The cellular and molecular mechanisms of vertebrate lens development

A Cvekl, R Ashery-Padan - Development, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
The ocular lens is a model system for understanding important aspects of embryonic
development, such as cell specification and the spatiotemporally controlled formation of a …

Ionizing radiation induced cataracts: Recent biological and mechanistic developments and perspectives for future research

EA Ainsbury, S Barnard, S Bright, C Dalke… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2016 - Elsevier
The lens of the eye has long been considered as a radiosensitive tissue, but recent research
has suggested that the radiosensitivity is even greater than previously thought. The 2012 …

Pax6: a multi-level regulator of ocular development

O Shaham, Y Menuchin, C Farhy… - Progress in retinal and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Eye development has been a paradigm for the study of organogenesis, from the
demonstration of lens induction through epithelial tissue morphogenesis, to neuronal …

Signaling and gene regulatory networks in mammalian lens development

A Cvekl, X Zhang - Trends in Genetics, 2017 - cell.com
Ocular lens development represents an advantageous system in which to study regulatory
mechanisms governing cell fate decisions, extracellular signaling, cell and tissue …

PAX6: 25th anniversary and more to learn

A Cvekl, P Callaerts - Experimental eye research, 2017 - Elsevier
The DNA-binding transcription factor PAX6 was cloned 25 years ago by multiple teams
pursuing identification of human and mouse eye disease causing genes, cloning vertebrate …

[HTML][HTML] Functional integration of eye tissues and refractive eye development: Mechanisms and pathways

JA Summers, F Schaeffel, S Marcos, H Wu… - Experimental Eye …, 2021 - Elsevier
Refractive eye development is a tightly coordinated developmental process. The general
layout of the eye and its various components are established during embryonic …

Lens epithelial explants treated with vitreous humor undergo alterations in chromatin landscape with concurrent activation of genes associated with fiber cell …

A Upreti, SL Padula, JA Tangeman, BD Wagner… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lens epithelial explants are comprised of lens epithelial cells cultured in vitro on their native
basement membrane, the lens capsule. Biologists have used lens epithelial explants to …

[HTML][HTML] The mechanism of lens placode formation: a case of matrix-mediated morphogenesis

J Huang, R Rajagopal, Y Liu, LK Dattilo, O Shaham… - Developmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Although placodes are ubiquitous precursors of tissue invagination, the mechanism of
placode formation has not been established and the requirement of placode formation for …

Lens development and crystallin gene expression

A Cvekl, R McGreal, W Liu - … in molecular biology and translational science, 2015 - Elsevier
The eye and lens represent excellent models to understand embryonic development at
cellular and molecular levels. Initial 3D formation of the eye depends on a reciprocal …

Stage-dependent requirement of neuroretinal Pax6 for lens and retina development

L Klimova, Z Kozmik - Development, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
The physical contact of optic vesicle with head surface ectoderm is an initial event triggering
eye morphogenesis. This interaction leads to lens specification followed by coordinated …