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ArticleVitamins and hormones2021

Thyroid hormone signaling specifies cone photoreceptor subtypes during eye development: Insights from model organisms and human stem cell-derived retinal organoids.

Christina McNerney, Robert J Johnston

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Article in Vitamins and hormones, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christina McNerneyDepartment of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Robert J JohnstonDepartment of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States. Electronic address: robertjohnston@jhu.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Cone subtype specification in human retinas and organoidsR01EY030872 · NEI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSTON, ROBERT JOHN · 2020 to 2023
$2.1M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030872
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cones are the color-detecting photoreceptors of the vertebrate eye. Cones are specialized into subtypes whose functions are determined by the expression of color-sensitive opsin proteins. Organisms differ greatly in the number and patterning of cone subtypes. Despite these differences, thyroid hormone is an important regulator of opsin expression in most vertebrates. In this chapter, we outline how the timing of thyroid hormone signaling controls cone subtype fates during retinal development. We first examine our current understanding of cone subtype specification in model organisms and then describe advances in human stem cell-derived organoid technology that identified mechanisms controlling development of the human retina.

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OrganoidsRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsAnimalsHumansRetinaStem CellsThyroid HormonesThyroid HormonesChickenConesHumanMouseOrganoidsRetinaSalmonidStem cellsThyroid hormoneZebrafish

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PMID33752828
PMCPMC8376222
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