Sonic hedgehog signaling in organogenesis, tumors, and tumor microenvironments

KS Jeng, CF Chang, SS Lin - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
During mammalian embryonic development, primary cilia transduce and regulate several
signaling pathways. Among the various pathways, Sonic hedgehog (SHH) is one of the most …

Thyroid hormone receptors in brain development and function

J Bernal - Nature clinical practice Endocrinology & metabolism, 2007 - nature.com
Thyroid hormones are important during development of the mammalian brain, acting on
migration and differentiation of neural cells, synaptogenesis, and myelination. The actions of …

Failure of human rhombic lip differentiation underlies medulloblastoma formation

LD Hendrikse, P Haldipur, O Saulnier, J Millman… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma (MB) comprises a group of heterogeneous paediatric embryonal
neoplasms of the hindbrain with strong links to early development of the hindbrain 1, 2, 3, 4 …

Spatial and cell type transcriptional landscape of human cerebellar development

KA Aldinger, Z Thomson, IG Phelps, P Haldipur… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The human neonatal cerebellum is one-fourth of its adult size yet contains the blueprint
required to integrate environmental cues with developing motor, cognitive and emotional …

Childhood cerebellar tumours mirror conserved fetal transcriptional programs

MC Vladoiu, I El-Hamamy, LK Donovan, H Farooq… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Study of the origin and development of cerebellar tumours has been hampered by the
complexity and heterogeneity of cerebellar cells that change over the course of …

mito-QC illuminates mitophagy and mitochondrial architecture in vivo

TG McWilliams, AR Prescott, GFG Allen, J Tamjar… - Journal of Cell …, 2016 - rupress.org
Autophagic turnover of mitochondria, termed mitophagy, is proposed to be an essential
quality-control (QC) mechanism of pathophysiological relevance in mammals. However, if …

METTL3-mediated m6A modification is required for cerebellar development

CX Wang, GS Cui, X Liu, K Xu, M Wang, XX Zhang… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA methylation is the most abundant modification on mRNAs
and plays important roles in various biological processes. The formation of m6A is catalyzed …

A single-cell transcriptional atlas of the developing murine cerebellum

RA Carter, L Bihannic, C Rosencrance, JL Hadley… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
The cerebellum develops from a restricted number of cell types that precisely organize to
form the circuitry that controls sensory-motor coordination and some higher-order cognitive …

Origins, development, and compartmentation of the granule cells of the cerebellum

GG Consalez, D Goldowitz, F Casoni… - Frontiers in neural …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Granule cells (GCs) are the most numerous cell type in the cerebellum and indeed, in the
brain: at least 99% of all cerebellar neurons are granule cells. In this review article, we first …

Comparative milestones in rodent and human postnatal central nervous system development

CJ Zeiss - Toxicologic Pathology, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Within the substantially different time scales characterizing human and rodent brain
development, key developmental processes are remarkably preserved. Shared processes …