Organogenesis From Development to Disease

• Main Author: Misty Good (auth)
• Other Authors: Seppo Vainio (auth), Sunder Sims-Lucas (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; Disease Models; kidney development; Bladder innervation; Animal; Bowel disease; Inflammation; Developmental Biology; Diabetes Mellitus; Organogenesis; Type 1; bone mineralization
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

During embryonic development there are many processes that must take place to produce a viable and healthy fetus. Alterations in the cellular and/or molecular interactions within any particular organ can cause catastrophic defects leading to defective organogenesis and death of the embryo. Even slig...