... highlight the importance of Sox8 for the homeostasis of adipose tissue, Sertoli cells and the blood-testis-barrier functioning, and the maintenance of myelin in the central nervous system. Emerging evidence points to SOX8 as a promising candidate for a disease-causing gene in humans and suggests...

...Laura Fontenas ABSTRACT The central and peripheral nervous systems (CNS and PNS, respectively) are two separate yet connected domains characterized by molecularly distinct cellular components that communicate via specialized structures called transition zones to allow information to travel from...

... (Da), homologous to all three mammalian counterparts. Here we show that human TCF4 can rescue Da deficiency during fruit fly nervous system development. Overexpression of Da or TCF4 specifically in adult flies significantly decreases their survival rates, indicating that these factors are crucial even...

.... References Achatz , J. G. and Martinez , P. ( 2012 ). The nervous system of Isodiametra pulchra (Acoela) with a discussion on the neuroanatomy of the Xenacoelomorpha and its evolutionary implications . Front. Zool. 9 , 27 . 10.1186/1742-9994-9-27 Andersen , R. A. , Berges , J...

..., and electron microscopy identified changes in glycocalyx organization during regeneration. Thus, N. vectensis thrombospondins share structural features with thrombospondins from mammals and may have roles in the nervous system and in matrix reorganization during regeneration. References Adams J. C...