TGF‐β Signaling Plays a Pivotal Role During Developmental Biliary Atresia in Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
Yu‐Wen Chung‐Davidson, Jianfeng Ren, Chu‐Yin Yeh, Ugo Bussy, Belinda Huerta, Peter Joseph Davidson, Steven Whyard, Weiming Li – 24 December 2019 – Biliary atresia (BA) is a rare neonatal disease with unknown causes. Approximately 10% of BA cases develop in utero with other congenital defects that span a large spectrum of disease variations, including degeneration of the gall bladder and bile duct as well as malformation of the liver, intestines, and kidneys.