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ArticleBiochemical and biophysical research communications2020

Non-neural surface ectodermal rosette formation and F-actin dynamics drive mammalian neural tube closure.

Chengji J Zhou, Yu Ji, Kurt Reynolds, Moira McMahon, Michael A Garland, Shuwen Zhang, Bo Sun, Ran Gu, Mohammad Islam, Yue Liu and 3 more

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Article in Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chengji J ZhouInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children & University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA. Electronic address: cjzhou@ucdavis.edu.
Yu JiInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children & University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Kurt ReynoldsInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children & University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Moira McMahonInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children & University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Michael A GarlandInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children & University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Shuwen ZhangInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children & University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Bo SunInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children & University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Ran GuInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children & University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Mohammad IslamInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children & University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Yue LiuInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children & University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Tianyu ZhaoInstitute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children & University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
Grace HsuDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
Janet IwasaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
Shriners Hospitals for Children - Erie · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of orofacial cleftsR01DE026737 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI ZHOU, CHENGJI · 2017 to 2021
$3.1M
Surface ectodermal mechanism and maternal intervention of neural tube defectsR01NS102261 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI ZHOU, CHENGJI · 2018 to 2022
$2.5M
Wnt Signaling in Craniofacial Developmental DisordersR01DE021696 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI ZHOU, CHENGJI · 2011 to 2015
$1.9M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE021696NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE026737NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS102261
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanisms underlying mammalian neural tube closure remain poorly understood. We report a unique cellular process involving multicellular rosette formation, convergent cellular protrusions, and F-actin cable network of the non-neural surface ectodermal cells encircling the closure site of the posterior neuropore, which are demonstrated by scanning electron microscopy and genetic fate mapping analyses during mouse spinal neurulation. These unique cellular structures are severely disrupted in the surface ectodermal transcription factor Grhl3 mutants that exhibit fully penetrant spina bifida. We propose a novel model of mammalian neural tube closure driven by surface ectodermal dynamics, which is computationally visualized.

Indexed as

NeurulationActinsAnimalsDNA-Binding ProteinsEctodermMiceMutationNeural TubeNeural Tube DefectsSpinal DysraphismSpineTranscription FactorsActinsDNA-Binding ProteinsGrhl3 protein, mouseTranscription FactorsComputational visual modelingConvergent F-actin protrusions and cable networkGrhl3-KO miceMulticellular rosette formationNon-neural surface ectodermal cellsPosterior neuropore (PNP)

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PMID32248972
PMCPMC7210071
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