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Lukas Sommer

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1 Instructive role of Wnt/beta-catenin in sensory fate specification in neural crest stem cells. Science 2004 2.82
2 Neural crest-derived cells with stem cell features can be traced back to multiple lineages in the adult skin. J Cell Biol 2006 2.32
3 Human CD271-positive melanoma stem cells associated with metastasis establish tumor heterogeneity and long-term growth. Cancer Res 2011 2.08
4 Lineage-specific requirements of beta-catenin in neural crest development. J Cell Biol 2002 1.87
5 Adult neurogenesis requires Smad4-mediated bone morphogenic protein signaling in stem cells. J Neurosci 2008 1.81
6 Brain area-specific effect of TGF-beta signaling on Wnt-dependent neural stem cell expansion. Cell Stem Cell 2008 1.67
7 Inactivation of TGFbeta signaling in neural crest stem cells leads to multiple defects reminiscent of DiGeorge syndrome. Genes Dev 2005 1.50
8 Sox10 promotes the formation and maintenance of giant congenital naevi and melanoma. Nat Cell Biol 2012 1.48
9 Sox10 haploinsufficiency affects maintenance of progenitor cells in a mouse model of Hirschsprung disease. Hum Mol Genet 2002 1.45
10 Neural crest stem cell maintenance by combinatorial Wnt and BMP signaling. J Cell Biol 2005 1.44
11 Development of the Schwann cell lineage: from the neural crest to the myelinated nerve. Glia 2008 1.42
12 Wnt signaling and the regulation of stem cell function. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2004 1.42
13 Efficient isolation and gene expression profiling of small numbers of neural crest stem cells and developing Schwann cells. J Neurosci 2004 1.33
14 Establishment and controlled differentiation of neural crest stem cell lines using conditional transgenesis. Differentiation 2007 1.30
15 Neural crest progenitors and stem cells: from early development to adulthood. Dev Biol 2012 1.29
16 Cranial neural crest cells regulate head muscle patterning and differentiation during vertebrate embryogenesis. Development 2007 1.27
17 Stage-specific control of neural crest stem cell proliferation by the small rho GTPases Cdc42 and Rac1. Cell Stem Cell 2009 1.25
18 Temporal control of neural crest lineage generation by Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Development 2012 1.22
19 Wnt/BMP signal integration regulates the balance between proliferation and differentiation of neuroepithelial cells in the dorsal spinal cord. Dev Biol 2006 1.21
20 Versican V0 and V1 guide migratory neural crest cells. J Biol Chem 2006 1.19
21 Probing transcription-specific outputs of β-catenin in vivo. Genes Dev 2011 1.18
22 Functional sphere profiling reveals the complexity of neuroblastoma tumor-initiating cell model. Neoplasia 2011 1.15
23 Neuronal Nogo-A regulates neurite fasciculation, branching and extension in the developing nervous system. Development 2010 1.13
24 The protooncogene Ski controls Schwann cell proliferation and myelination. Neuron 2004 1.13
25 Membrane-bound neuregulin1 type III actively promotes Schwann cell differentiation of multipotent Progenitor cells. Dev Biol 2002 1.10
26 DiGeorge syndrome and pharyngeal apparatus development. Bioessays 2006 1.02
27 Mesenchymal stem cells and neural crest stem cells from adult bone marrow: characterization of their surprising similarities and differences. Cell Mol Life Sci 2012 0.99
28 A dual role for SOX10 in the maintenance of the postnatal melanocyte lineage and the differentiation of melanocyte stem cell progenitors. PLoS Genet 2013 0.99
29 Ezh2 is required for neural crest-derived cartilage and bone formation. Development 2014 0.97
30 Pramel7 mediates LIF/STAT3-dependent self-renewal in embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells 2011 0.97
31 Testing the cancer stem cell hypothesis in melanoma: the clinics will tell. Cancer Lett 2012 0.96
32 The role of the Ets domain transcription factor Erm in modulating differentiation of neural crest stem cells. Dev Biol 2002 0.93
33 Tumor cell plasticity and angiogenesis in human melanomas. PLoS One 2012 0.92
34 Distinct disease mechanisms in peripheral neuropathies due to altered peripheral myelin protein 22 gene dosage or a Pmp22 point mutation. Neurobiol Dis 2005 0.91
35 HDAC1 and HDAC2 control the specification of neural crest cells into peripheral glia. J Neurosci 2014 0.91
36 The genetic basis of craniofacial and dental abnormalities. Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed 2011 0.90
37 Transforming growth factor β-mediated Sox10 suppression controls mesenchymal progenitor generation in neural crest stem cells. Stem Cells 2011 0.89
38 Persistent Wnt/β-catenin signaling determines dorsalization of the postnatal subventricular zone and neural stem cell specification into oligodendrocytes and glutamatergic neurons. Stem Cells 2014 0.88
39 The neural crest: understanding stem cell function in development and disease. Neurodegener Dis 2007 0.86
40 Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulates sequential fate decisions of murine cortical precursor cells. Stem Cells 2015 0.83
41 Stage- and area-specific control of stem cells in the developing nervous system. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2009 0.83
42 Wild-type ALK and activating ALK-R1275Q and ALK-F1174L mutations upregulate Myc and initiate tumor formation in murine neural crest progenitor cells. Oncotarget 2014 0.83
43 Cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic cues regulating lineage decisions in multipotent neural crest-derived progenitor cells. Int J Dev Biol 2002 0.83
44 Multiple lineage-specific roles of Smad4 during neural crest development. Dev Biol 2009 0.81
45 Cortical development: the art of generating cell diversity. Development 2005 0.81
46 Guidance of neural crest cell migration: the inhibitory function of the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, versican. ScientificWorldJournal 2006 0.80
47 Engineering melanoma progression in a humanized environment in vivo. J Invest Dermatol 2011 0.80
48 Chemokines in neuroectodermal development and their potential implication in cancer stem cell-driven metastasis. Semin Cancer Biol 2008 0.79
49 In vivo tumorigenesis was observed after injection of in vitro expanded neural crest stem cells isolated from adult bone marrow. PLoS One 2012 0.78
50 Sox5 and chromatophores: switching pigment cell fates. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2014 0.75
51 Rare, yet Relevant Tumor Cells - a New Twist to Melanoma Cell Plasticity. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2017 0.75