC, Herdman N, Ludtke TH, Widmeier E, Stolz DB, Nejak-Bowen KN, Yimlamai D, Wu YL, Kispert A, Airik R, Hildebrandt F, Loss of Anks6 leads to YAP deficiency and liver abnormalities. Hum Mol Genet. 2020 Nov 4;29(18):3064-3080
1J:166547 Airik R, Trowe MO, Foik A, Farin HF, Petry M, Schuster-Gossler K, Schweizer M, Scherer G, Kist R, Kispert A, Hydroureternephrosis due to loss of Sox9-regulated smooth muscle cell differentiation of the ureteric mesenchyme. Hum Mol Genet. 2010 Dec 15;19(24):4918-29
1J:275626 Anamthathmakula P, Miryala CSJ, Moreci RS, Kyathanahalli C, Hassan SS, Condon JC, Jeyasuria P, Steroidogenic Factor 1 (Nr5a1) is Required for Sertoli Cell Survival Post Sex Determination. Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 14;9(1):4452
1J:305792 Ansarullah, Jain C, Far FF, Homberg S, Wissmiller K, von Hahn FG, Raducanu A, Schirge S, Sterr M, Bilekova S, Siehler J, Wiener J, Oppenlander L, Morshedi A, Bastidas-Ponce A, Collden G, Irmler M, Beckers J, Feuchtinger A, Grzybek M, Ahlbrecht C, Feederle R, Plettenburg O, Muller TD, Meier M, Tschop MH, Coskun U, Lickert H, Inceptor counteracts insulin signalling in beta-cells to control glycaemia. Nature. 2021 Feb;590(7845):326-331
1J:150973 Antoniou A, Raynaud P, Cordi S, Zong Y, Tronche F, Stanger BZ, Jacquemin P, Pierreux CE, Clotman F, Lemaigre FP, Intrahepatic bile ducts develop according to a new mode of tubulogenesis regulated by the transcription factor SOX9. Gastroenterology. 2009 Jun;136(7):2325-33
1J:284333 Arai HN, Sato F, Yamamoto T, Woltjen K, Kiyonari H, Yoshimoto Y, Shukunami C, Akiyama H, Kist R, Sehara-Fujisawa A, Metalloprotease-Dependent Attenuation of BMP Signaling Restricts Cardiac Neural Crest Cell Fate. Cell Rep. 2019 Oct 15;29(3):603-616.e5
1J:327292 Bakhti M, Bastidas-Ponce A, Tritschler S, Czarnecki O, Tarquis-Medina M, Nedvedova E, Jaki J, Willmann SJ, Scheibner K, Cota P, Salinno C, Boldt K, Horn N, Ueffing M, Burtscher I, Theis FJ, Coskun U, Lickert H, Synaptotagmin-13 orchestrates pancreatic endocrine cell egression and islet morphogenesis. Nat Commun. 2022 Aug 4;13(1):4540
1J:226612 Bankaitis ED, Bechard ME, Wright CV, Feedback control of growth, differentiation, and morphogenesis of pancreatic endocrine progenitors in an epithelial plexus niche. Genes Dev. 2015 Oct 15;29(20):2203-16
1J:336187 Barlow HR, Ahuja N, Bierschenk T, Htike Y, Fassetta L, Azizoglu DB, Flores J, Gao N, De la O S, Sneddon JB, Marciano DK, Cleaver O, Rab11 is essential to pancreas morphogenesis, lumen formation and endocrine mass. Dev Biol. 2023 Jul;499:59-74
1J:194289 Bell SM, Zhang L, Xu Y, Besnard V, Wert SE, Shroyer N, Whitsett JA, Kruppel-like factor 5 controls villus formation and initiation of cytodifferentiation in the embryonic intestinal epithelium. Dev Biol. 2013 Mar 15;375(2):128-39
1J:263981 Benhamouche-Trouillet S, O'Loughlin E, Liu CH, Polacheck W, Fitamant J, McKee M, El-Bardeesy N, Chen CS, McClatchey AI, Proliferation-independent role of NF2 (merlin) in limiting biliary morphogenesis. Development. 2018 Apr 30;145(9):dev162123
1J:199581 Bohnenpoll T, Bettenhausen E, Weiss AC, Foik AB, Trowe MO, Blank P, Airik R, Kispert A, Tbx18 expression demarcates multipotent precursor populations in the developing urogenital system but is exclusively required within the ureteric mesenchymal lineage to suppress a renal stromal fate. Dev Biol. 2013 Aug 1;380(1):25-36
1J:190582 Bondow BJ, Faber ML, Wojta KJ, Walker EM, Battle MA, E-cadherin is required for intestinal morphogenesis in the mouse. Dev Biol. 2012 Nov 1;371(1):1-12
1*J:226923 Bowen CJ, Zhou J, Sung DC, Butcher JT, Cadherin-11 coordinates cellular migration and extracellular matrix remodeling during aortic valve maturation. Dev Biol. 2015 Nov 1;407(1):145-57
1J:297574 Bres EE, Safina D, Muller J, Bedner P, Yang H, Helluy X, Shchyglo O, Jansen S, Mark MD, Esser A, Steinhauser C, Herlitze S, Pietrzik CU, Sirko S, Manahan-Vaughan D, Faissner A, Lipoprotein receptor loss in forebrain radial glia results in neurological deficits and severe seizures. Glia. 2020 Dec;68(12):2517-2549
1J:301331 Bridges JP, Sudha P, Lipps D, Wagner A, Guo M, Du Y, Brown K, Filuta A, Kitzmiller J, Stockman C, Chen X, Weirauch MT, Jobe AH, Whitsett JA, Xu Y, Glucocorticoid regulates mesenchymal cell differentiation required for perinatal lung morphogenesis and function. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Aug 1;319(2):L239-L255
1J:310741 Briot A, Jaroszewicz A, Warren CM, Lu J, Touma M, Rudat C, Hofmann JJ, Airik R, Weinmaster G, Lyons K, Wang Y, Kispert A, Pellegrini M, Iruela-Arispe ML, Repression of Sox9 by Jag1 is continuously required to suppress the default chondrogenic fate of vascular smooth muscle cells. Dev Cell. 2014 Dec 22;31(6):707-21
1J:336100 Brutsch SM, Madzharova E, Pantasis S, Wustemann T, Gurri S, Steenbock H, Gazdhar A, Kuhn G, Angel P, Bellusci S, Brinckmann J, Auf dem Keller U, Werner S, Bordoli MR, Mesenchyme-derived vertebrate lonesome kinase controls lung organogenesis by altering the matrisome. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2023 Mar 15;80(4):89
1*J:216602 Bryant SL, Francis JC, Lokody IB, Wang H, Risbridger GP, Loveland KL, Swain A, Sex specific retinoic acid signaling is required for the initiation of urogenital sinus bud development. Dev Biol. 2014 Nov 15;395(2):209-17
1J:175804 Brzezinski JA 4th, Kim EJ, Johnson JE, Reh TA, Ascl1 expression defines a subpopulation of lineage-restricted progenitors in the mammalian retina. Development. 2011 Aug;138(16):3519-31
1J:284608 Campbell SA, McDonald CL, Krentz NAJ, Lynn FC, Hoffman BG, TrxG Complex Catalytic and Non-catalytic Activity Play Distinct Roles in Pancreas Progenitor Specification and Differentiation. Cell Rep. 2019 Aug 13;28(7):1830-1844.e6
1J:313961 Caramello A, Galichet C, Rizzoti K, Lovell-Badge R, Dentate gyrus development requires a cortical hem-derived astrocytic scaffold. Elife. 2021 Jan 4;10:e63904
1J:331511 Caramello A, Galichet C, Sopena ML, Lovell-Badge R, Rizzoti K, The cortical hem lacks stem cell potential despite expressing SOX9 and HOPX. Dev Neurobiol. 2022 Oct;82(7-8):565-580
1J:177402 Carpentier R, Suner RE, van Hul N, Kopp JL, Beaudry JB, Cordi S, Antoniou A, Raynaud P, Lepreux S, Jacquemin P, Leclercq IA, Sander M, Lemaigre FP, Embryonic ductal plate cells give rise to cholangiocytes, periportal hepatocytes, and adult liver progenitor cells. Gastroenterology. 2011 Oct;141(4):1432-1438.e4
1J:245758 Carreno G, Apps JR, Lodge EJ, Panousopoulos L, Haston S, Gonzalez-Meljem JM, Hahn H, Andoniadou CL, Martinez-Barbera JP, Hypothalamic sonic hedgehog is required for cell specification and proliferation of LHX3/LHX4 pituitary embryonic precursors. Development. 2017 Sep 15;144(18):3289-3302
1J:145166 Cervantes S, Yamaguchi TP, Hebrok M, Wnt5a is essential for intestinal elongation in mice. Dev Biol. 2009 Feb 15;326(2):285-94
1J:202949 Chang DR, Martinez Alanis D, Miller RK, Ji H, Akiyama H, McCrea PD, Chen J, Lung epithelial branching program antagonizes alveolar differentiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Nov 5;110(45):18042-51
1J:179634 Chassot AA, Gregoire EP, Lavery R, Taketo MM, de Rooij DG, Adams IR, Chaboissier MC, RSPO1/beta-catenin signaling pathway regulates oogonia differentiation and entry into meiosis in the mouse fetal ovary. PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e25641
1J:133933 Chassot AA, Ranc F, Gregoire EP, Roepers-Gajadien HL, Taketo MM, Camerino G, de Rooij DG, Schedl A, Chaboissier MC, Activation of beta-catenin signaling by Rspo1 controls differentiation of the mammalian ovary. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 May 1;17(9):1264-77
1*J:310847 Chen H, Ghori-Javed FY, Rashid H, Adhami MD, Serra R, Gutierrez SE, Javed A, Runx2 regulates endochondral ossification through control of chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation. J Bone Miner Res. 2014 Dec;29(12):2653-65
1*J:319765 Chen L, Chen Y, Xu Y, Shen SG, Dai J, Effect of Swell1 on regulating chondrocyte hypertrophy during the condylar osteochondral development process in mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2022 Jan 29;590:42-48
1*J:329220 Chen Y, Wu J, Zhang S, Gao W, Liao Z, Zhou T, Li Y, Su D, Liu H, Yang X, Su P, Xu C, Hnrnpk maintains chondrocytes survival and function during growth plate development via regulating Hif1alpha-glycolysis axis. Cell Death Dis. 2022 Sep 20;13(9):803
1J:213873 Chen Z, Huang J, Liu Y, Dattilo LK, Huh SH, Ornitz D, Beebe DC, FGF signaling activates a Sox9-Sox10 pathway for the formation and branching morphogenesis of mouse ocular glands. Development. 2014 Jul;141(13):2691-701
1J:316287 Chinzei N, Hayashi S, Hashimoto S, Kanzaki N, Iwasa K, Sakata S, Kihara S, Fujishiro T, Kuroda R, Kurosaka M, Cyclindependent kinase inhibitor p21 does not impact embryonic endochondral ossification in mice. Mol Med Rep. 2015 Mar;11(3):1601-8
1J:272376 Clegg JM, Parkin HM, Mason JO, Pratt T, Heparan Sulfate Sulfation by Hs2st Restricts Astroglial Precursor Somal Translocation in Developing Mouse Forebrain by a Non-Cell-Autonomous Mechanism. J Neurosci. 2019 Feb 20;39(8):1386-1404
1J:231303 Cordi S, Godard C, Saandi T, Jacquemin P, Monga SP, Colnot S, Lemaigre FP, Role of beta-catenin in development of bile ducts. Differentiation. 2016 Jan-Mar;91(1-3):42-9
1J:199496 Cornett B, Snowball J, Varisco BM, Lang R, Whitsett J, Sinner D, Wntless is required for peripheral lung differentiation and pulmonary vascular development. Dev Biol. 2013 Jul 1;379(1):38-52
1J:160023 Cossais F, Sock E, Hornig J, Schreiner S, Kellerer S, Bosl MR, Russell S, Wegner M, Replacement of mouse Sox10 by the Drosophila ortholog Sox100B provides evidence for co-option of SoxE proteins into vertebrate-specific gene-regulatory networks through altered expression. Dev Biol. 2010 May 1;341(1):267-81
1J:245870 Cotton JL, Li Q, Ma L, Park JS, Wang J, Ou J, Zhu LJ, Ip YT, Johnson RL, Mao J, YAP/TAZ and Hedgehog Coordinate Growth and Patterning in Gastrointestinal Mesenchyme. Dev Cell. 2017 Oct 09;43(1):35-47.e4
1J:337926 Creff J, Nowosad A, Prel A, Pizzoccaro A, Aguirrebengoa M, Duquesnes N, Callot C, Jungas T, Dozier C, Besson A, p57(Kip2) acts as a transcriptional corepressor to regulate intestinal stem cell fate and proliferation. Cell Rep. 2023 Jun 15;42(6):112659
1*J:291486 Daniel E, Barlow HR, Sutton GI, Gu X, Htike Y, Cowdin MA, Cleaver O, Cyp26b1 is an essential regulator of distal airway epithelial differentiation during lung development. Development. 2020 Feb 20;147(4):dev181560
1J:220324 De Vas MG, Kopp JL, Heliot C, Sander M, Cereghini S, Haumaitre C, Hnf1b controls pancreas morphogenesis and the generation of Ngn3+ endocrine progenitors. Development. 2015 Mar 1;142(5):871-82
1J:284635 Di Bella DJ, Carcagno AL, Bartolomeu ML, Pardi MB, Lohr H, Siegel N, Hammerschmidt M, Marin-Burgin A, Lanuza GM, Ascl1 Balances Neuronal versus Ependymal Fate in the Spinal Cord Central Canal. Cell Rep. 2019 Aug 27;28(9):2264-2274.e3
1J:316477 Eenjes E, Buscop-van Kempen M, Boerema-de Munck A, Edel GG, Benthem F, de Kreij-de Bruin L, Schnater M, Tibboel D, Collins J, Rottier RJ, SOX21 modulates SOX2-initiated differentiation of epithelial cells in the extrapulmonary airways. Elife. 2021 Jul 21;10:e57325
1J:316977 Endale M, Ahlfeld S, Bao E, Chen X, Green J, Bess Z, Weirauch MT, Xu Y, Perl AK, Temporal, spatial, and phenotypical changes of PDGFRalpha expressing fibroblasts during late lung development. Dev Biol. 2017 May 15;425(2):161-175
1J:267596 Escot S, Willnow D, Naumann H, Di Francescantonio S, Spagnoli FM, Robo signalling controls pancreatic progenitor identity by regulating Tead transcription factors. Nat Commun. 2018 Nov 30;9(1):5082
1J:272612 Eyal S, Rubin S, Krief S, Levin L, Zelzer E, Common cellular origin and diverging developmental programs for different sesamoid bones. Development. 2019 Feb 28;146(4):dev167452
1J:194118 Fantauzzo KA, Kurban M, Levy B, Christiano AM, Trps1 and its target gene Sox9 regulate epithelial proliferation in the developing hair follicle and are associated with hypertrichosis. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(11):e1003002
1J:132812 Fauquier T, Rizzoti K, Dattani M, Lovell-Badge R, Robinson IC, SOX2-expressing progenitor cells generate all of the major cell types in the adult mouse pituitary gland. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Feb 26;105(8):2907-12
1J:266021 Foronda M, Martinez P, Schoeftner S, Gomez-Lopez G, Schneider R, Flores JM, Pisano DG, Blasco MA, Sox4 links tumor suppression to accelerated aging in mice by modulating stem cell activation. Cell Rep. 2014 Jul 24;8(2):487-500
1J:292306 Francis R, Guo H, Streutker C, Ahmed M, Yung T, Dirks PB, He HH, Kim TH, Gastrointestinal transcription factors drive lineage-specific developmental programs in organ specification and cancer. Sci Adv. 2019 Dec;5(12):eaax8898
1J:293435 Fuentes-Mateos R, Jimeno D, Gomez C, Calzada N, Fernandez-Medarde A, Santos E, Concomitant deletion of HRAS and NRAS leads to pulmonary immaturity, respiratory failure and neonatal death in mice. Cell Death Dis. 2019 Nov 4;10(11):838
1J:220467 Galvis LA, Holik AZ, Short KM, Pasquet J, Lun AT, Blewitt ME, Smyth IM, Ritchie ME, Asselin-Labat ML, Repression of Igf1 expression by Ezh2 prevents basal cell differentiation in the developing lung. Development. 2015 Apr 15;142(8):1458-69
1J:339855 Gannoun L, De Schrevel C, Belle M, Dauguet N, Achouri Y, Loriot A, Vanderaa C, Cordi S, Dili A, Heremans Y, Rooman I, Leclercq IA, Jacquemin P, Gatto L, Lemaigre FP, Axon guidance genes control hepatic artery development. Development. 2023 Aug 15;150(16):dev201642
1J:217593 Garcia TX, Farmaha JK, Kow S, Hofmann MC, RBPJ in mouse Sertoli cells is required for proper regulation of the testis stem cell niche. Development. 2014 Dec;141(23):4468-78
1J:174144 Gaston-Massuet C, Andoniadou CL, Signore M, Jayakody SA, Charolidi N, Kyeyune R, Vernay B, Jacques TS, Taketo MM, Le Tissier P, Dattani MT, Martinez-Barbera JP, From the Cover: Increased Wingless (Wnt) signaling in pituitary progenitor/stem cells gives rise to pituitary tumors in mice and humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jul 12;108(28):11482-7
1J:149261 Grimaldi P, Parras C, Guillemot F, Rossi F, Wassef M, Origins and control of the differentiation of inhibitory interneurons and glia in the cerebellum. Dev Biol. 2009 Apr 15;328(2):422-33
1J:334094 Gu X, Heinrich A, Li SY, DeFalco T, Testicular macrophages are recruited during a narrow fetal time window and promote organ-specific developmental functions. Nat Commun. 2023 Mar 15;14(1):1439
1J:214089 Hale MA, Swift GH, Hoang CQ, Deering TG, Masui T, Lee YK, Xue J, MacDonald RJ, The nuclear hormone receptor family member NR5A2 controls aspects of multipotent progenitor cell formation and acinar differentiation during pancreatic organogenesis. Development. 2014 Aug;141(16):3123-33
1J:173543 Harper J, Mould A, Andrews RM, Bikoff EK, Robertson EJ, The transcriptional repressor Blimp1/Prdm1 regulates postnatal reprogramming of intestinal enterocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jun 28;108(26):10585-90
1*J:231833 Hashimoto R, Hori K, Owa T, Miyashita S, Dewa K, Masuyama N, Sakai K, Hayase Y, Seto Y, Inoue YU, Inoue T, Ichinohe N, Kawaguchi Y, Akiyama H, Koizumi S, Hoshino M, Origins of oligodendrocytes in the cerebellum, whose development is controlled by the transcription factor, Sox9. Mech Dev. 2016 May;140:25-40
1J:197815 Hashimoto S, Chen H, Que J, Brockway BL, Drake JA, Snyder JC, Randell SH, Stripp BR, beta-Catenin-SOX2 signaling regulates the fate of developing airway epithelium. J Cell Sci. 2012 Feb 15;125(Pt 4):932-42
1J:293102 Heinrich A, Potter SJ, Guo L, Ratner N, DeFalco T, Distinct Roles for Rac1 in Sertoli Cell Function during Testicular Development and Spermatogenesis. Cell Rep. 2020 Apr 14;31(2):107513
1J:206315 Hoffmann SA, Hos D, Kuspert M, Lang RA, Lovell-Badge R, Wegner M, Reiprich S, Stem cell factor Sox2 and its close relative Sox3 have differentiation functions in oligodendrocytes. Development. 2014 Jan;141(1):39-50
1J:166890 Hofmann JJ, Zovein AC, Koh H, Radtke F, Weinmaster G, Iruela-Arispe ML, Jagged1 in the portal vein mesenchyme regulates intrahepatic bile duct development: insights into Alagille syndrome. Development. 2010 Dec;137(23):4061-72
1J:272569 Hou Z, Wu Q, Sun X, Chen H, Li Y, Zhang Y, Mori M, Yang Y, Que J, Jiang M, Wnt/Fgf crosstalk is required for the specification of basal cells in the mouse trachea. Development. 2019 Feb 11;146(3):dev171496
1J:332137 Hu H, Duan Y, Wang K, Fu H, Liao Y, Wang T, Zhang Z, Kang F, Zhang B, Zhang H, Huo F, Yin Y, Chen G, Hu H, Cai H, Tian W, Li Z, Dental niche cells directly contribute to tooth reconstitution and morphogenesis. Cell Rep. 2022 Dec 6;41(10):111737
1*J:163555 Huang CC, Yao HH, Inactivation of Dicer1 in Steroidogenic factor 1-positive cells reveals tissue-specific requirement for Dicer1 in adrenal, testis, and ovary. BMC Dev Biol. 2010;10:66
1J:81856 Ihanamaki T, Saamanen AM, Suominen J, Pelliniemi LJ, Harley V, Vuorio E, Salminen H, Expression of Sox9 and type IIA procollagen during ocular development and aging in transgenic Del1 mice with a mutation in the type II collagen gene. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2002 Nov-Dec;12(6):450-8
1J:199291 Jiang M, Ku WY, Fu J, Offermanns S, Hsu W, Que J, Gpr177 regulates pulmonary vasculature development. Development. 2013 Sep;140(17):3589-94
1J:289708 Jiang X, Yin S, Fan S, Bao J, Jiao Y, Ali A, Iqbal F, Xu J, Zhang Y, Shi Q, Npat-dependent programmed Sertoli cell proliferation is indispensable for testis cord development and germ cell mitotic arrest. FASEB J. 2019 Aug;33(8):9075-9086
1J:163480 Johansson JK, Voss U, Kesavan G, Kostetskii I, Wierup N, Radice GL, Semb H, N-cadherin is dispensable for pancreas development but required for beta-cell granule turnover. Genesis. 2010 Jun;48(6):374-81
1J:299297 Just PA, Poncy A, Charawi S, Dahmani R, Traore M, Dumontet T, Drouet V, Dumont F, Gilgenkrantz H, Colnot S, Terris B, Coulouarn C, Lemaigre F, Perret C, LKB1 and Notch Pathways Interact and Control Biliary Morphogenesis. PLoS One. 2015;10(12):e0145400
1*J:266596 Kersbergen A, Best SA, Dworkin S, Ah-Cann C, de Vries ME, Asselin-Labat ML, Ritchie ME, Jane SM, Sutherland KD, Lung morphogenesis is orchestrated through Grainyhead-like 2 (Grhl2) transcriptional programs. Dev Biol. 2018 Nov 1;443(1):1-9
1J:327969 Khattar D, Fernandes S, Snowball J, Guo M, Gillen MC, Jain SS, Sinner D, Zacharias W, Swarr DT, PI3K signaling specifies proximal-distal fate by driving a developmental gene regulatory network in SOX9+ mouse lung progenitors. Elife. 2022 Aug 17;11:e67954
1J:170126 Kopp JL, Dubois CL, Schaffer AE, Hao E, Shih HP, Seymour PA, Ma J, Sander M, Sox9+ ductal cells are multipotent progenitors throughout development but do not produce new endocrine cells in the normal or injured adult pancreas. Development. 2011 Feb;138(4):653-65
1J:268317 Kumar DL, DeFalco T, A perivascular niche for multipotent progenitors in the fetal testis. Nat Commun. 2018 Oct 30;9(1):4519
1J:202964 Lai LP, Lilley BN, Sanes JR, McMahon AP, Lkb1/Stk11 regulation of mTOR signaling controls the transition of chondrocyte fates and suppresses skeletal tumor formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Nov 26;110(48):19450-5
1J:245768 Landry-Truchon K, Houde N, Boucherat O, Joncas FH, Dasen JS, Philippidou P, Mansfield JH, Jeannotte L, HOXA5 plays tissue-specific roles in the developing respiratory system. Development. 2017 Oct 01;144(19):3547-3561
1J:237343 Laresgoiti U, Nikolic MZ, Rao C, Brady JL, Richardson RV, Batchen EJ, Chapman KE, Rawlins EL, Lung epithelial tip progenitors integrate glucocorticoid- and STAT3-mediated signals to control progeny fate. Development. 2016 Oct 15;143(20):3686-3699
1J:213415 Lee B, Villarreal-Ponce A, Fallahi M, Ovadia J, Sun P, Yu QC, Ito S, Sinha S, Nie Q, Dai X, Transcriptional mechanisms link epithelial plasticity to adhesion and differentiation of epidermal progenitor cells. Dev Cell. 2014 Apr 14;29(1):47-58
1J:258230 Leferink PS, Breeuwsma N, Bugiani M, van der Knaap MS, Heine VM, Affected astrocytes in the spinal cord of the leukodystrophy vanishing white matter. Glia. 2018 Apr;66(4):862-873
1J:293339 Liang S, Johansson E, Barila G, Altschuler DL, Fagman H, Nilsson M, A branching morphogenesis program governs embryonic growth of the thyroid gland. Development. 2018 Jan 25;145(2):dev146829
1J:121352 Lincoln J, Kist R, Scherer G, Yutzey KE, Sox9 is required for precursor cell expansion and extracellular matrix organization during mouse heart valve development. Dev Biol. 2007 May 1;305(1):120-32
1J:345357 Longtine C, Eliason CM, Mishkind D, Lee C, Chiappone M, Goller F, Love J, Kingsley EP, Clarke JA, Tabin CJ, Homology and the evolution of vocal folds in the novel avian voice box. Curr Biol. 2024 Feb 5;34(3):461-472.e7
1J:315454 Loscertales M, Nicolaou F, Jeanne M, Longoni M, Gould DB, Sun Y, Maalouf FI, Nagy N, Donahoe PK, Type IV collagen drives alveolar epithelial-endothelial association and the morphogenetic movements of septation. BMC Biol. 2016 Jul 13;14:59
1*J:128019 Lu Y, Thomson JM, Wong HY, Hammond SM, Hogan BL, Transgenic over-expression of the microRNA miR-17-92 cluster promotes proliferation and inhibits differentiation of lung epithelial progenitor cells. Dev Biol. 2007 Oct 15;310(2):442-53
1J:195172 Ludtke TH, Farin HF, Rudat C, Schuster-Gossler K, Petry M, Barnett P, Christoffels VM, Kispert A, Tbx2 controls lung growth by direct repression of the cell cycle inhibitor genes Cdkn1a and Cdkn1b. PLoS Genet. 2013 Jan;9(1):e1003189
1*J:150757 Mak AC, Szeto IY, Fritzsch B, Cheah KS, Differential and overlapping expression pattern of SOX2 and SOX9 in inner ear development. Gene Expr Patterns. 2009 Sep;9(6):444-53
1J:143586 Manuylov NL, Smagulova FO, Leach L, Tevosian SG, Ovarian development in mice requires the GATA4-FOG2 transcription complex. Development. 2008 Nov;135(22):3731-43
1J:173838 Manuylov NL, Zhou B, Ma Q, Fox SC, Pu WT, Tevosian SG, Conditional ablation of Gata4 and Fog2 genes in mice reveals their distinct roles in mammalian sexual differentiation. Dev Biol. 2011 May 15;353(2):229-41
1J:255932 Mario Gonzalez-Meljem J, Haston S, Carreno G, Apps JR, Pozzi S, Stache C, Kaushal G, Virasami A, Panousopoulos L, Neda Mousavy-Gharavy S, Guerrero A, Rashid M, Jani N, Goding CR, Jacques TS, Adams DJ, Gil J, Andoniadou CL, Pedro Martinez-Barbera J, Stem cell senescence drives age-attenuated induction of pituitary tumours in mouse models of paediatric craniopharyngioma. Nat Commun. 2017 Nov 28;8(1):1819
1J:210514 Martinez P, Ferrara-Romeo I, Flores JM, Blasco MA, Essential role for the TRF2 telomere protein in adult skin homeostasis. Aging Cell. 2014 Aug;13(4):656-68
1J:252094 Matuzelski E, Bunt J, Harkins D, Lim JWC, Gronostajski RM, Richards LJ, Harris L, Piper M, Transcriptional regulation of Nfix by NFIB drives astrocytic maturation within the developing spinal cord. Dev Biol. 2017 Dec 15;432(2):286-297
1J:324217 Mead TJ, Martin DR, Wang LW, Cain SA, Gulec C, Cahill E, Mauch J, Reinhardt D, Lo C, Baldock C, Apte SS, Proteolysis of fibrillin-2 microfibrils is essential for normal skeletal development. Elife. 2022 May 3;11:e71142
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