[HTML][HTML] Development of the brain vasculature and the blood-brain barrier in zebrafish

C Quiñonez-Silvero, K Hübner, W Herzog - Developmental biology, 2020 - Elsevier
To ensure tissue homeostasis the brain needs to be protected from blood-derived
fluctuations or pathogens that could affect its function. Therefore, the brain capillaries …

Progenitor/stem cells in vascular remodeling during pulmonary arterial hypertension

F Dierick, J Solinc, J Bignard, F Soubrier, S Nadaud - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by an important occlusive vascular
remodeling with the production of new endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells …

Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulates VE-cadherin-mediated anastomosis of brain capillaries by counteracting S1pr1 signaling

K Hübner, P Cabochette, R Diéguez-Hurtado… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Canonical Wnt signaling is crucial for vascularization of the central nervous system and
blood-brain barrier (BBB) formation. BBB formation and modulation are not only important …

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of vascular endothelial cells in zebrafish embryos

S Gurung, NK Restrepo, B Chestnut, L Klimkaite… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Vascular endothelial cells exhibit substantial phenotypic and transcriptional heterogeneity
which is established during early embryogenesis. However, the molecular mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Wnt/β-catenin signaling acts cell-autonomously to promote cardiomyocyte regeneration in the zebrafish heart

A Bertozzi, CC Wu, S Hans, M Brand… - Developmental biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Zebrafish can achieve scar-free healing of heart injuries, and robustly replace all
cardiomyocytes lost to injury via dedifferentiation and proliferation of mature cardiomyocytes …

The role of Wnt signaling in mesenchymal stromal cell-driven angiogenesis

P Mankuzhy, A Dharmarajan, LR Perumalsamy… - Tissue and Cell, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Development, growth, and remodeling of blood vessels occur through an intricate
process involving cell differentiation, proliferation, and rearrangement by cell migration …

Endoderm-derived islet1-expressing cells differentiate into endothelial cells to function as the vascular HSPC niche in zebrafish

H Nakajima, H Ishikawa, T Yamamoto, A Chiba… - Developmental Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Endothelial cells (ECs) line blood vessels and serve as a niche for hematopoietic stem and
progenitor cells (HSPCs). Recent data point to tissue-specific EC specialization as well as …

The Tabulae Paralytica: Multimodal single-cell and spatial atlases of spinal cord injury

MA Skinnider, M Gautier, AYY Teo, C Kathe, TH Hutson… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Here, we introduce the Tabulae Paralytica—a compilation of four atlases of spinal cord
injury (SCI) comprising a single-nucleus transcriptome atlas of half a million cells; a …

Transglutaminase Type 2 regulates the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in vertebrates

F Rossin, R Costa, M Bordi, M D'Eletto… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
TG2 is a multifunctional enzyme involved in several cellular processes and has emerging as
a potential regulator of gene expression. In this regard, we have recently shown that TG2 is …

Updated perspectives on vascular cell specification and pluripotent stem cell-derived vascular organoids for studying vasculopathies

C Liu, K Niu, Q Xiao - Cardiovascular Research, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Vasculopathy is a pathological process occurring in the blood vessel wall, which could affect
the haemostasis and physiological functions of all the vital tissues/organs and is one of the …