Publications

• Chang TH, Hsieh FL, Gu X, Smallwood PM, Kavran JM, Gabelli SB, Nathans J. Structural insights into plasmalemma vesicle-associated protein (PLVAP): Implications for vascular endothelial diaphragms and fenestrae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Apr 4;120(14):e2221103120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2221103120. Epub 2023 Mar 30. PMID: 36996108; PMCID: PMC10083539. Link
• 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
• Chang TH, Hsieh FL, Smallwood PM, Gabelli SB, Nathans J. (2020) Structure of the RECK CC domain, an evolutionary anomaly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.117(26):15104-15111. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2006332117. Epub 2020 Jun 15. PMID: 32541044 [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]
• Peng X, Williams J, Smallwood PM, Nathans J. (2019) Defining the binding interface of Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) and Contactin3 (CNTN3) by site-directed mutagenesis. PLoS ONE 14(7):e0219384. [ link ] [ pdf ]
• 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., 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 ]
• Peng, X., Emiliani, F., Smallwood, P.M., Rattner, A., Lei, H., Sabbagh, M.F., and Nathans, J.  (2018) Affinity capture of polyribosomes followed by RNAseq (ACAPseq), a discovery platform for protein-protein interactions.  eLife 7: e40982. [ pdf ]
• Chang, H., Smallwood, P.M., Williams, J., and Nathans, J. (2017) Intramembrane proteolysis of Astrotactins.  Journal of Biological Chemistry 292: 3506-3516. [ pdf ]
• Cho, C., Smallwood, P.M., Nathans, J. (2017) Reck and Gpr124 Are Essential Receptor Cofactors for Wnt7a/Wnt7b-Specific Signaling in Mammalian CNS Angiogenesis and Blood-Brain Barrier Regulation. Neuron 95 (5): 1056-1076 [ pdf ]
• Chang, H., Smallwood, P.M., Williams, J., and Nathans, J. (2016) The spatio-temporal domains of Frizzled6 action in planar polarity control of hair follicle orientation. Developmental Biology 409: 181-193. [ 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 ]