Keynote review: The auditory system, hearing loss and potential targets for drug development

MC Holley - Drug discovery today, 2005 - Elsevier
There is a huge potential market for the treatment of hearing loss. Drugs are already
available to ameliorate predictable, damaging effects of excessive noise and ototoxic drugs …

Auditory neurons make stereotyped wiring decisions before maturation of their targets

EJ Koundakjian, JL Appler… - Journal of …, 2007 - Soc Neuroscience
Cochlear ganglion neurons communicate sound information from cochlear hair cells to
auditory brainstem neurons through precisely wired circuits. Understanding auditory circuit …

Regulation of POU4F3 gene expression in hair cells by 5′ DNA in mice

M Masuda, D Dulon, K Pak, LM Mullen, Y Li, L Erkman… - Neuroscience, 2011 - Elsevier
The POU-domain transcription POU4F3 is expressed in the sensory cells of the inner ear.
Expression begins shortly after commitment to the hair cell (HC) fate, and continues …

Cell transplantation to the auditory nerve and cochlear duct

T Sekiya, K Kojima, M Matsumoto, TS Kim… - Experimental …, 2006 - Elsevier
We have developed a technique to deliver cells to the inner ear without injuring the
membranes that seal the endolymphatic and perilymphatic chambers. The integrity of these …

[HTML][HTML] Sphingosine 1-phosphate-mediated activation of ezrin-radixin-moesin proteins contributes to cytoskeletal remodeling and changes of membrane properties in …

F Cencetti, C Bernacchioni, M Bruno, R Squecco… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hearing loss is among the most prevalent sensory impairments in humans. Cochlear
implantable devices represent the current therapies for hearing loss but have various …

[HTML][HTML] Sphingosine 1-phosphate signaling axis mediates fibroblast growth factor 2-induced proliferation and survival of murine auditory neuroblasts

M Bruno, IM Rizzo, R Romero-Guevara… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hearing loss affects millions of people in the world. In mammals the auditory system
comprises diverse cell types which are terminally differentiated and with no regenerative …

Rebuilding lost hearing using cell transplantation

T Sekiya, K Kojima, M Matsumoto, MC Holley, J Ito - Neurosurgery, 2007 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: The peripheral auditory nervous system (cochlea and auditory nerve) has a
complex anatomy, and it has traditionally been thought that once the sensorineural …

[HTML][HTML] Phoenix auditory neurons as 3R cell model for high throughput screening of neurogenic compounds

F Rousset, D Schmidbauer, S Fink, Y Adel, B Obexer… - Hearing Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Auditory neurons connect the sensory hair cells from the inner ear to the brainstem. These
bipolar neurons are relevant targets for pharmacological intervention aiming at protecting or …

[HTML][HTML] Meis2 is required for inner ear formation and proper morphogenesis of the cochlea

MB Durán Alonso, V Vendrell… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Meis genes have been shown to control essential processes during development of the
central and peripheral nervous system. Here we have explored the roles of the Meis2 gene …

[HTML][HTML] The histone demethylase LSD1 regulates inner ear progenitor differentiation through interactions with Pax2 and the NuRD repressor complex

D Patel, A Shimomura, S Majumdar, MC Holley… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The histone demethylase LSD1 plays a pivotal role in cellular differentiation, particularly in
silencing lineage-specific genes. However, little is known about how LSD1 regulates …