Tbx18 Regulates the Differentiation of Periductal Smooth Muscle Stroma and the Maintenance of Epithelial Integrity in the Prostate.

The T-box transcription factor TBX18 is essential to mesenchymal cell differentiation in several tissues and Tbx18 loss-of-function results in dramatic organ malformations and perinatal lethality. Here we demonstrate for the first time that Tbx18 is required for the normal development of periductal...

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Main Authors: C Chase Bolt, Soumya Negi, Nuno Guimarães-Camboa, Huimin Zhang, Joseph M Troy, Xiaochen Lu, Andreas Kispert, Sylvia M Evans, Lisa Stubbs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4847854?pdf=render