| Literature DB >> 18626943 |
Ross A Poché1, Yasuhide Furuta, Marie-Christine Chaboissier, Andreas Schedl, Richard R Behringer.
Abstract
It is widely accepted that the process of retinal cell fate determination is under tight transcriptional control mediated by a combinatorial code of transcription factors. However, the exact repertoire of factors necessary for the genesis of each retinal cell type remains to be fully defined. Here we show that the HMG-box transcription factor, Sox9, is expressed in multipotent mouse retinal progenitor cells throughout retinogenesis. We also find that Sox9 is downregulated in differentiating neuronal populations, yet expression in Müller glial cells persists into adulthood. Furthermore, by employing a conditional knockout approach, we show that Sox9 is essential for the differentiation and/or survival of postnatal Müller glial cells. Copyright 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18626943 PMCID: PMC4412477 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21746
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Comp Neurol ISSN: 0021-9967 Impact factor: 3.215