Otx2 Is Involved in the Regional Specification of the Developing Retinal Pigment Epithelium by Preventing the Expression of Sox2 and Fgf8, Factors That Induce Neural Retina Differentiation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Nishihara, Daisuke ^a,c   Yajima, Ichiro ^b   Tabata, Hiromasa ^c   Nakai, Masato ^c   Tsukiji, Nagaharu ^a   Katahira, Tatsuya ^d   Takeda, Kazuhisa ^e   Shibahara, Shigeki ^e   Nakamura, Harukazu ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroaki ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGAHAMA INSTITUTE OF BIO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECOMBINANT GENE; RETINA NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EYE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84869063084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048879     Document Type: Article

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