Exposure to GDNF Enhances the Ability of Enteric Neural Progenitors to Generate an Enteric Nervous System

Sonja J McKeown; Mitra Mohsenipour; Annette J Bergner; Heather M Young; Lincon A Stamp

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Exposure to GDNF Enhances the Ability of Enteric Neural Progenitors to Generate an Enteric Nervous System

Sonja J McKeown, Mitra Mohsenipour, Annette J Bergner, Heather M Young, Lincon A Stamp

STEM CELL REPORTS | CELL PRESS | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.12.013

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Heather Young Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

Annette Bergner Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

Lincon Stamp Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by NHMRC Project Grant APP1043397 to H. M.Y. and S.J.McK., NHMRC Project Grant APP1079234 to H.M.Y. and L.A.S., and NHMRC Senior Fellowship APP1002506 to H.M.Y. We thank Dr. Vanda Lennon (Mayo Clinic) for kindly providing the HUC/D antiserum, Dr. Thomas Muller (MaxDelbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin) for providing the B-FABP antiserum, Dr. Piers Emson (Cambridge University) for providing the nNOS antiserum, Professor Hideki Enomoto (Kobe University School of Medicine) for kindly providing the Ednrb- hKikGR mice and the PHOX2B antiserum, and Jan Morgan for excellent technical assistance.