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ReviewExperimental eye research2009

Retinoic acid signaling in mammalian eye development.

Ales Cvekl, Wei-Lin Wang

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Review in Experimental eye research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
104citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

104 citing papers in PubMed, 196 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Studies of All-trans Retinoic Acid Transport in the Eye.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025
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  10. Modulation of All-Trans Retinoic Acid by Light and Dopamine in the Murine Eye.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025
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  19. Epigenetic Switches in Retinal Homeostasis and Target for Drug Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ales CveklThe Department Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. cvekl@aecom.yu.edu
Wei-Lin Wang
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · US

Funding

PAX-6 AS A KEY REGULATOR OF LENS DEVELOPMENTR01EY012200 · NEI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CVEKL, ALES · 2000 to 2025
$13.1M
Transcriptional Control of the Mouse aA-crystallin locusR01EY014237 · NEI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI Ales Cvekl · 2003 to 2026
$11.0M
NEI NIH HHS EY012200NEI NIH HHS EY014237NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012200NEI NIH HHS R01 EY014237
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinoic acid (RA) is a biologically active metabolite of vitamin A (retinol) that serves as a signaling molecule during a number of developmental and physiological processes. RA signaling plays multiple roles during embryonic eye development. RA signaling is initially required for reciprocal interactions between the optic vesicle and invaginating lens placode. RA signaling promotes normal development of the ventral retina and optic nerve through its activities in the neural crest cell-derived periocular mesenchyme. RA coordinates these processes by regulating biological activities of a family of non-steroid hormone receptors, RARalpha/beta/gamma, and RXRalpha/beta/gamma. These DNA-binding transcription factors recognize DNA as RAR/RXR heterodimers and recruit multiprotein transcriptional co-repressor complexes. RA-binding to RAR receptors induces a conformational change in the receptor, followed by the replacement of co-repressor with co-activator complexes. Inactivation of RARalpha/beta/gamma receptors in the periocular mesenchyme abrogates anterior eye segment formation. This review summarizes recent genetic studies of RA signaling and progress in understanding the molecular mechanism of transcriptional co-activators that function with RAR/RXR.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological EvolutionEyeFetal DevelopmentGene Expression RegulationLens, CrystallineMiceReceptors, Retinoic AcidRegenerationSignal TransductionStructure-Activity RelationshipTretinoinReceptors, Retinoic AcidTretinoin

Identifiers

PMID19427305
PMCPMC2756743
OpenAlexW1987631153

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