2015
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 3 Controls Neural Stem Cell Activation in Mice and Humans
Han J, Calvo CF, Kang TH, Baker KL, Park JH, Parras C, Levittas M, Birba U, Pibouin-Fragner L, Fragner P, Bilguvar K, Duman RS, Nurmi H, Alitalo K, Eichmann AC, Thomas JL. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 3 Controls Neural Stem Cell Activation in Mice and Humans. Cell Reports 2015, 10: 1158-1172. PMID: 25704818, PMCID: PMC4685253, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.01.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCells, CulturedEmbryonic Stem CellsExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesHippocampusHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesisProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRecombinant ProteinsSignal TransductionVascular Endothelial Growth Factor CVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3ConceptsHuman embryonic stem cellsNeural stem cellsVascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3Growth factor receptor 3NSC activationStem cellsProgenitor cellsAdult hippocampal neural stem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsNeural stem cell activationStem cell activationQuiescent neural stem cellsNeural progenitor cellsCell fateReceptor 3Specific regulatorsAdult mammalian hippocampusMolecular mechanismsCell cycleHippocampal neural stem cellsLigand VEGFERK pathwayConditional deletionNew neuronsVEGFR3
2006
VEGF-C is a trophic factor for neural progenitors in the vertebrate embryonic brain
Le Bras B, Barallobre MJ, Homman-Ludiye J, Ny A, Wyns S, Tammela T, Haiko P, Karkkainen MJ, Yuan L, Muriel MP, Chatzopoulou E, Bréant C, Zalc B, Carmeliet P, Alitalo K, Eichmann A, Thomas JL. VEGF-C is a trophic factor for neural progenitors in the vertebrate embryonic brain. Nature Neuroscience 2006, 9: 340-348. PMID: 16462734, DOI: 10.1038/nn1646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBrainCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedEvolution, MolecularIntermediate Filament ProteinsLarvaLateral VentriclesMiceMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicNerve Growth FactorsNerve Tissue ProteinsNestinNeuronsOligodendrogliaOptic NerveRatsRats, WistarStem CellsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor CVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3Xenopus laevisConceptsNeural progenitor cellsReceptor VEGFR-3Mouse embryosNeural progenitorsVEGFR-3Progenitor cellsVertebrate embryonic brainBlood vessel defectsOligodendrocyte precursor cellsXenopus laevisAction of VEGFEmbryonic brainVascular endothelial growth factor CVEGF-C knockdownNeural cellsPrecursor cellsVessel defectsFactor CEmbryosGrowth factorProgenitorsCellsProliferation of OPCsVascular systemLymphatic vessels