Genetic Deletion of Afadin Causes Hydrocephalus by Destruction of Adherens Junctions in Radial Glial and Ependymal Cells in the Midbrain

Binding between the Junctional Proteins Afadin and PLEKHA7 and Implication in the Formation of Adherens Junction in Epithelial Cells

(2013) Souichi Kurita et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Mechanisms of tissue fusion during development

(2012) H. J. Ray et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Junctional Adhesion Molecule (JAM)-C Deficient C57BL/6 Mice Develop a Severe Hydrocephalus

(2012) Lena Wyss et al.   PLoS One

Hydrocephalus in aqueductal stenosis

(2011) Giuseppe Cinalli et al.   CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM

Cilia Organize Ependymal Planar Polarity

(2010) Z. Mirzadeh et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Coupling between hydrodynamic forces and planar cell polarity orients mammalian motile cilia

(2010) Boris Guirao et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Lack of cadherins Celsr2 and Celsr3 impairs ependymal ciliogenesis, leading to fatal hydrocephalus

(2010) Fadel Tissir et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Ependymal cells: biology and pathology

(2009) Marc R. Del Bigio   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Involvement of afadin in the formation and remodeling of synapses in the hippocampus

(2009) Takashi Majima et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Involvement of the Interaction of Afadin with ZO-1 in the Formation of Tight Junctions in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney Cells

(2009) Takako Ooshio et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A modifier locus on chromosome 5 contributes to L1 cell adhesion molecule X-linked hydrocephalus in mice

(2009) Alexis Tapanes-Castillo et al.   NEUROGENETICS

The Desmosome

(2009) E. Delva et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Gap Junctions

(2009) D. A. Goodenough et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The Immunoglobulin-Like Cell Adhesion Molecule Nectin and Its Associated Protein Afadin

(2008) Yoshimi Takai et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Anchorage of Microtubule Minus Ends to Adherens Junctions Regulates Epithelial Cell-Cell Contacts

(2008) Wenxiang Meng et al.   CELL

Novel role of nectin: implication in the co-localization of JAM-A and claudin-1 at the same cell-cell adhesion membrane domain

(2008) Kaori Kuramitsu et al.   GENES TO CELLS

Loss of Fyn tyrosine kinase on the C57BL/6 genetic background causes hydrocephalus with defects in oligodendrocyte development

(2008) June Goto et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE