Nicole M. Le Douarin

Role of the neural crest in face and brain development. (2007)

Le Douarin, Nicole M, Brito, José M, Creuzet, Sophie

Since the time of Ramon y Cajal, very significant progress has been accomplished in our knowledge of the fate of the early neural primordium. The origin of the peripheral nervous system from the...

Role of the neural crest in face and brain development. (2007)

Le Douarin, Nicole M, Brito, José M, Creuzet, Sophie

Since the time of Ramon y Cajal, very significant progress has been accomplished in our knowledge of the fate of the early neural primordium. The origin of the peripheral nervous system from the...

Clonally cultured differentiated pigment cells can dedifferentiate and generate multipotent progenitors with self-renewing potential. (2006)

Real, Carla, Glavieux-Pardanaud, Corinne, Le Douarin, Nicole M, Dupin, Elisabeth

The differentiation of a given cell should be irreversible in order to ensure cell-type-specific function and stability of resident tissue. However, under stimulation in vitro or during regeneration,...

The contribution of the neural crest to the vertebrate body. (2006)

Dupin, Elisabeth, Creuzet, Sophie, Le Douarin, Nicole M

As a transitory structure providing adult tissues of the vertebrates with very diverse cell types, the neural crest (NC) has attracted for long the interest of developmental biologists and is still...

Clonally cultured differentiated pigment cells can dedifferentiate and generate multipotent progenitors with self-renewing potential. (2006)

Real, Carla, Glavieux-Pardanaud, Corinne, Le Douarin, Nicole M, Dupin, Elisabeth

The differentiation of a given cell should be irreversible in order to ensure cell-type-specific function and stability of resident tissue. However, under stimulation in vitro or during regeneration,...

The contribution of the neural crest to the vertebrate body. (2006)

Dupin, Elisabeth, Creuzet, Sophie, Le Douarin, Nicole M

As a transitory structure providing adult tissues of the vertebrates with very diverse cell types, the neural crest (NC) has attracted for long the interest of developmental biologists and is still...

Early- and late-migrating cranial neural crest cell populations have equivalent developmental potential in vivo (1997)

Baker, Clare V. H., Bronner-Fraser, Marianne, Le Douarin, Nicole M., Teillet, Marie-Aimée

We present the first in vivo study of the long-term fate and potential of early-migrating and late-migrating mesencephalic neural crest cell populations, by performing isochronic and heterochronic...

Further Observation of Leucocyte Migration through the Endothelium of Venules in the Posterior Latissimus Dorsi Muscle of the Quail-Chick Spinal Cord Chimeras (1996)

Desaki, Junzo, Kinutani, Masae, Tan-Takeuchi, Kyoko, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

The migration of leucocytes through the walls of venules was examined in detail in the posterior latissimus dorsi muscle of quail-chick spinal cord chimeras, in which flaccid paralysis of the wings...

A study of peripheral tolerance through embryonic grafts of the bursal epithelial rudiment between MHC-distinct chick embryos (1994)

Martin, Claude, Belo, Maurice, Le Douarin, Nicole M., Corbel, Catherine

We report here that different organ grafts are not equally competent to induce tolerance of the host even if they are performed early in development, I.e. before the host's immune system has started...

Endothelin 3 induces the reversion of melanocytes to glia through a neural crest-derived glial-melanocytic progenitor

Dupin, Elisabeth, Glavieux, Corinne, Vaigot, Pierre, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

Functional signaling of endothelin 3 (ET3) and its receptor B (ETRB) has been shown to be required for the development of neural crest (NC)-derived pigment cells in mouse, but the precise role of ET3...

Cloning and characterization of a novel endothelin receptor subtype in the avian class

Lecoin, Laure, Sakurai, Takeshi, Ngo, Minh-Triet, Abe, Yoichiro, Yanagisawa, Masashi, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

Endothelin 3 (EDN 3) and the endothelin receptor B (EDNRB) are involved in the development of neural crest and particularly of the melanocytes and the enteric nervous system. We reported previously...

Abnormal T cell selection on nod thymic epithelium is sufficient to induce autoimmune manifestations in C57BL/6 athymic nude mice

Thomas-Vaslin, Véronique, Damotte, Diane, Coltey, Monique, Le Douarin, Nicole M., Coutinho, Antonio, Salaün, Josselyne

To investigate the role of primary T cell repertoire selection in the immunopathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, pure thymic epithelium (TE) from nonobese diabetic (NOD) embryos was grafted into non...

Endothelin 3 selectively promotes survival and proliferation of neural crest-derived glial and melanocytic precursors in vitro

Lahav, Ronit, Dupin, Elisabeth, Lecoin, Laure, Glavieux, Corinne, Champeval, Delphine, Ziller, Catherine, ...

Genetic data in the mouse have shown that endothelin 3 (ET3) and its receptor B (ETRB) are essential for the development of two neural crest (NC) derivatives, the melanocytes and the enteric nervous...

Ligand-dependent development of the endothelial and hemopoietic lineages from embryonic mesodermal cells expressing vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2

Eichmann, Anne, Corbel, Catherine, Nataf, Valérie, Vaigot, Pierre, Bréant, Christiane, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

The existence of a common precursor for endothelial and hemopoietic cells, termed the hemangioblast, has been postulated since the beginning of the century. Recently, deletion of the...

Reversal of developmental restrictions in neural crest lineages: Transition from Schwann cells to glial-melanocytic precursors in vitro

Dupin, Elisabeth, Real, Carla, Glavieux-Pardanaud, Corinne, Vaigot, Pierre, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

In vertebrate embryos, diversification of the lineages arising from the neural crest (NC) is controlled to a large extent by environmental factors. In previous work, we showed that endothelin 3 (ET3)...

Self-renewal capacity is a widespread property of various types of neural crest precursor cells

Trentin, Andréa, Glavieux-Pardanaud, Corinne, Le Douarin, Nicole M., Dupin, Elisabeth

In vertebrates, trunk neural crest (NC) generates glia, neurons, and melanocytes. In addition, it yields mesectodermal derivatives (connective tissues, chondrocytes, and myofibroblasts lining the...

Reciprocal relationships between Fgf8 and neural crest cells in facial and forebrain development

Creuzet, Sophie, Schuler, Bernadette, Couly, Gérard, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

Fgf8 exerts a strong effect on the mesenchymal cells of neural crest (NC) origin that are fated to form the facial skeleton. Surgical extirpation of facial skeletogenic NC domain (including...

Endothelin 3 induces the reversion of melanocytes to glia through a neural crest-derived glial-melanocytic progenitor

Dupin, Elisabeth, Glavieux, Corinne, Vaigot, Pierre, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

Functional signaling of endothelin 3 (ET3) and its receptor B (ETRB) has been shown to be required for the development of neural crest (NC)-derived pigment cells in mouse, but the precise role of ET3...

Cloning and characterization of a novel endothelin receptor subtype in the avian class

Lecoin, Laure, Sakurai, Takeshi, Ngo, Minh-Triet, Abe, Yoichiro, Yanagisawa, Masashi, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

Endothelin 3 (EDN 3) and the endothelin receptor B (EDNRB) are involved in the development of neural crest and particularly of the melanocytes and the enteric nervous system. We reported previously...

Abnormal T cell selection on nod thymic epithelium is sufficient to induce autoimmune manifestations in C57BL/6 athymic nude mice

Thomas-Vaslin, Véronique, Damotte, Diane, Coltey, Monique, Le Douarin, Nicole M., Coutinho, Antonio, Salaün, Josselyne

To investigate the role of primary T cell repertoire selection in the immunopathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, pure thymic epithelium (TE) from nonobese diabetic (NOD) embryos was grafted into non...

Endothelin 3 selectively promotes survival and proliferation of neural crest-derived glial and melanocytic precursors in vitro

Lahav, Ronit, Dupin, Elisabeth, Lecoin, Laure, Glavieux, Corinne, Champeval, Delphine, Ziller, Catherine, ...

Genetic data in the mouse have shown that endothelin 3 (ET3) and its receptor B (ETRB) are essential for the development of two neural crest (NC) derivatives, the melanocytes and the enteric nervous...

Ligand-dependent development of the endothelial and hemopoietic lineages from embryonic mesodermal cells expressing vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2

Eichmann, Anne, Corbel, Catherine, Nataf, Valérie, Vaigot, Pierre, Bréant, Christiane, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

The existence of a common precursor for endothelial and hemopoietic cells, termed the hemangioblast, has been postulated since the beginning of the century. Recently, deletion of the...

Reversal of developmental restrictions in neural crest lineages: Transition from Schwann cells to glial-melanocytic precursors in vitro

Dupin, Elisabeth, Real, Carla, Glavieux-Pardanaud, Corinne, Vaigot, Pierre, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

In vertebrate embryos, diversification of the lineages arising from the neural crest (NC) is controlled to a large extent by environmental factors. In previous work, we showed that endothelin 3 (ET3)...

Self-renewal capacity is a widespread property of various types of neural crest precursor cells

Trentin, Andréa, Glavieux-Pardanaud, Corinne, Le Douarin, Nicole M., Dupin, Elisabeth

In vertebrates, trunk neural crest (NC) generates glia, neurons, and melanocytes. In addition, it yields mesectodermal derivatives (connective tissues, chondrocytes, and myofibroblasts lining the...

Reciprocal relationships between Fgf8 and neural crest cells in facial and forebrain development

Creuzet, Sophie, Schuler, Bernadette, Couly, Gérard, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

Fgf8 exerts a strong effect on the mesenchymal cells of neural crest (NC) origin that are fated to form the facial skeleton. Surgical extirpation of facial skeletogenic NC domain (including...

An early role for Sonic hedgehog from foregut endoderm in jaw development: Ensuring neural crest cell survival

Brito, José M., Teillet, Marie-Aimée, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

We have investigated the role of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) in the development of facial structures by depriving chicken embryos of the most anterior sources of this morphogen, including the prechordal...

The cephalic neural crest exerts a critical effect on forebrain and midbrain development

Creuzet, Sophie E., Martinez, Salvador, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

Encephalisation is the most important characteristic in the evolutionary transition leading from protochordates to vertebrates. This event has coincided with the emergence of a transient and...

Patterning the neural crest derivatives during development of the vertebrate head: insights from avian studies

Creuzet, Sophie, Couly, Gérard, Le Douarin, Nicole M

Studies carried out in the avian embryo and based on the construction of quail–chick chimeras have shown that most of the skull and all the facial and visceral skeleton are derived from the...

Successful Xenogeneic Transplantation in Embryos: Induction of Tolerance by Extrathymic Chick Tissue Grafted into Quail

Martin, Claude, Ohki-Hamazaki, Hiroko, Corbel, Catherine, Coltey, Monique, Le Douarin, Nicole M.

In previous experiments, we have demonstrated that limb buds engrafted during embryonic life at E4, between MHC-mismatched chick embryos, are not only tolerated after birth, but induce in the...

Sonic Hedgehog promotes the development of multipotent neural crest progenitors endowed with both mesenchymal and neural potentials

Calloni, Giordano W., Glavieux-Pardanaud, Corinne, Le Douarin, Nicole M., Dupin, Elisabeth

In the vertebrate embryo, the cephalic neural crest cells (CNCCs) produce cells belonging to two main lineages: the neural [including neurons, glial cells of the peripheral nervous system (PNS), and...