Luana Abballe, Vincenzo Alfano, Celeste Antonacci, Maria Giuseppina Cefalo, Antonella Cacchione, Giada Del Baldo, Marco Pezzullo, Agnese Po, Marta Moretti, Angela Mastronuzzi, Enrico De Smaele, Elisabetta Ferretti, Franco Locatelli, Evelina Miele
Development of the cerebellum is characterized by rapid proliferation of cerebellar granule cell precursors (GCPs) induced by paracrine stimulation of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling from Purkinje cells, in the external granular layer (EGL). Then, granule cell precursors differentiate and migrate into the inner granular layer (IGL) of the cerebellum to form a terminally differentiated cell compartment. Aberrant activation of Sonic hedgehog signaling leads to granule cell precursors hyperproliferation and the onset of Sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma (MB), the most common embryonal brain tumor...
2023: Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology