How Wnt Signaling Builds the Brain: Bridging Development and Disease
| Autor: | Rivka Noelanders, Kris Vleminckx |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Beta-catenin Brain development biology General Neuroscience Wnt signaling pathway Subventricular zone Brain Disease 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure medicine biology.protein Animals Humans Neural differentiation Neurology (clinical) Nervous System Diseases Induced pluripotent stem cell Neuroscience Neural development Wnt Signaling Pathway |
| Zdroj: | The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry. 23(3) |
| ISSN: | 1089-4098 |
| Popis: | Wnt/β-catenin signaling plays a crucial role throughout all stages of brain development and remains important in the adult brain. Accordingly, many neurological disorders have been linked to Wnt signaling. Defects in Wnt signaling during neural development can give rise to birth defects or lead to neurological dysfunction later in life. Developmental signaling events can also be hijacked in the adult and result in disease. Moreover, knowledge about the physiological role of Wnt signaling in the brain might lead to new therapeutic strategies for neurological diseases. Especially, the important role for Wnt signaling in neural differentiation of pluripotent stem cells has received much attention as this might provide a cure for neurodegenerative disorders. In this review, we summarize the versatile role of Wnt/β-catenin signaling during neural development and discuss some recent studies linking Wnt signaling to neurological disorders. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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