Antibodies to nodal/paranodal proteins in paediatric immune-mediated neuropathy [PDF]
Patients with nodal/paranodal antibodies represent a specific subgroup of inflammatory peripheral neuropathies, whose clinical presentation with a prolonged subacute phase, additional symptoms such as ataxia and tremor, and poor treatment response to IV immunoglobulin (IVIG) often differs from classic Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) or chronic ...
Désirée De Simoni+23 more
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Nodal protein processing and fibroblast growth factor 4 synergize to maintain a trophoblast stem cell microenvironment [PDF]
Before implantation in the uterus, mammalian embryos set aside trophoblast stem cells that are maintained in the extraembryonic ectoderm (ExE) during gastrulation to generate the fetal portion of the placenta.
Marcela Guzman-Ayala+3 more
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The Pitx2 Homeobox Protein Is Required Early for Endoderm Formation and Nodal Signaling
Nodal and Nodal-related factors play fundamental roles in a number of developmental processes, including mesoderm and endoderm formation, patterning of the anterior neural plate, and determination of bilateral asymmetry in vertebrates. pitx2, a paired-like homeobox gene, has been proposed to act downstream of Nodal in the gene cascade providing ...
Marion Faucourt+4 more
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The effect of maternal NODAL on STOX1 expression in extravillous trophoblasts is mediated by IGF1. [PDF]
The number of molecules identified to be involved in communication between placenta and decidua is fast expanding. Previously, we showed that NODAL expressed in maternal endometrial stromal cells is able to affect NODAL and STOX1 expression in placental ...
Allerdien Visser+3 more
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Elevated C-reactive protein values predict nodal metastasis in patients with penile cancer [PDF]
BackgroundThe nodal status is a strong predictor for cancer specific death in patients with penile carcinoma, and the C-reactive protein (CRP) level at diagnosis has recently been shown to be associated with poor clinical outcome in various solid ...
A. Al Ghazal+10 more
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MSH3 Protein Expression and Nodal Status in MLH1-Deficient Colorectal Cancers [PDF]
Abstract Purpose: Patients with colorectal cancers (CRC) and high microsatellite instability (MSI) have a better outcome than their chromosome-unstable counterpart. Given the heterogeneity of microsatellite-unstable CRCs, we wanted to see whether any MSI-associated molecular features are specifically associated with prognosis.
L. Laghi+10 more
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Nodal promotes invasive phenotypes via a Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase-dependent pathway [PDF]
The progression of cancer from localized to invasive disease is requisite for metastasis, and is often characterized by epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and alterations in cellular adhesion and migration. Studies have shown that this transition
D. Quail+4 more
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In vertebrates, specification of the dorso-ventral axis requires Wnt signaling, which leads to formation of the Nieuwkoop center and the Spemann organizer (dorsal organizer), through the nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin. Zebrafish bozozok/dharma (boz) and squint (sqt), which encode a homeodomain protein and a Nodal-related protein, respectively ...
Takashi Shimizu+8 more
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During gastrulation, the pluripotent epiblast self-organizes into the 3 germ layers-endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm, which eventually form the entire embryo.
Sapna Chhabra+4 more
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Lefty Proteins Are Long-Range Inhibitors of Squint-Mediated Nodal Signaling [PDF]
The regulation of signaling pathways by feedback inhibitors has become an emerging theme in the control of pattern formation during development. Nodal and Lefty proteins belong to divergent subfamilies of the TGF-beta family. Nodal signals promote mesendoderm induction in vertebrates, and Lefty proteins antagonize it.
Yu Chen, Alexander F. Schier
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