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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
The differentiation and migration of superficial dorsal horn neurons and subsequent ingrowth of cutaneous afferents are crucial events in the formation of somatosensory circuitry in the dorsal spinal cord. We report that the differentiation and migration of the superficial dorsal horn neurons are regulated by the LIM homeobox gene Lmx1b, and its downstream targets Rnx and Drg11, two transcription factors implicated in the development of dorsal horn circuitry. An analysis of Lmx1b mutants shows that Lmx1b normally acts to maintain the expression of the Ebf genes and to repress the Zic genes. Lmx1b mutants also exhibit the disruption of the cutaneous afferent ingrowth, suggesting that the dorsal horn cells might provide important cues guiding sensory axons into the dorsal spinal cord. Our results thus indicate that Lmx1b has a pivotal role in genetic cascades that control the assembly of circuitry in the superficial dorsal horn.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/LIM homeobox transcription factor..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/LIM-Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phox2a protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prrxl1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, trkA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tlx3 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Zic1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Zic4 protein, mouse
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
131
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3693-703
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Lmx1b controls the differentiation and migration of the superficial dorsal horn neurons of the spinal cord.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Anesthesiology, Psychiatry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine Pain Center, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't