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ReviewDevelopmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists2008

Embryonic chick corneal epithelium: a model system for exploring cell-matrix interactions.

Kathy K H Svoboda, Donald A Fischman, Marion K Gordon

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Review in Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The avian embryo as a time-honoured animal model in developmental, biomedical and agricultural research.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kathy K H SvobodaDepartment of Biomedical Science, Texas A & M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas 75246, USA. ksvoboda@bcd.tamhsc.edu
Donald A Fischman
Marion K Gordon
Cornell University · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USTexas A&M Health Science Center · US

Funding

UMDNJ/Rutgers University CounterACT Research Center of ExcellenceU54AR055073 · NIAMS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI HECK, DIANE E · 2006 to 2024
$71.4M
REGULATION OF FIBRIL-ASSOCIATED COLLAGENS IN CORNEAR01EY009056 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI GORDON, MARION K · 1991 to 2010
$4.2M
BIOLOGY OF THE EMBRYONIC CORNEAL EPITHELIUMR01EY008886 · NEI · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI SVOBODA, KATHY KAY · 1991 to 2001
$459k
Plasmid Delivery &Expression in Embryonic Eye TissuesR03EY014389 · NEI · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI SVOBODA, KATHY KAY · 2003 to 2005
$433k
LEICA TCS SP CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES10RR014664 · NCRR · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI SVOBODA, KATHY KAY · 2000 to 2000
$187k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR014664NEI NIH HHS EY014389NEI NIH HHS EY08886NEI NIH HHS EY09056NEI NIH HHS R01 EY008886NEI NIH HHS R01 EY009056NEI NIH HHS R03 EY014389NIAMS NIH HHS AR055073NIAMS NIH HHS U54 AR055073
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In her initial research, Elizabeth D. Hay studied amphibian limb regeneration, but later switched her focus, and for the remainder of her career addressed the role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in regulating embryonic morphogenesis. Much of that work used the embryonic chick corneal epithelial model. This review highlights many of the discoveries that she made using this model. Hay was the first to show that embryonic corneal epithelial cells produce fibrillar collagen. Her lab was among the first to demonstrate that corneal epithelial cells respond to a collagenous substrate by increasing ECM production, and that purified ECM molecules, added to cultures of epithelial sheets, induce a reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. These data led to the first theories of cell-matrix interactions, illustrated in a 'hands across the membrane' sketch drawn by Hay. Recent work with the epithelial sheet model system has elucidated many of the signal transduction pathways required for actin reorganization in response to the ECM. In all, this body of work has amply supported Hay's belief that the embryonic corneal epithelium is a powerful model system for exploring the role of the ECM in regulating the cytoskeleton, in directing cell migration, and in profoundly influencing cell growth and differentiation during development.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationModels, BiologicalActinsAnimalsChick EmbryoCollagenEpithelium, CornealExtracellular MatrixActinsCollagen

Identifiers

PMID18697222
PMCPMC2754064
OpenAlexW2113490614

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