Transgenic expression of the proneural transcription factor Ascl1 in Müller glia stimulates retinal regeneration in young mice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 13717-13722

  Ueki, Yumi ^a   Wilken, Matthew S ^a   Cox, Kristen E ^a   Chipman, Laura ^a   Jorstad, Nikolas ^a   Sternhagen, Kristen ^a   Simic, Milesa ^b,c   Ullom, Kristy ^b   Nakafuku, Masato ^b   Reh, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Eye; Glia; Neurogenesis; Regeneration; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; ASCL1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATED CELL CULTURE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REGENERATION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINAL REGENERATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MACROGLIA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EPENDYMOGLIAL CELLS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REGENERATION; RETINA;

EID: 84946594596     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510595112     Document Type: Article

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