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Retinoic acid signaling pathways
Published in Development (Cambridge) (01-07-2019)“…Retinoic acid (RA), a metabolite of retinol (vitamin A), functions as a ligand for nuclear RA receptors (RARs) that regulate development of chordate animals…”
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Local retinoic acid signaling directs emergence of the extraocular muscle functional unit
Published in PLoS biology (01-11-2020)“…Coordinated development of muscles, tendons, and their attachment sites ensures emergence of functional musculoskeletal units that are adapted to diverse…”
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Endogenous retinoic acid signaling is required for maintenance and regeneration of cornea
Published in Experimental eye research (01-01-2017)“…Retinoic acid (RA) is a biologically active metabolite of vitamin A (retinol) that serves as an important signaling molecule in orchestrating diverse…”
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Multilayer omics analysis reveals a non-classical retinoic acid signaling axis that regulates hematopoietic stem cell identity
Published in Cell stem cell (06-01-2022)“…Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) rely on complex regulatory networks to preserve stemness. Due to the scarcity of HSCs, technical challenges have limited our…”
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Retinoic Acid Receptors Control Spermatogonia Cell-Fate and Induce Expression of the SALL4A Transcription Factor
Published in PLoS genetics (01-10-2015)“…All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is instrumental to male germ cell differentiation, but its mechanism of action remains elusive. To address this question, we…”
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FOXL2 Is a Female Sex-Determining Gene in the Goat
Published in Current biology (17-02-2014)“…The origin of sex reversal in XX goats homozygous for the polled intersex syndrome (PIS) mutation was unclear because of the complexity of the mutation that…”
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DMRT1 Protects Male Gonadal Cells from Retinoid-Dependent Sexual Transdifferentiation
Published in Developmental cell (09-06-2014)“…Mammalian sex determination initiates in the fetal gonad with specification of bipotential precursor cells into male Sertoli cells or female granulosa cells…”
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Constitutive WNT/CTNNB1 activation triggers spermatogonial stem cell proliferation and germ cell depletion
Published in Developmental biology (01-06-2017)“…The differentiation of germ cells into oogonia or spermatogonia is the first step that eventually gives rise to fully mature gametes. In the female fetal…”
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Function of retinoid nuclear receptors : Lessons from genetic and pharmacological dissections of the retinoic acid signaling pathway during mouse embryogenesis
Published in Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology (01-01-2006)“…Retinoic acid (RA) is involved in vertebrate morphogenesis, growth, cellular differentiation, and tissue homeostasis. The use of in vitro systems initially led…”
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Retinoic acid induces Sertoli cell paracrine signals for spermatogonia differentiation but cell autonomously drives spermatocyte meiosis
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-10-2012)“…Direct evidence for a role of endogenous retinoic acid (RA), the active metabolite of vitamin A in the initial differentiation and meiotic entry of…”
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Two functionally redundant sources of retinoic acid secure spermatogonia differentiation in the seminiferous epithelium
Published in Development (Cambridge) (04-01-2019)“…In mammals, all- retinoic acid (ATRA) is instrumental to spermatogenesis. It is synthesized by two retinaldehyde dehydrogenases (RALDH) present in both Sertoli…”
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Function of retinoic acid receptors during embryonic development
Published in Nuclear receptor signaling (2009)“…Retinoids, the active metabolites of vitamin A, regulate complex gene networks involved in vertebrate morphogenesis, growth, cellular differentiation and…”
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Retinoic acid signaling is dispensable for somatic development and function in the mammalian ovary
Published in Developmental biology (15-04-2017)“…Retinoic acid (RA) is a potent inducer of cell differentiation and plays an essential role in sex-specific germ cell development in the mammalian gonad. RA is…”
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Roles of Retinoic Acid in Germ Cell Differentiation
Published in Current topics in developmental biology (01-01-2017)“…The modalities of gametogenesis differ markedly between sexes. Female are born with a definitive reserve of oocytes whose size is crucial to ensure fertility…”
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Retinoic acid signaling is directly activated in cardiomyocytes and protects mouse hearts from apoptosis after myocardial infarction
Published in eLife (08-10-2021)“…Retinoic acid (RA) is an essential signaling molecule for cardiac development and plays a protective role in the heart after myocardial infarction (MI). In…”
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Testicular differentiation occurs in absence of R-spondin1 and Sox9 in mouse sex reversals
Published in PLoS genetics (01-12-2012)“…In mammals, male sex determination is governed by SRY-dependent activation of Sox9, whereas female development involves R-spondin1 (RSPO1), an activator of the…”
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Retinoic acid improves nephrotoxic serum-induced glomerulonephritis through activation of podocyte retinoic acid receptor α
Published in Kidney international (01-12-2017)“…Proliferation of glomerular epithelial cells, including podocytes, is a key histologic feature of crescentic glomerulonephritis. We previously found that…”
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Role of retinoic acid receptor (RAR) signaling in post-natal male germ cell differentiation
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-02-2015)“…All-trans retinoic acid (atRA), the active metabolite of vitamin A, plays critical functions in spermatogenesis, a complex, highly organized and regulated…”
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Loss of NR5A1 in mouse Sertoli cells after sex determination changes cellular identity and induces cell-death by anoikis
Published in Development (Cambridge) (15-12-2023)“…To investigate the role of the nuclear receptor NR5A1 in testis after sex determination, we have analyzed mice lacking NR5A1 in Sertoli cells (SC) from…”
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Spermatogonia Differentiation Requires Retinoic Acid Receptor γ
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-01-2012)“…Vitamin A is instrumental to mammalian reproduction. Its metabolite, retinoic acid (RA), acts in a hormone-like manner through binding to and activating three…”
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