Retinal Progenitor Cells
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1. GTPases Rho e o potencial regenerativo da retina de mamíferos / Rho GTPases and the regenerative potential of the mammalian retina
Ciliary Body (CB) is a potential source of stem cells in the adult retina, but its activation is still unknown. Rho GTPases play a role in actin-based cytoskeleton reorganization, regulate signaling pathways and gene transcription, cell survival and cell proliferation. In this study we investigated the expression of Rho GTPases in CB cells and their role on
Publicado em: 2010
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2. An analysis of the gene expression program of mammalian neural progenitor cells
A diverse range of neural cell types is generated from a pool of dividing stem and progenitor cells in an orderly manner during development. Little is known of the molecular and cellular biology underpinning the intrinsic control of this process. We have used a nonbiased method to purify populations of neural progenitor cells from the murine CNS to character
National Academy of Sciences.
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3. Structure of clonal and polyclonal cell arrays in chimeric mouse retina.
One of the most striking results of recent cell-lineage studies of vertebrate retina is the marked variability in the size and types of clones marked by retroviral transfection and dye injection of embryonic progenitor cells. Is this variability due to microenvironmental modulation of cell determination, to lineage restriction, or to experimental perturbatio
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4. Genomic Analysis of Mouse Retinal Development
The vertebrate retina is comprised of seven major cell types that are generated in overlapping but well-defined intervals. To identify genes that might regulate retinal development, gene expression in the developing retina was profiled at multiple time points using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). The expression patterns of 1,051 genes that showed
Public Library of Science.
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5. neurogenin2 elicits the genesis of retinal neurons from cultures of nonneural cells
neurogenin2 (ngn2) encodes a basic helix–loop–helix transcription factor and plays an important role in neurogenesis from migratory neural crest cells. Its role in retinal development is poorly understood. We observed that in the developing chick retina, ngn2 was expressed in a subpopulation of proliferating progenitor cells. Ectopic expression of
The National Academy of Sciences.
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6. Defining retinal progenitor cell competence in Xenopus laevis by clonal analysis
Extrinsic cues and intrinsic competence act in concert for cell fate determination in the developing vertebrate retina. However, what controls competence and how precise is the control are largely unknown. We studied the regulation of competence by examining the order in which individual retinal progenitor cells (RPCs) generate daughters. Experiments were pe
Company of Biologists.
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7. SDF-1 is both necessary and sufficient to promote proliferative retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults. It is caused by oxygen starvation in the retina inducing aberrant formation of blood vessels that destroy retinal architecture. In humans, vitreal stromal cell–derived factor–1 (SDF-1) concentration increases as proliferative diabetic retinopathy progresses. Treatment of patien
American Society for Clinical Investigation.
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8. Radial and tangential dispersion patterns in the mouse retina are cell-class specific.
The retina is derived from a pseudostratified germinal zone in which the relative position of a progenitor cell is believed to determine the position of the progeny aligned in the radial axis. Such a developmental mechanism would ensure that radial arrays of cells which comprise functional units in the mature central nervous system are also clonally related.
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9. Cell fate determination in the vertebrate retina.
In the vertebrate central nervous system, the retina has been a useful model for studies of cell fate determination. Recent results from studies conducted in vitro and in vivo suggest a model of retinal development in which both the progenitor cells and the environment change over time. The model is based upon the notion that the mitotic cells within the ret
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10. A recombinant retrovirus encoding alkaline phosphatase confirms clonal boundary assignment in lineage analysis of murine retina.
Recombinant retroviruses encoding the histochemically detectable enzyme beta-galactosidase have been used to investigate lineage in the vertebrate nervous system. Identification of the descendants of individual progenitors is straightforward when progeny cells are arranged in a reproducible, clustered pattern, but difficulties in interpretation arise when pr