Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Siah2 integrates mitogenic and extracellular matrix signals linking neuronal progenitor ciliogenesis with germinal zone occupancy

  • Taren Ong,
  • Niraj Trivedi,
  • Randall Wakefield,
  • Sharon Frase,
  • David J. Solecki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19063-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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In neural development, progenitors transition from a proliferative to a differentiated state. Here, the authors show that cerebellar granule neurons retract primary cilia as they exit their proliferative niche upon decreased ECM engagement, enabling radial migration due to loss of Shh sensitivity.