Joerg Huelsken
EPFL SV ISREC UPHUELSKEN
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Fields of expertise
Tumor Heterogeneity and Stemness in Cancer
Biography
Prof. Joerg Huelsken received his PhD in 1998 at the Humboldt University and did postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Walter Birchmeier at the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin. He joined ISREC as an associate scientist and an NCCR project leader in January 2003 and, in 2005, was nominated Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the EPFL School of Life Sciences.Publications
Infoscience publications
Journal Articles
2025
Abstract 4588: Cell states and resistance in colorectal cancer: What can we learn from patient-derived organoids?
Cancer Research. 2025. DOI : 10.1158/1538-7445.am2025-4588.2023
Metabolic dependencies of metastasis-initiating cells in female breast cancer
Nature Communications. 2023. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-42748-8.IFNγ-induced stem-like state of cancer cells as a driver of metastatic progression following immunotherapy
Cell Stem Cell. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.stem.2023.05.007.Platform combining statistical modeling and patient-derived organoids to facilitate personalized treatment of colorectal carcinoma
Journal Of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 2023. DOI : 10.1186/s13046-023-02650-z.2022
Inhibition of SRC-mediated integrin signaling in bone marrow niche enhances hematopoietic stem cell function
Iscience. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105171.2021
High-content, targeted RNA-seq screening in organoids for drug discovery in colorectal cancer
Cell Reports. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109026.Genomic Instability Profiles at the Single Cell Level in Mouse Colorectal Cancers of Defined Genotypes
Cancers. 2021. DOI : 10.3390/cancers13061267.Niche-Mediated Integrin Signaling Supports Steady-State Hematopoiesis in the Spleen
Journal Of Immunology. 2021. DOI : 10.4049/jimmunol.2001066.2020
The Periostin/Integrin-alpha v Axis Regulates the Size of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Pool in the Fetal Liver
Stem Cell Reports. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.06.022.2019
γ-Catenin-Dependent Signals Maintain BCR-ABL1+ B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Cancer Cell. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.ccell.2019.03.005.2017
Enhanced Rate of Acquisition of Point Mutations in Mouse Intestinal Adenomas Compared to Normal Tissue
Cell Reports. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.05.051.Cross-Tissue Identification of Somatic Stem and Progenitor Cells Using a Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Derived Gene Signature
Stem Cells. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/stem.2719.Long-Term Engraftment of Primary Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Repairs Niche Damage and Improves Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Cell Stem Cell. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.stem.2017.07.004.2016
Outside-in integrin signalling regulates haematopoietic stem cell function via Periostin-Itgav axis
Nature Communications. 2016. DOI : 10.1038/ncomms13500.Microfluidic co-culture platform to quantify chemotaxis of primary stem cells
Lab On A Chip. 2016. DOI : 10.1039/c6lc00236f.Phage selection of peptide macrocycles against b-catenin to interfere with Wnt signaling
ChemMedChem. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/cmdc.201500557.Phage selection of chemically stabilized alpha-helical peptide ligands
ACS Chemical Biology. 2016. DOI : 10.1021/acschembio.5b00963.Polycomb Complex PRC1 Preserves Intestinal Stem Cell Identity by Sustaining Wnt/beta-Catenin Transcriptional Activity
Cell Stem Cell. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.stem.2015.09.019.2015
HOXA5 Counteracts Stem Cell Traits by Inhibiting Wnt Signaling in Colorectal Cancer
Cancer Cell. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.ccell.2015.11.001.2014
SPROUTY2 is a β-catenin and FOXO3a target gene indicative of poor prognosis in colon cancer
Oncogene. 2014. DOI : 10.1038/onc.2013.140.2013
Autolysosomal β-catenin degradation regulates Wnt-autophagy-p62 crosstalk
The EMBO Journal. 2013. DOI : 10.1038/emboj.2013.123.2012
β-catenin negatively regulates expression of the prostaglandin transporter PGT in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells: a role in the chemopreventive efficacy of aspirin?
British Journal of Cancer. 2012. DOI : 10.1038/bjc.2012.430.Interactions between cancer stem cells and their niche govern metastatic colonization
Nature. 2012. DOI : 10.1038/nature10694.2011
Neural stem cells are increased after loss of β-catenin, but neural progenitors undergo cell death
European Journal of Neuroscience. 2011. DOI : 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07632.x.β-catenin represses expression of the tumour suppressor 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells
Gut. 2011. DOI : 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300817.2010
SOX2 is an oncogene activated by recurrent 3q26.3 amplifications in human lung squamous cell carcinomas
PLoS One. 2010. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008960.Essential role of the Wnt pathway effector Tcf-1 for the establishment of functional CD8 T cell memory
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2010. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.0914127107.Genetic dissection of differential signaling threshold requirements for the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway in vivo
PLoS genetics. 2010. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000816.2009
Inducibility of Drug-metabolizing Enzymes by Xenobiotics in Mice with Liver-specific Knockout of Ctnnb1
Drug Metab Dispos. 2009. DOI : 10.1124/dmd.108.026179.Canonical Wnt signalling plays essential roles
European Journal of Immunology. 2009. DOI : 10.1002/eji.200838982.Cancer stem cells: never Wnt away from the niche
Current Opinion in Oncology. 2009. DOI : 10.1097/CCO.0b013e32831d1faf.Tissue-specific stem cells: friend or foe?
Cell Res. 2009. DOI : 10.1038/cr.2009.24.Reciprocal requirements for EDA/EDAR/NF-kappaB and Wnt/beta- catenin signaling pathways in hair follicle induction
Developmental Cell. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.devcel.2009.05.011.2008
Differential requirement for beta-catenin in epithelial and fiber cells during lens development
Developmental Biology. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.07.002.Long-term, multilineage hematopoiesis occurs in the combined absence of beta-catenin and gamma-catenin
Blood. 2008. DOI : 10.1182/blood-2007-07-102558.Cutaneous cancer stem cell maintenance is dependent on beta-catenin signalling
Nature. 2008. DOI : 10.1038/nature06835.Dependence of reversibility and progression of mouse neuronopathic Gaucher disease on acid beta-glucosidase residual activity levels
Molecular genetics and metabolism. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.ymgme.2008.01.013.2007
Beta-catenin downregulation is required for adaptive cardiac remodeling
Circulation Research. 2007. DOI : 10.1161/01.RES.0000266605.63681.5a.Distinct requirements for Gab1 in Met and EGF receptor signaling in vivo
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2007. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.0702555104.beta-Catenin regulates P-cadherin expression in mammary basal epithelial cells
FEBS Letters. 2007. DOI : 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.01.053.Wnt/beta-catenin is essential for intestinal homeostasis and maintenance of intestinal stem cells
Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2007. DOI : 10.1128/MCB.01034-07.2006
Hematopoietic stem cell and multilineage defects generated by constitutive beta-catenin activation
Nature Immunology. 2006. DOI : 10.1038/ni1387.2005
Pancreas-specific deletion of beta-catenin reveals Wnt-dependent and Wnt-independent functions during development
Current Biology. 2005. DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2005.08.037.Cell-type-specific transcriptomics in chimeric models using transcriptome-based masks
Nucleic Acids Res. 2005. DOI : 10.1093/nar/gni104.Cooperating pre-T-cell receptor and TCF-1-dependent signals ensure thymocyte survival
Blood. 2005. DOI : 10.1182/blood-2005-01-0337.2004
beta-catenin-dependent and -independent effects of DeltaN-plakoglobin on epidermal growth and differentiation
Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2004. DOI : 10.1128/MCB.24.19.8649-8661.2004.Requirement of plakophilin 2 for heart morphogenesis and cardiac junction formation
Journal of Cell Biology. 2004. DOI : 10.1083/jcb.200402096.2003
Genetic interaction between Wnt/beta-catenin and BMP receptor signaling during formation of the AER and the dorsal-ventral axis in the limb
Genes & Development. 2003. DOI : 10.1101/gad.263003.Beta-catenin regulates Cripto- and Wnt3-dependent gene expression programs in mouse axis and mesoderm formation
Development. 2003. DOI : 10.1242/dev.00859.Role of beta-catenin in synaptic vesicle localization and presynaptic assembly
Neuron. 2003. DOI : 10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00718-9.beta-Catenin is required for specification of proximal/distal cell fate during lung morphogenesis
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2003. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.M305892200.Deletion of beta-catenin impairs T cell development
Nature Immunology. 2003. DOI : 10.1038/ni1008.beta-Catenin signals regulate cell growth and the balance between progenitor cell expansion and differentiation in the nervous system
Developmental Biology. 2003. DOI : 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00123-4.2002
Expression of DeltaNLef1 in mouse epidermis results in differentiation of hair follicles into squamous epidermal cysts and formation of skin tumours
Development. 2002.Selection of multipotent stem cells during morphogenesis of small intestinal crypts of Lieberkuhn is perturbed by stimulation of Lef-1/beta-catenin signaling
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2002. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.M200184200.The ankyrin repeat protein Diversin recruits Casein kinase Iepsilon to the beta-catenin degradation complex and acts in both canonical Wnt and Wnt/JNK signaling
Genes & Development. 2002. DOI : 10.1101/gad.230402.The Wnt signalling pathway
Journal of Cell Science. 2002. DOI : 10.1242/jcs.00089.2001
Requirement of NF-kappaB/Rel for the development of hair follicles and other epidermal appendices
Development. 2001.beta-Catenin controls hair follicle morphogenesis and stem cell differentiation in the skin
Cell. 2001. DOI : 10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00336-1.2000
Requirement for beta-catenin in anterior-posterior axis formation in mice
Journal of Cell Biology. 2000. DOI : 10.1083/jcb.148.3.567.Essential role of Gab1 for signaling by the c-Met receptor in vivo
Journal of Cell Biology. 2000. DOI : 10.1083/jcb.150.6.1375.1997
Reduced gene expression of E-cadherin and associated catenins in human cervical carcinoma cell lines
Cancer Lett. 1997. DOI : 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00308-X.1994
Localization of the human beta-catenin gene (CTNNB1) to 3p21: a region implicated in tumor development
Genomics. 1994. DOI : 10.1006/geno.1994.1493.E-cadherin and APC compete for the interaction with beta-catenin and the cytoskeleton
Journal of Cell Biology. 1994. DOI : 10.1083/jcb.127.6.2061.Conference Papers
2022
Role Of Outside-In Integrin Signaling In Hematopoietic Development Of Mouse Embryo
2022. 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the International-Society-for-Experimental-Hematology (ISEH), Edinburgh, SCOTLAND, Sep 01-04, 2022. p. S62 - S62.2018
Comprehensive analysis of cancer stemness
2018. Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-Cancer-Research (AACR), Chicago, IL, Apr 14-18, 2018. DOI : 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2018-LB-373.2016
Successful immunotherapy of cancer stem cells requires memory and the adaptive immune system of the host
2016. DOI : 10.1158/2326-6074.Cricimteatiaacr15-B067.2015
Successful Immunotherapy of Cancer Stem Cells Requires Memory and the Adaptive Immune System of the Host
2015. 18th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Gene-and-Cell-Therapy (ASGCT), New Orleans, LA, MAY 13-16, 2015. p. S167 - S168.2014
Periostin Regulates Murine Adult Hematopoiesis By Affecting Hematopoietic Stem Cells Directly As Well Through Bone Formation
2014. 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the International-Society-for-Experimental-Hematology (ISEH), Montreal, CANADA, AUG 21-24, 2014. p. S42 - S42. DOI : 10.1016/j.exphem.2014.07.156.2013
Putting cancer stem cells in context
2013. 17th ECCO / 38th ESMO / 32nd ESTRO European Cancer Congress on Reinforcing Multidisciplinarity, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, SEP 27-OCT 01, 2013. p. S7 - S7.2012
Interactions Between Breast Cancer Stem Cells and their Niche Govern Metastatic Colonization of the Lung
2012. 22nd Biennial Congress of the European-Association-for-Cancer-Research, Barcelona, SPAIN, JUL 07-10, 2012. p. S15 - S15.Reviews
2014
Complex metastatic niches: already a target for therapy?
Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.ceb.2014.06.012.2013
The niche under siege: novel targets for metastasis therapy
Journal of internal medicine. 2013. DOI : 10.1111/joim.12024.Metastasis: New insights into organ-specific extravasation and metastatic niches
Experimental Cell Research. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.02.012.2012
Lrig1: a new master regulator of epithelial stem cells
The EMBO Journal. 2012. DOI : 10.1038/emboj.2012.73.2001
New aspects of Wnt signaling pathways in higher vertebrates
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 2001. DOI : 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00231-8.1995
Adherens junction proteins in tumour progression
Cancer Surveys. 1995.E-cadherin as an invasion suppressor
Ciba Found Symp. 1995.1994
Tumor-suppressor gene products in cell contacts: the cadherin-APC-armadillo connection
Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 1994. DOI : 10.1016/0955-0674(94)90098-1.1993
Molecular mechanisms leading to cell junction (cadherin) deficiency in invasive carcinomas
Seminars in Cancer Biology. 1993.Theses
2023
Development of a novel Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) for its use in Natural Killer (NK) cells for cancer treatment and beyond
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9093.Unlocking Hidden Potential: Exploring the Complexities of Signaling in Immune Cell Activation to Optimize CAR Therapy
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8912.Metabolic dependencies of metastasis-initiating cells in breast cancer
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8855.2022
The role of eosinophils in breast cancer
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8575.2021
Intestinal stem cells differentiation and its application in cancer therapy
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8868.2017
Targeting cancer stem cells by T cell engineering
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7960.2016
Development of microfluidic devices for chemotaxis of primary stem cells
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7071.2014
The role of recruited bone-marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells in the establishment of the tumor stroma and a growth-supportive environment
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6143.Identification of tumor-stroma interactions crucial for the establishment of liver metastasis
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6148.2012
Asymmetric Cell Division in the Skin
Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5024.Identification of a Novel Wnt Inhibitor
Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5431.Book Chapters
1996
Epithelial differentiation and the control of metastasis in carcinomas
Attempts to Understand Metastasis Formation II: Regulatory Factors; 1996. p. 117 - 135.Talks
2008
T-cell development occurs in the combined absence of the canonical Wnt signal-transducers beta- and gamma-catenin
Annual Joint Meeting of the Swiss Societies for Pneumology, Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Immunology, Thoracic Surgery, Fribourg, April 17-18, 2008.Patents
2024
Lat-based nk cars and their use
WO2024153707 . 2024.2011
Targeting extracellular matrix molecules for the treatment of cancer
WO2011024114 . 2011.Infoscience
Abstract 4588: Cell states and resistance in colorectal cancer: What can we learn from patient-derived organoids?
Cancer Research. 2025. DOI : 10.1158/1538-7445.am2025-4588.Lat-based nk cars and their use
WO2024153707 . 2024.Metabolic dependencies of metastasis-initiating cells in female breast cancer
Nature Communications. 2023. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-42748-8.IFNγ-induced stem-like state of cancer cells as a driver of metastatic progression following immunotherapy
Cell Stem Cell. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.stem.2023.05.007.Platform combining statistical modeling and patient-derived organoids to facilitate personalized treatment of colorectal carcinoma
Journal Of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 2023. DOI : 10.1186/s13046-023-02650-z.Development of a novel Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) for its use in Natural Killer (NK) cells for cancer treatment and beyond
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9093.Unlocking Hidden Potential: Exploring the Complexities of Signaling in Immune Cell Activation to Optimize CAR Therapy
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8912.Metabolic dependencies of metastasis-initiating cells in breast cancer
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8855.Inhibition of SRC-mediated integrin signaling in bone marrow niche enhances hematopoietic stem cell function
Iscience. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105171.The role of eosinophils in breast cancer
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8575.Role Of Outside-In Integrin Signaling In Hematopoietic Development Of Mouse Embryo
2022. 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the International-Society-for-Experimental-Hematology (ISEH), Edinburgh, SCOTLAND, Sep 01-04, 2022. p. S62 - S62.High-content, targeted RNA-seq screening in organoids for drug discovery in colorectal cancer
Cell Reports. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109026.Genomic Instability Profiles at the Single Cell Level in Mouse Colorectal Cancers of Defined Genotypes
Cancers. 2021. DOI : 10.3390/cancers13061267.Niche-Mediated Integrin Signaling Supports Steady-State Hematopoiesis in the Spleen
Journal Of Immunology. 2021. DOI : 10.4049/jimmunol.2001066.Intestinal stem cells differentiation and its application in cancer therapy
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8868.The Periostin/Integrin-alpha v Axis Regulates the Size of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Pool in the Fetal Liver
Stem Cell Reports. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.06.022.γ-Catenin-Dependent Signals Maintain BCR-ABL1+ B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Cancer Cell. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.ccell.2019.03.005.Comprehensive analysis of cancer stemness
2018. Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-Cancer-Research (AACR), Chicago, IL, Apr 14-18, 2018. DOI : 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2018-LB-373.Enhanced Rate of Acquisition of Point Mutations in Mouse Intestinal Adenomas Compared to Normal Tissue
Cell Reports. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.05.051.Cross-Tissue Identification of Somatic Stem and Progenitor Cells Using a Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Derived Gene Signature
Stem Cells. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/stem.2719.Long-Term Engraftment of Primary Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Repairs Niche Damage and Improves Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Cell Stem Cell. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.stem.2017.07.004.Targeting cancer stem cells by T cell engineering
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7960.Outside-in integrin signalling regulates haematopoietic stem cell function via Periostin-Itgav axis
Nature Communications. 2016. DOI : 10.1038/ncomms13500.Microfluidic co-culture platform to quantify chemotaxis of primary stem cells
Lab On A Chip. 2016. DOI : 10.1039/c6lc00236f.Successful immunotherapy of cancer stem cells requires memory and the adaptive immune system of the host
2016. DOI : 10.1158/2326-6074.Cricimteatiaacr15-B067.Phage selection of peptide macrocycles against b-catenin to interfere with Wnt signaling
ChemMedChem. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/cmdc.201500557.Development of microfluidic devices for chemotaxis of primary stem cells
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7071.Phage selection of chemically stabilized alpha-helical peptide ligands
ACS Chemical Biology. 2016. DOI : 10.1021/acschembio.5b00963.Polycomb Complex PRC1 Preserves Intestinal Stem Cell Identity by Sustaining Wnt/beta-Catenin Transcriptional Activity
Cell Stem Cell. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.stem.2015.09.019.HOXA5 Counteracts Stem Cell Traits by Inhibiting Wnt Signaling in Colorectal Cancer
Cancer Cell. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.ccell.2015.11.001.Successful Immunotherapy of Cancer Stem Cells Requires Memory and the Adaptive Immune System of the Host
2015. 18th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Gene-and-Cell-Therapy (ASGCT), New Orleans, LA, MAY 13-16, 2015. p. S167 - S168.Periostin Regulates Murine Adult Hematopoiesis By Affecting Hematopoietic Stem Cells Directly As Well Through Bone Formation
2014. 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the International-Society-for-Experimental-Hematology (ISEH), Montreal, CANADA, AUG 21-24, 2014. p. S42 - S42. DOI : 10.1016/j.exphem.2014.07.156.Complex metastatic niches: already a target for therapy?
Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.ceb.2014.06.012.SPROUTY2 is a β-catenin and FOXO3a target gene indicative of poor prognosis in colon cancer
Oncogene. 2014. DOI : 10.1038/onc.2013.140.The role of recruited bone-marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells in the establishment of the tumor stroma and a growth-supportive environment
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6143.Identification of tumor-stroma interactions crucial for the establishment of liver metastasis
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6148.The niche under siege: novel targets for metastasis therapy
Journal of internal medicine. 2013. DOI : 10.1111/joim.12024.Metastasis: New insights into organ-specific extravasation and metastatic niches
Experimental Cell Research. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.02.012.Putting cancer stem cells in context
2013. 17th ECCO / 38th ESMO / 32nd ESTRO European Cancer Congress on Reinforcing Multidisciplinarity, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, SEP 27-OCT 01, 2013. p. S7 - S7.Autolysosomal β-catenin degradation regulates Wnt-autophagy-p62 crosstalk
The EMBO Journal. 2013. DOI : 10.1038/emboj.2013.123.Lrig1: a new master regulator of epithelial stem cells
The EMBO Journal. 2012. DOI : 10.1038/emboj.2012.73.Asymmetric Cell Division in the Skin
Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5024.Identification of a Novel Wnt Inhibitor
Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5431.β-catenin negatively regulates expression of the prostaglandin transporter PGT in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells: a role in the chemopreventive efficacy of aspirin?
British Journal of Cancer. 2012. DOI : 10.1038/bjc.2012.430.Interactions Between Breast Cancer Stem Cells and their Niche Govern Metastatic Colonization of the Lung
2012. 22nd Biennial Congress of the European-Association-for-Cancer-Research, Barcelona, SPAIN, JUL 07-10, 2012. p. S15 - S15.Interactions between cancer stem cells and their niche govern metastatic colonization
Nature. 2012. DOI : 10.1038/nature10694.Neural stem cells are increased after loss of β-catenin, but neural progenitors undergo cell death
European Journal of Neuroscience. 2011. DOI : 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07632.x.β-catenin represses expression of the tumour suppressor 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells
Gut. 2011. DOI : 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300817.Targeting extracellular matrix molecules for the treatment of cancer
WO2011024114 . 2011.SOX2 is an oncogene activated by recurrent 3q26.3 amplifications in human lung squamous cell carcinomas
PLoS One. 2010. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008960.Essential role of the Wnt pathway effector Tcf-1 for the establishment of functional CD8 T cell memory
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2010. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.0914127107.Genetic dissection of differential signaling threshold requirements for the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway in vivo
PLoS genetics. 2010. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000816.Inducibility of Drug-metabolizing Enzymes by Xenobiotics in Mice with Liver-specific Knockout of Ctnnb1
Drug Metab Dispos. 2009. DOI : 10.1124/dmd.108.026179.Canonical Wnt signalling plays essential roles
European Journal of Immunology. 2009. DOI : 10.1002/eji.200838982.Cancer stem cells: never Wnt away from the niche
Current Opinion in Oncology. 2009. DOI : 10.1097/CCO.0b013e32831d1faf.Tissue-specific stem cells: friend or foe?
Cell Res. 2009. DOI : 10.1038/cr.2009.24.Reciprocal requirements for EDA/EDAR/NF-kappaB and Wnt/beta- catenin signaling pathways in hair follicle induction
Developmental Cell. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.devcel.2009.05.011.T-cell development occurs in the combined absence of the canonical Wnt signal-transducers beta- and gamma-catenin
Annual Joint Meeting of the Swiss Societies for Pneumology, Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Immunology, Thoracic Surgery, Fribourg, April 17-18, 2008.Differential requirement for beta-catenin in epithelial and fiber cells during lens development
Developmental Biology. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.07.002.Long-term, multilineage hematopoiesis occurs in the combined absence of beta-catenin and gamma-catenin
Blood. 2008. DOI : 10.1182/blood-2007-07-102558.Cutaneous cancer stem cell maintenance is dependent on beta-catenin signalling
Nature. 2008. DOI : 10.1038/nature06835.Dependence of reversibility and progression of mouse neuronopathic Gaucher disease on acid beta-glucosidase residual activity levels
Molecular genetics and metabolism. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.ymgme.2008.01.013.Beta-catenin downregulation is required for adaptive cardiac remodeling
Circulation Research. 2007. DOI : 10.1161/01.RES.0000266605.63681.5a.Distinct requirements for Gab1 in Met and EGF receptor signaling in vivo
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2007. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.0702555104.beta-Catenin regulates P-cadherin expression in mammary basal epithelial cells
FEBS Letters. 2007. DOI : 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.01.053.Wnt/beta-catenin is essential for intestinal homeostasis and maintenance of intestinal stem cells
Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2007. DOI : 10.1128/MCB.01034-07.Hematopoietic stem cell and multilineage defects generated by constitutive beta-catenin activation
Nature Immunology. 2006. DOI : 10.1038/ni1387.Pancreas-specific deletion of beta-catenin reveals Wnt-dependent and Wnt-independent functions during development
Current Biology. 2005. DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2005.08.037.Cell-type-specific transcriptomics in chimeric models using transcriptome-based masks
Nucleic Acids Res. 2005. DOI : 10.1093/nar/gni104.Cooperating pre-T-cell receptor and TCF-1-dependent signals ensure thymocyte survival
Blood. 2005. DOI : 10.1182/blood-2005-01-0337.beta-catenin-dependent and -independent effects of DeltaN-plakoglobin on epidermal growth and differentiation
Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2004. DOI : 10.1128/MCB.24.19.8649-8661.2004.Requirement of plakophilin 2 for heart morphogenesis and cardiac junction formation
Journal of Cell Biology. 2004. DOI : 10.1083/jcb.200402096.Genetic interaction between Wnt/beta-catenin and BMP receptor signaling during formation of the AER and the dorsal-ventral axis in the limb
Genes & Development. 2003. DOI : 10.1101/gad.263003.Beta-catenin regulates Cripto- and Wnt3-dependent gene expression programs in mouse axis and mesoderm formation
Development. 2003. DOI : 10.1242/dev.00859.Role of beta-catenin in synaptic vesicle localization and presynaptic assembly
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Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2003. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.M305892200.Deletion of beta-catenin impairs T cell development
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