Publications

• Wang Y, Venkatesh A, Xu J, Xu M, Williams J, Smallwood PM, James A, Nathans J. The WNT7A/WNT7B/GPR124/RECK signaling module plays an essential role in mammalian limb development. Development. 2022 May 1;149(9):dev200340. doi: 10.1242/dev.200340. Epub 2022 May 12. Link
• Wang Y, Smallwood PM, Williams J, Nathans J. (2020) A mouse model for kinesin family member 11 (Kif11)-associated familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Human Molecular Genetics. (7):1121-1131. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa018. PMID: 31993640 [link]
• Cho, C., Wang, Y., Smallwood, P.M., Williams, J., Nathans, J. (2019) Molecular determinants in Frizzled, Reck, and Wnt7a for ligand-specific signaling in neurovascular development.  eLife 8: e47300. [ pdf ]
• Cho C., Wang Y., Smallwood P.M., Williams J., Nathans J. (2019) Dlg1 activates beta-catenin signaling to regulate retinal angiogenesis and the blood-retina and blood-brain barriers. eLife 2019;8:e45542 doi: 10.7554/eLife.45542. [ link ] [ pdf ]
• Wang, Y, Sabbagh, MF,  Gu, X, Rattner, A, Williams, J, and Nathans, J. (2019) Beta-catenin signaling regu lates barrier-specific gene expression in circumventricular organ and ocular vasculatures.  eLife 8: e43257. [ pdf ]
• Wang, Y., Cho, C., Williams, J., Smallwood, P.M., Zhang, C.,  Junge, H.J., and Nathans, J. (2018) Interplay of the Norrin and Wnt7a/Wnt7b signaling systems in blood-brain barrier and blood-retina barrier development and maintenance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 15: E11827-E11836. [ pdf ]
• Wang, Y., Chang, H., Rattner, A., and Nathans, J. (2016) Frizzled receptors in development and disease. Current Topics in Developmental Biology 117: 113-139. [ pdf ]
• Wang, Y., Williams, J., Rattner, A., Wu, S., Bassuk, A.G., Goffinet, A.M., and Nathans, J. (2016) Patterning of papillae on the mouse tongue: A system for the quantitative assessment of planar cell polarity signaling.  Developmental Biology 419: 298-310. [ pdf ]
• Chang, H., Cahill, H., Smallwood, P.M., Wang, Y., and Nathans, J. (2015) Identification of Astrotactin2 as a genetic modifier that regulates the global orientation of mammalian hair follicles. PLOS Genetics 11: e1005532. [ pdf ]