Ependyma

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • EGFR Signaling Termination via Numb Trafficking in Ependymal Progenitors Controls Postnatal Neurogenic Niche Differentiation. 
  • Ependymal/subependymal zone cells of postnatal and adult songbird brain generate both neurons and nonneuronal siblings in vitro and in vivo. 
  • Factors influencing the cell type of brain tumors induced in dogs by Schmidt-Ruppin Rous sarcoma virus. 
  • Insulin-like growth factor-1 is a radial cell-associated neurotrophin that promotes neuronal recruitment from the adult songbird edpendyma/subependyma. 
  • NHERF1/EBP50 is an organizer of polarity structures and a diagnostic marker in ependymoma. 
  • Postnatal deletion of Numb/Numblike reveals repair and remodeling capacity in the subventricular neurogenic niche. 
  • The role of the subependymal plate in glial tumorigenesis. 
  • Uncovering inherent cellular plasticity of multiciliated ependyma leading to ventricular wall transformation and hydrocephalus.