Structural and Functional Aspects of the Neurodevelopmental Gene NR2F1: From Animal Models to Human Pathology

C Tocco, M Bertacchi, M Studer - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The assembly and maturation of the mammalian brain result from an intricate cascade of
highly coordinated developmental events, such as cell proliferation, migration, and …

Retinal waves coordinate patterned activity throughout the developing visual system

JB Ackman, TJ Burbridge, MC Crair - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
The morphological and functional development of the vertebrate nervous system is initially
governed by genetic factors and subsequently refined by neuronal activity. However …

[HTML][HTML] Norrin, frizzled-4, and Lrp5 signaling in endothelial cells controls a genetic program for retinal vascularization

X Ye, Y Wang, H Cahill, M Yu, TC Badea… - Cell, 2009 - cell.com
Disorders of vascular structure and function play a central role in a wide variety of CNS
diseases. Mutations in the Frizzled-4 (Fz4) receptor, Lrp5 coreceptor, or Norrin ligand cause …

The nuclear receptors COUP-TF: a long-lasting experience in forebrain assembly

C Alfano, E Magrinelli, K Harb, M Studer - Cellular and molecular life …, 2014 - Springer
Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factors (COUP-TFs) are nuclear
receptors belonging to the superfamily of the steroid/thyroid hormone receptors. Members of …

Complementary domains of retinoic acid production and degradation in the early chick embryo

EC Swindell, C Thaller, S Sockanathan… - Developmental …, 1999 - Elsevier
Excess retinoids as well as retinoid deprivation cause abnormal development, suggesting
that retinoid homeostasis is critical for proper morphogenesis. RALDH-2 and CYP26, two …

Visual map development depends on the temporal pattern of binocular activity in mice

J Zhang, JB Ackman, HP Xu, MC Crair - Nature neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
Binocular competition is thought to drive eye-specific segregation in the developing visual
system, potentially through Hebbian synaptic learning rules that are sensitive to correlations …

Lactate-dependent transcriptional regulation controls mammalian eye morphogenesis

N Takata, JM Miska, MA Morgan, P Patel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mammalian retinal metabolism favors aerobic glycolysis. However, the role of glycolytic
metabolism in retinal morphogenesis remains unknown. We report that aerobic glycolysis is …

Visual cortex gains independence from peripheral drive before eye opening

A Gribizis, X Ge, TL Daigle, JB Ackman, H Zeng, D Lee… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Visual spatial perception in the mammalian brain occurs through two parallel pathways: one
reaches the primary visual cortex (V1) through the thalamus and another the superior …

Variants in myelin regulatory factor (MYRF) cause autosomal dominant and syndromic nanophthalmos in humans and retinal degeneration in mice

SJ Garnai, ML Brinkmeier, B Emery, TS Aleman… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Nanophthalmos is a rare, potentially devastating eye condition characterized by small eyes
with relatively normal anatomy, a high hyperopic refractive error, and frequent association …

COUP-TFs regulate eye development by controlling factors essential for optic vesicle morphogenesis

K Tang, X Xie, JI Park, M Jamrich, S Tsai… - …, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
Transcriptional networks, which are initiated by secreted proteins, cooperate with each other
to orchestrate eye development. The establishment of dorsal/ventral polarity, especially …