Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 627-635 , February 2010

CDX Transcription Factors Positively Regulate Expression of Solute Carrier Family 5, Member 8 in the Colonic Epithelium

  • Fumihiko Kakizaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Koji Aoki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Miyoshi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Nancy Carrasco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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  • Masahiro Aoki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Makoto M. Taketo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Makoto Mark Taketo, MD, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoé-cho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. fax: (81) 75-753-4402

Received 15 July 2009 ,Accepted 28 October 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (to M.M.T.).

PII: S0016-5085(09)01944-1

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.10.047

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 627-635 , February 2010

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