Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Constitutive activation of canonical Wnt signaling disrupts choroid plexus epithelial fate

  • Arpan Parichha,
  • Varun Suresh,
  • Mallika Chatterjee,
  • Aditya Kshirsagar,
  • Lihi Ben-Reuven,
  • Tsviya Olender,
  • M. Mark Taketo,
  • Velena Radosevic,
  • Mihaela Bobic-Rasonja,
  • Sara Trnski,
  • Michael J. Holtzman,
  • Nataša Jovanov-Milosevic,
  • Orly Reiner,
  • Shubha Tole

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27602-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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The cerebrospinal fluid-secreting choroid plexus needs a balanced level of canonical Wnt signaling. Here the authors show that if this signaling is over-activated, the choroid plexus loses its properties and function, and transforms to a neuronal identity.