Retinoids in Development and Disease

Preface<br>Gregg Duester and Norbert Ghyselinck<br>1. Retinoids, Retinol-Binding Protein 2 (RBP2), Retinol-Binding Protein 4 (RBP4): Obesity and Metabolic Disease<br>William S. Blaner<br>2. Early Retinoic Acid Signaling Organizes the Body Axis and Defines Domains for the Forelimb and Eye<br>Gregg Duester<br>3. Rethinking Retinoic Acid Self-Regulation: A Signaling Robustness Network Approach<br>Abraham Fainsod and Rajanikanth Vadigepalli<br>4. Meiotic initiation in the fetal ovary without retinoic acid receptors: an unforeseen twist<br>Norbert Ghyselinck<br>5. Action of retinoic acid on progenitor cells in the testis<br>Michael David Griswold<br>6. Role of Cellular retinoic acid binding proteins (CRABPs) in regulating retinoic acid metabolism and signaling<br>Nina Isoherranen<br>7. Retinoic acid homeostasis and disease<br>Maureen A. Kane<br>8. Redefining the roles of endogenously produced retinoic acid in heart development and regeneration: lessons from genetic models<br>Alexander R. Moise<br>9. The Multifaceted Roles of Retinoids in Vision, Eye Development, and Retinal Degenerative Diseases<br>Krzysztof Palczewski<br>10. Essential roles for retinoid signaling in craniofacial development<br>Lisa L. Sandell<br>11. Retinoic acid signaling in pancreas development, islet function, and pancreatic diseases<br>Lori Sussel and David Lorberbaum<br>12. Vitamin A supply in the eye and establishment of the visual cycle<br>Johannes von Lintig