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ReviewHeredity2010

Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms in vertebrate eye development and disease.

A Cvekl, K P Mitton

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Review in Heredity, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Epigenetic Switches in Retinal Homeostasis and Target for Drug Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  17. Epigenetic Mechanisms of the Aging Human Retina.Journal of experimental neuroscience · 2015
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

A CveklDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. ales.cvekl@einstein.yu.edu
K P Mitton
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USSmith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute · 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
Coordination of Gene Expression in Retinal DevelopmentR01EY014626 · NEI · OAKLAND UNIVERSITY · PI MITTON, KENNETH PATRICK · 2005 to 2009
$1.1M
NEI NIH HHS EY014237NEI NIH HHS EY014626NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012200NEI NIH HHS R01 EY014237NEI NIH HHS R01 EY014626
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic DNA is organized as a nucleoprotein polymer termed chromatin with nucleosomes serving as its repetitive architectural units. Cellular differentiation is a dynamic process driven by activation and repression of specific sets of genes, partitioning the genome into transcriptionally active and inactive chromatin domains. Chromatin architecture at individual genes/loci may remain stable through cell divisions, from a single mother cell to its progeny during mitosis, and represents an example of epigenetic phenomena. Epigenetics refers to heritable changes caused by mechanisms distinct from the primary DNA sequence. Recent studies have shown a number of links between chromatin structure, gene expression, extracellular signaling, and cellular differentiation during eye development. This review summarizes recent advances in this field, and the relationship between sequence-specific DNA-binding transcription factors and their roles in recruitment of chromatin remodeling enzymes. In addition, lens and retinal differentiation is accompanied by specific changes in the nucleolar organization, expression of non-coding RNAs, and DNA methylation. Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms in ocular tissues represent exciting areas of research that have opened new avenues for understanding normal eye development, inherited eye diseases and eye diseases related to aging and the environment.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsEyeEye DiseasesHumansModels, BiologicalVertebrates

Identifiers

PMID20179734
PMCPMC4228956
OpenAlexW2061042107

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