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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

BMP Signaling Interferes with Optic Chiasm Formation and Retinal Ganglion Cell Pathfinding in Zebrafish.

Max D Knickmeyer, Juan L Mateo, Stephan Heermann

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. 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
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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Max D KnickmeyerDepartment of Molecular Embryology, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9121-9619
Juan L MateoDepartamento de Informática, Universidad de Oviedo, Jesús Arias de Velasco, 33005 Oviedo, Spain.
Stephan HeermannDepartment of Molecular Embryology, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
University of Freiburg · DEUniversidad de Oviedo · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decussation of axonal tracts is an important hallmark of vertebrate neuroanatomy resulting in one brain hemisphere controlling the contralateral side of the body and also computing the sensory information originating from that respective side. Here, we show that BMP interferes with optic chiasm formation and RGC pathfinding in zebrafish. Experimental induction of BMP4 at 15 hpf results in a complete ipsilateral projection of RGC axons and failure of commissural connections of the forebrain, in part as the result of an interaction with shh signaling, transcriptional regulation of midline guidance cues and an affected optic stalk morphogenesis. Experimental induction of BMP4 at 24 hpf, resulting in only a mild repression of forebrain shh ligand expression but in a broad expression of pax2a in the diencephalon, does not per se prevent RGC axons from crossing the midline. It nevertheless shows severe pathologies of RGC projections e.g., the fasciculation of RGC axons with the ipsilateral optic tract resulting in the innervation of one tectum by two eyes or the projection of RGC axons in the direction of the contralateral eye.

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AnimalsAxonsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsOptic ChiasmOptic NerveRetinaRetinal Ganglion CellsVisual PathwaysZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsZebrafish ProteinsBMPchiasmmidlineRGC axonsshhzebrafish

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PMID33925390
PMCPMC8123821
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