Revisiting netrin-1: one who guides (axons)

NP Boyer, SL Gupton - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Proper patterning of the nervous system requires that developing axons find appropriate
postsynaptic partners; this entails microns to meters of extension through an extracellular …

Syndecan receptors: pericellular regulators in development and inflammatory disease

S Gopal, S Arokiasamy, C Pataki… - Open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The syndecans are the major family of transmembrane proteoglycans, usually bearing
multiple heparan sulfate chains. They are present on virtually all nucleated cells of …

Adamtsl3 mediates DCC signaling to selectively promote GABAergic synapse function

TML Cramer, B Pinan-Lucarre, A Cavaccini, A Damilou… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
The molecular code that controls synapse formation and maintenance in vivo has remained
quite sparse. Here, we identify that the secreted protein Adamtsl3 functions as critical …

The dynamic nature of netrin-1 and the structural basis for glycosaminoglycan fragment-induced filament formation

M Meier, M Gupta, S Akgül, M McDougall… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Netrin-1 is a bifunctional chemotropic guidance cue that plays key roles in diverse cellular
processes including axon pathfinding, cell migration, adhesion, differentiation, and survival …

Neural tissue homeostasis and repair is regulated via CS and DS proteoglycan motifs

AJ Hayes, J Melrose - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is the most abundant and widely distributed glycosaminoglycan
(GAG) in the human body. As a component of proteoglycans (PGs) it has numerous roles in …

Glial progenitor heterogeneity and key regulators revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing provide insight to regeneration in spinal cord injury

H Wei, X Wu, J Withrow, RCD Duran, S Singh… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Recent studies have revealed the heterogeneous nature of astrocytes; however, how
diverse constituents of astrocyte-lineage cells are regulated in adult spinal cord after injury …

The Genetics of Axon Guidance and Axon Regeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans

AD Chisholm, H Hutter, Y Jin, WG Wadsworth - Genetics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The correct wiring of neuronal circuits depends on outgrowth and guidance of neuronal
processes during development. In the past two decades, great progress has been made in …

[HTML][HTML] GPC3-Unc5 receptor complex structure and role in cell migration

O Akkermans, C Delloye-Bourgeois, C Peregrina… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Neural migration is a critical step during brain development that requires the interactions of
cell-surface guidance receptors. Cancer cells often hijack these mechanisms to disseminate …

The CNS/PNS extracellular matrix provides instructive guidance cues to neural cells and neuroregulatory proteins in neural development and repair

J Melrose, AJ Hayes, G Bix - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background. The extracellular matrix of the PNS/CNS is unusual in that it is dominated by
glycosaminoglycans, especially hyaluronan, whose space filling and hydrating properties …

Neural glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins in synaptic specification

JW Um, J Ko - Trends in cell biology, 2017 - cell.com
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins are a specialized class of lipid-
associated neuronal membrane proteins that perform diverse functions in the dynamic …