Defective FGF signaling causes coloboma formation and disrupts retinal neurogenesis

Cell Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-273

  Chen, Shuyi ^a,b   Li, Hua ^a   Gaudenz, Karin ^a   Paulson, Ariel ^a   Guo, Fengli ^a   Trimble, Rhonda ^a   Peak, Allison ^a   Seidel, Christopher ^a   Deng, Chuxia ^c   Furuta, Yasuhide ^d   Xie, Ting ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

coloboma; FGF signaling; optic fissure; retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOBOMA; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; COLOBOMA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGENESIS; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 2; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84873743592     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2012.150     Document Type: Article

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