Frank J. Lovicu

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Best Publications

• GROWTH FACTOR REGULATION OF LENS DEVELOPMENT

  Frank Lovicu;Johnston McAvoy;Johnston McAvoy

  395
  Citations

• Transforming Growth Factor-β-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in the Lens: A Model for Cataract Formation

  R.U. de Iongh;E. Wederell;F.J. Lovicu;J.W. McAvoy

  357
  Citations

• Myofibroblast transdifferentiation: The dark force in ocular wound healing and fibrosis

  Daisy Y. Shu;Frank J. Lovicu

  305
  Citations

• FGF-induced lens cell proliferation and differentiation is dependent on MAPK (ERK1/2) signalling.

  Frank J. Lovicu;John W. McAvoy

  237
  Citations

• Overlapping effects of different members of the FGF family on lens fiber differentiation in transgenic mice.

  Frank J. Lovicu;Paul A. Overbeek

  203
  Citations

• TGFβ induces morphological and molecular changes similar to human anterior subcapsular cataract

  Frank J Lovicu;Mark W Schulz;Angela M Hales;Lisa N Vincent

  180
  Citations

• Lens-specific expression of transforming growth factor beta1 in transgenic mice causes anterior subcapsular cataracts.

  Y Srinivasan;F J Lovicu;P A Overbeek

  170
  Citations

• A role for Wnt/β-catenin signaling in lens epithelial differentiation

  Richard J.W Stump;Sharyn Ang;Yongjuan Chen;Tatiana von Bahr

  157
  Citations

• The role of fibroblast growth factor in eye lens development.

  J. W. McAVOY;C. G. Chamberlain;R. U. De Iongh;N. A. Richardson

  150
  Citations

• Requirement for TGFβ receptor signaling during terminal lens fiber differentiation

  Robbert U. de Iongh;Frank J. Lovicu;Paul A. Overbeek;Michael D. Schneider

  146
  Citations

• Patterning the optic neuroepithelium by FGF signaling and Ras activation

  Shulei Zhao;Fang-Cheng Hung;Fang-Cheng Hung;Jennifer S. Colvin;Jennifer S. Colvin;Andrew White;Andrew White

  135
  Citations

• Understanding the role of growth factors in embryonic development: insights from the lens

  FJ Lovicu;JW McAvoy;RU de Iongh

  128
  Citations

• Peter Bishop Lecture: growth factors in lens development and cataract: key roles for fibroblast growth factor and TGF-beta.

  J. W. McAvoy;C. G. Chamberlain;R. U. de Iongh;A. M. Hales

  124
  Citations

• Development of the Ocular Lens

  Frank J. Lovicu;Michael L. Robinson

  113
  Citations

• Fibrosis in the lens. Sprouty regulation of TGFβ-signaling prevents lens EMT leading to cataract

  F.J. Lovicu;E.H. Shin;J.W. McAvoy

  106
  Citations

• Spatial and temporal expression of Wnt and Dickkopf genes during murine lens development.

  S.J Ang;R.J.W Stump;F.J Lovicu;J.W McAvoy

  102
  Citations

• Wnt signaling is required for organization of the lens fiber cell cytoskeleton and development of lens three-dimensional architecture

  Yongjuan Chen;Richard J.W. Stump;Richard J.W. Stump;Frank J. Lovicu;Frank J. Lovicu;Akihiko Shimono

  96
  Citations

• Spatial and temporal expression of p57KIP2 during murine lens development

  F.J. Lovicu;J.W. McAvoy

  93
  Citations

• Differential expression of fibroblast growth factor receptors during rat lens morphogenesis and growth.

  R U de Iongh;F J Lovicu;C G Chamberlain;J W McAvoy

  90
  Citations

• Localization of acidic fibroblast growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, and heparan sulphate proteoglycan in rat lens: implications for lens polarity and growth patterns.

  F J Lovicu;J W McAvoy

  89
  Citations