2008
Neurogenesis and asymmetric cell division
Zhong W, Chia W. Neurogenesis and asymmetric cell division. Current Opinion In Neurobiology 2008, 18: 4-11. PMID: 18513950, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural progenitor cellsAsymmetric divisionMammalian neural progenitor cellsAsymmetric cell divisionProgenitor cellsCellular diversityGlial progenyCell divisionCell biologyNeuronal lineageNeural progenitorsCentral nervous systemDivisionNeurogenesisDrosophilaVertebratesCellsLineagesNervous systemBiologyProgenyProgenitorsDiversityNeuroblastsSimilarity
2006
The Enigma of the Numb-Notch Relationship during Mammalian Embryogenesis
Petersen PH, Tang H, Zou K, Zhong W. The Enigma of the Numb-Notch Relationship during Mammalian Embryogenesis. Developmental Neuroscience 2006, 28: 156-168. PMID: 16508312, DOI: 10.1159/000090761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBody PatterningCell DifferentiationCell DivisionCell LineageDrosophila melanogasterEmbryo, MammalianEmbryo, NonmammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenes, HomeoboxMammalsMembrane ProteinsMesodermMiceMice, Mutant StrainsMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein IsoformsReceptors, NotchSomitesStem CellsConceptsAsymmetric cell divisionAntagonistic rolesCell divisionCell fate specificationStem cell maintenanceDefective Notch signalingEmbryonic nervous systemStem/progenitor cellsMammalian embryogenesisNeural stem/progenitor cellsFate specificationCell fateNumb proteinCell maintenanceNumb isoformsMammalian neurogenesisMolecular basisNotch signalingDifferent fatesNumbDifferential regulationStem cellsProgenitor cellsEmbryogenesisPremature depletion
2005
Numb Proteins Specify Asymmetric Cell Fates via an Endocytosis- and Proteasome-Independent Pathway
Tang H, Rompani SB, Atkins JB, Zhou Y, Osterwalder T, Zhong W. Numb Proteins Specify Asymmetric Cell Fates via an Endocytosis- and Proteasome-Independent Pathway. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2005, 25: 2899-2909. PMID: 15798180, PMCID: PMC1069617, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.8.2899-2909.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell DivisionDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEndocytosisJuvenile HormonesMembrane ProteinsMiceMolecular Sequence DataNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuropeptidesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteasome InhibitorsReceptors, NotchSignal TransductionTwo-Hybrid System TechniquesVesicular Transport ProteinsConceptsNumb proteinProteasome-independent pathwayAsymmetric cell fate specificationAsymmetric cell fatesCell fate specificationEps15 homology (EH) domainE3 ubiquitin ligasesNotch protein levelsCell-cell communicationAlpha-adaptinFate specificationEndocytic proteinsDistinct binding motifsDrosophila melanogasterAsymmetric divisionCell fateHomology domainUbiquitin ligasesDaughter cellsNotch activityBinding motifEndocytosisHomologue 1Proteasome activityCell surface
2003
Diversifying Neural Cells through Order of Birth and Asymmetry of Division
Zhong W. Diversifying Neural Cells through Order of Birth and Asymmetry of Division. Neuron 2003, 37: 11-14. PMID: 12526768, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(02)01178-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAsymmetry of divisionCell fate diversificationCell fate determinationAsymmetric cell divisionMature nervous systemFate diversificationDrosophila genesFate determinationCell divisionCell typesProgenitor cellsNeural cellsDevelopmental neurobiologyNervous systemCommon setCellsDivisionGenesDiversityDiversificationKey questions