Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22284182›Full record

ArticleNeuron2012

Notch signaling inhibits axon regeneration.

Rachid El Bejjani, Marc Hammarlund

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Article in Neuron, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Integrin-Driven Axon Regeneration in the Spinal Cord Activates a Distinctive CNS Regeneration Program.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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  19. The Integrin Signaling Network Promotes Axon Regeneration via the Src-Ephexin-RhoA GTPase Signaling Axis.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Rachid El BejjaniDepartment of Genetics, Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, 295 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Marc Hammarlund

Funding

New Mechanisms in Axon RegenerationR01NS094219 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HAMMARLUND, MARC · 2015 to 2025
$4.0M
Horseman, pass by: finding post-developmental functions of essential genesR01NS066082 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HAMMARLUND, MARC · 2009 to 2012
$1.3M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS066082NINDS NIH HHS R01NS066082NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094219
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many neurons have limited capacity to regenerate their axons after injury. Neurons in the mammalian central nervous system do not regenerate, and even neurons in the peripheral nervous system often fail to regenerate to their former targets. This failure is likely due in part to pathways that actively restrict regeneration; however, only a few factors that limit regeneration are known. Here, using single-neuron analysis of regeneration in vivo, we show that Notch/lin-12 signaling inhibits the regeneration of mature C. elegans neurons. Notch signaling suppresses regeneration by acting autonomously in the injured cell to prevent growth cone formation. The metalloprotease and gamma-secretase cleavage events that lead to Notch activation during development are also required for its activity in regeneration. Furthermore, blocking Notch activation immediately after injury improves regeneration. Our results define a postdevelopmental role for the Notch pathway as a repressor of axon regeneration in vivo.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxonsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsGrowth ConesMembrane ProteinsNerve RegenerationNeuronsReceptors, NotchRecovery of FunctionSignal TransductionCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsLin-12 protein, C elegansMembrane ProteinsReceptors, Notch

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PMID22284182
PMCPMC3690129

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