Adult mammalian stem cells: the role of Wnt, Lgr5 and R-spondins

Three decades of Wnts: a personal perspective on how a scientific field developed

(2012) Roel Nusse et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Dickkopf 1 Promotes Regression of Hair Follicles

(2012) Mi H. Kwack et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

A Critical Role for the Wnt Effector Tcf4 in Adult Intestinal Homeostatic Self-Renewal

(2012) J. H. van Es et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Functional engraftment of colon epithelium expanded in vitro from a single adult Lgr5+ stem cell

(2012) Shiro Yui et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Intact function of Lgr5 receptor-expressing intestinal stem cells in the absence of Paneth cells

(2012) T.-H. Kim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The R-spondin protein family

(2012) Wim BM de Lau et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Rspo3 Binds Syndecan 4 and Induces Wnt/PCP Signaling via Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis to Promote Morphogenesis

(2011) Bisei Ohkawara et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Lgr5 intestinal stem cells have high telomerase activity and randomly segregate their chromosomes

(2011) Arnout G Schepers et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

LGR4 and LGR5 are R-spondin receptors mediating Wnt/β-catenin and Wnt/PCP signalling

(2011) Andrei Glinka et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Dll1- and Dll4-Mediated Notch Signaling Are Required for Homeostasis of Intestinal Stem Cells

(2011) Luca Pellegrinet et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Long-term Expansion of Epithelial Organoids From Human Colon, Adenoma, Adenocarcinoma, and Barrett's Epithelium

(2011) Toshiro Sato et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Distinct ATOH1 and Neurog3 requirements define tuft cells as a new secretory cell type in the intestinal epithelium

(2011) François Gerbe et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Lgr5 homologues associate with Wnt receptors and mediate R-spondin signalling

(2011) Wim de Lau et al.   NATURE

Isolation and in vitro expansion of human colonic stem cells

(2011) Peter Jung et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

R-spondins function as ligands of the orphan receptors LGR4 and LGR5 to regulate Wnt/ -catenin signaling

(2011) K. S. Carmon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Intestinal epithelial stem cells do not protect their genome by asymmetric chromosome segregation

(2011) Marion Escobar et al.   Nature Communications

Intestinal Crypt Homeostasis Results from Neutral Competition between Symmetrically Dividing Lgr5 Stem Cells

(2010) Hugo J. Snippert et al.   CELL

Lgr5+ve Stem Cells Drive Self-Renewal in the Stomach and Build Long-Lived Gastric Units In Vitro

(2010) Nick Barker et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Leucine-Rich Repeat-Containing G-Protein-Coupled Receptors as Markers of Adult Stem Cells

(2010) Nick Barker et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Paneth cells constitute the niche for Lgr5 stem cells in intestinal crypts

(2010) Toshiro Sato et al.   NATURE

Lgr6 Marks Stem Cells in the Hair Follicle That Generate All Cell Lineages of the Skin

(2010) H. J. Snippert et al.   SCIENCE

Loss-of-function point mutations and two-furin domain derivatives provide insights about R-spondin2 structure and function

(2009) Sheng-Jian Li et al.   CELLULAR SIGNALLING

G protein-coupled receptor 48 upregulates estrogen receptor   expression via cAMP/PKA signaling in the male reproductive tract

(2009) X.-Y. Li et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Regulation of bone formation and remodeling by G-protein-coupled receptor 48

(2009) J. Luo et al.   DEVELOPMENT

LGR5 deficiency deregulates Wnt signaling and leads to precocious Paneth cell differentiation in the fetal intestine

(2009) Marie Isabelle Garcia et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Defective development of the gall bladder and cystic duct in Lgr4- hypomorphic mice

(2009) Ryo Yamashita et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Single Lgr5 stem cells build crypt-villus structures in vitro without a mesenchymal niche

(2009) Toshiro Sato et al.   NATURE

Tcf3 and Tcf4 are essential for long-term homeostasis of skin epithelia

(2009) Hoang Nguyen et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Enteric defensins are essential regulators of intestinal microbial ecology

(2009) Nita H Salzman et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Coat Variation in the Domestic Dog Is Governed by Variants in Three Genes

(2009) E. Cadieu et al.   SCIENCE

G-Protein-Coupled Receptor GPR49 is Up-regulated in Basal Cell Carcinoma and Promotes Cell Proliferation and Tumor Formation

(2008) Keiji Tanese et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

The Wnt signaling regulator R-spondin 3 promotes angioblast and vascular development

(2008) O. Kazanskaya et al.   DEVELOPMENT

R-spondin 2 is required for normal laryngeal-tracheal, lung and limb morphogenesis

(2008) S. M. Bell et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Impaired hair placode formation with reduced expression of hair follicle-related genes in mice lacking Lgr4

(2008) Yasuaki Mohri et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Loss of intestinal crypt progenitor cells owing to inactivation of both Notch1 and Notch2 is accompanied by derepression of CDK inhibitors p27Kip1 and p57Kip2

(2008) Orbicia Riccio et al.   EMBO REPORTS

R-spondin1 plays an essential role in ovarian development through positively regulating Wnt-4 signaling

(2008) Kazuma Tomizuka et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Inactivation of G-protein-coupled Receptor 48 (Gpr48/Lgr4) Impairs Definitive Erythropoiesis at Midgestation through Down-regulation of the ATF4 Signaling Pathway

(2008) Huiping Song et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

R-Spondin Family Members Regulate the Wnt Pathway by a Common Mechanism

(2008) Kyung-Ah Kim et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Prominin 1 marks intestinal stem cells that are susceptible to neoplastic transformation

(2008) Liqin Zhu et al.   NATURE

Cutaneous cancer stem cell maintenance is dependent on β-catenin signalling

(2008) Ilaria Malanchi et al.   NATURE

Crypt stem cells as the cells-of-origin of intestinal cancer

(2008) Nick Barker et al.   NATURE

Lgr5 marks cycling, yet long-lived, hair follicle stem cells

(2008) Viljar Jaks et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Deletion of G protein-coupled receptor 48 leads to ocular anterior segment dysgenesis (ASD) through down-regulation of Pitx2

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

Mutations in R-Spondin 4 (RSPO4) Underlie Inherited Anonychia

(2007) Yoshiyuki Ishii et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

RSPO4 Is the Major Gene in Autosomal-Recessive Anonychia and Mutations Cluster in the Furin-Like Cysteine-Rich Domains of the Wnt Signaling Ligand R-spondin 4

(2007) Nadina Ortiz Brüchle et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY