Homeobox genes and the specification of neuronal identity

O Hobert - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
The enormous diversity of cell types that characterizes any animal nervous system is defined
by neuron-type-specific gene batteries that endow cells with distinct anatomical and …

Data incompleteness may form a hard-to-overcome barrier to decoding life's mechanism

L Kondratyeva, I Alekseenko, I Chernov, E Sverdlov - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The influence of data incompleteness on the correctness of conclusions
about the structure and functions of the objects under study is widely discussed in the …

The enteric nervous system of the C. elegans pharynx is specified by the Sine oculis-like homeobox gene ceh-34

B Vidal, B Gulez, WX Cao, E Leyva-Díaz, MB Reilly… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Overarching themes in the terminal differentiation of the enteric nervous system, an
autonomously acting unit of animal nervous systems, have so far eluded discovery. We …

Neuronal birthdate reveals topography in a vestibular brainstem circuit for gaze stabilization

D Goldblatt, S Huang, MR Greaney, KR Hamling… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Across the nervous system, neurons with similar attributes are topographically organized.
This topography reflects developmental pressures. Oddly, vestibular (balance) nuclei are …

Widespread employment of conserved C. elegans homeobox genes in neuronal identity specification

MB Reilly, T Tekieli, C Cros, GR Aguilar, J Lao… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Homeobox genes are prominent regulators of neuronal identity, but the extent to which their
function has been probed in animal nervous systems remains limited. In the nematode …

Cell context-dependent CFI-1/ARID3 functions control neuronal terminal differentiation

Y Li, JJ Smith, F Marques, A Osuma, HC Huang… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
AT-rich interaction domain 3 (ARID3) transcription factors are expressed in the nervous
system, but their mechanisms of action are largely unknown. Here, we provide, in vivo, a …

Nematode nuclear receptors as integrators of sensory information

S Sural, O Hobert - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
More than 20 years ago, the sequencing of the genome of the nematode Caenorhabditis
elegans uncovered a still unparalleled abundance of C4-zinc finger orphan nuclear …

Dietary E. coli promotes age-dependent chemotaxis decline in C. elegans

N Suryawinata, R Yokosawa, KHC Tan, AL Lai… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
An animal's ability to sense odors declines during aging, and its olfactory drive is tuned by
internal states such as satiety. However, whether internal states modulate an age …

CFI-1 functions unilaterally to restrict gap junction formation in C. elegans

Z Wu, L Pang, M Ding - Development, 2025 - journals.biologists.com
Electrical coupling is vital to neural communication, facilitating synchronized activity among
neurons. Despite its significance, the precise mechanisms governing the establishment of …

Nuclear factor Y is a pervasive regulator of neuronal gene expression

P Moreira, P Papatheodorou, S Deng, S Gopal… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Nervous system function relies on the establishment of complex gene expression programs
that provide neuron-type-specific and core pan-neuronal features. These complementary …