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ArticleNeuron2017

SoxC Transcription Factors Promote Contralateral Retinal Ganglion Cell Differentiation and Axon Guidance in the Mouse Visual System.

Takaaki Kuwajima, Célia A Soares, Austen A Sitko, Véronique Lefebvre, Carol Mason

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Article in Neuron, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Takaaki KuwajimaDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: tk2288@columbia.edu.
Célia A SoaresDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Austen A SitkoDepartment of Neuroscience, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Véronique LefebvreDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Research Center, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Carol MasonDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Neuroscience, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: cam4@columbia.edu.
Columbia University · USCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · US

Funding

Instrumentation, Fabrication, and Design CoreP30EY019007 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Xin Zhang · 2010 to 2026
$12.9M
The Role of Zic Genes in Patterning the Binocular ProjectionR01EY015290 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MASON, CAROL A. · 2004 to 2023
$7.6M
GROWTH AND GUIDANCE OF RETINAL AXONSR01EY012736 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MASON, CAROL A. · 1999 to 2017
$6.4M
Sox9-mediated control of chondrogenesisR01AR046249 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI LEFEBVRE, VERONIQUE M · 1999 to 2015
$4.9M
Transcriptional Control of Sox9R01AR060016 · NIAMS · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI LEFEBVRE, VERONIQUE M · 2010 to 2014
$2.2M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY019007NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012736NEI NIH HHS R01 EY015290NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR046249NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR060016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcription factors control cell identity by regulating diverse developmental steps such as differentiation and axon guidance. The mammalian binocular visual circuit is comprised of projections of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) to ipsilateral and contralateral targets in the brain. A transcriptional code for ipsilateral RGC identity has been identified, but less is known about the transcriptional regulation of contralateral RGC development. Here we demonstrate that SoxC genes (Sox4, 11, and 12) act on the progenitor-to-postmitotic transition to implement contralateral, but not ipsilateral, RGC differentiation, by binding to Hes5 and thus repressing Notch signaling. When SoxC genes are deleted in postmitotic RGCs, contralateral RGC axons grow poorly on chiasm cells in vitro and project ipsilaterally at the chiasm midline in vivo, and Plexin-A1 and Nr-CAM expression in RGCs is downregulated. These data implicate SoxC transcription factors in the regulation of contralateral RGC differentiation and axon guidance.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxon GuidanceAxonsCell DifferentiationMice, TransgenicNerve Tissue ProteinsOptic ChiasmRetinaRetinal Ganglion CellsSOXC Transcription FactorsVisual PathwaysNerve Tissue ProteinsSOXC Transcription Factorsaxon guidanceHes5Notch1Nr-CAMPlexin-A1retinal axon decussationtranscription factor

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PMID28215559
PMCPMC5346053
OpenAlexW2588199964

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