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SUBMITTER: Balaraju AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8313861 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Balaraju Anurag Kakkerla AK Hu Bo B Rodriguez Juan J JJ Murry Matthew M Lin Fang F
Development (Cambridge, England) 20210712 14
Noncanonical Wnt/planar cell polarity (Wnt/PCP) signaling has been implicated in endoderm morphogenesis. However, the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms of this process are unclear. We found that, during convergence and extension (C&E) in zebrafish, gut endodermal cells are polarized mediolaterally, with GFP-Vangl2 enriched at the anterior edges. Endoderm cell polarity is lost and intercalation is impaired in the absence of glypican 4 (gpc4), a heparan-sulfate proteoglycan that promote ...[more]