Gene Expression Literature Summary

• Symbol: Pitx3
• Name: paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 3
• ID: MGI:1100498

111 matching records from 111 references.

Summary by Age and Assay: Numbers in the table indicate the number of results matching the search criteria.

Age	E8.5	E9	E9.5	E10	E10.5	E11	E11.5	E12	E12.5	E13	E13.5	E14	E14.5	E15	E15.5	E16	E16.5	E17	E17.5	E18.5	E	P
Immunohistochemistry (section)					3		9	1	28		11		15		6				6	9	1	12
In situ RNA (section)	1			3	5	2	8	1	10	1	7	3	15	4	4	2	2			4	4	8
Immunohistochemistry (whole mount)													1
In situ RNA (whole mount)	1	1	3	2	2	2	7		3						1
In situ reporter (knock in)					1		2		5		4		5		1		2			3	1	7
Northern blot														1
Western blot													1									3
RT-PCR				1	1	1	7		4	1	2		5	2	3			1		1	1	8
cDNA clones														1								2

Summary by Gene and Reference: Number indicates the number of results matching the search criteria recorded for each reference.
* Indicates detailed expression data entries available

Pitx3  paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 3   (Synonyms: Ptx3)
Results	Reference
3*	J:205268 Ahmad N, Aslam M, Muenster D, Horsch M, Khan MA, Carlsson P, Beckers J, Graw J, Pitx3 directly regulates Foxe3 during early lens development. Int J Dev Biol. 2013;57(9-10):741-51
1	J:104525 Andersson E, Jensen JB, Parmar M, Guillemot F, Bjorklund A, Development of the mesencephalic dopaminergic neuron system is compromised in the absence of neurogenin 2. Development. 2006 Feb;133(3):507-16
2	J:144081 Andersson ER, Prakash N, Cajanek L, Minina E, Bryja V, Bryjova L, Yamaguchi TP, Hall AC, Wurst W, Arenas E, Wnt5a regulates ventral midbrain morphogenesis and the development of A9-A10 dopaminergic cells in vivo. PLoS One. 2008;3(10):e3517
1	J:80942 Asbreuk CH, Vogelaar CF, Hellemons A, Smidt MP, Burbach JP, CNS expression pattern of lmx1b and coexpression with ptx genes suggest functional cooperativity in the development of forebrain motor control systems. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2002 Nov;21(3):410-20
1	J:156272 Bonilla S, Hall AC, Pinto L, Attardo A, Gotz M, Huttner WB, Arenas E, Identification of midbrain floor plate radial glia-like cells as dopaminergic progenitors. Glia. 2008 Jun;56(8):809-20
8	J:297714 Brignani S, Raj DDA, Schmidt ERE, Dudukcu O, Adolfs Y, De Ruiter AA, Rybiczka-Tesulov M, Verhagen MG, van der Meer C, Broekhoven MH, Moreno-Bravo JA, Grossouw LM, Dumontier E, Cloutier JF, Chedotal A, Pasterkamp RJ, Remotely Produced and Axon-Derived Netrin-1 Instructs GABAergic Neuron Migration and Dopaminergic Substantia Nigra Development. Neuron. 2020 Aug 19;107(4):684-702.e9
1	J:88192 Brodski C, Weisenhorn DM, Signore M, Sillaber I, Oesterheld M, Broccoli V, Acampora D, Simeone A, Wurst W, Location and size of dopaminergic and serotonergic cell populations are controlled by the position of the midbrain-hindbrain organizer. J Neurosci. 2003 May 15;23(10):4199-207
1	J:158529 Burgess D, Zhang Y, Siefker E, Vaca R, Kuracha MR, Reneker L, Overbeek PA, Govindarajan V, Activated Ras alters lens and corneal development through induction of distinct downstream targets. BMC Dev Biol. 2010;10:13
2	J:155225 Castelo-Branco G, Andersson ER, Minina E, Sousa KM, Ribeiro D, Kokubu C, Imai K, Prakash N, Wurst W, Arenas E, Delayed dopaminergic neuron differentiation in Lrp6 mutant mice. Dev Dyn. 2009 Sep 30;239(1):211-221
1*	J:228113 Chung S, Leung A, Han BS, Chang MY, Moon JI, Kim CH, Hong S, Pruszak J, Isacson O, Kim KS, Wnt1-lmx1a forms a novel autoregulatory loop and controls midbrain dopaminergic differentiation synergistically with the SHH-FoxA2 pathway. Cell Stem Cell. 2009 Dec 4;5(6):646-58
4	J:126948 Coulon V, L'Honore A, Ouimette JF, Dumontier E, van den Munckhof P, Drouin J, A muscle-specific promoter directs Pitx3 gene expression in skeletal muscle cells. J Biol Chem. 2007 Nov 9;282(45):33192-200
1	J:131535 De Langhe SP, Carraro G, Tefft D, Li C, Xu X, Chai Y, Minoo P, Hajihosseini MK, Drouin J, Kaartinen V, Bellusci S, Formation and Differentiation of Multiple Mesenchymal Lineages during Lung Development Is Regulated by beta-catenin Signaling. PLoS One. 2008;3(1):e1516
1	J:175535 Deng Q, Andersson E, Hedlund E, Alekseenko Z, Coppola E, Panman L, Millonig JH, Brunet JF, Ericson J, Perlmann T, Specific and integrated roles of Lmx1a, Lmx1b and Phox2a in ventral midbrain development. Development. 2011 Aug;138(16):3399-408
1	J:166896 Di Salvio M, Di Giovannantonio LG, Acampora D, Prosperi R, Omodei D, Prakash N, Wurst W, Simeone A, Otx2 controls neuron subtype identity in ventral tegmental area and antagonizes vulnerability to MPTP. Nat Neurosci. 2010 Dec;13(12):1481-8
1*	J:153498 Diez-Roux G, Banfi S, Sultan M, Geffers L, Anand S, Rozado D, Magen A, Canidio E, Pagani M, Peluso I, Lin-Marq N, Koch M, Bilio M, Cantiello I, Verde R, De Masi C, Bianchi SA, Cicchini J, Perroud E, Mehmeti S, Dagand E, Schrinner S, Nurnberger A, SchmidtK, Metz K, Zwingmann C, Brieske N, Springer C, Hernandez AM, Herzog S, Grabbe F, Sieverding C, Fischer B, Schrader K, Brockmeyer M, Dettmer S, Helbig C, Alunni V, Battaini MA, Mura C, Henrichsen CN, Garcia-Lopez R, Echevarria D, Puelles E, et al., A high-resolution anatomical atlas of the transcriptome in the mouse embryo. PLoS Biol. 2011;9(1):e1000582
2	J:309996 Dumas S, Wallen-Mackenzie A, Developmental Co-expression of Vglut2 and Nurr1 in a Mes-Di-Encephalic Continuum Preceeds Dopamine and Glutamate Neuron Specification. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2019;7:307
6	J:226472 Fukusumi Y, Meier F, Gotz S, Matheus F, Irmler M, Beckervordersandforth R, Faus-Kessler T, Minina E, Rauser B, Zhang J, Arenas E, Andersson E, Niehrs C, Beckers J, Simeone A, Wurst W, Prakash N, Dickkopf 3 Promotes the Differentiation of a Rostrolateral Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuronal Subset In Vivo and from Pluripotent Stem Cells In Vitro in the Mouse. J Neurosci. 2015 Sep 30;35(39):13385-401
2	J:228881 Gazea M, Tasouri E, Tolve M, Bosch V, Kabanova A, Gojak C, Kurtulmus B, Novikov O, Spatz J, Pereira G, Hubner W, Brodski C, Tucker KL, Blaess S, Primary cilia are critical for Sonic hedgehog-mediated dopaminergic neurogenesis in the embryonic midbrain. Dev Biol. 2016 Jan 1;409(1):55-71
1	J:108511 Griesel G, Treichel D, Collombat P, Krull J, Zembrzycki A, van den Akker WM, Gruss P, Simeone A, Mansouri A, Sp8 controls the anteroposterior patterning at the midbrain-hindbrain border. Development. 2006 May;133(9):1779-87
1*	J:171409 GUDMAP Consortium, GUDMAP: the GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project. www.gudmap.org. 2004;
1	J:119562 Guimera J, Weisenhorn DV, Wurst W, Megane/Heslike is required for normal GABAergic differentiation in the mouse superior colliculus. Development. 2006 Oct;133(19):3847-57
3	J:143880 Guo C, Qiu HY, Shi M, Huang Y, Johnson RL, Rubinstein M, Chen SD, Ding YQ, Lmx1b-controlled isthmic organizer is essential for development of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. J Neurosci. 2008 Dec 24;28(52):14097-106
2*	J:166749 Hammock EA, Eagleson KL, Barlow S, Earls LR, Miller DM 3rd, Levitt P, Homologs of genes expressed in Caenorhabditis elegans GABAergic neurons are also found in the developing mouse forebrain. Neural Dev. 2010;5(1):32
1	J:196329 Havrda MC, Paolella BR, Ward NM, Holroyd KB, Behavioral abnormalities and Parkinson's-like histological changes resulting from Id2 inactivation in mice. Dis Model Mech. 2013 May-Jun;6(3):819-27
4	J:186618 Heyer MP, Pani AK, Smeyne RJ, Kenny PJ, Feng G, Normal Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuron Development and Function in miR-133b Mutant Mice. J Neurosci. 2012 Aug 8;32(32):10887-10894
6*	J:144758 Ho HY, Chang KH, Nichols J, Li M, Homeodomain protein Pitx3 maintains the mitotic activity of lens epithelial cells. Mech Dev. 2009 Jan-Feb;126(1-2):18-29
3	J:206496 Hoekstra EJ, von Oerthel L, van der Heide LP, Kouwenhoven WM, Veenvliet JV, Wever I, Jin YR, Yoon JK, van der Linden AJ, Holstege FC, Groot Koerkamp MJ, Smidt MP, Lmx1a encodes a rostral set of mesodiencephalic dopaminergic neurons marked by the Wnt/B-catenin signaling activator R-spondin 2. PLoS One. 2013;8(9):e74049
1*	J:150356 Jacobs FM, van der Linden AJ, Wang Y, von Oerthel L, Sul HS, Burbach JP, Smidt MP, Identification of Dlk1, Ptpru and Klhl1 as novel Nurr1 target genes in meso-diencephalic dopamine neurons. Development. 2009 Jul;136(14):2363-73
1	J:144189 Jacobs FM, van Erp S, van der Linden AJ, von Oerthel L, Burbach JP, Smidt MP, Pitx3 potentiates Nurr1 in dopamine neuron terminal differentiation through release of SMRT-mediated repression. Development. 2009 Feb;136(4):531-40
2	J:178682 Jacobs FM, Veenvliet JV, Almirza WH, Hoekstra EJ, von Oerthel L, van der Linden AJ, Neijts R, Koerkamp MG, van Leenen D, Holstege FC, Burbach JP, Smidt MP, Retinoic acid-dependent and -independent gene-regulatory pathways of Pitx3 in meso-diencephalic dopaminergic neurons. Development. 2011 Dec;138(23):5213-22
1	J:170540 Jeong Y, Dolson DK, Waclaw RR, Matise MP, Sussel L, Campbell K, Kaestner KH, Epstein DJ, Spatial and temporal requirements for sonic hedgehog in the regulation of thalamic interneuron identity. Development. 2011 Feb;138(3):531-41
5	J:154668 Joksimovic M, Anderegg A, Roy A, Campochiaro L, Yun B, Kittappa R, McKay R, Awatramani R, Spatiotemporally separable Shh domains in the midbrain define distinct dopaminergic progenitor pools. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Nov 10;106(45):19185-90
3	J:258267 Jovanovic VM, Salti A, Tilleman H, Zega K, Jukic MM, Zou H, Friedel RH, Prakash N, Blaess S, Edenhofer F, Brodski C, BMP/SMAD Pathway Promotes Neurogenesis of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons In Vivo and in Human Induced Pluripotent and Neural Stem Cells. J Neurosci. 2018 Feb 14;38(7):1662-1676
1	J:112633 Jukkola T, Lahti L, Naserke T, Wurst W, Partanen J, FGF regulated gene-expression and neuronal differentiation in the developing midbrain-hindbrain region. Dev Biol. 2006 Sep 1;297(1):141-57
2	J:157098 Kadkhodaei B, Ito T, Joodmardi E, Mattsson B, Rouillard C, Carta M, Muramatsu S, Sumi-Ichinose C, Nomura T, Metzger D, Chambon P, Lindqvist E, Larsson NG, Olson L, Bjorklund A, Ichinose H, Perlmann T, Nurr1 is required for maintenance of maturing and adult midbrain dopamine neurons. J Neurosci. 2009 Dec 16;29(50):15923-32
4*	J:176607 Kameda Y, Saitoh T, Fujimura T, Hes1 regulates the number and anterior-posterior patterning of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons at the mid/hindbrain boundary (isthmus). Dev Biol. 2011 Oct 1;358(1):91-101
2	J:104524 Kele J, Simplicio N, Ferri AL, Mira H, Guillemot F, Arenas E, Ang SL, Neurogenin 2 is required for the development of ventral midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Development. 2006 Feb;133(3):495-505
2	J:234928 Kim S, Zhao Y, Lee JM, Kim WR, Gorivodsky M, Westphal H, Geum D, Ldb1 Is Essential for the Development of Isthmic Organizer and Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons. Stem Cells Dev. 2016 Jul 1;25(13):986-94
2*	J:108403 Kim SY, Choi KC, Chang MS, Kim MH, Kim SY, Na YS, Lee JE, Jin BK, Lee BH, Baik JH, The dopamine D2 receptor regulates the development of dopaminergic neurons via extracellular signal-regulated kinase and Nurr1 activation. J Neurosci. 2006 Apr 26;26(17):4567-76
6*	J:311568 Klafke R, Prem Anand AA, Wurst W, Prakash N, Wizenmann A, Differences in the spatiotemporal expression and epistatic gene regulation of the mesodiencephalic dopaminergic precursor marker PITX3 during chicken and mouse development. Development. 2016 Feb 15;143(4):691-702
2*	J:228563 Koscielny G, Yaikhom G, Iyer V, Meehan TF, Morgan H, Atienza-Herrero J, Blake A, Chen CK, Easty R, Di Fenza A, Fiegel T, Grifiths M, Horne A, Karp NA, Kurbatova N, Mason JC, Matthews P, Oakley DJ, Qazi A, Regnart J, Retha A, Santos LA, Sneddon DJ, Warren J, Westerberg H, Wilson RJ, Melvin DG, Smedley D, Brown SD, Flicek P, Skarnes WC, Mallon AM, Parkinson H, The International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium Web Portal, a unified point of access for knockout mice and related phenotyping data. Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Jan;42(Database issue):D802-9
3	J:229533 Kouwenhoven WM, Veenvliet JV, van Hooft JA, van der Heide LP, Smidt MP, Engrailed 1 shapes the dopaminergic and serotonergic landscape through proper isthmic organizer maintenance and function. Biol Open. 2016;5(3):279-88
1	J:316482 Kouwenhoven WM, von Oerthel L, Gruppilo M, Tian J, Wagemans CMRJ, Houwers IGJ, Locker J, Mesman S, Smidt MP, Nkx2.9 Contributes to Mid-Hindbrain Patterning by Regulation of mdDA Neuronal Cell-Fate and Repression of a Hindbrain-Specific Cell-Fate. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Nov 23;22(23)
2	J:246588 Kouwenhoven WM, von Oerthel L, Smidt MP, Pitx3 and En1 determine the size and molecular programming of the dopaminergic neuronal pool. PLoS One. 2017;12(8):e0182421
2	J:213576 L'honore A, Commere PH, Ouimette JF, Montarras D, Drouin J, Buckingham M, Redox regulation by Pitx2 and Pitx3 is critical for fetal myogenesis. Dev Cell. 2014 May 27;29(4):392-405
11	J:122955 L'honore A, Coulon V, Marcil A, Lebel M, Lafrance-Vanasse J, Gage P, Camper S, Drouin J, Sequential expression and redundancy of Pitx2 and Pitx3 genes during muscle development. Dev Biol. 2007 Jul 15;307(2):421-33
4	J:182759 Lahti L, Peltopuro P, Piepponen TP, Partanen J, Cell-autonomous FGF signaling regulates anteroposterior patterning and neuronal differentiation in the mesodiencephalic dopaminergic progenitor domain. Development. 2012 Mar;139(5):894-905
1*	J:151925 Li Y, Piatigorsky J, Targeted deletion of Dicer disrupts lens morphogenesis, corneal epithelium stratification, and whole eye development. Dev Dyn. 2009 Sep;238(9):2388-400
1	J:152413 Lin W, Metzakopian E, Mavromatakis YE, Gao N, Balaskas N, Sasaki H, Briscoe J, Whitsett JA, Goulding M, Kaestner KH, Ang SL, Foxa1 and Foxa2 function both upstream of and cooperatively with Lmx1a and Lmx1b in a feedforward loop promoting mesodiencephalic dopaminergic neuron development. Dev Biol. 2009 Sep 15;333(2):386-96
5	J:99395 Maxwell SL, Ho HY, Kuehner E, Zhao S, Li M, Pitx3 regulates tyrosine hydroxylase expression in the substantia nigra and identifies a subgroup of mesencephalic dopaminergic progenitor neurons during mouse development. Dev Biol. 2005 Jun 15;282(2):467-79
4	J:151273 Medina-Martinez O, Shah R, Jamrich M, Pitx3 controls multiple aspects of lens development. Dev Dyn. 2009 Mar 30;238(9):2193-2201
2	J:310537 Mesman S, Smidt MP, Tcf12 Is Involved in Early Cell-Fate Determination and Subset Specification of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons. Front Mol Neurosci. 2017;10:353
1	J:239291 Metzakopian E, Bouhali K, Alvarez-Saavedra M, Whitsett JA, Picketts DJ, Ang SL, Genome-wide characterisation of Foxa1 binding sites reveals several mechanisms for regulating neuronal differentiation in midbrain dopamine cells. Development. 2015 Apr 01;142(7):1315-24
3	J:139364 Meyer U, Engler A, Weber L, Schedlowski M, Feldon J, Preliminary evidence for a modulation of fetal dopaminergic development by maternal immune activation during pregnancy. Neuroscience. 2008 Jun 23;154(2):701-9
1	J:157957 Nakatani T, Kumai M, Mizuhara E, Minaki Y, Ono Y, Lmx1a and Lmx1b cooperate with Foxa2 to coordinate the specification of dopaminergic neurons and control of floor plate cell differentiation in the developing mesencephalon. Dev Biol. 2010 Mar 1;339(1):101-13
3	J:240032 Nouri N, Awatramani R, A novel floor plate boundary defined by adjacent En1 and Dbx1 microdomains distinguishes midbrain dopamine and hypothalamic neurons. Development. 2017 Mar 01;144(5):916-927
1	J:231849 Nouri N, Patel MJ, Joksimovic M, Poulin JF, Anderegg A, Taketo MM, Ma YC, Awatramani R, Excessive Wnt/beta-catenin signaling promotes midbrain floor plate neurogenesis, but results in vacillating dopamine progenitors. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2015 Sep;68:131-42
3	J:308801 Nouri P, Gotz S, Rauser B, Irmler M, Peng C, Trumbach D, Kempny C, Lechermeier CG, Bryniok A, Dlugos A, Euchner E, Beckers J, Brodski C, Klumper C, Wurst W, Prakash N, Dose-Dependent and Subset-Specific Regulation of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuron Differentiation by LEF1-Mediated WNT1/b-Catenin Signaling. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020;8:587778
2	J:143341 Omodei D, Acampora D, Mancuso P, Prakash N, Di Giovannantonio LG, Wurst W, Simeone A, Anterior-posterior graded response to Otx2 controls proliferation and differentiation of dopaminergic progenitors in the ventral mesencephalon. Development. 2008 Oct;135(20):3459-70
1	J:124270 Ono Y, Nakatani T, Sakamoto Y, Mizuhara E, Minaki Y, Kumai M, Hamaguchi A, Nishimura M, Inoue Y, Hayashi H, Takahashi J, Imai T, Differences in neurogenic potential in floor plate cells along an anteroposterior location: midbrain dopaminergic neurons originate from mesencephalic floor plate cells. Development. 2007 Sep;134(17):3213-25
5	J:176574 Peng C, Aron L, Klein R, Li M, Wurst W, Prakash N, Le W, Pitx3 Is a Critical Mediator of GDNF-Induced BDNF Expression in Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic Neurons. J Neurosci. 2011 Sep 7;31(36):12802-12815
1	J:188279 Peng C, Li N, Ng YK, Zhang J, Meier F, Theis FJ, Merkenschlager M, Chen W, Wurst W, Prakash N, A Unilateral Negative Feedback Loop Between miR-200 microRNAs and Sox2/E2F3 Controls Neural Progenitor Cell-Cycle Exit and Differentiation. J Neurosci. 2012 Sep 19;32(38):13292-13308
1	J:131815 Pontoriero GF, Deschamps P, Ashery-Padan R, Wong R, Yang Y, Zavadil J, Cvekl A, Sullivan S, Williams T, West-Mays JA, Cell autonomous roles for AP-2alpha in lens vesicle separation and maintenance of the lens epithelial cell phenotype. Dev Dyn. 2008 Mar;237(3):602-17
2	J:104370 Prakash N, Brodski C, Naserke T, Puelles E, Gogoi R, Hall A, Panhuysen M, Echevarria D, Sussel L, Weisenhorn DM, Martinez S, Arenas E, Simeone A, Wurst W, A Wnt1-regulated genetic network controls the identity and fate of midbrain-dopaminergic progenitors in vivo. Development. 2006 Jan;133(1):89-98
1	J:152847 Prakash N, Puelles E, Freude K, Trumbach D, Omodei D, Di Salvio M, Sussel L, Ericson J, Sander M, Simeone A, Wurst W, Nkx6-1 controls the identity and fate of red nucleus and oculomotor neurons in the mouse midbrain. Development. 2009 Aug;136(15):2545-55
1	J:354049 Pulcrano S, De Gregorio R, De Sanctis C, Volpicelli F, Piscitelli RM, Speranza L, Perrone-Capano C, di Porzio U, Caiazzo M, Martini A, Giacomet C, Medina D, Awatramani R, Viggiano D, Federici M, Mercuri NB, Guatteo E, Bellenchi GC, miR-218 Promotes Dopaminergic Differentiation and Controls Neuron Excitability and Neurotransmitter Release through the Regulation of a Synaptic-Related Genes Network. J Neurosci. 2023 Nov 29;43(48):8104-8125
2	J:186263 Ratzka A, Baron O, Stachowiak MK, Grothe C, Fibroblast growth factor 2 regulates dopaminergic neuron development in vivo. J Neurochem. 2012 Jul;122(1):94-105
2	J:171097 Ribeiro D, Ellwanger K, Glagow D, Theofilopoulos S, Corsini NS, Martin-Villalba A, Niehrs C, Arenas E, Dkk1 regulates ventral midbrain dopaminergic differentiation and morphogenesis. PLoS One. 2011;6(2):e15786
4*	J:68175 Rieger DK, Reichenberger E, McLean W, Sidow A, Olsen BR, A double-deletion mutation in the pitx3 gene causes arrested lens development in aphakia mice. Genomics. 2001 Feb 15;72(1):61-72
1	J:174490 Roussa E, Wiehle M, Dunker N, Becker-Katins S, Oehlke O, Krieglstein K, Transforming growth factor beta is required for differentiation of mouse mesencephalic progenitors into dopaminergic neurons in vitro and in vivo: ectopic induction in dorsal mesencephalon. Stem Cells. 2006 Sep;24(9):2120-9
1	J:235958 Rousso DL, Qiao M, Kagan RD, Yamagata M, Palmiter RD, Sanes JR, Two Pairs of ON and OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells Are Defined by Intersectional Patterns of Transcription Factor Expression. Cell Rep. 2016 May 31;15(9):1930-44
1	J:138714 Rowan S, Conley KW, Le TT, Donner AL, Maas RL, Brown NL, Notch signaling regulates growth and differentiation in the mammalian lens. Dev Biol. 2008 Sep 1;321(1):111-22
2	J:123685 Saarimaki-Vire J, Peltopuro P, Lahti L, Naserke T, Blak AA, Vogt Weisenhorn DM, Yu K, Ornitz DM, Wurst W, Partanen J, Fibroblast growth factor receptors cooperate to regulate neural progenitor properties in the developing midbrain and hindbrain. J Neurosci. 2007 Aug 8;27(32):8581-92
1	J:154113 Sacchetti P, Sousa KM, Hall AC, Liste I, Steffensen KR, Theofilopoulos S, Parish CL, Hazenberg C, Richter LA, Hovatta O, Gustafsson JA, Arenas E, Liver X receptors and oxysterols promote ventral midbrain neurogenesis in vivo and in human embryonic stem cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2009 Oct 2;5(4):409-19
2*	J:46856 Saucedo-Cardenas O, Quintana-Hau JD, Le WD, Smidt MP, Cox JJ , De Mayo F , Burbach JP , Conneely OM, Nurr1 is essential for the induction of the dopaminergic phenotype and the survival of ventral mesencephalic late dopaminergic precursor neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Mar 31;95(7):4013-8
7	J:152222 Schiff M, Weinhold B, Grothe C, Hildebrandt H, NCAM and polysialyltransferase profiles match dopaminergic marker gene expression but polysialic acid is dispensable for development of the midbrain dopamine system. J Neurochem. 2009 Sep;110(5):1661-73
5*	J:47921 Semina EV, Ferrell RE, Mintz-Hittner HA, Bitoun P, Alward WL, Reiter RS, Funkhauser C, Daack-Hirsch S, Murray JC, A novel homeobox gene PITX3 is mutated in families with autosomal-dominant cataracts and ASMD. Nat Genet. 1998 Jun;19(2):167-70
11*	J:63167 Semina EV, Murray JC, Reiter R, Hrstka RF, Graw J, Deletion in the promoter region and altered expression of pitx3 homeobox gene in aphakia mice. Hum Mol Genet. 2000 Jul 1;9(11):1575-85
8*	J:43830 Semina EV, Reiter RS, Murray JC, Isolation of a new homeobox gene belonging to the Pitx/Rieg family: expression during lens development and mapping to the aphakia region on mouse chromosome 19. Hum Mol Genet. 1997 Nov;6(12):2109-16
1	J:185964 Sgado P, Ferretti E, Grbec D, Bozzi Y, Simon HH, The atypical homeoprotein Pbx1a participates in the axonal pathfinding of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons. Neural Dev. 2012;7:24
4*	J:209112 Shimizu H, Kubo A, Uchibe K, Hashimoto M, Yokoyama S, Takada S, Mitsuoka K, Asahara H, The AERO system: a 3D-like approach for recording gene expression patterns in the whole mouse embryo. PLoS One. 2013;8(10):e75754
1	J:86868 Simon R, Lufkin T, Postnatal lethality in mice lacking the Sax2 homeobox gene homologous to Drosophila S59/slouch: evidence for positive and negative autoregulation. Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Dec;23(24):9046-60
1	J:77664 Smidt MP, Asbreuk CH, Cox JJ, Chen H, Johnson RL, Burbach JP, A second independent pathway for development of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons requires Lmx1b. Nat Neurosci. 2000 Apr;3(4):337-41
2	J:88592 Smidt MP, Smits SM, Bouwmeester H, Hamers FP, van der Linden AJ, Hellemons AJ, Graw J, Burbach JP, Early developmental failure of substantia nigra dopamine neurons in mice lacking the homeodomain gene Pitx3. Development. 2004 Mar;131(5):1145-55
6*	J:44602 Smidt MP, van Schaick HS, Lanctot C, Tremblay JJ, Cox JJ, van der Kleij AA, Wolterink G, Drouin J, Burbach JP, A homeodomain gene Ptx3 has highly restricted brain expression in mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Nov 25;94(24):13305-10
2	J:89797 Smits SM, Ponnio T, Conneely OM, Burbach JP, Smidt MP, Involvement of Nurr1 in specifying the neurotransmitter identity of ventral midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Eur J Neurosci. 2003 Oct;18(7):1731-8
2	J:155359 Stuebner S, Faus-Kessler T, Fischer T, Wurst W, Prakash N, Fzd3 and Fzd6 deficiency results in a severe midbrain morphogenesis defect. Dev Dyn. 2010 Jan;239(1):246-60
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