Shasha Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Ying Dong, Lingna Guo, Zhong Zhang, Buwei Shao, Jieyu Qi, Han Zhou, Weijie Zhu, Xiaoqian Yan, Guodong Hong, Liyan Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang, Mingliang Tang, Chunjie Zhao, Xia Gao, Renjie Chai
Foxg1 is one of the forkhead box genes that are involved in morphogenesis, cell fate determination, and proliferation, and Foxg1 was previously reported to be required for morphogenesis of the mammalian inner ear. However, Foxg1 knock-out mice die at birth, and thus the role of Foxg1 in regulating hair cell (HC) regeneration after birth remains unclear. Here we used Sox2CreER/+ Foxg1loxp/loxp mice and Lgr5-EGFPCreER/+ Foxg1loxp/loxp mice to conditionally knock down Foxg1 specifically in Sox2+ SCs and Lgr5+ progenitors, respectively, in neonatal mice...
April 2020: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences: CMLS