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Genomes and Genes | Gabriella MinchiottiSummaryAffiliation: Institute of Genetics and Biophysics Country: Italy Publications
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Nodal-dependant Cripto signaling in ES cells: from stem cells to tumor biologyGabriella Minchiotti
Institute of Genetics and Biophysics A Buzzati Traverso, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
Oncogene 24:5668-75. 2005..This review will discuss recent findings on the molecular basis of Cripto signaling in ES cell differentiation, providing an intriguing link between stem cell and tumor biology...
Cripto promotes A-P axis specification independently of its stimulatory effect on Nodal autoinductionDaniela D'Andrea
Stem Cell Fate Laboratory, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics A Buzzati Traverso, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80131 Naples, Italy
J Cell Biol 180:597-605. 2008....
G protein-coupled receptor APJ and its ligand apelin act downstream of Cripto to specify embryonic stem cells toward the cardiac lineage through extracellular signal-regulated kinase/p70S6 kinase signaling pathwayCristina D'Aniello
Institute of Genetics and Biophysics A Buzzati Traverso, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
Circ Res 105:231-8. 2009..The EGF-CFC (epidermal growth factor-Cripto/FRL-1/Cryptic) Cripto protein is essential for cardiac myogenesis in embryonic stem cells (ESCs)...
Cripto signaling in differentiating embryonic stem cellsGabriella Minchiotti
Institute of Genetics and Biophysics Adriano Buzzati-Traverso, CNR, Naples, Italy
Methods Mol Biol 329:151-69. 2006..Although referred to as modulation of Cripto signaling, these methods build the basis for the use of other classes of secreted molecules to control ES cell differentiation...
An automated high throughput screening-compatible assay to identify regulators of stem cell neural differentiationLaura Casalino
Stem Cell Fate Laboratory, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics A Buzzati Traverso, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
Mol Biotechnol 50:171-80. 2012..Moreover, we performed a pilot screening providing proof of concept that this assay allows the identification of regulators of ESC neural differentiation in full automation...
Cripto as a target for improving embryonic stem cell-based therapy in Parkinson's diseaseClare L Parish
Institute of Genetics and Biophysics A. Buzzati-Traverso, CNR, Naples, Italy
Stem Cells 23:471-6. 2005..The use of knockout ES cells that can generate dopamine cells while eliminating tumor risk holds enormous potential for cell replacement therapy in Parkinson's disease...
High-throughput screening-compatible single-step protocol to differentiate embryonic stem cells in neuronsAnnalisa Fico
Stem Cell Fate Lab, Istituto di Genetica e Biofisica Adriano Buzzati Traverso CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Stem Cells Dev 17:573-84. 2008....
Role of the EGF-CFC gene cripto in cell differentiation and embryo developmentGabriella Minchiotti
International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR, Via Marconi 12, 80125 Naples, Italy
Gene 287:33-7. 2002..Here we review the biological role of cripto in development and differentiation, pointing out recent findings on the biochemical interactions of Cripto, Nodal and Activin-like receptors...
Cripto regulates skeletal muscle regeneration and modulates satellite cell determination by antagonizing myostatinOmbretta Guardiola
Stem Cell Fate Laboratory, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics Adriano Buzzati Traverso, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80131 Naples, Italy
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:E3231-40. 2012..Our data provide unique insights into the molecular and cellular basis of Cripto activity in skeletal muscle regeneration and raise previously undescribed implications for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine...
Control of embryonic stem cell metastability by L-proline catabolismLaura Casalino
Stem Cell Fate Laboratory, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics A Buzzati Traverso, CNR, Naples, Italy
J Mol Cell Biol 3:108-22. 2011..All together, our data provide evidence that ESC metastability can be regulated at a metabolic level...
Cripto recruits Furin and PACE4 and controls Nodal trafficking during proteolytic maturationMarie Hélène Blanchet
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research ISREC, Epalinges, Switzerland
EMBO J 27:2580-91. 2008..We conclude that Nodal processing and endocytosis are coupled in signal-receiving cells...
Solution structure of mouse Cripto CFC domain and its inactive variant Trp107AlaLuisa Calvanese
Dipartimento di Chimica, , Complesso Universitario MSA, via Cintia 45, 80126 Napoli, Italy
J Med Chem 49:7054-62. 2006..A second hydrophilic patch surrounding His104 and Trp107 is present only in the wild type variant, suggesting a possible involvement in modulating Alk4 recognition...
Chemical synthesis of mouse cripto CFC variantsDaniela Marasco
Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini del CNR, Sezione Biostrutture, Napoli, Italy
Proteins 64:779-88. 2006..A comparative study of receptor binding shows that the CFC domain can bind Alk4 and confirms the importance of W107 and H104 for receptor recognition...
Nodal-dependent Cripto signaling promotes cardiomyogenesis and redirects the neural fate of embryonic stem cellsSilvia Parisi
Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Adriano Buzzati Traverso, Consiglio Naziolale delle Ricerche, Naples, Italy
J Cell Biol 163:303-14. 2003..Finally, we show that Nodal antagonists inhibit Cripto-regulated cardiomyocyte induction and differentiation in ES cells. All together our findings provide evidence for a novel role of the Nodal/Cripto/Alk4 pathway in this process...
Cripto: a tumor growth factor and moreEileen D Adamson
La Jolla Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
J Cell Physiol 190:267-78. 2002..Meanwhile some speculations on possible receptor complexes for Cripto signaling in mammary cells are offered here as a spur to further discoveries...
Molecular integration of casanova in the Nodal signalling pathway controlling endoderm formationTazu O Aoki
U 368 INSERM, Ecole Normale Superieure, 46, rue d Ulm, F 75230 Paris cedex 05, France
Development 129:275-86. 2002..In addition, casanova efficiently restores later endodermal differentiation in these mutants, but this process requires, in addition, a partial activation of Nodal signalling...
