Neurogenin 1 effectively reprograms cultured chick retinal pigment epithelial cells to differentiate toward photoreceptors

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 526-546

  Yan, Run Tao ^a   Liang, Lina ^a,b   Ma, Wenxin ^a   Li, Xiumei ^a   Xie, Wenlian ^a,c   Wang, Shu Zhen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ca2+ imaging; Light response; Reprogramming; Retina

Indexed keywords

9 CIS RETINAL; CALCIUM; CYCLIC GMP; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROGENIN 1; OPSIN; RETINAL; RETINOID X RECEPTOR GAMMA; RHODOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CRX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NR2EX; TRANSDUCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LONG WAVELENGTH OPSIN; LONG-WAVELENGTH OPSIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROG1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SCOTOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHANNEL GATING; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; ROD OPSINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 77949351717     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22236     Document Type: Article

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