Publication Date:
1999-02-19
Description:
Neurotrophins regulate survival, axonal growth, and target innervation of sensory and other neurons. Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) is expressed specifically in cells adjacent to extending axons of dorsal root ganglia neurons, and its absence results in loss of most of these neurons before their axons reach their targets. However, axons are not required for NT-3 expression in limbs; instead, local signals from ectoderm induce NT-3 expression in adjacent mesenchyme. Wnt factors expressed in limb ectoderm induce NT-3 in the underlying mesenchyme. Thus, epithelial-mesenchymal interactions mediated by Wnt factors control NT-3 expression and may regulate axonal growth and guidance.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2710127/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2710127/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Patapoutian, A -- Backus, C -- Kispert, A -- Reichardt, L F -- MH48200/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- P01 NS016033/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- P01 NS016033-190014/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Feb 19;283(5405):1180-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0723, USA. ardem@itsa.ucsf.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10024246" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
3T3 Cells
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Animals
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Coculture Techniques
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Ectoderm/metabolism/*physiology
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Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism
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Epithelium/metabolism
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Extremities/embryology/innervation
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Ganglia, Spinal/physiology
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*Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
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*Glycoproteins
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Mesoderm/*metabolism
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Mice
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Motor Neurons/physiology
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Nerve Growth Factors/biosynthesis/*genetics
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Neurons, Afferent/physiology
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Neurotrophin 3
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Organ Culture Techniques
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*physiology
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Signal Transduction
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Wnt Proteins
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Wnt4 Protein
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
