Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) induces different responses in lens epithelial cells depending on its concentration

Mesoderm induction in early Xenopus embryos by heparin-binding growth factors

1987 • 953 citations

Synergistic induction of mesoderm by FGF and TGF-β and the identification of an mRNA coding for FGF in the early xenopus embryo

1987 • 883 citations

Cell proliferation and migration as revealed by radioautography after injection of thymidine-H3 into male rats and mice

1960 • 811 citations

Endothelial cell-derived heparan sulfate binds basic fibroblast growth factor and protects it from proteolytic degradation.

1988 • 810 citations

A maternal mRNA localized to the vegetal hemisphere in xenopus eggs codes for a growth factor related to TGF-β

1987 • 747 citations

Lens Differentiation in Vertebrates

1981 • 638 citations

Purification of a factor from human placenta that stimulates capillary endothelial cell protease production, DNA synthesis, and migration.

1986 • 354 citations

Molecular Characterization of Fibroblast Growth Factor: Distribution and Biological Activities in Various Tissues

1986 • 340 citations

Cell Production and Migration in the Epithelial Layer of the Cornea

1960 • 327 citations

Purification from a human hepatoma cell line of a basic fibroblast growth factor-like molecule that stimulates capillary endothelial cell plasminogen activator production, DNA synthesis, and migration.

1986 • 272 citations

Retina- and eye-derived endothelial cell growth factors: partial molecular characterization and identity with acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors

1985 • 268 citations

Lens Development: Fiber Elongation and Lens Orientation

1963 • 243 citations

Cell division, cell elongation and distribution of α-, β- and γ-crystallins in the rat lens

1978 • 185 citations

Induction of Lens Fibre Differentiation by Acidic and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF)

1989 • 155 citations

The Control of Cell Division in the Ocular Lens

1971 • 147 citations

Bovine retina contains three growth factor activities with different affinity to heparin: eye derived growth factor I, II, III

1985 • 139 citations

Evidence that fibroblast growth factor promotes lens fibre differentiation

1987 • 127 citations

Inductive effects of fibroblast growth factor and lithium ion on Xenopus blastula ectoderm

1988 • 126 citations

Is There a Ubiquitous Growth Factor in the Eye?

1981 • 111 citations

Induction of the Eye Lens

1980 • 111 citations

Characterization of acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors in brain, retina and vitreous chick embryo

1987 • 96 citations

Cell Production and Migration in the Epithelial Layer of the Lens

1961 • 87 citations

GROWTH OF LENS AND OCULAR ENVIRONMENT: ROLE OF NEURAL RETINA IN THE GROWTH OF MOUSE LENS AS REVEALED BY AN IMPLANTATION EXPERIMENT

1976 • 84 citations

Structural analysis of lens epithelial explants induced to differentiate into fibres by fibroblast growth factor (FGF)

1989 • 80 citations

Neural retinas promote cell division and fibre differentiation in lens epithelial explants

1984 • 73 citations

Induction of mesodermal tissues by acidic and basic heparin binding growth factors

1988 • 68 citations

Onset of fibre differentiation in cultured rat lens epithelium under the influence of neural retina-conditioned medium

1984 • 68 citations

Expression of the gene for main intrinsic polypeptide (MIP): separate spatial distributions of MIP and beta-crystallin gene transcripts in rat lens development.

1988 • 59 citations

Sequential structural response of lens epithelium to retina-conditioned medium

1984 • 51 citations

β- and γ-Crystallin Synthesis in Rat Lens Epithelium Explanted with Neural Retina

1980 • 48 citations

Chicken lens development: Epithelial cell production and migration

1966 • 47 citations

Age-related changes in fibre differentiation of rat lens epithelial explants exposed to fibroblast growth factor

1990 • 44 citations

Cell lineage analysis of lens epithelial cells induced to differentiate into fibres

1988 • 27 citations

Analysis of an inductive interaction between lens and neural retina in rats of different ages

1986 • 12 citations