Complexity of the Wnt/β‑catenin pathway: Searching for an activation model

GG Tortelote, RR Reis, F de Almeida Mendes… - Cellular signalling, 2017 - Elsevier
Wnt signaling refers to a conserved signaling pathway, widely studied due to its roles in
cellular communication, cell fate decisions, development and cancer. However, the exact …

Wnt/β‐catenin signaling during early vertebrate neural development

D Brafman, K Willert - Developmental neurobiology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The vertebrate central nervous system (CNS) is comprised of vast number of distinct cell
types arranged in a highly organized manner. This high degree of complexity is achieved by …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic signatures and correlates of widespread population declines in salmon

SJ Lehnert, T Kess, P Bentzen, MP Kent, S Lien… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Global losses of biodiversity are occurring at an unprecedented rate, but causes are often
unidentified. Genomic data provide an opportunity to isolate drivers of change and even …

[HTML][HTML] The role of Xenopus developmental biology in unraveling Wnt signalling and antero-posterior axis formation

C Niehrs - Developmental biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Wnt signalling plays an eminent role in development, stem cell growth, and tissue
homeostasis. Much of what we know about Wnt signalling, we owe to research in …

Functional regulation of Wnt protein through post-translational modifications

J Yu, DM Virshup - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Wnts are lipid-modified signaling glycoproteins present in all metazoans that play key roles
in development and homeostasis. Post-translational modifications of Wnts regulate their …

The potential impact of new generation transgenic methods on creating rabbit models of cardiac diseases

Z Bősze, P Major, I Baczkó, KE Odening… - Progress in Biophysics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Since the creation of the first transgenic rabbit thirty years ago, pronuclear microinjection
remained the single applied method and resulted in numerous important rabbit models of …

Tiki proteins are glycosylphosphatidylinositol‐anchored proteases

M Li, J Zheng, X He, X Zhang - FEBS letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wnt signalling pathways play pivotal roles in development, homeostasis and human
diseases, and are tightly regulated. We previously identified Tiki as a novel family of Wnt …

Frizzled receptors facilitate Tiki inhibition of Wnt signaling at the cell surface

M Li, J Zheng, D Luo, K Xu, R Sheng… - EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
The membrane‐tethered protease Tiki antagonizes Wnt3a signaling by cleaving and
inactivating Wnt3a in Wnt‐producing cells. Tiki also functions in Wnt‐receiving cells to …

The role of Wnt signaling in Xenopus neural induction

I Velloso, W Han, X He, JG Abreu - Current Topics in Developmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of the central nervous system in amphibians has called attention from
scientists for over a century. Interested in the matter of embryonic inductions, Hans Spemann …

[PDF][PDF] Renal dysplasia in Leonberger dogs-An emerging recessive congenital disorder?

A Letko, C Gurtner, V Jagannathan, C Drögemüller - Animal genetics, 2024 - boris.unibe.ch
Renal dysplasia (RD) is a complex congenital disease characterised by abnormal
differentiation of renal tissue (Greco, 2001). Several forms of inherited RD have been …