Looking at an Oft-Overlooked Part of the Eye: A New Perspective on Ciliary Body Development in Chick

Vol. 26, No. 5-6, 2004

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Looking at an Oft-Overlooked Part of the Eye: A New Perspective on Ciliary Body Development in Chick
Jeanette Hyer

Department of Neurosurgical Research, University of California, San Francisco, Calif., USA

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Dev Neurosci 2004;26:456-465 (DOI: 10.1159/000082287)

Key Words

Eye development
Chick embryo
Ciliary body epithelium
Ocular
Optic
Differentiation
Organogenesis
Vertebrate

Abstract

The ciliary body is an essential tissue for the development and homeostasis of the vertebrate eye. Embryonically, the epithelial portion of the ciliary body derives from the neuroepithelium of the optic cup, however, it differentiates into a secretory tissue and produces an aqueous humor that sustains the lens and cornea, and maintains the requisite pressure within the orb. The unique differentiation of this portion of the optic cup is little understood. This article reviews what is known about the development of the ciliary body and presents some preliminary findings that may lead to a new model for the formation of the ciliary body.

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Jeanette Hyer
Department of Neurosurgical Research, Box 0520
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143 (USA)
Tel. +1 415 514 2447, Fax +1 415 514 0825, E-Mail jdhyer@itsa.ucsf.edu

Article Information

Received: March 8, 2004
Accepted: September 13, 2004
Number of Print Pages : 10
Number of Figures : 4, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 59

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