WNT signaling increases proliferation and impairs differentiation of stem cells in the developing cerebellum

Development

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1724-1733

  Pei, Yanxin ^a,b   Brun, Sonja N ^a,b   Markant, Shirley L ^a,b   Lento, William ^b   Gibson, Paul ^c   Taketo, Makoto M ^d   Giovannini, Marco ^e   Gilbertson, Richard J ^c   Wechsler Reya, Robert J ^a,b  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HOUSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Cerebellum; Mouse; Self renewal; Stem cell; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

MUS;

EID: 84859812631     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.050104     Document Type: Article

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