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ReviewDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2010

To build a synapse: signaling pathways in neuromuscular junction assembly.

Haitao Wu, Wen C Xiong, Lin Mei

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Review in Development (Cambridge, England), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 283 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

283 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Postsynaptic Complexin Mediates Constitutive Exocytosis of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  7. Decreased Serum 5-HT: Clinical Correlates and Regulatory Role in NMJ of MG.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2026
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  8. Muscle-Derived BMP4 Regulates Morphology and Function of Endplates on Extrafusal and Intrafusal Muscle Fibers in Adult Mice.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  12. Neddylation E1 Obligatory Subunit Nae1 Is Critical to Neuromuscular Junction Development and Maintenance.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  14. Molecular organization of central cholinergic synapses.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  18. The MuSK agonist antibody protects the neuromuscular junction and extends the lifespan in C9orf72-ALS mice.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2024
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  19. Aberrant evoked calcium signaling and nAChR cluster morphology in aFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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223 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Haitao WuProgram of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Wen C Xiong
Lin Mei

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synapses, as fundamental units of the neural circuitry, enable complex behaviors. The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is a synapse type that forms between motoneurons and skeletal muscle fibers and that exhibits a high degree of subcellular specialization. Aided by genetic techniques and suitable animal models, studies in the past decade have brought significant progress in identifying NMJ components and assembly mechanisms. This review highlights recent advances in the study of NMJ development, focusing on signaling pathways that are activated by diffusible cues, which shed light on synaptogenesis in the brain and contribute to a better understanding of muscular dystrophy.

Indexed as

AgrinAnimalsCollagenFibroblast Growth FactorsGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic FactorLamininMotor NeuronsMuscle Fibers, SkeletalNeurogliaNeuromuscular JunctionReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, CholinergicReceptors, LDLSignal TransductionSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionAgrinCollagenFibroblast Growth FactorsGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic FactorLamininReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, CholinergicReceptors, LDLWnt Proteins

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PMID20215342
PMCPMC2835321

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