Multiple targets of the canonical WNT/β-catenin signaling in cancers

Y Lecarpentier, O Schussler, JL Hébert… - Frontiers in oncology, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Canonical WNT/β-catenin signaling is involved in most of the mechanisms that lead to the
formation and development of cancer cells. It plays a central role in three cyclic processes …

Quantitative and logic modelling of molecular and gene networks

N Le Novere - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2015‏ - nature.com
Behaviours of complex biomolecular systems are often irreducible to the elementary
properties of their individual components. Explanatory and predictive mathematical models …

Species-specific segmentation clock periods are due to differential biochemical reaction speeds

M Matsuda, H Hayashi, J Garcia-Ojalvo… - Science, 2020‏ - science.org
Although mechanisms of embryonic development are similar between mice and humans,
the time scale is generally slower in humans. To investigate these interspecies differences in …

Use it or lose it to age: A review of bone and muscle communication

L Bonewald - Bone, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Until recently, it was assumed that the only interaction between muscle and bone is
mechanical, that the muscle acts as a pulley and the bone as a lever to move the organism …

Signalling dynamics in vertebrate segmentation

A Hubaud, O Pourquié - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014‏ - nature.com
Segmentation of the paraxial mesoderm is a major event of vertebrate development that
establishes the metameric patterning of the body axis. This process involves the periodic …

Dissipative structures in biological systems: bistability, oscillations, spatial patterns and waves

A Goldbeter - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2018‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
The goal of this review article is to assess how relevant is the concept of dissipative structure
for understanding the dynamical bases of non-equilibrium self-organization in biological …

Oscillation quenching mechanisms: Amplitude vs. oscillation death

A Koseska, E Volkov, J Kurths - Physics Reports, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Oscillation quenching constitutes a fundamental emergent phenomenon in systems of
coupled nonlinear oscillators. Its importance for various natural and man-made systems …

[HTML][HTML] Vertebrate segmentation: from cyclic gene networks to scoliosis

O Pourquié - Cell, 2011‏ - cell.com
One of the most striking features of the human vertebral column is its periodic organization
along the anterior-posterior axis. This pattern is established when segments of vertebrates …

Understanding paraxial mesoderm development and sclerotome specification for skeletal repair

S Tani, U Chung, S Ohba, H Hojo - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2020‏ - nature.com
Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are attractive regenerative therapy tools for skeletal tissues.
However, a deep understanding of skeletal development is required in order to model this …

Periodic stripe formation by a Turing mechanism operating at growth zones in the mammalian palate

AD Economou, A Ohazama, T Porntaveetus… - Nature …, 2012‏ - nature.com
We present direct evidence of an activator-inhibitor system in the generation of the regularly
spaced transverse ridges of the palate. We show that new ridges, called rugae, that are …