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ArticleNature2010

Notch and EGFR pathway interaction regulates neural stem cell number and self-renewal.

Adan Aguirre, Maria E Rubio, Vittorio Gallo

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Article in Nature, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 256 papers.

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256citing papers in PubMed
18.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

256 citing papers in PubMed, 472 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Adan AguirreCenter for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia 20010, USA.
Maria E Rubio
Vittorio Gallo
Children's National · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

NEUROIMAGING COREP30HD040677 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VITTORIO GALLO, VITTORIO GALLO VITTORIO GALLO · 2001 to 2015
$15.9M
A Common Glial-Neuronal Progenitor in Postnatal BrainR01NS045702 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VITTORIO GALLO, VITTORIO GALLO VITTORIO GALLO · 2004 to 2014
$3.7M
Characterization of Sox17 as a Regulator of Oligodendrocyte Cell DifferentiationR01NS056427 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VITTORIO GALLO, VITTORIO GALLO VITTORIO GALLO · 2007 to 2011
$1.8M
Molecular neuroanatomy of the cochlear nucleus in deafnessR01DC006881 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI RUBIO-VALERO, MARIA-EULALIA · 2006 to 2010
$1.4M
ROLE OF NG2 CELLS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE NICHER00NS057944 · NINDS · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI AGUIRRE, ADAN A · 2010 to 2012
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A role for EGF receptor signaling in oligodendrocyte development and repairK99NS057944 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI AGUIRRE, ADAN A · 2007 to 2008
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Specialized cellular microenvironments, or 'niches', modulate stem cell properties, including cell number, self-renewal and fate decisions. In the adult brain, niches that maintain a source of neural stem cells (NSCs) and neural progenitor cells (NPCs) are the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the lateral ventricle and the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. The size of the NSC population of the SVZ at any time is the result of several ongoing processes, including self-renewal, cell differentiation, and cell death. Maintaining the balance between NSCs and NPCs in the SVZ niche is critical to supply the brain with specific neural populations, both under normal conditions or after injury. A fundamental question relevant to both normal development and to cell-based repair strategies in the central nervous system is how the balance of different NSC and NPC populations is maintained in the niche. EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) and Notch signalling pathways have fundamental roles during development of multicellular organisms. In Drosophila and in Caenorhabditis elegans these pathways may have either cooperative or antagonistic functions. In the SVZ, Notch regulates NSC identity and self-renewal, whereas EGFR specifically affects NPC proliferation and migration. This suggests that interplay of these two pathways may maintain the balance between NSC and NPC numbers. Here we show that functional cell-cell interaction between NPCs and NSCs through EGFR and Notch signalling has a crucial role in maintaining the balance between these cell populations in the SVZ. Enhanced EGFR signalling in vivo results in the expansion of the NPC pool, and reduces NSC number and self-renewal. This occurs through a non-cell-autonomous mechanism involving EGFR-mediated regulation of Notch signalling. Our findings define a novel interaction between EGFR and Notch pathways in the adult SVZ, and thus provide a mechanism for NSC and NPC pool maintenance.

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Signal TransductionAnimalsCell CountCell DivisionErbB ReceptorsHumansMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsProtein BindingReceptor, Notch1Receptors, NotchStem Cell NicheStem CellsErbB ReceptorsMembrane ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNotch1 protein, mouseNumb protein, mouseReceptor, Notch1Receptors, Notch

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PMID20844536
PMCPMC2941915
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