Vertebrate Pattern Formation

1st Edition, Volume 159 - May 8, 2024
Imprint: Academic Press
Editor: Moises Mallo
Language: English
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Vertebrate Pattern Formation, Volume 159 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights advances in the field, with this volume presenting interesting c… Read more

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Vertebrate Pattern Formation, Volume 159 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights advances in the field, with this volume presenting interesting chapters on timely topics, including Hox genes patterning the vertebrate body, Endodermal patterning, The use of organoids/gastruloids to understand development, Cell shape and movements controlling development, Neural crest and placodes in vertebrate development, Patterning of the neural tube, Non-canonical Wnt signaling in axial extension, The control of transitions along the main body axis, Emergence of a left-right symmetric body plan in vertebrate embryos, Formation of the vascular system, Generation of patterns in the paraxial mesoderm, and more.

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Title page
Table of Contents
Series Page
Copyright
Contributors
Preface
Chapter One: Hox genes and patterning the vertebrate body
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Expression of Hox genes during body axis formation
3 Regulation of Hox expression
4 Hox function
5 Molecular mechanisms of Hox patterning
6 Post-embryonic Hox function
7 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Two: Cell behaviors that pattern developing tissues: the case of the vertebrate nervous system
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 How cellular behavior contributes to patterning in the CNS
3 How cell behaviors are regulated in space and time to ensure successful patterning
4 Variability and plasticity of cellular behaviors during tissue patterning
5 Changing cell behaviors to make new patterns
6 Defects in cell behavior affect pattern formation causing human birth defects
7 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Three: The alveolus: Our current knowledge of how the gas exchange unit of the lung is constructed and repaired
Abstract
1 Introduction to lung development and alveolar formation
2 The alveolus and its associated structure
3 Signaling pathways that regulate alveolar formation
4 Models of alveolar formation
5 Maturation, homeostasis and aging of the alveolus
6 Reconstruction of the alveolus following lung injury
7 Is there a species-specific difference in alveolar formation and function
8 Concluding remarks and remaining questions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Four: Making developmental sense of the senses, their origin and function
Abstract
1 Historical and cultural perspectives on the senses
2 The neural plate border
3 The chemical senses
4 The mechanical senses
5 Conclusions and perspectives
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter Five: From signalling to form: the coordination of neural tube patterning
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Patterning the head-to-tail axis
3 Neural tube closure: cell movements and mechanical forces
4 Establishing the dorsoventral pattern
5 Maintaining patterning: growth and cellular rearrangements
6 Initiation of neuronal differentiation
7 More than the spatial pattern: diversifying neural tube cell types over time
8 Conclusions and future perspectives
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter Six: Neuromesodermal specification during head-to-tail body axis formation
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Neuromesodermal specification and progenitor cell behaviour
3 Exit from the NMC niche
4 Termination of axial elongation
5 In vitro models of NMC maintenance and differentiation
6 Final remarks
References
Chapter Seven: The control of transitions along the main body axis
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Head to trunk transition
3 The trunk to tail transition
4 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Eight: Emergence of a left-right symmetric body plan in vertebrate embryos
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Left-right axis in embryos: the beginning
3 Left-right symmetry of somites
4 Bilateral symmetry of limb
5 Left-right symmetry of facial features
6 Perspective
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter Nine: Vascular development, remodeling and maturation
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Vascular differentiation and growth of the primary vascular plexus
3 Tip cells and sprouting angiogenesis
4 Vascular remodeling and arterio-venous differentiation
5 Vessel maturation and stabilization
6 Organ specific vasculature development
7 Conclusion and future perspectives
References
Chapter Ten: Generation of patterns in the paraxial mesoderm
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 The ‘Clock’
3 The ‘Wavefront’
4 The signaling gradients
5 Determining the presumptive somite boundary
6 Conclusions
References
Chapter Eleven: Shaping gene expression and its evolution by chromatin architecture and enhancer activity
Abstract
1 The cis-regulatory code
2 Chromatin 3D organization
3 Evolution of gene regulatory landscapes
4 Evolutionary changes in gene cis-regulatory code
5 Conclusions
References

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