List of works - Roberto Mayor

A balance between the anti-apoptotic activity of Slug and the apoptotic activity of msx1 is required for the proper development of the neural crest

scientific article published in November 2004

A new role for the Endothelin-1/Endothelin-A receptor signaling during early neural crest specification

scientific article

A novel function for the Xslug gene: control of dorsal mesendoderm development by repressing BMP-4.

scientific article published in October 2000

A novel method to study contact inhibition of locomotion using micropatterned substrates

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

A role for Syndecan-4 in neural induction involving ERK- and PKC-dependent pathways

scientific article published on 14 January 2009

Animal models for studying neural crest development: is the mouse different?

scientific article

Beads on the Run: Beads as Alternative Tools for Chemotaxis Assays ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Ca2+/H+ exchange by acidic organelles regulates cell migration in vivo.

scientific article

Cadherin Switch during EMT in Neural Crest Cells Leads to Contact Inhibition of Locomotion via Repolarization of Forces

scientific article

Cadherin-11 mediates contact inhibition of locomotion during Xenopus neural crest cell migration

scientific article

Cadherin-11 regulates protrusive activity in Xenopus cranial neural crest cells upstream of Trio and the small GTPases.

scientific article published on June 2009

Cadherins in collective cell migration of mesenchymal cells ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Calcium mediates dorsoventral patterning of mesoderm in Xenopus

scientific article published in October 2001

Can mesenchymal cells undergo collective cell migration? The case of the neural crest

scientific article

Cell communication with the neural plate is required for induction of neural markers by BMP inhibition: evidence for homeogenetic induction and implications for Xenopus animal cap and chick explant assays.

scientific article

Cell traction in collective cell migration and morphogenesis: the chase and run mechanism

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Chase-and-run between adjacent cell populations promotes directional collective migration

scientific article

Chemotaxis during neural crest migration.

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Collective cell migration in development

scientific article

Collective cell migration of epithelial and mesenchymal cells

scientific article published on 12 January 2013

Collective cell migration of the cephalic neural crest: the art of integrating information

scientific article published on 24 January 2011

Collective chemotaxis requires contact-dependent cell polarity.

scientific article published on July 2010

Complement fragment C3a controls mutual cell attraction during collective cell migration

scientific article published on 24 November 2011

Connexins in migration during development and cancer

scientific article published on 29 December 2014

Contact inhibition of locomotion in vivo controls neural crest directional migration

scientific article

Control of the collective migration of enteric neural crest cells by the Complement anaphylatoxin C3a and N-cadherin

scientific article (publication date: June 2016)

Delamination of neural crest cells requires transient and reversible Wnt inhibition mediated by Dact1/2

scientific article published on 27 April 2016

Development of cytoskeletal connections between cells of preimplantation mouse embryos

scientific article

Development of neural crest in Xenopus

scientific article published in January 1999

Differential requirements of BMP and Wnt signalling during gastrulation and neurulation define two steps in neural crest induction

scientific article published on 28 January 2009

Directional cell migration in vivo: Wnt at the crest

scientific article published on 5 October 2008

Directional collective cell migration emerges as a property of cell interactions

scientific article

Directional migration of neural crest cells in vivo is regulated by Syndecan-4/Rac1 and non-canonical Wnt signaling/RhoA.

scientific article published on 9 April 2008

Distinct elements of the xsna promoter are required for mesodermal and ectodermal expression

scientific article published in November 1993

Early neural crest induction requires an initial inhibition of Wnt signals.

scientific article

Embryonic cell-cell adhesion: a key player in collective neural crest migration.

scientific article

Essential role of non-canonical Wnt signalling in neural crest migration

scientific article published on 27 April 2005

Expression of Xenopus snail in mesoderm and prospective neural fold ectoderm

scientific article published in October 1993

Extracellular signals, cell interactions and transcription factors involved in the induction of the neural crest cells.

scientific article

Forcing contact inhibition of locomotion

scientific article (publication date: July 2015)

Galphaq negatively regulates the Wnt-beta-catenin pathway and dorsal embryonic Xenopus laevis development

scientific article published in February 2008

Genetic network during neural crest induction: from cell specification to cell survival.

scientific article

Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial-mesenchymal transition

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Identification of neural crest competence territory: role of Wnt signaling

scientific article published in January 2004

In vivo collective cell migration requires an LPAR2-dependent increase in tissue fluidity

scientific article

In vivo confinement promotes collective migration of neural crest cells.

scientific article

Induction of the prospective neural crest of Xenopus

scientific article published in March 1995

Inhibition of mesoderm formation by follistatin

scientific article published on 01 May 1998

Inhibition of neural crest migration underlies craniofacial dysmorphology and Hirschsprung's disease in Bardet-Biedl syndrome

scientific article

Integrating chemotaxis and contact-inhibition during collective cell migration: Small GTPases at work

scientific article published on September 2010

Interplay between Notch signaling and the homeoprotein Xiro1 is required for neural crest induction in Xenopus embryos.

scientific article published on 17 December 2003

Keeping in touch with contact inhibition of locomotion

scientific article

Kremen is required for neural crest induction in Xenopus and promotes LRP6-mediated Wnt signaling.

scientific article published on 31 October 2007

Lamellipodin and the Scar/WAVE complex cooperate to promote cell migration in vivo

scientific article

Modelling collective cell migration of neural crest.

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

Molecular basis of contact inhibition of locomotion

scientific article

Morulae at compaction and the pattern of protein synthesis in mouse embryos

scientific article published on 01 February 1994

Mutual repression between Gbx2 and Otx2 in sensory placodes reveals a general mechanism for ectodermal patterning.

scientific article published on 28 April 2012

Neural crest and placode interaction during the development of the cranial sensory system

scientific article

Neural crest delamination and migration: From epithelium-to-mesenchyme transition to collective cell migration ⬇️

scientific article published on 09 January 2012

Neural crest formation in Xenopus laevis: mechanisms of Xslug induction

scientific article published in August 1996

Neural crest migration: interplay between chemorepellents, chemoattractants, contact inhibition, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and collective cell migration

scientific article published on 24 January 2012

Neural crest streaming as an emergent property of tissue interactions during morphogenesis

scientific article published on 22 April 2019

Neural crests are actively precluded from the anterior neural fold by a novel inhibitory mechanism dependent on Dickkopf1 secreted by the prechordal mesoderm

scientific article published on 12 July 2007

PDGF controls contact inhibition of locomotion by regulating N-cadherin during neural crest migration.

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Par3 controls neural crest migration by promoting microtubule catastrophe during contact inhibition of locomotion

scientific article

Posteriorization by FGF, Wnt, and retinoic acid is required for neural crest induction

scientific article published in January 2002

Rediscovering contact inhibition in the embryo.

scientific article published on 19 April 2013

Regulation of XSnail2 expression by Rho GTPases

scientific article published in September 2007

Relationship between gene expression domains of Xsnail, Xslug, and Xtwist and cell movement in the prospective neural crest of Xenopus

scientific article published in August 2000

Ric-8A, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for heterotrimeric G proteins, is critical for cranial neural crest cell migration.

scientific article

Role of BMP signaling and the homeoprotein Iroquois in the specification of the cranial placodal field

scientific article published in August 2004

Role of FGF and noggin in neural crest induction

scientific article published in September 1997

SPIN90 associates with mDia1 and the Arp2/3 complex to regulate cortical actin organization

scientific article published on 22 June 2020

Snail precedes slug in the genetic cascade required for the specification and migration of the Xenopus neural crest

scientific article published in February 2003

Snail1a and Snail1b cooperate in the anterior migration of the axial mesendoderm in the zebrafish embryo

scientific article published in November 2007

Sox10 is required for the early development of the prospective neural crest in Xenopus embryos.

scientific article

Supracellular contraction at the rear of neural crest cell groups drives collective chemotaxis

scientific article

Supracellular migration - beyond collective cell migration

scientific article published on 15 April 2019

The Molecular Basis of Radial Intercalation during Tissue Spreading in Early Development

scientific article

The front and rear of collective cell migration.

scientific article published on 04 January 2016

The homeoprotein Xiro1 is required for midbrain-hindbrain boundary formation.

scientific article published in April 2002

The hypoxia factor Hif-1α controls neural crest chemotaxis and epithelial to mesenchymal transition

scientific article

The inductive properties of mesoderm suggest that the neural crest cells are specified by a BMP gradient

scientific article published in June 1998

The neural crest

scientific article published on 01 June 2013

The posteriorizing gene Gbx2 is a direct target of Wnt signalling and the earliest factor in neural crest induction

scientific article

The role of the non-canonical Wnt-planar cell polarity pathway in neural crest migration

scientific article published on January 2014

Wnt11r is required for cranial neural crest migration

scientific article published in November 2008

Xenopus brain factor-2 controls mesoderm, forebrain and neural crest development

scientific article published in January 1999

Xenopus paraxis homologue shows novel domains of expression

scientific article published on November 2004

Xiro, a Xenopus homolog of the Drosophila Iroquois complex genes, controls development at the neural plate

scientific article published on January 1998

Xiro-1 controls mesoderm patterning by repressing bmp-4 expression in the Spemann organizer

scientific article published in November 2001

List of works by Roberto Mayor

A balance between the anti-apoptotic activity of Slug and the apoptotic activity of msx1 is required for the proper development of the neural crest

A new role for the Endothelin-1/Endothelin-A receptor signaling during early neural crest specification

A novel function for the Xslug gene: control of dorsal mesendoderm development by repressing BMP-4.

A novel method to study contact inhibition of locomotion using micropatterned substrates

A role for Syndecan-4 in neural induction involving ERK- and PKC-dependent pathways

Animal models for studying neural crest development: is the mouse different?

Beads on the Run: Beads as Alternative Tools for Chemotaxis Assays ⬇️

Ca2+/H+ exchange by acidic organelles regulates cell migration in vivo.

Cadherin Switch during EMT in Neural Crest Cells Leads to Contact Inhibition of Locomotion via Repolarization of Forces

Cadherin-11 mediates contact inhibition of locomotion during Xenopus neural crest cell migration

Cadherin-11 regulates protrusive activity in Xenopus cranial neural crest cells upstream of Trio and the small GTPases.

Cadherins in collective cell migration of mesenchymal cells ⬇️

Calcium mediates dorsoventral patterning of mesoderm in Xenopus

Can mesenchymal cells undergo collective cell migration? The case of the neural crest

Cell communication with the neural plate is required for induction of neural markers by BMP inhibition: evidence for homeogenetic induction and implications for Xenopus animal cap and chick explant assays.

Cell traction in collective cell migration and morphogenesis: the chase and run mechanism

Chase-and-run between adjacent cell populations promotes directional collective migration

Chemotaxis during neural crest migration.

Collective cell migration in development

Collective cell migration of epithelial and mesenchymal cells

Collective cell migration of the cephalic neural crest: the art of integrating information

Collective chemotaxis requires contact-dependent cell polarity.

Complement fragment C3a controls mutual cell attraction during collective cell migration

Connexins in migration during development and cancer

Contact inhibition of locomotion in vivo controls neural crest directional migration

Control of the collective migration of enteric neural crest cells by the Complement anaphylatoxin C3a and N-cadherin

Delamination of neural crest cells requires transient and reversible Wnt inhibition mediated by Dact1/2

Development of cytoskeletal connections between cells of preimplantation mouse embryos

Development of neural crest in Xenopus

Differential requirements of BMP and Wnt signalling during gastrulation and neurulation define two steps in neural crest induction

Directional cell migration in vivo: Wnt at the crest

Directional collective cell migration emerges as a property of cell interactions

Directional migration of neural crest cells in vivo is regulated by Syndecan-4/Rac1 and non-canonical Wnt signaling/RhoA.

Distinct elements of the xsna promoter are required for mesodermal and ectodermal expression

Early neural crest induction requires an initial inhibition of Wnt signals.

Embryonic cell-cell adhesion: a key player in collective neural crest migration.

Essential role of non-canonical Wnt signalling in neural crest migration

Expression of Xenopus snail in mesoderm and prospective neural fold ectoderm

Extracellular signals, cell interactions and transcription factors involved in the induction of the neural crest cells.

Forcing contact inhibition of locomotion

Galphaq negatively regulates the Wnt-beta-catenin pathway and dorsal embryonic Xenopus laevis development

Genetic network during neural crest induction: from cell specification to cell survival.

Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Identification of neural crest competence territory: role of Wnt signaling

In vivo collective cell migration requires an LPAR2-dependent increase in tissue fluidity

In vivo confinement promotes collective migration of neural crest cells.

Induction of the prospective neural crest of Xenopus

Inhibition of mesoderm formation by follistatin

Inhibition of neural crest migration underlies craniofacial dysmorphology and Hirschsprung's disease in Bardet-Biedl syndrome

Integrating chemotaxis and contact-inhibition during collective cell migration: Small GTPases at work

Interplay between Notch signaling and the homeoprotein Xiro1 is required for neural crest induction in Xenopus embryos.

Keeping in touch with contact inhibition of locomotion

Kremen is required for neural crest induction in Xenopus and promotes LRP6-mediated Wnt signaling.

Lamellipodin and the Scar/WAVE complex cooperate to promote cell migration in vivo

Modelling collective cell migration of neural crest.

Molecular basis of contact inhibition of locomotion

Morulae at compaction and the pattern of protein synthesis in mouse embryos

Mutual repression between Gbx2 and Otx2 in sensory placodes reveals a general mechanism for ectodermal patterning.

Neural crest and placode interaction during the development of the cranial sensory system

Neural crest delamination and migration: From epithelium-to-mesenchyme transition to collective cell migration ⬇️

Neural crest formation in Xenopus laevis: mechanisms of Xslug induction

Neural crest migration: interplay between chemorepellents, chemoattractants, contact inhibition, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and collective cell migration

Neural crest streaming as an emergent property of tissue interactions during morphogenesis

Neural crests are actively precluded from the anterior neural fold by a novel inhibitory mechanism dependent on Dickkopf1 secreted by the prechordal mesoderm

PDGF controls contact inhibition of locomotion by regulating N-cadherin during neural crest migration.

Par3 controls neural crest migration by promoting microtubule catastrophe during contact inhibition of locomotion

Posteriorization by FGF, Wnt, and retinoic acid is required for neural crest induction

Rediscovering contact inhibition in the embryo.

Regulation of XSnail2 expression by Rho GTPases

Relationship between gene expression domains of Xsnail, Xslug, and Xtwist and cell movement in the prospective neural crest of Xenopus

Ric-8A, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for heterotrimeric G proteins, is critical for cranial neural crest cell migration.

Role of BMP signaling and the homeoprotein Iroquois in the specification of the cranial placodal field

Role of FGF and noggin in neural crest induction

SPIN90 associates with mDia1 and the Arp2/3 complex to regulate cortical actin organization

Snail precedes slug in the genetic cascade required for the specification and migration of the Xenopus neural crest

Snail1a and Snail1b cooperate in the anterior migration of the axial mesendoderm in the zebrafish embryo

Sox10 is required for the early development of the prospective neural crest in Xenopus embryos.

Supracellular contraction at the rear of neural crest cell groups drives collective chemotaxis

Supracellular migration - beyond collective cell migration