Search Results - "Novitch, Bennett G."
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Identification of neural oscillations and epileptiform changes in human brain organoids
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-10-2021)“…Brain organoids represent a powerful tool for studying human neurological diseases, particularly those that affect brain growth and structure. However, many…”
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Sox9 and NFIA Coordinate a Transcriptional Regulatory Cascade during the Initiation of Gliogenesis
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (12-04-2012)“…Transcriptional cascades that operate over the course of lineage development are fundamental mechanisms that control cellular differentiation. In the…”
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ERK Inhibition Rescues Defects in Fate Specification of Nf1-Deficient Neural Progenitors and Brain Abnormalities
Published in Cell (17-08-2012)“…Germline mutations in the RAS/ERK signaling pathway underlie several related developmental disorders collectively termed neuro-cardio-facial-cutaneous (NCFC)…”
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Notch Activity Modulates the Responsiveness of Neural Progenitors to Sonic Hedgehog Signaling
Published in Developmental cell (26-05-2015)“…Throughout the developing nervous system, neural stem and progenitor cells give rise to diverse classes of neurons and glia in a spatially and temporally…”
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Foxp-Mediated Suppression of N-Cadherin Regulates Neuroepithelial Character and Progenitor Maintenance in the CNS
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (26-04-2012)“…Neuroepithelial attachments at adherens junctions are essential for the self-renewal of neural stem and progenitor cells and the polarized organization of the…”
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Gli protein activity is controlled by multisite phosphorylation in vertebrate Hedgehog signaling
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (01-01-2014)“…Gli proteins are transcriptional effectors of the Hedgehog (Hh) pathway in both normal development and cancer. We describe a program of multisite…”
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Self-Organized Cerebral Organoids with Human-Specific Features Predict Effective Drugs to Combat Zika Virus Infection
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (10-10-2017)“…The human cerebral cortex possesses distinct structural and functional features that are not found in the lower species traditionally used to model brain…”
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25-Hydroxycholesterol Protects Host against Zika Virus Infection and Its Associated Microcephaly in a Mouse Model
Published in Immunity (Cambridge, Mass.) (21-03-2017)“…Zika virus (ZIKV) has become a public health threat due to its global transmission and link to severe congenital disorders. The host immune responses to ZIKV…”
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Olig2 and Hes regulatory dynamics during motor neuron differentiation revealed by single cell transcriptomics
Published in PLoS biology (01-02-2018)“…During tissue development, multipotent progenitors differentiate into specific cell types in characteristic spatial and temporal patterns. We addressed the…”
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Dynamic assignment and maintenance of positional identity in the ventral neural tube by the morphogen sonic hedgehog
Published in PLoS biology (01-06-2010)“…Morphogens are secreted signalling molecules that act in a graded manner to control the pattern of cellular differentiation in developing tissues. An example…”
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Interpretation of the sonic hedgehog morphogen gradient by a temporal adaptation mechanism
Published in Nature (29-11-2007)“…Morphogens act in developing tissues to control the spatial arrangement of cellular differentiation. The activity of a morphogen has generally been viewed as a…”
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Regulatory pathways linking progenitor patterning, cell fates and neurogenesis in the ventral neural tube
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (12-01-2008)“…in vitro…”
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New perspectives on the mechanisms establishing the dorsal-ventral axis of the spinal cord
Published in Current topics in developmental biology (01-01-2019)“…Distinct classes of neurons arise at different positions along the dorsal-ventral axis of the spinal cord leading to spinal neurons being segregated along this…”
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Atomic structure of a toxic, oligomeric segment of SOD1 linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (15-08-2017)“…Fibrils and oligomers are the aggregated protein agents of neuronal dysfunction in ALS diseases. Whereas we now know much about fibril architecture, atomic…”
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Foxp1 Regulates Neural Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Bias Toward Deep Layer Cortical Fates
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (11-02-2020)“…The laminar architecture of the mammalian neocortex depends on the orderly generation of distinct neuronal subtypes by apical radial glia (aRG) during…”
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Coordinated Actions of the Forkhead Protein Foxp1 and Hox Proteins in the Columnar Organization of Spinal Motor Neurons
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (31-07-2008)“…The formation of locomotor circuits depends on the spatially organized generation of motor columns that innervate distinct muscle and autonomic nervous system…”
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The splicing regulator PTBP1 controls the activity of the transcription factor Pbx1 during neuronal differentiation
Published in eLife (24-12-2015)“…The RNA-binding proteins PTBP1 and PTBP2 control programs of alternative splicing during neuronal development. PTBP2 was found to maintain embryonic splicing…”
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Foxp1-mediated programming of limb-innervating motor neurons from mouse and human embryonic stem cells
Published in Nature communications (14-04-2015)“…Spinal motor neurons (MNs) control diverse motor tasks including respiration, posture and locomotion that are disrupted by neurodegenerative diseases such as…”
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Directed Differentiation of Human‐Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Generates Active Motor Neurons
Published in Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) (01-04-2009)“…The potential for directed differentiation of human‐induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to functional postmitotic neuronal phenotypes is unknown. Following…”
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PLZF regulates fibroblast growth factor responsiveness and maintenance of neural progenitors
Published in PLoS biology (01-10-2013)“…Distinct classes of neurons and glial cells in the developing spinal cord arise at specific times and in specific quantities from spatially discrete neural…”
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