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ReviewEMBO reports2011

Cease and desist: modulating short-range Dpp signalling in the stem-cell niche.

Robin E Harris, Hilary L Ashe

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Review in EMBO reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. PIWI proteins and piRNAs: key regulators of stem cell biology.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  15. The TGF-β Family in the Reproductive Tract.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2017
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  17. Control of signaling molecule range during developmental patterning.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Robin E HarrisFaculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
Hilary L Ashe

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drosophila ovarian germline stem cells (GSCs) are maintained by the extracellular BMP2/4 orthologue Dpp, which is produced from the surrounding somatic niche. The Dpp signal has a short range; it induces a response in GSCs within the niche, but is rapidly extinguished in their progeny only one cell-diameter away. To ensure the correct balance between stem-cell maintenance and differentiation, several regulatory mechanisms that modulate the Dpp signal at many stages of the pathway have been described. Here, we discuss the nature of the ovarian Dpp signal and review the catalogue of mechanisms that regulate it, demonstrating how the exquisite modulation of Dpp signalling in this context can result in precise and robust control of stem-cell fate. This modulation is applicable to other stem-cell environments that use BMPs as a niche signal, and the regulatory mechanisms are conceptually relevant to several other stem-cell systems.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsCell DifferentiationDrosophilaExtracellular SpaceFemaleGerm CellsHumansIntracellular SpaceOvaryStem Cell NicheBone Morphogenetic Proteins

Identifiers

PMID21546910
PMCPMC3128284

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