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ArticleNature neuroscience2013

Arl13b-regulated cilia activities are essential for polarized radial glial scaffold formation.

Holden Higginbotham, Jiami Guo, Yukako Yokota, Nicole L Umberger, Chen-Ying Su, Jingjun Li, Nisha Verma, Joshua Hirt, Vladimir Ghukasyan, Tamara Caspary and 1 more

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 131 papers.

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131citing papers in PubMed
11.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

131 citing papers in PubMed, 209 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. ARL13B-Cerulean rescuesbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  17. Neuronal guidance behaviours: the primary cilium perspective.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Holden HigginbothamUniversity of North Carolina Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Jiami Guo
Yukako Yokota
Nicole L Umberger
Chen-Ying Su
Jingjun Li
Nisha Verma
Joshua Hirt
Vladimir Ghukasyan
Tamara Caspary
E S Anton
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USEmory University · US

Funding

UNC Neuroscience Center Research Cores: MicroscopyP30NS045892 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ZYLKA, MARK J. · 2003 to 2022
$11.5M
PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETICST32GM008490 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BOSS, JEREMY M. · 1993 to 2022
$8.0M
ROLE OF GGF IN RADIAL GLIAL CELL DEVELOPMENTR01MH060929 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ANTON, EVA S · 2000 to 2019
$5.7M
The role of mouse ARL13B in cell diversification during spinal cord developmentR01NS056380 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI CASPARY, TAMARA J. · 2007 to 2010
$1.5M
Training Program in Human Disease GeneticsT32MH087977 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI WARREN, STEPHEN T. · 2009 to 2013
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008490NIGMS NIH HHS T32GM008490NIMH NIH HHS MH060929NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH060929NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH087977NINDS NIH HHS NS056380NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS045892NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS056380
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The construction of cerebral cortex begins with the formation of radial glia. Once formed, polarized radial glial cells divide either symmetrically or asymmetrically to balance appropriate production of progenitor cells and neurons. Following birth, neurons use the processes of radial glia as scaffolding for oriented migration. Radial glia therefore provide an instructive structural matrix to coordinate the generation and placement of distinct groups of cortical neurons in the developing cerebral cortex. We found that Arl13b, a cilia-enriched small GTPase that is mutated in Joubert syndrome, was critical for the initial formation of the polarized radial progenitor scaffold. Using developmental stage-specific deletion of Arl13b in mouse cortical progenitors, we found that early neuroepithelial deletion of ciliary Arl13b led to a reversal of the apical-basal polarity of radial progenitors and aberrant neuronal placement. Arl13b modulated ciliary signaling necessary for radial glial polarity. Our findings indicate that Arl13b signaling in primary cilia is crucial for the initial formation of a polarized radial glial scaffold and suggest that disruption of this process may contribute to aberrant neurodevelopment and brain abnormalities in Joubert syndrome-related ciliopathies.

Indexed as

Abnormalities, MultipleADP-Ribosylation FactorsAnimalsAxonemeCell DivisionCell PolarityCerebellar DiseasesCerebellumCerebral CortexCerebral VentriclesCiliaEpitheliumEye AbnormalitiesHumansKidney Diseases, CysticMiceADP-Ribosylation FactorsARL13B protein, humanArl13b protein, mouseNerve Tissue Proteins

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PMID23817546
PMCPMC3866024
OpenAlexW2077144885

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