[Study of regeneration in amphibians in age of molecular-genetic approaches and methods]

Genetika. 2013 Jan;49(1):55-72. doi: 10.7868/s0016675813010049.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The results of molecular-genetic mechanisms of regeneration in amphibians are reviewed. Based on the examples of traditional and well-studied models of the restoration of the retinas and lenses of eyes, as well as limbs and tails in amphibians, we analyze the current state of regeneration problems and questions linked to cell reprogramming, growth, and generate morphogenesis. The development of the Kol'tsov school of thought in the age of molecular-genetic approaches and methods are monitored. The contemporary interpretation of organ regeneration in terms of molecular-genetic regulation and a new look at the definition of regeneration as repeated development is proposed. We also emphasize the current problems that exist in that field of developmental biology and are caused by the many difficulties of genome sequencing and the introduction oftransgenesis in Urodela, the animal species with the highest regeneration abilities.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cellular Reprogramming
  • Extremities / physiology
  • Lens, Crystalline / physiology
  • Morphogenesis / genetics
  • Regeneration / genetics*
  • Tail / physiology
  • Urodela / genetics*
  • Urodela / physiology