Understanding the role of growth factors in embryonic development: Insights from the lens

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1568, 2011, Pages 1204-1218

  Lovicu, F J ^a,b,c   McAvoy, J W ^b,c   de Iongh, R U ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Akt PI3K; Cell signalling; Differentiation; Growth factors; Lens development; MAPK

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EYE; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS;

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LENS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 79960623748     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0339     Document Type: Review

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