Neuromuscular synaptogenesis: coordinating partners with multiple functions

Glial Wingless/Wnt Regulates Glutamate Receptor Clustering and Synaptic Physiology at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction

(2014) K. S. Kerr et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Diverse cellular and molecular modes of axon degeneration

(2014) Lukas J. Neukomm et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Nerve injury induces glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (gdnf) expression in schwann cells through purinergic signaling and the pkc-pkd pathway

(2013) Pin Xu et al.   GLIA

Architects in neural circuit design: Glia control neuron numbers and connectivity

(2013) Megan M. Corty et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Antibodies against low-density lipoprotein receptor–related protein 4 induce myasthenia gravis

(2013) Chengyong Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Pathogenic immune mechanisms at the neuromuscular synapse: the role of specific antibody-binding epitopes in myasthenia gravis

(2013) M. G. Huijbers et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Glial Cells Decipher Synaptic Competition at the Mammalian Neuromuscular Junction

(2013) H. Darabid et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Terminal Schwann Cells Participate in the Competition Underlying Neuromuscular Synapse Elimination

(2013) I. W. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Motor Axon Regeneration and Muscle Reinnervation in Young Adult and Aged Animals

(2013) H. Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

ProBDNF and Mature BDNF as Punishment and Reward Signals for Synapse Elimination at Mouse Neuromuscular Junctions

(2013) H. S. Je et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Improved tools for the Brainbow toolbox

(2013) Dawen Cai et al.   NATURE METHODS

Emerging roles of astrocytes in neural circuit development

(2013) Laura E. Clarke et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

MuSK IgG4 autoantibodies cause myasthenia gravis by inhibiting binding between MuSK and Lrp4

(2013) M. G. Huijbers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Role of MuSK in Synapse Formation and Neuromuscular Disease

(2013) S. J. Burden et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Synaptic basal lamina-associated congenital myasthenic syndromes

(2012) Ricardo A. Maselli et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Pathogenic IgG4 subclass autoantibodies in MuSK myasthenia gravis

(2012) Jaap J. Plomp et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Integration of a Retrograde Signal during Synapse Formation by Glia-Secreted TGF-β Ligand

(2012) Yuly Fuentes-Medel et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Regulation of motor circuit assembly by spatial and temporal mechanisms

(2012) Marco Tripodi et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Motor endplate disease affects neuromuscular junction maturation

(2012) Ghislaine Caillol et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neuregulin-1 potentiates agrin-induced acetylcholine receptor clustering through muscle-specific kinase phosphorylation

(2012) S. T. Ngo et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Lrp4 is a retrograde signal for presynaptic differentiation at neuromuscular synapses

(2012) Norihiro Yumoto et al.   NATURE

Clue to an ancient cosmic-ray event?

(2012) Jonathon Allen   NATURE

Pervasive Synaptic Branch Removal in the Mammalian Neuromuscular System at Birth

(2012) Juan C. Tapia et al.   NEURON

Distinct Roles of Muscle and Motoneuron LRP4 in Neuromuscular Junction Formation

(2012) Haitao Wu et al.   NEURON

Spike timing plays a key role in synapse elimination at the neuromuscular junction

(2012) M. Favero et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Role of pro-brain-derived neurotrophic factor (proBDNF) to mature BDNF conversion in activity-dependent competition at developing neuromuscular synapses

(2012) H. S. Je et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wnt proteins regulate acetylcholine receptor clustering in muscle cells

(2012) Bin Zhang et al.   Molecular Brain

Reversing the Outcome of Synapse Elimination at Developing Neuromuscular Junctions In Vivo: Evidence for Synaptic Competition and Its Mechanism

(2012) Stephen G. Turney et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Antibodies against Muscle-Specific Kinase Impair Both Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Functions in a Murine Model of Myasthenia Gravis

(2011) Shuuichi Mori et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Wnt signaling during synaptic development and plasticity

(2011) Vivian Budnik et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Role of extracellular matrix proteins and their receptors in the development of the vertebrate neuromuscular junction

(2011) Neha Singhal et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Eph receptors and ephrins in neuron-astrocyte communication at synapses

(2011) Keith K. Murai et al.   GLIA

Agrin Binds to the N-terminal Region of Lrp4 Protein and Stimulates Association between Lrp4 and the First Immunoglobulin-like Domain in Muscle-specific Kinase (MuSK)

(2011) Wei Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Spatial constraints dictate glial territories at murine neuromuscular junctions

(2011) Monika S. Brill et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Calcium Channels Link the Muscle-Derived Synapse Organizer Laminin  2 to Bassoon and CAST/Erc2 to Organize Presynaptic Active Zones

(2011) J. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Control of excitatory CNS synaptogenesis by astrocyte-secreted proteins Hevin and SPARC

(2011) Hakan Kucukdereli et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Autoantibodies to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 in myasthenia gravis

(2010) Osamu Higuchi et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

To build a synapse: signaling pathways in neuromuscular junction assembly

(2010) H. Wu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Time Lapsein VivoVisualization of Developmental Stabilization of Synaptic Receptors at Neuromuscular Junctions

(2010) Pessah Yampolsky et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Muscle-Derived Collagen XIII Regulates Maturation of the Skeletal Neuromuscular Junction

(2010) A. Latvanlehto et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Perisynaptic Glia Discriminate Patterns of Motor Nerve Activity and Influence Plasticity at the Neuromuscular Junction

(2010) K. J. Todd et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Regulation of synaptic connectivity by glia

(2010) Cagla Eroglu et al.   NATURE

Motor Axon Pathfinding

(2010) D. Bonanomi et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Axon Growth and Guidance: Receptor Regulation and Signal Transduction

(2009) Michael O'Donnell et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Roles of glial cells in synapse development

(2009) Frank W. Pfrieger   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

WNTs tune up the neuromuscular junction

(2009) Ceren Korkut et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Wnt Signals Organize Synaptic Prepattern and Axon Guidance through the Zebrafish unplugged/MuSK Receptor

(2009) Lili Jing et al.   NEURON

Selective Remodeling: Refining Neural Connectivity at the Neuromuscular Junction

(2009) Won-Suk Chung et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Interscutularis Muscle Connectome

(2009) Ju Lu et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Glia and Muscle Sculpt Neuromuscular Arbors by Engulfing Destabilized Synaptic Boutons and Shed Presynaptic Debris

(2009) Yuly Fuentes-Medel et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Cell-to-Cell Signaling at the Neuromuscular Junction

(2008) Michael J. Werle   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Lrp4 Is a Receptor for Agrin and Forms a Complex with MuSK

(2008) Natalie Kim et al.   CELL

Signal Regulatory Proteins (SIRPS) Are Secreted Presynaptic Organizing Molecules

(2008) Hisashi Umemori et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Suppresses Rapsyn Expression and Inhibits Acetylcholine Receptor Clustering at the Neuromuscular Junction

(2008) Jia Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Laminins promote postsynaptic maturation by an autocrine mechanism at the neuromuscular junction

(2008) Hiroshi Nishimune et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Schwann Cells Promote Synaptogenesis at the Neuromuscular Junction via Transforming Growth Factor- 1

(2008) Z. Feng et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Evidence for Muscle-Dependent Neuromuscular Synaptic Site Determination in Mammals

(2008) V. M. Vock et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Lysosomal Activity Associated with Developmental Axon Pruning

(2008) J. W. Song et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

LRP4 Serves as a Coreceptor of Agrin

(2008) Bin Zhang et al.   NEURON

Wnt signaling promotes AChR aggregation at the neuromuscular synapse in collaboration with agrin

(2008) J. P. Henriquez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Derailed regulates development of theDrosophilaneuromuscular junction

(2007) Faith L.W. Liebl et al.   Developmental Neurobiology