The LIM homeodomain factor Lhx2 is required for hypothalamic tanycyte specification and differentiation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 50, 2014, Pages 16809-16820

  Salvatierra, Juan ^a   Lee, Daniel A ^a,b   Zibetti, Cristina ^a   Duran Moreno, Maria ^c   Yoo, Sooyeon ^a   Newman, Elizabeth A ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Bedont, Joseph L ^a   De Melo, Jimmy ^a   Miranda Angulo, Ana L ^a,d   Gil Perotin, Sara ^c   Garcia Verdugo, Jose Manuel ^c   Blackshaw, Seth ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Ependymal cells; Hypothalamus; Metabolism; Radial glia; Tanycytes; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHEMERIN; DROLOXIFENE; LHX2 LIM HOMEODOMAIN FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LHX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TANYCYTE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; MACROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPENDYMOGLIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84916613385     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1711-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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