{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Yang X"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)"],"pagination":["36"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10761817"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["While canonical Wnt signaling is well recognized for its crucial regulatory functions in cell fate decisions, the role of non-canonical Wnt signaling in adult stem cells remains elusive and contradictory. Here, we identified Mcam, a potential member of the non-canonical Wnt signaling, as an important negative regulator of mammary gland epithelial cells (MECs) by genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout (GeCKO) library screening. Loss of Mcam increases the clonogenicity and regenerative capacity of MECs, and promotes the proliferation, differentiation, and ductal morphogenesis of mammary epithelial in knockout mice. Mechanically, Mcam knockout recruits and polarizes macrophages through the Il4-Stat6 axis, thereby promoting secretion of the non-canonical Wnt ligand Wnt5a and its binding to the non-"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Mcam inhibits macrophage-mediated development of mammary gland through non-canonical Wnt signaling."],"pmcid":["PMC10761817"],"funding_grant_id":["32160174","U23A20452"],"pubmed_authors":["Hou Z","Zou L","Tan J","Wang H","Xu H","Fu NY","Li L","Yan X","Duan H","Yang X","Jiao B","Qi X","Yang Q"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Mcam inhibits macrophage-mediated development of mammary gland through non-canonical Wnt signaling.","description":"While canonical Wnt signaling is well recognized for its crucial regulatory functions in cell fate decisions, the role of non-canonical Wnt signaling in adult stem cells remains elusive and contradictory. Here, we identified Mcam, a potential member of the non-canonical Wnt signaling, as an important negative regulator of mammary gland epithelial cells (MECs) by genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout (GeCKO) library screening. Loss of Mcam increases the clonogenicity and regenerative capacity of MECs, and promotes the proliferation, differentiation, and ductal morphogenesis of mammary epithelial in knockout mice. Mechanically, Mcam knockout recruits and polarizes macrophages through the Il4-Stat6 axis, thereby promoting secretion of the non-canonical Wnt ligand Wnt5a and its binding to the non-","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jan","modification":"2025-04-19T19:51:13.114Z","creation":"2025-04-19T19:51:13.114Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10761817","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38167296"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-023-44338-0"]}}