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Development ePress online publication date 7 Mar 2007
doi: 10.1242/dev.000117
Review
Foxe view of lens development and disease
Olga Medina-Martinez
and
Milan Jamrich*
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: jamrich{at}bcm.tmc.edu)
The recent identification of a mutation in Foxe3 that causes congenital primary aphakia in humans marks an important milestone. Congenital primary aphakia is a rare developmental disease in which the lens does not form. Previously, Foxe3 had been shown to play a crucial role in vertebrate lens formation and this gene is one of the earliest integrators of several signaling pathways that cooperate to form a lens. In this review, we highlight recent advances that have led to a better understanding of the developmental processes and gene regulatory networks involved in lens development and disease.
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