autoregulatory feedback loop that increases Sox17 expression above the threshold necessary for biliary progenitor cells to form the gallbladder and bile duct system. "We also found that mice with ...

The findings of cells, casts or crystals can aid in urinalysis ... Bilirubin is not normally present in urine and indicates either bile duct obstruction or intrinsic hepatic disease.

Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is the major cause of evaporative dry eye disease (EDED) and dysfunction is widely thought to mechanistically involve ductal hyperkeratinization, plugging and ...

Linh Trinh, left, and Ryan Finnel One key discovery that the Magnuson lab made was that the Sox17 gene itself contains a binding site for the Sox17 protein, which creates a positive, autoregulatory ...