Publications - The Wang Lab at MIT

2011

Retrograde neural circuit specification by target-derived neurotrophins and growth factors.

da Silva Susana, Wang Fan. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, vol. 21 pp. 61-67, Feb 2011.

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The mammalian class 3 PI3K (PIK3C3) is required for early embryogenesis and cell proliferation.

Zhou Xiang, Takatoh Jun, Wang Fan. Plos One, vol. 6 pp. e16358, Jan 2011.

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Pik3c3 deletion in pyramidal neurons results in loss of synapses, extensive gliosis and progressive neurodegeneration.

Wang L, Budolfson K, Wang F. Neuroscience, vol. 172 pp. 427-442, Jan 2011.

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2010

BMP signaling in the development of the mouse esophagus and forestomach.

Rodriguez Pavel, Da Silva Susana, Oxburgh Leif, Wang Fan, Hogan Brigid L M, Que Jianwen. Development, vol. 137 pp. 4171-4176, Dec 2010.

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Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activation increases axonal growth capacity of injured peripheral nerves.

Abe Namiko, Borson Steven H, Gambello Michael J, Wang Fan, Cavalli Valeria. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 285 pp. 28034-28043, Sep 2010.

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Effects of neuronal PIK3C3/Vps34 deletion on autophagy and beyond.

Zhou Xiang, Wang Fan. Autophagy, vol. 6 pp. 798-799, Aug 2010.

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Deletion of PIK3C3/Vps34 in sensory neurons causes rapid neurodegeneration by disrupting the endosomal but not the autophagic pathway.

Zhou Xiang, Wang Liangli, Hasegawa Hiroshi, Amin Priyanka, Han Bao-Xia, Kaneko Shinjiro, He Youwen, Wang Fan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 107 pp. 9424-9429, May 2010.

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2009

The role of Scgb1a1+ Clara cells in the long-term maintenance and repair of lung airway, but not alveolar, epithelium.

Rawlins Emma L, Okubo Tadashi, Xue Yan, Brass David M, Auten Richard L, Hasegawa Hiroshi, Wang Fan, Hogan Brigid L M. Cell Stem Cell, vol. 4 pp. 525-534, Jun 2009.

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N-myc alters the fate of preneoplastic cells in a mouse model of medulloblastoma.

Kessler Jessica D, Hasegawa Hiroshi, Brun Sonja N, Emmenegger Brian A, Yang Zeng-Jie, Dutton John W, Wang Fan, Wechsler-Reya Robert J. Genes & Development, vol. 23 pp. 157-170, Jan 2009.

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2008

Visualizing mechanosensory endings of TrkC-expressing neurons in HS3ST-2-hPLAP mice.

Hasegawa Hiroshi, Wang Fan. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol. 511 pp. 543-556, Dec 2008.

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