Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Pathway Regulates Branching by Remodeling Epithelial Cell Adhesion

p0071/PKP4, a multifunctional protein coordinating cell adhesion with cytoskeletal organization

(2013) René Keil et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Luminal Mitosis Drives Epithelial Cell Dispersal within the Branching Ureteric Bud

(2013) Adam Packard et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Novel mechanisms of early upper and lower urinary tract patterning regulated by RetY1015 docking tyrosine in mice

(2012) M. Hoshi et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Identification of paxilin domains interacting with β-catenin

(2012) Oleksii Dubrovskyi et al.   FEBS LETTERS

α-Catenin and Vinculin Cooperate to Promote High E-cadherin-based Adhesion Strength

(2012) William A. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

ERK1/2 MAP kinases: Structure, function, and regulation

(2012) Robert Roskoski   PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Attractive guidance: How the chemokine SDF1/CXCL12 guides different cells to different locations

(2012) Stephen W. Lewellis et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Genetic controls and cellular behaviors in branching morphogenesis of the renal collecting system

(2012) Frank Costantini   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology

MEK1/2 dual-specificity protein kinases: Structure and regulation

(2011) Robert Roskoski   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

The tyrosine phosphatase Shp2 acts downstream of GDNF/Ret in branching morphogenesis of the developing mouse kidney

(2011) Regina Willecke et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The GDNF Target Vsnl1 Marks the Ureteric Tip

(2011) R. Ola et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Cross talk between focal adhesion kinase and cadherins: Role in regulating endothelial barrier function

(2011) Sadiqa K. Quadri   MICROVASCULAR RESEARCH

Claudins in renal physiology and disease

(2011) Jiahua Li et al.   PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY

Src/FAK-mediated regulation of E-cadherin as a mechanism for controlling collective cell movement

(2011) Alan Serrels et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

Patterning a Complex Organ: Branching Morphogenesis and Nephron Segmentation in Kidney Development

(2010) Frank Costantini et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Vinculin potentiates E-cadherin mechanosensing and is recruited to actin-anchored sites within adherens junctions in a myosin II–dependent manner

(2010) Quint le Duc et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Vinculin regulates cell-surface E-cadherin expression by binding to  -catenin

(2010) X. Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

GDNF/Ret signaling and renal branching morphogenesis

(2010) Frank Costantini   Organogenesis

Actin Depolymerizing Factors Cofilin1 and Destrin Are Required for Ureteric Bud Branching Morphogenesis

(2010) Satu Kuure et al.   PLoS Genetics

Kidney Development in the Absence of Gdnf and Spry1 Requires Fgf10

(2010) Odyssé Michos et al.   PLoS Genetics

Map2k1 and Map2k2 genes contribute to the normal development of syncytiotrophoblasts during placentation

(2009) V. Nadeau et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Ret-Dependent Cell Rearrangements in the Wolffian Duct Epithelium Initiate Ureteric Bud Morphogenesis

(2009) Xuan Chi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Etv4 and Etv5 are required downstream of GDNF and Ret for kidney branching morphogenesis

(2009) Benson C Lu et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Sprouty proteins, masterminds of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling

(2008) Miguel A. Cabrita et al.   ANGIOGENESIS

A two-tiered mechanism for stabilization and immobilization of E-cadherin

(2008) Matthieu Cavey et al.   NATURE