2013
Brg1 Determines Urothelial Cell Fate during Ureter Development
Weiss RM, Guo S, Shan A, Shi H, Romano RA, Sinha S, Cantley LG, Guo JK. Brg1 Determines Urothelial Cell Fate during Ureter Development. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2013, 24: 618-626. PMID: 23449535, PMCID: PMC3609140, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2012090902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmooth muscle cellsUreter developmentBasal cell populationUreteral smooth muscle cellsHoxb7-CreTerminal differentiationPPARγ expressionUreteral epitheliumMuscle cellsUrothelial cellsP63 expressionRole of BRG1Basal cellsUmbrella cellsCell populationsSonic hedgehog expressionEpithelial stratificationAdult ureterUreterCell developmentBRG1 expressionSmooth muscle cell developmentShh expressionCellsHedgehog expression
2006
A role for Akt in the rapid regulation of inflammatory and apoptotic pathways in mouse bladder
Tamarkin FJ, Kang WS, Cohen JJ, Wheeler MA, Weiss RM. A role for Akt in the rapid regulation of inflammatory and apoptotic pathways in mouse bladder. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives Of Pharmacology 2006, 373: 349-359. PMID: 16832691, DOI: 10.1007/s00210-006-0081-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsApoptotic pathwayPI3KAkt phosphorylationNon-phosphorylated speciesPhosphatidylinositol-3 kinaseNF-κBPhosphorylation of AktPI3K/AktCellular signalingTranscription factorsForkhead familyPI3K inhibitorsNF-κB phosphorylationKappa BDownstream pathwaysAkt activationInhibitor kappa BPhosphorylationRapid regulationAktProtein amountNuclear factor kappa BK inhibitorsCancer cellsUrothelial cancer cells