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ArticleeLife2022

Diversification of multipotential postmitotic mouse retinal ganglion cell precursors into discrete types.

Karthik Shekhar, Irene E Whitney, Salwan Butrus, Yi-Rong Peng, Joshua R Sanes

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Article in eLife, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 65 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.

Karthik ShekharDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute; Center for Computational Biology; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, QB3, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4349-6600
Irene E WhitneyCenter for Brain Science and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.
Salwan ButrusDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute; Center for Computational Biology; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, QB3, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Yi-Rong PengCenter for Brain Science and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.
Joshua R SanesCenter for Brain Science and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8926-8836
Harvard University · USQB3 · US

Funding

Synaptic Choices in the Retinotectal SystemR37NS029169 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI SANES, JOSHUA R · 2013 to 2019
$4.0M
Combinatorial roles of cadherins in retinal circuit assembly.R01EY022073 · NEI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI SANES, JOSHUA R · 2012 to 2020
$3.7M
Uncovering the molecular identity of retinal cell types, and their responses to nerve injury using single-cell transcriptomicsR00EY028625 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SHEKHAR, KARTHIK · 2020 to 2022
$740k
Medical Research Council MR/L015080/1NEI NIH HHS R00 EY028625NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022073NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS029169
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genesis of broad neuronal classes from multipotential neural progenitor cells has been extensively studied, but less is known about the diversification of a single neuronal class into multiple types. We used single-cell RNA-seq to study how newly born (postmitotic) mouse retinal ganglion cell (RGC) precursors diversify into ~45 discrete types. Computational analysis provides evidence that RGC transcriptomic type identity is not specified at mitotic exit, but acquired by gradual, asynchronous restriction of postmitotic multipotential precursors. Some types are not identifiable until a week after they are generated. Immature RGCs may be specified to project ipsilaterally or contralaterally to the rest of the brain before their type identity emerges. Optimal transport inference identifies groups of RGC precursors with largely nonoverlapping fates, distinguished by selectively expressed transcription factors that could act as fate determinants. Our study provides a framework for investigating the molecular diversification of discrete types within a neuronal class.

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Retinal Ganglion CellsTranscription FactorsAnimalsMiceMice, TransgenicRetinaTranscription Factorscell type diversificationdevelopmental biologymouseneuroscienceoptimal transportretinal ganglion cellssingle-cell RNA-seq

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PMID35191836
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