New developments in the biology of fibroblast growth factors

DM Ornitz, N Itoh - WIREs mechanisms of disease, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family is composed of 18 secreted signaling proteins
consisting of canonical FGFs and endocrine FGFs that activate four receptor tyrosine …

Unraveling the complexity of human brain: Structure, function in healthy and disease states

OF Sultana, M Bandaru, MA Islam, PH Reddy - Ageing Research Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The human brain stands as an intricate organ, embodying a nexus of structure, function,
development, and diversity. This review delves into the multifaceted landscape of the brain …

Segmentation and patterning of the vertebrate hindbrain

R Krumlauf, DG Wilkinson - Development, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
During early development, the hindbrain is sub-divided into rhombomeres that underlie the
organisation of neurons and adjacent craniofacial tissues. A gene regulatory network of …

Transcriptional Regulation and Implications for Controlling Hox Gene Expression

Z Afzal, R Krumlauf - Journal of Developmental Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hox genes play key roles in axial patterning and regulating the regional identity of cells and
tissues in a wide variety of animals from invertebrates to vertebrates. Nested domains of Hox …

Xenopus leads the way: Frogs as a pioneering model to understand the human brain

CRT Exner, HR Willsey - genesis, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
From its long history in the field of embryology to its recent advances in genetics, Xenopus
has been an indispensable model for understanding the human brain. Foundational studies …

Maintenance of neurotransmitter identity by Hox proteins through a homeostatic mechanism

W Feng, H Destain, JJ Smith, P Kratsios - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Hox transcription factors play fundamental roles during early patterning, but they are also
expressed continuously, from embryonic stages through adulthood, in the nervous system …

[HTML][HTML] Primary sensory map formations reflect unique needs and molecular cues specific to each sensory system

B Fritzsch, KL Elliott, G Pavlinkova - F1000Research, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Interaction with the world around us requires extracting meaningful signals to guide
behavior. Each of the six mammalian senses (olfaction, vision, somatosensation, hearing …

Interplay of Eph-Ephrin signalling and cadherin function in cell segregation and boundary formation

DG Wilkinson - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The segregation of distinct cell populations to form sharp boundaries is crucial for stabilising
tissue organisation, for example during hindbrain segmentation in craniofacial development …

HOXA1, a breast cancer oncogene

M Belpaire, A Taminiau, D Geerts… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2022 - Elsevier
More than 25 years ago, the first literature records mentioned HOXA1 expression in human
breast cancer. A few years later, HOXA1 was confirmed as a proper oncogene in mammary …

Predictive biomarkers for embryotoxicity: a machine learning approach to mitigating multicollinearity in RNA-Seq

Y Quah, S Jung, JYL Chan, O Ham, JS Jeong… - Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Multicollinearity, characterized by significant co-expression patterns among genes, often
occurs in high-throughput expression data, potentially impacting the predictive model's …