| Growth factor regulation of lens development FJ Lovicu, JW McAvoy Developmental biology 280 (1), 1-14, 2005 | 367 | 2005 |
| Transforming growth factor-β-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the lens: a model for cataract formation RU De Iongh, E Wederell, FJ Lovicu, JW McAvoy Cells Tissues Organs 179 (1-2), 43-55, 2005 | 343 | 2005 |
| Lens development JW McAvoy, CG Chamberlain, RU de Longh, AM Hales, FJ Lovicu Eye 13 (3), 425-437, 1999 | 283 | 1999 |
| Myofibroblast transdifferentiation: The dark force in ocular wound healing and fibrosis DY Shu, FJ Lovicu Progress in retinal and eye research 60, 44-65, 2017 | 240 | 2017 |
| FGF-induced lens cell proliferation and differentiation is dependent on MAPK (ERK1/2) signalling FJ Lovicu, JW McAvoy Oxford University Press for The Company of Biologists Limited 128 (24), 5075 …, 2001 | 228 | 2001 |
| Overlapping effects of different members of the FGF family on lens fiber differentiation in transgenic mice FJ Lovicu, PA Overbeek Development 125 (17), 3365-3377, 1998 | 192 | 1998 |
| TGFβ induces morphological and molecular changes similar to human anterior subcapsular cataract FJ Lovicu, MW Schulz, AM Hales, LN Vincent, PA Overbeek, ... British journal of ophthalmology 86 (2), 220-226, 2002 | 180 | 2002 |
| Lens-specific expression of transforming growth factor beta1 in transgenic mice causes anterior subcapsular cataracts. Y Srinivasan, FJ Lovicu, PA Overbeek The Journal of clinical investigation 101 (3), 625-634, 1998 | 161 | 1998 |
| A role for Wnt/β-catenin signaling in lens epithelial differentiation RJW Stump, S Ang, Y Chen, T von Bahr, FJ Lovicu, K Pinson, ... Developmental biology 259 (1), 48-61, 2003 | 152 | 2003 |
| The role of fibroblast growth factor in eye lens development. JW McAvoy, CG Chamberlain, RU De Iongh, NA Richardson, FJ Lovicu Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 638, 256-274, 1991 | 146 | 1991 |
| Requirement for TGFβ receptor signaling during terminal lens fiber differentiation RU de Iongh, FJ Lovicu, PA Overbeek, MD Schneider, J Joya, ... Oxford University Press for The Company of Biologists Limited 128 (20), 3995 …, 2001 | 144 | 2001 |
| Patterning the optic neuroepithelium by FGF signaling and Ras activation S Zhao, FC Hung, JS Colvin, A White, W Dai, FJ Lovicu, DM Ornitz, ... Oxford University Press for The Company of Biologists Limited 128 (24), 5051 …, 2001 | 129 | 2001 |
| Understanding the role of growth factors in embryonic development: insights from the lens FJ Lovicu, JW McAvoy, RU De Iongh Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366 …, 2011 | 115 | 2011 |
| Development of the ocular lens FJ Lovicu, ML Robinson, ML Robinson Cambridge University Press, 2004 | 107 | 2004 |
| Fibrosis in the lens. Sprouty regulation of TGFβ-signaling prevents lens EMT leading to cataract FJ Lovicu, EH Shin, JW McAvoy Experimental eye research 142, 92-101, 2016 | 93 | 2016 |
| Differential expression of fibroblast growth factor receptors during rat lens morphogenesis and growth. RU de Iongh, FJ Lovicu, CG Chamberlain, JW McAvoy Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 38 (9), 1688-1699, 1997 | 92 | 1997 |
| Structural analysis of lens epithelial explants induced to differentiate into fibres by fibroblast growth factor (FGF) FJ Lovicu, JW McAvoy Experimental eye research 49 (3), 479-494, 1989 | 86 | 1989 |
| Localization of acidic fibroblast growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, and heparan sulphate proteoglycan in rat lens: implications for lens polarity and growth patterns. FJ Lovicu, JW McAvoy Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 34 (12), 3355-3365, 1993 | 85 | 1993 |
| Differential effects of aqueous and vitreous on fiber differentiation and extracellular matrix accumulation in lens epithelial explants. FJ Lovicu, CG Chamberlain, JW McAvoy Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 36 (7), 1459-1469, 1995 | 78 | 1995 |
| Spatial and temporal expression of Wnt and Dickkopf genes during murine lens development SJ Ang, RJW Stump, FJ Lovicu, JW McAvoy Gene Expression Patterns 4 (3), 289-295, 2004 | 77 | 2004 |
