Table of Contents

List of Contributors ix

Foreword xiii

Preface xv

1 Endoderm Development: From Progenitors to Organ Buds 1
David A.F. Loebel, Keren Kaufman-Francis, Yoji Kojima, Henry C.Y. Chung, and Patrick P.L. Tam

2 Genetic and Cellular Mechanisms Regulating Esophageal Development 15
Wei-Yao Ku and Jianwen Que

3 Congenital and Acquired Diseases of the Esophagus 27
Iljana Gaffar, Yousef El-Gohary, and George Gittes

4 Basic Science of Stomach Development 43
Tae-Hee Kim and Ramesh A. Shivdasani

5 Congenital and Acquired Diseases of the Stomach 57
Ramon U. Jin and Jason C. Mills

6 The Pylorus: Development and Disease 73
Ajay Prakash, Aaron M. Udager, and Deborah L. Gumucio

7 Basic Science of Small Intestinal Development 85
Cayla A. Thompson and Michele A. Battle

8 Clinical Small Intestine 99
Michael A. Helmrath and Kavita Deonarine

9 Basic Science of Colon Development 113
Mattheus C.B. Wielenga and Gijs R. van den Brink

10 Congenital and Acquired Diseases of the Colon 125
Jennifer J. Freeman and Daniel H. Teitelbaum

11 Intestinal Serosa 139
Nichelle I. Winters and David M. Bader

12 Basic Science of Liver Development 151
Ann DeLaForest and Stephen A. Duncan

13 Congenital and Acquired Diseases of the Liver 165
Zahida Khan, Edgar N. Tafaleng, Kyle A. Soltys, and Ira J. Fox

14 Developmental Biology of the Pancreas 179
L. Charles Murtaugh

15 Congenital Disorders of the Pancreas 193
Mark Lowe

16 Enteric Nervous System Development 209
E. Michelle Southard-Smith and Melissa A. Musser

17 Congenital and Acquired Disorders of the Enteric Nervous System 225
Robert O. Heuckeroth

18 Gut Development in the Sea Urchin 241
Megan L. Martik and David R. McClay

19 Intestinal Stem Cell Specification in the Drosophila Midgut 253
Neus Rafel and Benjamin Ohlstein

20 The Caenorhabditis elegans Intestine 263
James D. McGhee, Tobias Wiesenfahrt, and Aidan E. Dineen

21 Xenopus as a Model for GI Development 275
Zheng Zhang and Aaron M. Zorn

22 Zebrafish Models of GI Development and Disease 289
Ashley Alvers and Michel Bagnat

23 Gastrointestinal Stem Cells 303
Elise S. Demitrack and Linda C. Samuelson

24 Translating Embryonic Development into Models of Human Gastrointestinal Development and Disease 317
Stacy R. Finkbeiner and Jason R. Spence

Index 327

About the Author

Deborah L. Gumucio, PhD, is the James Douglas EngelProfessor and Interim Chair of the Department of Cell andDevelopmental Biology at the University of Michigan Medical Schooland Project Director of the University of Michigan sBioArtography Program. Linda C. Samuelson, PhD, is the John A. WilliamsCollegiate Professor of Gastrointestinal Physiology and Professorin the Departments of Molecular and Integrative Physiology andInternal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School andserves as Associate Director for the Center for Organogenesis atthe University of Michigan. Jason R. Spence, PhD, is Assistant Professor of InternalMedicine and Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biologyat the University of Michigan Medical School.