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ReviewCurrent topics in developmental biology2021

New insights into the molecular mechanisms of axon guidance receptor regulation and signaling.

Yixin Zang, Karina Chaudhari, Greg J Bashaw

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Review in Current topics in developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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60 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yixin ZangDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Karina ChaudhariDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Greg J BashawDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States. Electronic address: gbashaw@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance receptor regulation and signalingR35NS097340 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BASHAW, GREG J. · 2017 to 2024
$5.8M
NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097340
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the nervous system develops, newly differentiated neurons need to extend their axons toward their synaptic targets to form functional neural circuits. During this highly dynamic process of axon pathfinding, guidance receptors expressed at the tips of motile axons interact with soluble guidance cues or membrane tethered molecules present in the environment to be either attracted toward or repelled away from the source of these cues. As competing cues are often present at the same location and during the same developmental period, guidance receptors need to be both spatially and temporally regulated in order for the navigating axons to make appropriate guidance decisions. This regulation is exerted by a diverse array of molecular mechanisms that have come into focus over the past several decades and these mechanisms ensure that the correct complement of surface receptors is present on the growth cone, a fan-shaped expansion at the tip of the axon. This dynamic, highly motile structure is defined by a lamellipodial network lining the periphery of the growth cone interspersed with finger-like filopodial projections that serve to explore the surrounding environment. Once axon guidance receptors are deployed at the right place and time at the growth cone surface, they respond to their respective ligands by initiating a complex set of signaling events that serve to rearrange the growth cone membrane and the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton to affect axon growth and guidance. In this review, we highlight recent advances that shed light on the rich complexity of mechanisms that regulate axon guidance receptor distribution, activation and downstream signaling.

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Axon GuidanceAxon guidanceDCCEphREphrinGrowth coneNetrinPlexinReceptor endocytosisReceptor proteolysisReceptor signalingRoboSemaphorinSlit

Identifiers

PMID33706917
PMCPMC8456978
OpenAlexW3122145821

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