[HTML][HTML] Impact of the Olig family on neurodevelopmental disorders

J Szu, A Wojcinski, P Jiang, S Kesari - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Olig genes encode members of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) family of transcription
factors. Olig1, Olig2, and Olig3 are expressed in both the developing and mature central …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell profiling reveals an endothelium-mediated immunomodulatory pathway in the eye choroid

…, T Dalotto-Moreno, A Wojcinski… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
Disclosures: Dr. Nolan reported personal fees from Angiocrine Bioscience during the conduct
of the study; in addition, Dr. Nolan had a patent number 9,944,897 issued" Angiocrine …

Cerebellar granule cell replenishment postinjury by adaptive reprogramming of Nestin+ progenitors

A Wojcinski, AK Lawton, NS Bayin, Z Lao… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Regeneration of several organs involves adaptive reprogramming of progenitors, but the
intrinsic capacity of the developing brain to replenish lost cells remains largely unknown. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Plexin-B2 orchestrates collective stem cell dynamics via actomyosin contractility, cytoskeletal tension and adhesion

…, A Ramakrishnan, R Alves Dias, A Wojcinski… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
During morphogenesis, molecular mechanisms that orchestrate biomechanical dynamics
across cells remain unclear. Here, we show a role of guidance receptor Plexin-B2 in …

[HTML][HTML] Biological functions of the Olig gene family in brain cancer and therapeutic targeting

JI Szu, IF Tsigelny, A Wojcinski, S Kesari - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Olig genes encode members of the basic helix–loop–helix (bHLH) family of transcription
factors. Olig1, Olig2, and Olig3 are expressed in both the developing and mature central …

Lateral cerebellum is preferentially sensitive to high sonic hedgehog signaling and medulloblastoma formation

IL Tan, A Wojcinski, H Rallapalli… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The main cell of origin of the Sonic hedgehog (SHH) subgroup of medulloblastoma (MB) is
granule cell precursors (GCPs), a SHH-dependent transient amplifying population in the …

CSF1R inhibition depletes tumor-associated macrophages and attenuates tumor progression in a mouse sonic Hedgehog-Medulloblastoma model

…, RM Sanghrajka, N Sumru Bayin, A Tanne, A Wojcinski… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
The immune microenvironment of tumors can play a critical role in promoting or inhibiting
tumor progression depending on the context. We present evidence that tumor-associated …

Cerebellar nuclei excitatory neurons regulate developmental scaling of presynaptic Purkinje cell number and organ growth

…, NS Bayin, AS Lee, A Krishnamurthy, A Wojcinski… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
For neural systems to function effectively, the numbers of each cell type must be proportioned
properly during development. We found that conditional knockout of the mouse homeobox …

[HTML][HTML] DSulfatase-1 fine-tunes Hedgehog patterning activity through a novel regulatory feedback loop

A Wojcinski, H Nakato, C Soula, B Glise - Developmental biology, 2011 - Elsevier
Sulfs are secreted sulfatases that catalyse removal of sulfate from Heparan Sulfate
Proteoglycans (HSPGs) in the extracellular space. These enzymes are well known to regulate a …

[HTML][HTML] Hypoxia drives shared and distinct transcriptomic changes in two invasive glioma stem cell lines

…, Y Huang, A Ramakrishnan, L Shen, A Wojcinski… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant cancer of the central nervous
system. Insufficient oxygenation (hypoxia) has been linked to GBM invasion and aggression, …