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Semin Cell Dev Biol 2017 Mar 01;63:58-67. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.08.022.
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The Sox transcriptional factors: Functions during intestinal development in vertebrates.

Fu L , Shi YB .


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The intestine has long been studied as a model for adult stem cells due to the life-long self-renewal of the intestinal epithelium through the proliferation of the adult intestinal stem cells. Recent evidence suggests that the formation of adult intestinal stem cells in mammals takes place during the thyroid hormone-dependent neonatal period, also known as postembryonic development, which resembles intestinal remodeling during frog metamorphosis. Studies on the metamorphosis in Xenopus laevis have revealed that many members of the Sox family, a large family of DNA binding transcription factors, are upregulated in the intestinal epithelium during the formation and/or proliferation of the intestinal stem cells. Similarly, a number of Sox genes have been implicated in intestinal development and pathogenesis in mammals. Futures studies are needed to determine the expression and potential involvement of this important gene family in the development of the adult intestinal stem cells. These include the analyses of the expression and regulation of these and other Sox genes during postembryonic development in mammals as well as functional investigations in both mammals and amphibians by using the recently developed gene knockout technologies.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: lgr5 shh sox10 sox11 sox12 sox13 sox17a sox17b.1 sox17b.2 sox18 sox3 sox4 sox7 sox8 sox9


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