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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2025

Thyroid hormone receptor beta-2 (TRβ2) overexpression modulates photoreceptor phenotype diversity in a ligand-dependent manner.

Emmanuel Owusu Poku, Matthew R Fonte, Tyler J Jensen, Sydney P Inman, Robert D Mackin, Deborah L Stenkamp

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Emmanuel Owusu PokuDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States.
Matthew R FonteDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States.
Tyler J JensenDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States.
Sydney P InmanDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States.
Robert D MackinDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States.
Deborah L StenkampDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States.

Funding

Women's health: interplay of maternal diet and key demographics on neurological health in the rural frontier and remote WestP20GM103408 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO · PI Carolyn Hovde Bohach · 2012 to 2026
$59.8M
Sequence-structure-function relationships in human visual photopigmentsP20GM104420 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO · PI VAN LEUVEN, JAMES · 2015 to 2024
$22.9M
Patterning Genes in Retinal DevelopmentR01EY012146 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO · PI Deborah L Stenkamp · 2004 to 2026
$6.7M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012146NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103408NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM104420
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Vertebrate color vision results from the specification of photoreceptor subtypes expressing distinct opsins. Thyroid hormone (TH) and its receptor TRβ2 are essential regulators of long-wavelength-sensitive (LWS) cone development, but their ligand-dependent roles in regulating cone subtype fate remain unclear. Methods: We investigated how varying TH availability and TRβ2 overexpression impact cone photoreceptor diversity and opsin expression using a gain-of-function transgenic zebrafish line ( Results: we found evidence consistent with the hypothesis that unliganded TRβ2 predominantly promotes Conclusion: Our findings suggest that TRβ2 exerts differential effects on cone opsin expression depending on presence and quantity of ligand.

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cone photoreceptordevelopmentnuclear hormone signalingopsinretinathyroid hormonetranscription factorzebrafish

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PMCPMC12581212

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