A pre-vertebrate endodermal origin of calcitonin-producing neuroendocrine cells
Jenaid M. Rees, Katie Kirk, Giacomo Gattoni, Dorit Hockman, Victoria A. Sleight, Dylan Ritter, Èlia Benito‐Gutiérrez, Ela W. Knapik, Justin Gage Crump, Péter Fábián, J. Andrew Gillis
The paper traces the embryonic origin of calcitonin-producing cells across vertebrates and finds they derive from pharyngeal endoderm, not neural crest, and identifies homologues in invertebrate chordates.
Development · Aug 7, 2024Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology