Endoderm Jagged induces liver and pancreas duct lineage in zebrafish

The hepatopancreatic duct cells connect liver hepatocytes and pancreatic acinar cells to the intestine, but the mechanism for their lineage specification is unclear. Here, the authors reveal that Notch ligands Jagged1b and Jagged2b induce duct cell lineage in the liver and pancreas of the zebrafish.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Danhua Zhang, Keith P. Gates, Lindsey Barske, Guangliang Wang, Joseph J. Lancman, Xin-Xin I. Zeng, Megan Groff, Kasper Wang, Michael J. Parsons, J. Gage Crump, P. Duc Si Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00666-6