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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
Cell death constitutes a basic mechanism accounting for many morphogenetic and histogenetic events during normal and abnormal development of embryonic organs and tissues. This article focuses on the major areas of mesodermal cell death occurring during vertebrate limb development. In early stages of limb development, cell death appears to reduce the amount of mesodermal tissue destined to form the anlage of the autopodium. In later stages, cell death plays a role sculpturing the shape of the digits. The morphology of the dying cells corresponds with apoptosis, but internucleosomal DNA fragmentation by endonuclease activation does not appear to be a precocious feature. The cell death program can be inhibited in vivo and in vitro by changing the environmental conditions of the prospective dying cells up to 6-10 h before death. In this review, we survey possible factors controlling the establishment of the cell death program. Information concerning the biochemical basis of cell death in the developing limb is also revised. Finally, the possible role of genes whose pattern of expression is coincident with the dying processes is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1059-910X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
236-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Morphology and significance of programmed cell death in the developing limb bud of the vertebrate embryo.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Anatomía y Biología Celular, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't