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Nature Cell Biology 10, 11 - 13 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ncb0108-11

Cilia put a brake on Wnt signalling

Xi He1

  1. Xi He is at the F. M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Enders 461.2, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
    e-mail: xi.he@childrens.harvard.edu


Two studies suggest that the primary cilium, a microtubule-based structure protruding from the surface of most vertebrate cells, has a role in restraining Wnt/beta-catenin signalling. These findings have implications for the pathogenesis of a plethora of diseases associated with abnormal cilia; however, the mechanism linking Wnt signalling and cilia remains a mystery.

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