Neurogenesis during development of the vertebrate central nervous system

JTML Paridaen, WB Huttner - EMBO reports, 2014 - embopress.org
During vertebrate development, a wide variety of cell types and tissues emerge from a single
fertilized oocyte. One of these tissues, the central nervous system, contains many types of …

[HTML][HTML] bHLH factors in self-renewal, multipotency, and fate choice of neural progenitor cells

I Imayoshi, R Kageyama - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
Multipotent neural progenitor cells (NPCs) undergo self-renewal while producing neurons,
astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes. These processes are controlled by multiple basic helix …

[HTML][HTML] An epigenetic barrier sets the timing of human neuronal maturation

G Ciceri, A Baggiolini, HS Cho, M Kshirsagar… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The pace of human brain development is highly protracted compared with most other
species,,,,,–. The maturation of cortical neurons is particularly slow, taking months to years to …

The roles of insulin‐like growth factor 2 mRNA‐binding protein 2 in cancer and cancer stem cells

J Cao, Q Mu, H Huang - Stem cells international, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
RNA‐binding proteins (RBPs) mediate the localization, stability, and translation of the target
transcripts and fine‐tune the physiological functions of the proteins encoded. The insulin …

Maintaining genome stability in the nervous system

PJ McKinnon - Nature neuroscience, 2013 - nature.com
Active maintenance of genome stability is a prerequisite for the development and function of
the nervous system. The high replication index during neurogenesis and the long life of …

Dynamic control of neural stem cells by bHLH factors

R Kageyama, H Shimojo, T Ohtsuka - Neuroscience research, 2019 - Elsevier
During brain development, neural stem cells change their competency to give sequential
rise to neurons and glial cells. Expression of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH)-type cell-fate …

Evolution of genetic mechanisms regulating cortical neurogenesis

A Espinós, E Fernández‐Ortuño… - Developmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The size of the cerebral cortex increases dramatically across amniotes, from reptiles to great
apes. This is primarily due to different numbers of neurons and glial cells produced during …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions of HMGB Proteins with the Genome and the Impact on Disease

CK Voong, JA Goodrich, JF Kugel - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
High Mobility Group Box (HMGB) proteins are small architectural DNA binding proteins that
regulate multiple genomic processes such as DNA damage repair, nucleosome sliding …

[HTML][HTML] HMGA genes and proteins in development and evolution

R Vignali, S Marracci - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
HMGA (high mobility group A)(HMGA1 and HMGA2) are small non-histone proteins that can
bind DNA and modify chromatin state, thus modulating the accessibility of regulatory factors …

[HTML][HTML] HMGA proteins as modulators of chromatin structure during transcriptional activation

N Ozturk, I Singh, A Mehta, T Braun… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
High mobility group (HMG) proteins are the most abundant non-histone chromatin
associated proteins. HMG proteins bind to DNA and nucleosome and alter the structure of …