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#morphogens — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. #Morphogens cooperate to guide development of the #cochlea. This Primer explores a @PLOSBiology study showing how #PlanarCellPolarity of individual cells is integrated across distinct regional compartments to ensure proper organ #morphogenesis. Paper: plos.io/4nmD8IW Primer: plos.io/3IjPkLR

  2. CW: Combinatorial interpretation of BMP and WNT allows BMP to act as a morphogen in time but not in concentration.

    "[...] varying the duration of #BMP #signaling leads to either pluripotent, mesodermal, and extraembryonic states, while varying the concentration does not cause efficient mesodermal differentiation at any dose [...] appropriately timed pulse of BMP induces #hPSCs to a mesodermal fate more efficiently that sustained signaling at any concentration. [...] this effect is due to a combinatorial interpretation of the applied BMP signal and induced endogenous #Wnt signaling."
    biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20
    #DevBio #CellFate #GermLayers #morphogens #Differentiation