期刊
PIGMENT CELL RESEARCH
卷 19, 期 5, 页码 380-394出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2006.00318.x
关键词
Mitf; Otx; Chx10; Pax6; activin; sonic hedgehog/fibroblast growth factor; neuroepithelial domain specification; evolution
资金
- Intramural NIH HHS Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [Z01 NS002790-17] Funding Source: Medline
Vertebrate retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells are derived from the multipotent optic neuroepithelium, develop in close proximity to the retina, and are indispensible for eye organogenesis and vision. Recent advances in our understanding of RPE development provide evidence for how critical signaling factors operating in dorso-ventral and distal-proximal gradients interact with key transcription factors to specify three distinct domains in the budding optic neuroepithelium: the distal future retina, the proximal future optic stalk/optic nerve, and the dorsal future RPE. Concomitantly with domain specification, the eye primordium progresses from a vesicle to a cup, RPE pigmentation extends towards the ventral side, and the future ciliary body and iris form from the margin zone between RPE and retina. While much has been learned about the molecular networks controlling RPE cell specification, key questions concerning the cell proliferative parameters in RPE and the subsequent morphogenetic events still need to be addressed in greater detail.
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