Comparative studies of CNS development

Selected Publications

Gordon PM, Hamid F, Makeyev EV, Houart C (2021) A conserved role for the ALS-linked splicing factor SFPQ in repression of pathogenic cryptic last exons. Nat Commun 12: 1918
Staudt N, Giger FA, Fielding T, Hutt JA, Foucher I, Snowden V, Hellich A, Kiecker C, Houart C (2019) Pineal progenitors originate from a non-neural territory limited by FGF signalling. Development 146

Johansson M, Giger FA, Fielding T, Houart C (2019) Dkk1 Controls Cell-Cell Interaction through Regulation of Non-nuclear Beta-Catenin Pools. Dev Cell 51: 775-786.e3
Thomas-Jinu S, Gordon PM, Fielding T, Taylor R, Smith BN, Snowden V, Blanc E, Vance C, Topp S, Wong CH, Bielen H, Williams KL, McCann EP, Nicholson GA, Pan-Vazquez A, Fox AH, Bond CS, Talbot WS, Blair IP, Shaw CE, Houart C (2017) Non-nuclear Pool of Splicing Factor SFPQ Regulates Axonal Transcripts Required for Normal Motor Development. Neuron 94: 322-336.e5

Bielen H, Pal S, Tole S, Houart C (2017) Temporal variations in early developmental decisions: an engine of forebrain evolution. Curr Opin Neurobiol 42: 152-159
Sylvester JB, Rich CA, Yi C, Peres JN, Houart C, Streelman JT (2013) Competing signals drive telencephalon diversity. Nat Commun 4: 1745
Lleras-Forero L, Tambalo M, Christophorou N, Chambers D, Houart C, Streit A (2013) Neuropeptides: developmental signals in placode progenitor formation. Dev Cell 26: 195-203
Danesin C, Houart C (2012) A Fox stops the Wnt: implications for forebrain development and diseases. Curr Opin Genet Dev 22: 323-30
Bielen H, Houart C (2012) BMP signaling protects telencephalic fate by repressing eye identity and its Cxcr4-dependent morphogenesis. Dev Cell 23: 812-22
Fassier C, Hutt JA, Scholpp S, Lumsden A, Giros B, Nothias F, Schneider-Maunoury S, Houart C, Hazan J (2010) Zebrafish atlastin controls motility and spinal motor axon architecture via inhibition of the BMP pathway. Nat Neurosci 13: 1380-7
Danesin C, Peres JN, Johansson M, Snowden V, Cording A, Papalopulu N, Houart C (2009) Integration of telencephalic Wnt and hedgehog signaling center activities by Foxg1. Dev Cell 16: 576-87
Caneparo L, Huang YL, Staudt N, Tada M, Ahrendt R, Kazanskaya O, Niehrs C, Houart C (2007) Dickkopf-1 regulates gastrulation movements by coordinated modulation of Wnt/beta catenin and Wnt/PCP activities, through interaction with the Dally-like homolog Knypek. Genes Dev 21: 465-80