Retinal ganglion cell-derived sonic hedgehog signaling is required for optic disc and stalk neuroepithelial cell development

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2967-2980

  Dakubo, Gabriel D ^a   Wang, Ya Ping ^a   Mazerolle, Chantal ^a   Campsall, Katrina ^a   McMahon, Andrew P ^b   Wallace, Valerie A ^a,c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocyte precursor cells; Development; Ihh; Mouse; Neuroepithelial cells; Optic disc stalk; Pax2; Retinal ganglion cells; Shh

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE TARGETING; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MORPHOGENESIS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; OPTIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038444653     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00515     Document Type: Article

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