abstract：:The dual nature of pancreatic tissue permits both endocrine and exocrine functions. Enzymatic secretions by the exocrine pancreas help digestive processes while the pancreatic hormones regulate glucose homeostasis and energy metabolism. Pancreas organogenesis is defined by a conserved array of signaling pathways that ...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Dumasia NP,Pethe PS

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor scleraxis (SCX) is expressed throughout tendon development and plays a key role in directing tendon wound healing. However, little is known regarding its role in fetal or young postnatal tendons, stages in development that are known for their enhanced regenerative capabilities. Here we used RN...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Paterson YZ,Evans N,Kan S,Cribbs A,Henson FMD,Guest DJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the CFTR gene cause cystic fibrosis (CF) with myocardial dysfunction. However, it remains unknown whether CF-related heart disease is a secondary effect of pulmonary disease, or an intrinsic primary defect in the heart. Here, we used zebrafish, which lack lung tissue, to investigate the role of CFTR in ca...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Liu Y,Lin Z,Liu M,Liao H,Chen Y,Zhang X,Chan HC,Zhou B,Rao L,Sun H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deflecting biomineralized crystals attached to vestibular hair cells are necessary for maintaining balance. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are useful organisms to study these biomineralized crystals called otoliths, as many required genes are homologous to human otoconial development. We sought to identify and characterize t...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Thiessen KD,Grzegorski SJ,Chin Y,Higuchi LN,Wilkinson CJ,Shavit JA,Kramer KL

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal embryogenesis of marine animals is typically confined to a species-specific range of temperatures. Within that temperature range development results in a consistent, or canalized, phenotype, whereas above and below the range abnormal phenotypes are produced. This study reveals a high temperature threshold, ...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Irvine SQ,McNulty KB,Siler EM,Jacobson RE

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood vessel maturation, which is characterized by the investment of vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs) around developing blood vessels, begins when vessels remodel into a hierarchy of proximal arteries and proximal veins that branch into smaller distal capillaries. The ultimate result of maturation is formation of ...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Padget RL,Mohite SS,Hoog TG,Justis BS,Green BE,Udan RS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study utilizes morphological and mechanistic endpoints to characterize the onset of bilateral atresia of the vas deferens in a recently derived cystic fibrosis (CF) rat model. Embryonic reproductive structures, including Wolffian (mesonephric) duct, Mullerian (paramesonephric) duct, mesonephric tubules, and gonad...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Plyler ZE,Birket SE,Schultz BD,Hong JS,Rowe SM,Petty CF,Crowley MR,Crossman DK,Schoeb TR,Sorscher EJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last years, several reports have established the notion that metabolism is not just a housekeeping process, but instead an active effector of physiological changes. The idea that the metabolic status may rule a wide range of phenomena in cell biology is starting to be broadly accepted. Thus, current development...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Gándara L,Wappner P

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The embryonic fins and the tip of adult fins of teleost fish are supported by rows of straight, unmineralized fibrils called actinotrichia. The proximal ends of the actinotrichia are bundled and the mineralized bones called lepidotrichia are made along them. Since malformation in actinotrichia causes wavy fin bones, t...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Kuroda J,Iwane AH,Kondo S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural crest (NC) is one of the most fascinating structures during embryonic development. Unique to vertebrate embryos, these cells give rise to important components of the craniofacial skeleton, such as the jaws and skull, as well as melanocytes and ganglia of the peripheral nervous system. Worldwide, several gro...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Pescador GS,Trentin AG,Garcez RC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterizing endogenous protein expression, interaction and function, this study identifies in vivo interactions and competitive balance between N-cadherin and E-cadherin in developing avian (Gallus gallus) neural and neural crest cells. Numerous cadherin proteins, including neural cadherin (Ncad) and epithelial cad...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Rogers CD,Sorrells LK,Bronner ME

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Retinal homeobox gene (Rx; also Rax) plays a crucial role in the early development of the vertebrate eye. Germline deletion of Rx in mice results in the failure of optic vesicle formation, leading to anophthalmia. Recent research using conditional mouse knockout models provides some clues to the role of Rx in eye ...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Rodgers HM,Huffman VJ,Voronina VA,Lewandoski M,Mathers PH

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebrate hindbrain is composed of a series of lineage-restricted segments termed rhombomeres. Segment-specific gene expression drives unique programs of neuronal differentiation. Two critical embryonic signaling pathways, Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) and Retinoic Acid (RA), regulate early embryonic rhombomere ...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Selland LG,Koch S,Laraque M,Waskiewicz AJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epimorphic regeneration is a process allowing the animal to regain its lost structure which depends on the resident pluripotent stem cells as well as de-differentiation of existing cells to form multi-potent stem cells. Many studies have been done to understand the appendage regeneration mechanism. The animal model us...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Murawala H,Ranadive I,Patel S,Desai I,Balakrishnan S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myogenic regulatory factors (MRFs) are known to have essential roles in both the establishment and differentiation of the skeletal muscle cell lineage. MyoD is expressed early in the Xenopus mesoderm where it is present and active several hours before the activation of muscle differentiation genes. Previous studies in...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： McQueen C,Pownall ME

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated and characterized embryonic lethal mutations in piragua (prg). The prg locus encodes a protein with an amino terminus Zinc Finger-Associated-Domain (ZAD) and nine C2H2 zinc fingers (ZF). prg mRNA and protein expression during embryogenesis is dynamic with widespread maternal contribution, and subsequent ex...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Nazario-Yepiz NO,Riesgo-Escovar JR

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesion differences are the main driver of cell sorting and related processes such as boundary formation or tissue positioning. In the early amphibian embryo, graded variations in cadherin density and localized expression of adhesion-modulating factors are associated with regional differences in adhesive properties i...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Winklbauer R,Parent SE

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well established that apoptosis is induced in response to mechanical strain. Indeed, increasing compressive forces induces apoptosis in confined spheroids of tumour cells, whereas releasing stress reduces apoptosis in spheroids cultivated in free suspension (Cheng et al., 2009). Apoptosis can also be induced...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Ambrosini A,Gracia M,Proag A,Rayer M,Monier B,Suzanne M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal sexual differentiation in the genital organs is essential for the animal species that use sexual reproduction. Although it is known that doublesex (dsx) is required for the sexual development of the genitalia in various insect species, the direct target genes responsible for the sexual differentiation of the ge...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Wagamitsu S,Takase D,Aoki F,Suzuki MG

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of oligodendrocytes, myelin-forming glia in the central nervous system (CNS), proceeds on a protracted schedule. Specification of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) begins early in development, whereas their terminal differentiation occurs at late embryonic and postnatal periods. However, for oligoden...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Hashimoto R,Hori K,Owa T,Miyashita S,Dewa K,Masuyama N,Sakai K,Hayase Y,Seto Y,Inoue YU,Inoue T,Ichinohe N,Kawaguchi Y,Akiyama H,Koizumi S,Hoshino M

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In bovine preimplantation development, female embryos progress at lower rates and originate smaller blastocysts than male counterparts. Although sex-specific gene expression patterns are reported, when and how sex dimorphism is established is not clear. Differences among female and male early development can be useful...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Oliveira CS,Saraiva NZ,de Lima MR,Oliveira LZ,Serapião RV,Garcia JM,Borges CA,Camargo LS

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ppp6c, which encodes the catalytic subunit of phosphoprotein phosphatase 6 (PP6), is conserved among eukaryotes from yeast to humans. In mammalian cells, PP6 targets IκBε for degradation, activates DNA-dependent protein kinase to trigger DNA repair, and is reportedly required for normal mitosis. Recently, Ppp6c mutati...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Ogoh H,Tanuma N,Matsui Y,Hayakawa N,Inagaki A,Sumiyoshi M,Momoi Y,Kishimoto A,Suzuki M,Sasaki N,Ohuchi T,Nomura M,Teruya Y,Yasuda K,Watanabe T,Shima H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hox gene expression imparts segment identity to body structures along the anterior-posterior axis and is tightly governed by higher order chromatin mechanisms. Chromatin regulatory features of the homeotic complex are best defined in Drosophila melanogaster, where multiple cis-regulatory elements have been identified ...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Srivastava S,Dhawan J,Mishra RK

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is an epigenetic mechanism that occurs in the eutherian embryo development to equalize the dosage of X-linked genes between males and females. This event is regulated by various factors, and the genes located in the X-chromosome inactivation center (XIC), which is known to be an evoluti...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Hwang JY,Oh JN,Park CH,Lee DK,Lee CK

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preimplantation embryo development is an important and unique period and is strictly controlled. This period includes a series of critical events that are regulated by multiple signal-transduction pathways, all of which are crucial in the establishment of a viable pregnancy. The p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (M...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Sozen B,Ozturk S,Yaba A,Demir N

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central nervous system (CNS) is vascularized by a dense capillary network that is critical to deliver oxygen and nutrients, and remove carbon dioxide and waste products, from the neural tissue. These blood vessels contain a series of properties, termed the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which distinguishes them from v...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Blanchette M,Daneman R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tetrapod vertebral column has become increasingly complex during evolution as an adaptation to a terrestrial life. At the same time, the evolution of the vertebral formula became subject to developmental constraints acting on the size of the cervical and thoraco-lumbar regions. In the course of our studies concern...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Woltering JM,Duboule D

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycomb group (PcG) proteins regulate and maintain expression pattern of genes set early during development. Although originally isolated as regulators of homeotic genes, PcG members play a key role in epigenetic mechanisms that maintain the expression state of a large number of genes. All members of the two polycomb...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Sowpati DT,Ramamoorthy S,Mishra RK

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) that occurs during cardiac outflow tract (OFT) development is critical for formation of the semilunar valves. Fibulin-1 (Fbln1) is an extracellular matrix protein that is present at several sites of EMT, including the OFT (i.e., E9.5-10.5). The aim of this study was to deter...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Harikrishnan K,Cooley MA,Sugi Y,Barth JL,Rasmussen LM,Kern CB,Argraves KM,Argraves WS

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a complete staging table of normal development for the lungless salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Terrestrial egg clutches from naturally ovipositing females were collected and maintained at 15 °C in the laboratory. Observations, photographs, and time-lapse movies of embryos were...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Hurney CA,Babcock SK,Shook DR,Pelletier TM,Turner SD,Maturo J,Cogbill S,Snow MC,Kinch K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle regeneration requires processes different from developmental myogenesis. One important difference is a requirement of inflammatory reactions prior to regenerative myogenesis, by which injured muscle fibers must be eliminated to make new myotubes. In this study, we show that efficient elimination of inj...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Nishimura D,Sakai H,Sato T,Sato F,Nishimura S,Toyama-Sorimachi N,Bartsch JW,Sehara-Fujisawa A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniofacial development is a highly conserved process that requires complex interactions between neural crest cells (NCCs) and pharyngeal tissues derived from all three germ layers. Signals emanating from the pharyngeal endoderm drive differentiation of NCCs into craniofacial cartilage, and disruption of this process...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Dworkin S,Simkin J,Darido C,Partridge DD,Georgy SR,Caddy J,Wilanowski T,Lieschke GJ,Doggett K,Heath JK,Jane SM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High expression of the B1 Sox genes, Sox2 and Sox3, is associated with the development of definitive neural primordia, the neural plates, in early stage embryos. However, in the caudal lateral epiblast (CLE) where axial stem cells reside, Sox2 and Sox3 are expressed at low levels, together with Brachyury. Because axia...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Yoshida M,Uchikawa M,Rizzoti K,Lovell-Badge R,Takemoto T,Kondoh H

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian embryos develop in coordination with extraembryonic tissues, which support embryonic development by implanting embryos into the uterus, supplying nutrition, providing a confined niche, and also providing patterning signals to embryos. Here, we show that in mouse embryos, the expansion of the amniotic cavity ...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Imuta Y,Koyama H,Shi D,Eiraku M,Fujimori T,Sasaki H

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scaffolding protein tetraspanin18 (Tspan18) maintains epithelial cadherin-6B (Cad6B) to antagonize chick cranial neural crest epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). For migration to take place, Tspan18 must be downregulated. Here, we characterize the role of the winged-helix transcription factor FoxD3 in the ...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Fairchild CL,Conway JP,Schiffmacher AT,Taneyhill LA,Gammill LS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haploid spermatids undergo extensive cellular, molecular and morphological changes to form spermatozoa during spermiogenesis. Abnormalities in these steps can lead to serious male fertility problems, from oligospermia to complete azoospermia. CHD5 is a chromatin-remodeling nuclear protein expressed almost exclusively ...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Zhuang T,Hess RA,Kolla V,Higashi M,Raabe TD,Brodeur GM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SIP1 encodes a DNA-binding transcription factor that regulates multiple developmental processes, as highlighted by the pleiotropic defects observed in Mowat-Wilson syndrome, which results from mutations in this gene. Further, in adults, dysregulated SIP1 expression has been implicated in both cancer and fibrotic disea...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Manthey AL,Lachke SA,FitzGerald PG,Mason RW,Scheiblin DA,McDonald JH,Duncan MK

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compelling evidence from in vivo model systems within the past decade shows that the APP family of proteins is important for synaptic development and function in the central and peripheral nervous systems. The synaptic role promises to be complex and multifaceted for several reasons. The three family members have over...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Caldwell JH,Klevanski M,Saar M,Müller UC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many animals, germline progenitors are kept undifferentiated to give rise to germline stem cells (GSCs), enabling continuous production of gametes throughout animal life. In the Drosophila ovary, GSCs arise from a subset of primordial germ cells (PGCs) that stay undifferentiated even after gametogenesis has started...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Matsuoka S,Hiromi Y,Asaoka M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tribolium castaneum is a well-characterised model insect, whose short germ-band mode of embryonic development is characteristic of many insect species and differs from the exhaustively studied Drosophila. Mechanisms of early neurogenesis, however, show significant conservation with Drosophila, as a characteristic patt...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Kux K,Kiparaki M,Delidakis C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00