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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2026

Faf2 is required for neural differentiation in embryonic neural progenitor cells.

Anneke Dixie Kakebeen, Leon Dunphy, Heather K Hazen, Lee A Niswander

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Anneke Dixie KakebeenDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States.
Leon DunphyDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States.
Heather K HazenDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States.
Lee A NiswanderDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States.

Funding

University of Colorado Cancer Center Support Grant - Lung Cancer Patient-Derived Xenografts with Autologous Human Immune SystemsP30CA046934 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI James V Degregori · 1988 to 2026
$117.0M
Project II - Modeling meningomyelocele in frog using human alleles and folic acid exposureP01HD104436 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI NISWANDER, LEE A. · 2021 to 2025
$7.0M
Bridges to the Baccalaureate Research Training Program at University of Colorado BoulderT34GM142601 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI Martha Caron, Deborah Craven · 2023 to 2026
$1.1M
Functions of Lipid Homeostasis During Neural Tube ClosureK99HD116973 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI Anneke D Kakebeen · 2025 to 2026
$281k
Uncovering the cellular and molecular mechanisms of folic acid fortification in neural tube defectsF32HD108958 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI KAKEBEEN, ANNEKE D · 2022 to 2024
$221k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046934NICHD NIH HHS F32 HD108958NICHD NIH HHS K99 HD116973NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD104436NIGMS NIH HHS T34 GM142601
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Abstract

Neural progenitor cell differentiation is a complex process requiring the proper integration of instructive and permissive factors. Instructive cues including signaling molecules and transcription factor networks have been well studied in this context, but permissive factors such as cell homeostasis have not. Cell homeostasis is critical to support the health and stability of a cell and enable the cell to act on instructive differentiation cues. Our study investigates a homeostasis protein, FAF2, and its function in neural progenitor cells. FAF2 is an adaptor protein involved in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) associated degradation to remove misfolded proteins and restore ER homeostasis. Here we show that knocking out

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cell fate decisionsER stressFAF2neural differentiationneural progenitor cells

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PMID42719004
PMCPMC13553756

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