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ArticleiScience2018

Apical Cell-Cell Adhesions Reconcile Symmetry and Asymmetry in Zebrafish Neurulation.

Chuanyu Guo, Jian Zou, Yi Wen, Wei Fang, Donna Beer Stolz, Ming Sun, Xiangyun Wei

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Article in iScience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. The Roles of Par3, Par6, and aPKC Polarity Proteins in Normal Neurodevelopment and in Neurodegenerative and Neuropsychiatric Disorders.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chuanyu GuoDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Jian ZouDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Yi WenDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Wei FangDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Donna Beer StolzDepartment of Cell and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Ming SunDepartment of Cell and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Xiangyun WeiDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: weix@upmc.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Virus Production and Manipulation of Protein/Gene Expression ModuleP30EY008098 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Ethan A Rossi · 1989 to 2026
$17.8M
Retinal Epithelial Polarity and Cellular Patterning:Crbs and their associatesR01EY016099 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WEI, XIANGYUN · 2005 to 2012
$2.7M
Crumbs proteins for photoreceptor development and health maintenanceR01EY025638 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WEI, XIANGYUN · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
Regulating retinal gene expression in three-dimensional nuclear spaceR21EY023665 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WEI, XIANGYUN · 2014 to 2015
$419k
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY008098NEI NIH HHS R01 EY016099NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025638NEI NIH HHS R21 EY023665
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The symmetric tissue and body plans of animals are paradoxically constructed with asymmetric cells. To understand how the yin-yang duality of symmetry and asymmetry are reconciled, we asked whether apical polarity proteins orchestrate the development of the mirror-symmetric zebrafish neural tube by hierarchically modulating apical cell-cell adhesions. We found that apical polarity proteins localize by a pioneer-intermediate-terminal order. Pioneer proteins establish the mirror symmetry of the neural rod by initiating two distinct types of apical adhesions: the parallel apical adhesions (PAAs) cohere cells of parallel orientation and the novel opposing apical adhesions (OAAs) cohere cells of opposing orientation. Subsequently, the intermediate proteins selectively augment the PAAs when the OAAs dissolve by endocytosis. Finally, terminal proteins are required to inflate the neural tube by generating osmotic pressure. Our findings suggest a general mechanism to construct mirror-symmetric tissues: tissue symmetry can be established by organizing asymmetric cells opposingly via adhesions.

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PMID29901027
PMCPMC5994761
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