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Nature Cell Biology 10, 761 - 763 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ncb0708-761

Opposing roles for glypicans in Hedgehog signalling

Dong Yan1 & Xinhua Lin1

  1. Dong Yan and Xinhua Lin are in the Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
    e-mail: xinhua.lin@cchmc.org


Glypican members of the heparan sulphate proteoglycan family regulate several developmental signalling pathways, such as those involving Hedgehog, Wnt, BMP and FGF. Two studies reveal opposite effects of glypicans on Hedgehog signalling and show how their core protein domains and GPI anchor contribute to their versatile biological functions.

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