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Vertebrate Endoderm Development and Organ Formation

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Zorn, Aaron M., Wells, James M.·2009·Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

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The endoderm germ layer contributes to the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts and to all of their associated organs. Over the past decade, studies in vertebrate model organisms, including frog, fish, chick, and mouse, have greatly enhanced our understanding of the molecular basis of endoderm organ development. We review this progress with a focus on early stages of endoderm organogenesis including endoderm formation, gut tube morphogenesis and patterning, and organ specification. Lastly, we discuss how developmental mechanisms that regulate endoderm organogenesis are used to direct differentiation of embryonic stem cells into specific adult cell types, which function to alleviate disease symptoms in animal models.

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  • The gut endoderm is the precursor of the respiratory and digestive tracts and their associated organs.

    “The gut endoderm is the precursor of the respiratory and digestive tracts, and their associated organs1,2 (Fig. 1).”
  • TF expression was exceptionally accurate in predicting AP pseudo-space order (correlation 0.97), indicating that transcriptional regulation, presumably in response to signals from neighboring mesenchyme, plays a key role in gut tube patterning.

    “TF expression was exceptionally accurate in predicting AP pseudo-space order (Extended Data Fig. 9c, Correlation: 0.97), indicating that transcriptional regulation, presumably in response to signals from neighboring mesenchyme1, plays a key role in gut tube patterning.”

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Authors
Zorn, A. M., & Wells, J. M.
Affiliations
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
Venue
Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
Published
2009-11-01
Volume
25
Issue
1
Pages
221-251
ISSN
  • 1081-0706 (ISSN-L)
  • 1530-8995
OpenAlex
W2137175341
Cited by
812
References
180
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Child Health Research Foundation
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM072915)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK080823, R01DK070858, R01DK092456)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Renal and related cancers
Keywords
endoderm development, organogenesis, organ specifications, respiratory tract development, gastrointestinal tract development, embryonic stem cell differentiation, vertebrate model organisms
MeSH terms
Animals, Endoderm, Humans, Vertebrates, Organogenesis

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