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Overview

Mireille Montcouquiol is affiliated with Inserm, the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant work focused on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Neurology.

The scientist's work involves multiple interdisciplinary topics, including:

  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases

Mireille Montcouquiol has published extensively, with research appearing in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Science Advances, Cell Reports, and Scientific Reports.

Representative recent papers include:

  • Vangl2 acts at the interface between actin and N-cadherin to modulate mammalian neuronal outgrowth (2020), published in eLife
  • The core PCP protein Prickle2 regulates axon number and AIS maturation by binding to AnkG and modulating microtubule bundling (2022), published in Science Advances
  • Vangl2 in the Dentate Network Modulates Pattern Separation and Pattern Completion (2020), published in Cell Reports
  • The cell polarity protein Vangl2 in the muscle shapes the neuromuscular synapse by binding to and regulating the tyrosine kinase MuSK (2022), published in Science Signaling
  • Early loss of Scribble affects cortical development, interhemispheric connectivity and psychomotor activity (2021), published in Scientific Reports

Collaboration plays a notable role in their research activities, with frequent co-authors including Nathalie Sans, Maïté M. Moreau, Jérôme Ezan, Sonia Poirault-Chassac, and Benjamin J.A. Robert. This consortium of collaborators has contributed to sustained output within their primary and subfields of study.

Best Publications

  • Identification of Vangl2 and Scrb1 as planar polarity genes in mammals

    Mireille Montcouquiol;Rivka A. Rachel;Pamela J. Lanford;Neal G. Copeland

  • Math1 regulates development of the sensory epithelium in the mammalian cochlea.

    Chad Woods;Mireille Montcouquiol;Matthew W Kelley

  • Lack of cadherins Celsr2 and Celsr3 impairs ependymal ciliogenesis, leading to fatal hydrocephalus

    Fadel Tissir;Yibo Qu;Mireille Montcouquiol;Libing Zhou

  • SHANK3 mutations identified in autism lead to modification of dendritic spine morphology via an actin-dependent mechanism

    C M Durand;J Perroy;F Loll;F Loll;D Perrais;D Perrais

  • Asymmetric Localization of Vangl2 and Fz3 Indicate Novel Mechanisms for Planar Cell Polarity in Mammals

    Mireille Montcouquiol;Mireille Montcouquiol;Nathalie Sans;Nathalie Sans;David Huss;Jacob Kach

  • Wnt signaling mediates reorientation of outer hair cell stereociliary bundles in the mammalian cochlea.

    Alain Dabdoub;Maura J. Donohue;Angela Brennan;Vladimir Wolf

  • Transcription profiling of inner ears from Pou4f3ddl/ddl identifies Gfi1 as a target of the Pou4f3 deafness gene

    Ronna Hertzano;Ronna Hertzano;Mireille Montcouquiol;Sharon Rashi-Elkeles;Rani Elkon

  • Noncanonical Wnt signaling and neural polarity.

    Mireille Montcouquiol;E. Bryan Crenshaw;Matthew W. Kelley

  • Fgf8 induces pillar cell fate and regulates cellular patterning in the mammalian cochlea.

    Bonnie E. Jacques;Mireille E. Montcouquiol;Erynn M. Layman;Mark Lewandoski

  • Inhibitors of differentiation and DNA binding (Ids) regulate Math1 and hair cell formation during the development of the organ of Corti.

    Jennifer M. Jones;Mireille Montcouquiol;Alain Dabdoub;Chad Woods

  • A dual role for planar cell polarity genes in ciliated cells

    Camille Boutin;Paul Labedan;Jordane Dimidschstein;Fabrice Richard

  • Planar and Vertical Signals Control Cellular Differentiation and Patterning in the Mammalian Cochlea

    Mireille Montcouquiol;Matthew W. Kelley

  • Scrib regulates PAK activity during the cell migration process

    Sébastien Nola;Michael Sebbagh;Sylvie Marchetto;Naël Osmani

  • Intracellular signals that control cell proliferation in mammalian balance epithelia: key roles for phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase, mammalian target of rapamycin, and S6 kinases in preference to calcium, protein kinase C, and mitogen-activated protein kinase.

    Mireille Montcouquiol;Jeffrey T. Corwin

  • Revisiting planar cell polarity in the inner ear

    Jérôme Ezan;Mireille Montcouquiol;Mireille Montcouquiol

  • Dishevelled stabilization by the ciliopathy protein Rpgrip1l is essential for planar cell polarity

    Alexia Mahuzier;Alexia Mahuzier;Helori-Mael Gaudé;Helori-Mael Gaudé;Valentina Grampa;Valentina Grampa;Isabelle Anselme;Isabelle Anselme

  • Defective Gpsm2/Gαi3 signalling disrupts stereocilia development and growth cone actin dynamics in Chudley-McCullough syndrome.

    Stephanie A. Mauriac;Yeri E. Hien;Jonathan E. Bird;Steve Dos-Santos Carvalho

  • Lhx3, a LIM domain transcription factor, is regulated by Pou4f3 in the auditory but not in the vestibular system

    Ronna Hertzano;Ronna Hertzano;Amiel A. Dror;Mireille Montcouquiol;Mireille Montcouquiol;Zubair M. Ahmed

  • Molecular Characterisation of Endogenous Vangl2/Vangl1 Heteromeric Protein Complexes

    Edwige Belotti;Tania M. Puvirajesinghe;Stéphane Audebert;Emilie Baudelet

  • The Human PDZome: A Gateway to PSD95-Disc Large-Zonula Occludens (PDZ)-mediated Functions

    Edwige Belotti;Edwige Belotti;Jolanta Polanowska;Jolanta Polanowska;Avais M. Daulat;Stéphane Audebert

  • Brief treatments with forskolin enhance s-phase entry in balance epithelia from the ears of rats.

    Mireille Montcouquiol;Jeffrey T. Corwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Forge
Andrew Forge University College London
Nancy A. Jenkins
Nancy A. Jenkins The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Neal G. Copeland
Neal G. Copeland The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Christophe Mulle
Christophe Mulle University of Bordeaux
Jeffrey T. Corwin
Jeffrey T. Corwin University of Virginia
Thomas B. Friedman
Thomas B. Friedman National Institutes of Health
Mark E. Warchol
Mark E. Warchol Washington University in St. Louis
Sophie Saunier
Sophie Saunier Université Paris Cité

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