abstract：:TGF-beta superfamily members signal through a heteromeric receptor complex to regulate craniofacial development. TGF-beta type II receptor appears to bind only TGF-beta, whereas TGF-beta type I receptor (ALK5) also binds to ligands in addition to TGF-beta. Our previous work has shown that conditional inactivation of T...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Zhao H,Oka K,Bringas P,Kaartinen V,Chai Y

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective transgenesis methods have been successfully employed in many organisms including zebrafish. However, accurate spatiotemporal control of transgene expression is still difficult to achieve. Here we describe a system for chemical-inducible gene expression and demonstrate its feasibility for generating transgeni...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Emelyanov A,Parinov S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebrate pituitary gland is a key endocrine control organ that contains six distinct hormone secreting cell types. In this study, we analyzed the role of direct cell-to-cell Delta-Notch signaling in zebrafish anterior pituitary cell type specification. We demonstrate that initial formation of the anterior pituit...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Dutta S,Dietrich JE,Westerfield M,Varga ZM

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular mechanisms regulating the remodeling of the lymphatic vasculature from an immature plexus of vessels to a hierarchal network of initial and collecting lymphatics are not well understood. One gene thought to be important for this process is Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2). Ang2(-/-) mice have previously been reported ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Dellinger M,Hunter R,Bernas M,Gale N,Yancopoulos G,Erickson R,Witte M

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian kidney consists of an array of tubules connected to a ductal system that collectively function to control water/salt balance and to remove waste from the organisms' circulatory system. During mammalian embryogenesis, three kidney structures form within the intermediate mesoderm. The two most anterior str...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Mugford JW,Sipilä P,Kobayashi A,Behringer RR,McMahon AP

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal animal development requires accurate cell divisions, not only in the early stages of rapid embryonic cleavages, but also in later developmental stages. The Caenorhabditis elegans unc-85 gene is implicated only in cell divisions that occur post-embryonically, primarily in terminal neuronal lineages. Variable pos...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Grigsby IF,Finger FP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three fibronectin leucine-rich repeat transmembrane (FLRT) proteins contain 10 leucine-rich repeats (LRR), a type III fibronectin (FN) domain, followed by the transmembrane region, and a short cytoplasmic tail. XFLRT3, a Nodal/TGFbeta target, regulates cell adhesion and modulates FGF signalling during Xenopus gast...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Maretto S,Müller PS,Aricescu AR,Cho KW,Bikoff EK,Robertson EJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NK genes are related pan-metazoan homeobox genes. In the fruitfly, NK genes are clustered and involved in patterning various mesodermal derivatives during embryogenesis. It was therefore suggested that the NK cluster emerged in evolution as an ancestral mesodermal patterning cluster. To test this hypothesis, we cloned...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Saudemont A,Dray N,Hudry B,Le Gouar M,Vervoort M,Balavoine G

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrate retinal progenitor cells (RPCs) undergo a robust proliferative expansion to produce enough cells for the retina to form appropriately. Vsx2 (formerly Chx10), a homeodomain protein expressed in RPCs, is required for sufficient proliferation to occur. Sonic Hedgehog protein (SHH), secreted by retinal ganglion...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Sigulinsky CL,Green ES,Clark AM,Levine EM

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:5' HoxD genes are required for the correct formation of limb skeletal elements. Hoxd13, the most 5'-located HoxD gene, is important for patterning the most distal limb region, and its mutation causes human limb malformation syndromes. The mechanisms underlying the control of developmental processes by Hoxd13, and by H...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Salsi V,Vigano MA,Cocchiarella F,Mantovani R,Zappavigna V

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary lung bud originates from the foregut and develops into the bronchial tree by repetitive branching and outgrowing of the airway. The Sry related HMG box protein Sox2 is expressed in a cyclic manner during initiation and branching morphogenesis of the lung. It is highly expressed in non-branching regions and...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Gontan C,de Munck A,Vermeij M,Grosveld F,Tibboel D,Rottier R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Localisation of Protein Kinase A (PKA) by A-Kinase Anchoring Proteins (AKAPs) is known to coordinate localised signalling complexes that target cAMP-mediated signalling to specific cellular sub-domains. The cAMP PKA signalling pathway is implicated in both meiotic arrest and meiotic resumption, thus spatio-temporal ch...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Webb RJ,Tinworth L,Thomas GM,Zaccolo M,Carroll J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary Sentence: Conditional ablation of AP-2 gamma results in a delay in skin development and abnormal expression of p63, K14, K1, filaggrin, repetin and secreted Ly6/Plaur domain containing 1, key genes required for epidermal development and differentiation. The development of the epidermis, a stratified squamous e...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Guttormsen J,Koster MI,Stevens JR,Roop DR,Williams T,Winger QA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the first cell type to differentiate during retinal histogenesis. It has been postulated that specified RGCs subsequently influence the number and fate of the remaining progenitors to produce the rest of the retinal cell types. However, several genetic knockout models have argued agai...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Moshiri A,Gonzalez E,Tagawa K,Maeda H,Wang M,Frishman LJ,Wang SW

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in the incidence of aneuploidy is well documented with increasing maternal age, in particular in human females. Remarkably, little is known regarding the underlying molecular basis for the age-associated increase in aneuploidy, which is a major source of decreased fertility in humans. Using mouse as a mode...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Pan H,Ma P,Zhu W,Schultz RM

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian prostate arises from the urogenital sinus and few factors have been identified to be important in the early stages of prostate development. In this study we show that the transcription factor Sox9 is expressed in the epithelia of all mouse prostatic lobes from the initial stages of their development. We ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Thomsen MK,Butler CM,Shen MM,Swain A

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pax3 is expressed early during embryonic development in spatially restricted domains including limb muscle, neural crest, and neural tube. Pax3 functions at the nodal point in melanocyte stem cell differentiation, cardiogenesis and neurogenesis. Additionally Pax3 has been implicated in migration and differentiation of...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Nakazaki H,Reddy AC,Mania-Farnell BL,Shen YW,Ichi S,McCabe C,George D,McLone DG,Tomita T,Mayanil CS

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal development is controlled by gene regulation networks that are composed of sequence-specific transcription factors (TF) and cell signaling molecules (ST). Although housekeeping genes have been reported to show clustering in the animal genomes, whether the genes comprising a given regulatory network are physical...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Shoguchi E,Hamaguchi M,Satoh N

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mesp bHLH genes play a conserved role during segmental patterning of the mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo by specifying segmental boundaries and anteroposterior (A-P) segmental polarity. Here we use a xenotransgenic approach to compare the transcriptional enhancers that drive expression of the Mesp genes within s...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Moreno TA,Jappelli R,Izpisúa Belmonte JC,Kintner C

更新日期：2008-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligands of the transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) superfamily, like Nodal and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), are pivotal to establish left-right (LR) asymmetry in vertebrates. However, the receptors mediating this process are unknown. Here we identified two new type II receptors for BMPs in zebrafish termed ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Monteiro R,van Dinther M,Bakkers J,Wilkinson R,Patient R,ten Dijke P,Mummery C

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal maturation of oocytes and successful development of preimplantation embryos is essential for reproduction. We performed DNA microarray analyses of ovarian transcripts and identified glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) secreted by cumulus, granulosa, and theca cells as an ovarian factor stimulate...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Kawamura K,Ye Y,Kawamura N,Jing L,Groenen P,Gelpke MS,Rauch R,Hsueh AJ,Tanaka T

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progression of germ cells through meiosis is regulated by phosphorylation events. We previously showed the key role of cyclin dependent kinases in meiotic divisions of rat spermatocytes co-cultured with Sertoli cells (SC). In the present study, we used the same culture system to address the role of mitogen-activated p...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Godet M,Sabido O,Gilleron J,Durand P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The GRAM domain was found in glucosyltransferases, myotubularins and other membrane-associated proteins. So far, functions for majority of these proteins are yet to be uncovered. In order to address the evolutionary and functional significance of this family members, we have performed a comprehensive investigation on ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Jiang SY,Ramamoorthy R,Ramachandran S

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The GATA family of transcription factors are known to play multiple critical roles in vertebrate developmental processes, including erythropoiesis, endoderm formation and cardiogenesis. There have been no previous demonstrations of a functional role for any GATA family member being associated with musculoskeletal deve...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Alexandrovich A,Qureishi A,Coudert AE,Zhang L,Grigoriadis AE,Shah AM,Brewer AC,Pizzey JA

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasa is a DEAD-box RNA helicase that functions in translational regulation of specific mRNAs. In many animals it is essential for germ line development and may have a more general stem cell role. Here we identify vasa in two sea urchin species and analyze the regulation of its expression. We find that vasa protein acc...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Voronina E,Lopez M,Juliano CE,Gustafson E,Song JL,Extavour C,George S,Oliveri P,McClay D,Wessel G

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The pdx1 gene is essential for pancreatic organogenesis in humans and mice; pdx1 mutations have been identified in human diabetic patients. Specific inactivation of pdx1 in adult beta cells revealed that this gene is required for maintenance of mature beta cell function. In the following study, a Cre-lox strategy was ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Gannon M,Ables ET,Crawford L,Lowe D,Offield MF,Magnuson MA,Wright CV

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian germ cell survival is dependent upon the formation of primordial follicles, which occurs during fetal life in the human. Activin contributes to germ cell proliferation and survival at this time. SMADs2 and 3 are central elements in the activin signalling pathway and thus indicate sites of activin action. We ha...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Coutts SM,Childs AJ,Fulton N,Collins C,Bayne RA,McNeilly AS,Anderson RA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, sex is determined in the bipotential embryonic gonad by a balanced network of gene actions which when altered causes disorders of sexual development (DSD, formerly known as intersex). In the XY gonad, presumptive Sertoli cells begin to differentiate when SRY up-regulates SOX9, which in turn activates FGF9 ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Bagheri-Fam S,Sim H,Bernard P,Jayakody I,Taketo MM,Scherer G,Harley VR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene regulatory network subcircuit comprising the otx, wnt8, and blimp1 genes accounts for a moving torus of gene expression that sweeps concentrically across the vegetal domain of the sea urchin embryo. Here we confirm by mutation the inputs into the blimp1cis-regulatory module predicted by network analysis. Its es...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Smith J,Kraemer E,Liu H,Theodoris C,Davidson E

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene nhr-6 encodes the Caenorhabditis elegans ortholog of the NR4A nuclear receptor. We determined the biological functions of NHR-6 through the isolation and characterization of a deletion allele of nhr-6, lg6001. We demonstrate that nhr-6 has an essential role in the development of the C. elegans somatic gonad. ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Gissendanner CR,Kelley K,Nguyen TQ,Hoener MC,Sluder AE,Maina CV

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pluripotent stem cells, termed embryonic germ (EG) cells, have been generated from both human and mouse primordial germ cells (PGCs). Like embryonic stem (ES) cells, EG cells have the potential to differentiate into all germ layer derivatives and may also be important for any future clinical applications. The developm...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Shovlin TC,Durcova-Hills G,Surani A,McLaren A

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The human kidneys filter 180 l of blood every day via about 2.5 million glomeruli. The three layers of the glomerular filtration apparatus consist of fenestrated endothelium, specialized extracellular matrix known as the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and the podocyte foot processes with their modified adherens ju...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Kanasaki K,Kanda Y,Palmsten K,Tanjore H,Lee SB,Lebleu VS,Gattone VH Jr,Kalluri R

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchyme to epithelium transitions are crucial to embryonic development. The early mouse embryo offers an excellent model to study epithelium formation as during the first three days of development two epithelia are formed, the trophectoderm (TE) and the primitive endoderm (PrE). We have previously shown that PrE ce...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Gerbe F,Cox B,Rossant J,Chazaud C

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulval epithelial tubes invaginate through concerted cell migration, ring formation, stacking of rings and intra-ring cell fusion in the nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans, Oscheius tipulae and Pristionchus pacificus. The number of rings forming the invaginations is invariantly seven, six, and eight, respectively. We hy...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Kolotuev I,Podbilewicz B

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hedgehog (Hh) proteins and cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) generally play opposing roles in developmental patterning events. Humans and mice heterozygous for mutations in the sonic hedgehog (Shh) receptor gene patched-1 (ptc1) have an increased incidence of certain types of cancer, including medulloblastoma (MB)...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Lelievre V,Seksenyan A,Nobuta H,Yong WH,Chhith S,Niewiadomski P,Cohen JR,Dong H,Flores A,Liau LM,Kornblum HI,Scott MP,Waschek JA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural crest cells originate in the dorsal neural tube but subsequently undergo an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), delaminate, and migrate to diverse locations in the embryo where they contribute to a variety of derivatives. Cadherins are a family of cell-cell adhesion molecules expressed in a broad range ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Coles EG,Taneyhill LA,Bronner-Fraser M

更新日期：2007-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The HCO3(-) anion activates sperm motility, an important early step in capacitation, by increasing flagellar beat frequency through a pathway that requires the atypical adenylyl cyclase SACY and the sperm-specific C alpha2 catalytic subunit of PKA. Here we show that the accelerating action of HCO3(-) also requires the...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Carlson AE,Hille B,Babcock DF

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chicken retina is capable of limited regeneration. In response to injury, some Müller glia proliferate and de-differentiate into progenitor cells. However, most of these progenitors fail to differentiate into neurons. The Notch pathway is upregulated during retinal regeneration in both fish and amphibians. Since t...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Hayes S,Nelson BR,Buckingham B,Reh TA

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are the embryonic precursors of the adult gametes. Although restricted in developmental potency, PGCs express many of the same molecular markers as pluripotent embryonic stem (ES) cells and can give rise to embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells, the stem cells of testicular tumors, in vivo. Likew...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Elliott AM,de Miguel MP,Rebel VI,Donovan PJ

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The notochord is the defining characteristic of the chordate embryo and plays critical roles as a signaling center and as the primitive skeleton. In this study we show that early notochord development in Xenopus embryos is regulated by apoptosis. We find apoptotic cells in the notochord beginning at the neural groove ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Malikova MA,Van Stry M,Symes K

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00