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ArticleNature communications2024

Single-cell analyses reveal transient retinal progenitor cells in the ciliary margin of developing human retina.

Birthe Dorgau, Joseph Collin, Agata Rozanska, Darin Zerti, Adrienne Unsworth, Moira Crosier, Rafiqul Hussain, Jonathan Coxhead, Tamil Dhanaseelan, Aara Patel and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Birthe Dorgau *Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Joseph Collin *Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Agata RozanskaBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Darin ZertiBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Adrienne UnsworthBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-6223-0629
Moira CrosierBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Rafiqul HussainBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Jonathan CoxheadBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Tamil DhanaseelanBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Aara PatelUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, University College London, London, UK.
Jane C SowdenUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, University College London, London, UK.
David R FitzPatrickMRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4861-969X
Rachel QueenBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK. rachel.queen@ncl.ac.uk.
Majlinda LakoBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK. majlinda.lako@ncl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1327-8573
Newcastle University · GBGreat Ormond Street Hospital · GBNewcastle College · GBInstitute of Genetics and Cancer · GBUniversity of L'Aquila · IT

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/X001687/1National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research NC/C016106/1RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/T004460/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of retinal progenitor cells and differentiation to various retinal cell types represent fundamental processes during retinal development. Herein, we provide a comprehensive single cell characterisation of transcriptional and chromatin accessibility changes that underline retinal progenitor cell specification and differentiation over the course of human retinal development up to midgestation. Our lineage trajectory data demonstrate the presence of early retinal progenitors, which transit to late, and further to transient neurogenic progenitors, that give rise to all the retinal neurons. Combining single cell RNA-Seq with spatial transcriptomics of early eye samples, we demonstrate the transient presence of early retinal progenitors in the ciliary margin zone with decreasing occurrence from 8 post-conception week of human development. In retinal progenitor cells, we identified a significant enrichment for transcriptional enhanced associate domain transcription factor binding motifs, which when inhibited led to loss of cycling progenitors and retinal identity in pluripotent stem cell derived organoids.

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Cell DifferentiationRetinaSingle-Cell AnalysisStem CellsCell LineageChromatinGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansOrganoidsPluripotent Stem CellsRNA-SeqTranscription FactorsTranscriptomeChromatinTranscription Factors

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PMID38670973
PMCPMC11053058
OpenAlexW4395661149

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