2015
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a019240
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Organ-Size Regulation in Mammals

Abstract: The control of organism and organ size is a central question in biology. Despite the attention it has received, our understanding of how adult organ size is determined and maintained is still incomplete. Early work has shown that both autonomous and regulated mechanisms drive vertebrate organ growth, and both intrinsic and extrinsic cues contribute to organ size. The molecular nature of organ-size determinants has been the subject of intense study, and major pathways, which underlie cell interactions controlli… Show more

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“…In addition, forcing proliferation in fly wing imaginal discs alters cell size, but triggers sufficient apoptosis to maintain organ size (Neufeld et al 1998). We refer the reader to Roth and Walkowiak (2015) and Penzo-Méndez and Stanger (2015) for further discussion of organ size regulation.…”
Section: Introduction: Cells Maintain a Characteristic Cell Sizementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, forcing proliferation in fly wing imaginal discs alters cell size, but triggers sufficient apoptosis to maintain organ size (Neufeld et al 1998). We refer the reader to Roth and Walkowiak (2015) and Penzo-Méndez and Stanger (2015) for further discussion of organ size regulation.…”
Section: Introduction: Cells Maintain a Characteristic Cell Sizementioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is consistent with the observation that many tissues show both autonomous and regulated growth (109).…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 81%
“…The regulation of tissue size is a fundamental question in biology as, in mammals, the adult body mass ranges from ~1.5 grams in the Etruscan shrew to ~1.5 million grams in the blue whale 27 . A direct example of tissue size reduction is observed in the limb size of domesticated animals, such as dogs, cats, and cows, compared to their wild ancestors 19 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%