University of Heidelberg

Mechanisms, functions and evolution of Wnt signaling pathways

 


 

Publications

 

2nd Funding Period (FOR 1036/2, 9.12.2011 - 9.12.2014)

 

TP04: Dietmar Gradl

  • Holzer, T., Liffers, K., Rahm, K., Trageser, B., Ozbek, S., Gradl, D. (2012). Live imaging of active fluorophore labelled Wnt proteins. FEBS Lett. 586:1638-1644.
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TP06: Herbert Steinbeisser

  • Kietzmann, A., Wang, Y., Weber, D., Steinbeisser, H. (2012). Xenopus paraxial protocadherin inhibits Wnt/β-catenin signalling via casein kinase 2β. EMBO Rep. 13:129-34.
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AP2: Matthias Carl

  • Beretta, C.A., Dross, N., Gutierrez-Triana, J.A., Ryu, S., Carl, M. (2012). Habenula circuit development: past, present and future. Frontiers in Neuroscience 6:51.
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1st Funding Period (FOR 1036, 9.12.2008 - 8.12.2011)

 

TP1: Thomas Holstein

  • Nakamura, Y., Tsiairis, C.D., Özbek, S., Holstein, T.W. (2011). Autoregulatory and repressive inputs localize Hydra Wnt3 to the head organizer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108:9137-42.
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  • Chapman, J., Kirkness, E.F., Simakov, O., Hampson, S.E., Mitros, T., Weinmaier, T., Rattei, T., Borman, J., Busam, D., Disbennett, K., Sumin, N., Sutton, G.G., Viswanathan, L.D., Walenz, B., Goodstein, D.M., Hellsten, U., Kawashima, T., Prochnik, S.E., Putnam, N.H., Shu, S., Blumberg, B., Dana, C.E., Gee, L., Kibler, D.F., Law, L., Lindgens, D., Martinez, D.E., Peng, J., Wigge, P.A., Balasubramanian, P., Bertulat, B., Guder, G., Nakamura, Y., Özbek, S., Watanabe, H., Kalthurin, K., Hemmrich, G., Franke, A., Augustin, R., Fraune, S., Hayakawa, E., Hayakawa, S., Hirose, M., Hwang, J.S., Ikeo, K., Nishimiya-Fujisawa, C., Ogura, A., Takahasi, T., Steinmetz, P.R.H., Aufschnaiter, R., Eder, M., Gorny, A., Salvenmoser, W., Heimberg, A.M., Wheeler, B.M., Peterson, K.J., Böttger, A., Tischler P., Wolf, A., Gojobori, T., Remington, K.A., Strausberg, R.L., Venter, J.C., Technau, U., Hobmayer, B., Bosch, T.C.G., Holstein, T.W., Fujisawa, T., Bode, H.R., David, C.N., Rokhsar, D.S., Steele, R. (2010). The dynamic genome of Hydra. Nature 464:592-6.
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TP2: Suat Özbek

  • Nakamura, Y., Tsiairis, C.D., Özbek, S., Holstein, T.W. (2011). Autoregulatory and repressive inputs localize Hydra Wnt3 to the head organizer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108:9137-42.
    » Link to the publication
  • Chapman, J., Kirkness, E.F., Simakov, O., Hampson, S.E., Mitros, T., Weinmaier, T., Rattei, T., Borman, J., Busam, D., Disbennett, K., Sumin, N., Sutton, G.G., Viswanathan, L.D., Walenz, B., Goodstein, D.M., Hellsten, U., Kawashima, T., Prochnik, S.E., Putnam, N.H., Shu, S., Blumberg, B., Dana, C.E., Gee, L., Kibler, D.F., Law, L., Lindgens, D., Martinez, D.E., Peng, J., Wigge, P.A., Balasubramanian, P., Bertulat, B., Guder, G., Nakamura, Y., Özbek, S., Watanabe, H., Kalthurin, K., Hemmrich, G., Franke, A., Augustin, R., Fraune, S., Hayakawa, E., Hayakawa, S., Hirose, M., Hwang, J.S., Ikeo, K., Nishimiya-Fujisawa, C., Ogura, A., Takahasi, T., Steinmetz, P.R.H., Aufschnaiter, R., Eder, M., Gorny, A., Salvenmoser, W., Heimberg, A.M., Wheeler, B.M., Peterson, K.J., Böttger, A., Tischler P., Wolf, A., Gojobori, T., Remington, K.A., Strausberg, R.L., Venter, J.C., Technau, U., Hobmayer, B., Bosch, T.C.G., Holstein, T.W., Fujisawa, T., Bode, H.R., David, C.N., Rokhsar, D.S., Steele, R. (2010). The dynamic genome of Hydra. Nature 464:592-6.
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TP3: Michael Boutros

  • Buechling, T., Boutros, M. (2011). Wnt signaling signaling at and above the receptor level. Current Topics in Developmental Biology 97:21-53. » Link to the publication
  • Buechling, T., Chaudhary, V., Spirohn, K., Weiss, M., Boutros, M. (2011). p24 proteins are required for secretion of Wnt ligands. EMBO Reports 12:1265-72.
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  • Glinka, A., Dolde, C., Kirsch, N., Huang, Y.L., Kazanskaya, O., Ingelfinger, D., Boutros, M., Cruciat, C.M., Niehrs, C. (2011). LGR4 and LGR5 are R-spondin receptors mediating Wnt/β-catenin and Wnt/PCP signalling. EMBO reports 12(10):1055-61.
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  • Liang, J., Fu, Y., Cruciat, C.M., Jia, S., Wang, Y., Tong, Z., Tao, Q., Ingelfinger, D., Boutros, M., Meng, A., Niehrs, C., Wu, W. (2011). Transmembrane Protein 198 Promotes LRP6 Phosphorylation and Wnt Signaling Activation. Molecular and Cellular Biology 31(13):2577-90.
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  • Niehrs, C., Boutros, M. (2010). Trafficking, acidification, and growth factor signaling. Science Signaling 3:pe26.
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  • Buechling, T., Bartscherer, K., Ohkawara, B., Chaudhary, V., Spirohn, K., Niehrs, C., Boutros, M. (2010). Wnt/Frizzled signaling requires dPRR, the Drosophila homolog of the prorenin receptor. Current Biology 20:1263-8.
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  • Cruciat, C.M., Ohkawara, B., Acebron, S.P., Karaulanov, E., Reinhard, C., Ingelfinger, D., Boutros, M., Niehrs, C. (2010). Requirement of prorenin receptor an vacuolar H+-ATPase-mediated acidification for Wnt signaling. Science 327:459-63.
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  • Davidson, G., Shen, J., Huang, Y.L., Su, Y., Karaulanov, E., Bartscherer, K., Hassler, C., Stannek, P., Boutros, M., Niehrs, C. (2009). Cell cycle control of wnt receptor activation. Developmental Cell 17:788-99.
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TP3: Christoph Niehrs

  • Ohkawara, B., Glinka, A., Niehrs, C. (2011). Rspo3 binds syndecan 4 and induces Wnt/PCP signaling via clathrin-mediated endocytosis to promote morphogenesis. Developmental cell 20: 303-314.
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  • Glinka, A., Dolde, C., Kirsch, N., Huang, Y.L., Kazanskaya, O., Ingelfinger, D., Boutros, M., Cruciat, C.M., Niehrs, C. (2011). LGR4 and LGR5 are R-spondin receptors mediating Wnt/β-catenin and Wnt/PCP signalling. EMBO reports 12(10):1055-61.
    » Link to the publication
  • Liang, J., Fu, Y., Cruciat, C.M., Jia, S., Wang, Y., Tong, Z., Tao, Q., Ingelfinger, D., Boutros, M., Meng, A., Niehrs, C., Wu, W. (2011). Transmembrane Protein 198 Promotes LRP6 Phosphorylation and Wnt Signaling Activation. Molecular and Cellular Biology 31(13):2577-90.
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  • Ohkawara, B., Niehrs, C. (2011). An ATF2-based luciferase reporter to monitor non-canonical Wnt signaling in Xenopus embryos. Developmental Dynamics 240:188-94.
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  • Niehrs, C., Boutros, M. (2010). Trafficking, acidification, and growth factor signaling. Science Signaling 3:pe26.
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  • Davidson, G., Niehrs, C. (2010). Emerging links between CDK cell cycle regulators and Wnt signaling. Trends in Cell Biology 20: 453-60.
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  • Buechling, T., Bartscherer, K., Ohkawara, B., Chaudhary, V., Spirohn, K., Niehrs, C., Boutros, M. (2010). Wnt/Frizzled signaling requires dPRR, the Drosophila homolog of the prorenin receptor. Current Biology 20:1263-8.
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  • Schulze, J., Seitz, S., Saito, H., Schneebauer, M., Marshall, R.P., Baranowsky, A., Busse, B., Schilling, A.F., Friedrich, F.W., Albers, J., Spiro, A.S., Zustin, J., Streichert, T., Ellwanger, K., Niehrs, C., Amling, M., Baron, R., Schinke, T. (2010). Negative regulation of bone formation by the transmembrane Wnt antagonist Kremen-2. PLoS One 5:e10309.
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  • Niehrs, C. (2010). On growth and form: a Cartesian coordinate system of Wnt and BMP signaling specifies bilaterian body axes. Development 137:845-57. Review
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  • Wang, Y., Fu, Y., Gao, L., Zhu, G., Liang, J., Gao, C., Huang, B., Fenger, U., Niehrs, C., Chen, Y.G., Wu, W. (2010.) Xenopus skip modulates Wnt/beta-catenin signaling and functions in neural crest induction. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 285:10890-901.
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  • Cruciat, C.M., Ohkawara, B., Acebron, S.P., Karaulanov, E., Reinhard, C., Ingelfinger, D., Boutros, M., Niehrs, C. (2010). Requirement of prorenin receptor an vacuolar H+-ATPase-mediated acidification for Wnt signaling. Science 327:459-63.
    » Link to the publication
  • Davidson, G., Shen, J., Huang, Y.L., Su, Y., Karaulanov, E., Bartscherer, K., Hassler, C., Stannek, P., Boutros, M., Niehrs, C. (2009). Cell cycle control of wnt receptor activation. Developmental Cell 17:788-99.
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TP4: Doris Wedlich

  • Jung, B., Köhler, A., Schambony, A., Wedlich, D. (2011). PAPC and the Wnt5a/Ror2 pathway control the invagination of the oticplacode in Xenopus. BMC Dev. Biol. 11:36.
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  • Rigo-Watermeier, T., Kraft, B., Ritthaler, M., Wallkamm, V., Holstein, T.W., Wedlich, D. (2011). Functional conservation of Nematostella Wnts in canonical and noncanonical Wnt-signaling. Biology Open1:43-51.
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  • Koenig, S.F., Brentle, S., Hamdi, K., Fichtner, D., Wedlich, D., Gradl, D. (2010). En2, Pax2/5 and Tcf-4 transcription factors cooperate in patterning the Xenopus brain. Dev Biol. 340(2):318-328.
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TP5: Dietmar Gradl

  • Koenig, S.F., Brentle, S., Hamdi, K., Fichtner, D., Wedlich, D., Gradl, D. (2010). En2, Pax2/5 and Tcf-4 transcription factors cooperate in patterning the Xenopus brain. Developmental Biology 340: 318-28.
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TP6: Herbert Steinbeisser

  • Köster, I., Jungwirth, M.S., Steinbeisser, H. (2010). xGit2 and xRhoGAP 11A regulate convergent extension and tissue separation in Xenopus gastrulation. Dev. Biol. 344(1):26-35.
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TP7: Stefan Hardt

  • Hagenmüller, M., Malekar, P., Fieger, C., Weiss, C.S., Buss, S.J., Wolf, D., Katus, H.A., Hardt, S.E. (2010). Depletion of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) via siRNA mediated knockdown leads to stabilization of β-catenin and elicits distinct features of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. FEBS Letters 584: 74-80.
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  • Malekar, P., Hagenmüller, M., Anyanwu, A., Buss, S., Streit, M.R., Weiss, C.S., Wolf, D., Riffel, J., Bauer, A., Katus, H.A., Hardt, S. E. (2010). Wnt signaling is critical for maladaptive cardiac hypertrophy and accelerates myocardial remodelling. Hypertension 55:939-945.
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