Progenitor division and cell autonomous neurosecretion are required for rod photoreceptor sublaminar positioning

A Gurdita, VQB Pham Truong, P Dolati, M Juric… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Migration is essential for the laminar stratification and connectivity of neurons in the central
nervous system. In the retina, photoreceptors (PRs) migrate to positions according to …

Melanopsin retinal ganglion cells regulate cone photoreceptor lamination in the mouse retina

AR Tufford, JR Onyak, KB Sondereker, JA Lucas… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Newborn neurons follow molecular cues to reach their final destination, but whether early
life experience influences lamination remains largely unexplored. As light is among the first …

RasGRF2 promotes migration and invasion of colorectal cancer cells by modulating expression of MMP9 through Src/Akt/NF-κB pathway

P Lu, J Chen, L Yan, L Yang, L Zhang, J Dai… - Cancer Biology & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Ras-specific guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 2 (RasGRF2) is a member of the guanine
nucleotide exchange factors family which is expressed in a variety of tissues and cancer …

Disrupting the ciliary gradient of active Arl3 affects rod photoreceptor nuclear migration

AM Travis, S Manocha, JR Willer, TS Wessler… - elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Abstract The small GTPase Arl3 is important for the enrichment of lipidated proteins to
primary cilia, including the outer segment of photoreceptors. Human mutations in the small …

Differential role of the RasGEFs Sos1 and Sos2 in mouse skin homeostasis and carcinogenesis

P Liceras-Boillos, D Jimeno… - … and cellular biology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Using Sos1 knockout (Sos1-KO), Sos2-KO, and Sos1/2 double-knockout
(Sos1/2-DKO) mice, we assessed the functional role of Sos1 and Sos2 in skin homeostasis …

Measuring vision using innate behaviours in mice with intact and impaired retina function

R Storchi, J Rodgers, M Gracey, FP Martial, J Wynne… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Measuring vision in rodents is a critical step for understanding vision, improving models of
human disease, and develo** therapies. Established behavioural tests for perceptual …

Combined HRAS and NRAS ablation induces a RASopathy phenotype in mice

R Fuentes-Mateos, R García-Navas… - Cell Communication and …, 2024 - Springer
Background HRASKO/NRASKO double knockout mice exhibit exceedingly high rates of
perinatal lethality due to respiratory failure caused by a significant lung maturation delay …

Impairment of photoreceptor ribbon synapses in a novel Pomt1 conditional knockout mouse model of dystroglycanopathy

M Rubio-Fernández, ML Uribe, J Vicente-Tejedor… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Hypoglycosylation of α-dystroglycan (α-DG) resulting from deficiency of protein O-
mannosyltransferase 1 (POMT1) may cause severe neuromuscular dystrophies with brain …

Generation of a cone photoreceptor-specific GNGT2 reporter line in human pluripotent stem cells

L Nazlamova, EJ Cassidy, JC Sowden, A Lotery… - Stem Cells, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Fluorescent reporter lines generated in human pluripotent stem cells are a highly useful tool
to track, isolate, and analyze cell types and lineages in live cultures. Here, we generate the …

RBX2 maintains final retinal cell position in a DAB1-dependent and-independent fashion

CL Fairchild, K Hino, JS Han, AM Miltner… - …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
The laminated structure of the retina is fundamental for the organization of the synaptic
circuitry that translates light input into patterns of action potentials. However, the molecular …