Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Dual regulatory switch through interactions of Tcf7l2/Tcf4 with stage-specific partners propels oligodendroglial maturation

  • Chuntao Zhao,
  • Yaqi Deng,
  • Lei Liu,
  • Kun Yu,
  • Liguo Zhang,
  • Haibo Wang,
  • Xuelian He,
  • Jincheng Wang,
  • Changqing Lu,
  • Laiman N Wu,
  • Qinjie Weng,
  • Meng Mao,
  • Jianrong Li,
  • Johan H van Es,
  • Mei Xin,
  • Lee Parry,
  • Steven A Goldman,
  • Hans Clevers,
  • Q. Richard Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10883
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulates oligodendrocyte (OL) development. Here the authors show that Tcf7l2, a β-catenin transcriptional partner,sequentially interacts with stage-specific partners to coordinate the transitions of differentiation initiation and maturation during OL development.