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ArticleThe Journal of comparative neurology2016

Dynamic expression of transcription factor Brn3b during mouse cranial nerve development.

Szilard Sajgo, Seid Ali, Octavian Popescu, Tudor Constantin Badea

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Article in The Journal of comparative neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Optogenetic Control of the Peripheral Nervous System.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2019
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  8. A Novel Reporter Mouse Uncovers Endogenous Brn3b Expression.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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  10. Molecular codes for cell type specification in Brn3 retinal ganglion cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Szilard SajgoNational Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892.
Seid AliNational Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892.
Octavian PopescuMolecular Biology Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Science, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, 400084, Romania.
Tudor Constantin BadeaNational Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892.
National Institutes of Health · USAcademy of Romanian Scientists · RONational Eye Institute · US

Funding

Retinal Circuit Development & GeneticsZIAEY000504 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI BADEA, TUDOR · 2011 to 2021
$15.6M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA EY000504
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During development, transcription factor combinatorial codes define a large variety of morphologically and physiologically distinct neurons. Such a combinatorial code has been proposed for the differentiation of projection neurons of the somatic and visceral components of cranial nerves. It is possible that individual neuronal cell types are not specified by unique transcription factors but rather emerge through the intersection of their expression domains. Brn3a, Brn3b, and Brn3c, in combination with each other and/or transcription factors of other families, can define subgroups of retinal ganglion cells (RGC), spiral and vestibular ganglia, inner ear and vestibular hair cell neurons in the vestibuloacoustic system, and groups of somatosensory neurons in the dorsal root ganglia. The present study investigates the expression and potential role of the Brn3b transcription factor in cranial nerves and associated nuclei of the brainstem. We report the dynamic expression of Brn3b in the somatosensory component of cranial nerves II, V, VII, and VIII and visceromotor nuclei of nerves VII, IX, and X as well as other brainstem nuclei during different stages of development into adult stage. We find that genetically identified Brn3b(KO) RGC axons show correct but delayed pathfinding during the early stages of embryonic development. However, loss of Brn3b does not affect the anatomy of the other cranial nerves normally expressing this transcription factor.

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Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsCranial NervesFemaleGene Knock-In TechniquesHomeodomain ProteinsMiceMice, TransgenicPregnancyTranscription Factor Brn-3BHomeodomain ProteinsPou4f2 protein, mouseTranscription Factor Brn-3Bcranial nervesfacial nerveglossopharyngeal nerveoptic nervePOU domain Brn3btranscriptiontrigeminal nervevagus nerve

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PMID26356988
PMCPMC4731251
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