2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
New Therapy for Retinoblastoma by Targeting Retinal Progenitor Cells
| Project/Area Number |
22659311
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Ophthalmology
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
UEMURA Akiyoshi 神戸大学, 大学院・医学研究科, 特命助教 (30373278)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
AZUMA Noriyuki 国立成育医療センター, 眼科, 医長 (10159395)
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| Research Collaborator |
FUNA Keiko スウェーデン Gothenburg大学
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 網膜芽細胞腫 / 網膜前駆細胞 / ミュラーグリア細胞 / Tlx / VEGFR2 |
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| Research Abstract |
Retinoblastoma is caused by deregulated proliferation of retinal progenitor cells, which normally differentiate into all types of retinal neurons and Muller glia. Therefore, it is expected that molecular mechanisms which regulate differentiation and proliferation of retinal progenitor cells can be novel targets to treat retinoblastoma. In this research program, we demonstrated that the nuclear receptor Tlx and the receptor tyrosine kinase VEGFR2 are co-expressed in retinal progenitor cells, and disruptions of these genes similarly resulted in abnormal development and impaired homeostasis of mouse retinal tissues.
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