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Dev Biol. 2023 Dec 15:S0012-1606(23)00205-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.003. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38104641 | DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.003 (Source: Developmental Biology)
Source: Developmental Biology - December 17, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Sally A Moody Source Type: research

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Dev Biol. 2023 Dec 13:S0012-1606(23)00206-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.004. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38101559 | DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.004 (Source: Developmental Biology)
Source: Developmental Biology - December 15, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Ondine Cleaver Source Type: research

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Dev Biol. 2023 Dec 13:S0012-1606(23)00206-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.004. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38101559 | DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.004 (Source: Developmental Biology)
Source: Developmental Biology - December 15, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Ondine Cleaver Source Type: research

Preterm birth affects both surfactant synthesis and lung liquid resorption actors in fetal sheep
DISCUSSION: Expression of surfactant proteins, aquaporins and ENaC increases between 100 and 140 days of gestation in an ovine model. Further exploring these pathways and their hormonal regulation could highlight some new explanations in the pathophysiology of neonatal respiratory diseases.PMID:38081502 | DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.002 (Source: Developmental Biology)
Source: Developmental Biology - December 11, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Leona Orlandi Yoann Rodriguez Anne Leostic Corinne Giraud Maya-Laure Lang Fran çois Vialard Vincent Mauffr é Emmanuelle Motte-Signoret Source Type: research

Preterm birth affects both surfactant synthesis and lung liquid resorption actors in fetal sheep
DISCUSSION: Expression of surfactant proteins, aquaporins and ENaC increases between 100 and 140 days of gestation in an ovine model. Further exploring these pathways and their hormonal regulation could highlight some new explanations in the pathophysiology of neonatal respiratory diseases.PMID:38081502 | DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.002 (Source: Developmental Biology)
Source: Developmental Biology - December 11, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Leona Orlandi Yoann Rodriguez Anne Leostic Corinne Giraud Maya-Laure Lang Fran çois Vialard Vincent Mauffr é Emmanuelle Motte-Signoret Source Type: research

Preterm birth affects both surfactant synthesis and lung liquid resorption actors in fetal sheep
DISCUSSION: Expression of surfactant proteins, aquaporins and ENaC increases between 100 and 140 days of gestation in an ovine model. Further exploring these pathways and their hormonal regulation could highlight some new explanations in the pathophysiology of neonatal respiratory diseases.PMID:38081502 | DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.002 (Source: Developmental Biology)
Source: Developmental Biology - December 11, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Leona Orlandi Yoann Rodriguez Anne Leostic Corinne Giraud Maya-Laure Lang Fran çois Vialard Vincent Mauffr é Emmanuelle Motte-Signoret Source Type: research

Preterm birth affects both surfactant synthesis and lung liquid resorption actors in fetal sheep
DISCUSSION: Expression of surfactant proteins, aquaporins and ENaC increases between 100 and 140 days of gestation in an ovine model. Further exploring these pathways and their hormonal regulation could highlight some new explanations in the pathophysiology of neonatal respiratory diseases.PMID:38081502 | DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.002 (Source: Developmental Biology)
Source: Developmental Biology - December 11, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Leona Orlandi Yoann Rodriguez Anne Leostic Corinne Giraud Maya-Laure Lang Fran çois Vialard Vincent Mauffr é Emmanuelle Motte-Signoret Source Type: research

The development of thoracic and abdominal muscle depends on SDF1 and CXCR4
Dev Biol. 2023 Dec 7:S0012-1606(23)00203-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn vertebrates, the lateral body wall muscle formation is thought to be initiated by direct outgrowth of the dermomyotomes resulting in the elongation of the hypaxial myotomes. This contrasts with the formation of the muscles of the girdle, limbs and intrinsic tongue muscles, which originate from long-range migrating progenitors. Previous work shows that the migration of these progenitors requires CXCR4 which is specifically expressed in the migrating cells, but not in the dermomyotome. Here, we show that cells in th...
Source: Developmental Biology - December 9, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Imadeldin Yahya Aisha Abduelmula Dorit Hockman Beate Brand-Saberi Gabriela Morosan-Puopolo Source Type: research

The development of thoracic and abdominal muscle depends on SDF1 and CXCR4
Dev Biol. 2023 Dec 7:S0012-1606(23)00203-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.12.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn vertebrates, the lateral body wall muscle formation is thought to be initiated by direct outgrowth of the dermomyotomes resulting in the elongation of the hypaxial myotomes. This contrasts with the formation of the muscles of the girdle, limbs and intrinsic tongue muscles, which originate from long-range migrating progenitors. Previous work shows that the migration of these progenitors requires CXCR4 which is specifically expressed in the migrating cells, but not in the dermomyotome. Here, we show that cells in th...
Source: Developmental Biology - December 9, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Imadeldin Yahya Aisha Abduelmula Dorit Hockman Beate Brand-Saberi Gabriela Morosan-Puopolo Source Type: research

In vitro modeling of cranial placode differentiation: Recent advances, challenges, and perspectives
Dev Biol. 2023 Dec 3;506:20-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.11.009. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCranial placodes are transient ectodermal thickenings that contribute to a diverse array of organs in the vertebrate head. They develop from a common territory, the pre-placodal region that over time segregates along the antero-posterior axis into individual placodal domains: the adenohypophyseal, olfactory, lens, trigeminal, otic, and epibranchial placodes. These placodes terminally differentiate into the anterior pituitary, the lens, and contribute to sensory organs including the olfactory epithelium, and inner ear, as well as...
Source: Developmental Biology - December 5, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Casey Griffin Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet Source Type: research

A CRISPR-Cas9-mediated versatile method for targeted integration of a fluorescent protein gene to visualize endogenous gene expression in Xenopus laevis
Dev Biol. 2023 Dec 3:S0012-1606(23)00200-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.11.010. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTXenopus laevis is a widely used model organism in developmental and regeneration studies. Despite several reports regarding targeted integration techniques in Xenopus, there is still room for improvement of them, especially in creating reporter lines that rely on endogenous regulatory enhancers/promoters. We developed a CRISPR-Cas9-based simple method to efficiently introduce a fluorescent protein gene into 5' untranslated regions (5'UTRs) of target genes in Xenopus laevis. A donor plasmid DNA encoding an enhanced gr...
Source: Developmental Biology - December 5, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Makoto Mochii Kai Akizuki Hero Ossaka Norie Kagawa Yoshihiko Umesono Ken-Ichi T Suzuki Source Type: research

SMPD3 expression is spatially regulated in the developing embryo by SOXE factors
Dev Biol. 2023 Dec 3;506:31-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.11.011. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDuring epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), significant rearrangements occur in plasma membrane protein and lipid content that are important for membrane function and acquisition of cell motility. To gain insight into how neural crest cells regulate their lipid content at the transcriptional level during EMT, here we identify critical enhancer sequences that regulate the expression of SMPD3, a gene responsible for sphingomyelin hydrolysis to produce ceramide and necessary for neural crest EMT. We uncovered three enhancer ...
Source: Developmental Biology - December 5, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Michael L Piacentino Aria J Fasse Alexis Camacho-Avila Ilya Grabylnikov Marianne E Bronner Source Type: research

In vitro modeling of cranial placode differentiation: Recent advances, challenges, and perspectives
Dev Biol. 2023 Dec 3;506:20-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.11.009. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCranial placodes are transient ectodermal thickenings that contribute to a diverse array of organs in the vertebrate head. They develop from a common territory, the pre-placodal region that over time segregates along the antero-posterior axis into individual placodal domains: the adenohypophyseal, olfactory, lens, trigeminal, otic, and epibranchial placodes. These placodes terminally differentiate into the anterior pituitary, the lens, and contribute to sensory organs including the olfactory epithelium, and inner ear, as well as...
Source: Developmental Biology - December 5, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Casey Griffin Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet Source Type: research

A CRISPR-Cas9-mediated versatile method for targeted integration of a fluorescent protein gene to visualize endogenous gene expression in Xenopus laevis
Dev Biol. 2023 Dec 3:S0012-1606(23)00200-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.11.010. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTXenopus laevis is a widely used model organism in developmental and regeneration studies. Despite several reports regarding targeted integration techniques in Xenopus, there is still room for improvement of them, especially in creating reporter lines that rely on endogenous regulatory enhancers/promoters. We developed a CRISPR-Cas9-based simple method to efficiently introduce a fluorescent protein gene into 5' untranslated regions (5'UTRs) of target genes in Xenopus laevis. A donor plasmid DNA encoding an enhanced gr...
Source: Developmental Biology - December 5, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Makoto Mochii Kai Akizuki Hero Ossaka Norie Kagawa Yoshihiko Umesono Ken-Ichi T Suzuki Source Type: research

SMPD3 expression is spatially regulated in the developing embryo by SOXE factors
Dev Biol. 2023 Dec 3;506:31-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.11.011. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDuring epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), significant rearrangements occur in plasma membrane protein and lipid content that are important for membrane function and acquisition of cell motility. To gain insight into how neural crest cells regulate their lipid content at the transcriptional level during EMT, here we identify critical enhancer sequences that regulate the expression of SMPD3, a gene responsible for sphingomyelin hydrolysis to produce ceramide and necessary for neural crest EMT. We uncovered three enhancer ...
Source: Developmental Biology - December 5, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Michael L Piacentino Aria J Fasse Alexis Camacho-Avila Ilya Grabylnikov Marianne E Bronner Source Type: research