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Wnt signaling: Implications in endoderm development and pancreas organogenesis.
Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 61, 48-55 (2019)
The pancreas is derived from the foregut endoderm during embryonic development. After gastrulation and endoderm germ layer formation complex morphogenetic events coupled with cell differentiation programs pattern the gut tube and induce pancreas organogenesis. This results in formation of exocrine, ductal and hormone-producing endocrine cells. Among these, endocrine cells are responsible for blood glucose homeostasis and their malfunction leads to diabetes mellitus, which cannot be stopped or reversed by the current standard treatments. Thus, intense efforts to regenerate or replace the lost or dysfunctional insulin-producing beta-cells are on the way. This depends on identifying the factors that coordinate pancreas organogenesis. Here, we highlight the contribution of canonical and non-canonical Wnt signaling branches in orchestrating endoderm formation, pancreatic morphogenesis as well as endocrine cell formation and function.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Review
Keywords
Beta-catenin; Stem-cells; Definitive Endoderm; Germ Layer; Fate; Differentiation; Secretion; Organizer; Deletion; Polarity
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0955-0674
e-ISSN
1879-0410
Journal
Current Opinion in Cell Biology
Quellenangaben
Volume: 61,
Pages: 48-55
Publisher
Elsevier
Publishing Place
Kidlington
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Peer reviewed