Neuroblastoma pathogenesis: deregulation of embryonic neural crest development

JA Tomolonis, S Agarwal, JM Shohet - Cell and tissue research, 2018 - Springer
Neuroblastoma (NB) is an aggressive pediatric cancer that originates from neural crest
tissues of the sympathetic nervous system. NB is highly heterogeneous both from a clinical …

[HTML][HTML] The sympathoadrenal cell lineage: specification, diversification, and new perspectives

K Huber - Developmental biology, 2006 - Elsevier
During the past years considerable progress has been made in understanding the
generation of cell diversity in the neural crest (NC). Sympathoadrenal (SA) cells constitute a …

[HTML][HTML] A twist of insight-the role of Twist-family bHLH factors in development

RM Barnes, AB Firulli - The International journal of developmental …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Members of the Twist-family of bHLH proteins play a pivotal role in a number of essential
developmental programs. Twist-family bHLH proteins function by dimerizing with other …

Enteric neuronal density contributes to the severity of intestinal inflammation

KG Margolis, K Stevanovic, N Karamooz, ZS Li… - Gastroenterology, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Enteric neurons have been reported to be increased in inflamed
regions of the bowel in patients with inflammatory bowel disease or intestinal …

[PDF][PDF] Trunk neural crest cells: formation, migration and beyond

GA Vega-Lopez, S Cerrizuela, MJ Aybar - Int. J. Dev. Biol, 2017 - academia.edu
Neural crest cells (NCCs) are a multipotent, migratory cell population that generates an
astonishingly diverse array of cell types during vertebrate development. The trunk neural …

BMP signaling regulates sympathetic nervous system development through Smad4-dependent and-independent pathways

Y Morikawa, A Zehir, E Maska, C Deng… - …, 2009 - journals.biologists.com
Induction of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) from its neural crest (NC) precursors is
dependent on BMP signaling from the dorsal aorta. To determine the roles of BMP signaling …

[HTML][HTML] Hand2 determines the noradrenergic phenotype in the mouse sympathetic nervous system

Y Morikawa, F D'Autréaux, MD Gershon… - Developmental …, 2007 - Elsevier
The basic helix–loop–helix (bHLH) transcription factor Hand2 has been shown to play a role
in the development of the mammalian sympathetic nervous system (SNS); however, its …

[HTML][HTML] Hand2 is required in the epithelium for palatogenesis in mice

W Xiong, F He, Y Morikawa, X Yu, Z Zhang, Y Lan… - Developmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor Hand2 has been implicated in the
development of multiple organs, including craniofacial organs. Mice carrying Hand2 …

Transcriptional control of the terminal fate of monoaminergic neurons

N Flames, O Hobert - Annual review of neuroscience, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Monoaminergic neurons are critical functional components of all nervous systems across
phylogeny. The terminally differentiated state of individual types of monoaminergic neurons …

Expression of Hand2 is sufficient for neurogenesis and cell type–specific gene expression in the enteric nervous system

TJ Hendershot, H Liu, AA Sarkar… - … dynamics: an official …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The basic helix‐loop‐helix DNA binding protein Hand2 is expressed in neural crest–derived
precursors of enteric neurons and has been shown to affect both neurogenesis and …