The Hedgehog Signal Induced Modulation of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling: An Essential Signaling Relay for Urinary Tract Morphogenesis

• Ryuma Haraguchi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ryuma Haraguchi, Daisuke Matsumaru

  Affiliations Department of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan, Department of Organ formation, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Global COE “Cell Fate Regulation Research and Education Unit”, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, Department of Molecular Pathology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

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• Daisuke Matsumaru ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ryuma Haraguchi, Daisuke Matsumaru

  Affiliations Department of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan, Department of Organ formation, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Global COE “Cell Fate Regulation Research and Education Unit”, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Naomi Nakagata,

  Affiliation Division of Reproductive Engineering, Center for Animal Resources and Development, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Shinichi Miyagawa,

  Affiliations Department of Organ formation, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Global COE “Cell Fate Regulation Research and Education Unit”, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Aichi, Japan

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• Kentaro Suzuki,

  Affiliations Department of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan, Department of Organ formation, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Global COE “Cell Fate Regulation Research and Education Unit”, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Sohei Kitazawa,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

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• Gen Yamada

  * E-mail: transg8@wakayama-med.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan, Department of Organ formation, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Global COE “Cell Fate Regulation Research and Education Unit”, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

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