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This folder contains the data which were used in the publication "VEGF signaling promotes blastema growth and proliferation of vascular and non-vascular cells during axolotl limb regeneration" https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.05.030 . This also is directly related to https://github.com/Whited-Lab/project-axolotl-vegf-limb-regeneration for downstream analysis. Additionally, a singularity file "kallisto_ubuntu-22.04.sif" is included as it is too large for github upload and is utilized in the pipeline. To replicate RNAseq analysis, download the Github locally and run the scripts - data contained in this dataverse will populate and the full pipeline should run without issues! (2025-06-05)
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| Is Supplement To: Aaron M. Savage, Alexandra C. Wagner, Ryan T. Kim, Paul Gilbert, Hani D. Singer, Erica Chen, Elane M. Kim, Noah Lopez, Kelly E. Dooling, Julia C. Paoli, S.Y. Celeste Wu, Sebastian Böhm, Tim Froitzheim, Rachna Chilambi, Steven J. Blair, Connor Powell, Adnan Abouelela, Anna G. Luong, Kara N. Thornton, Noora Harake, Alparslan Karabacak, Benjamin Tajer, Duygu Payzin-Dogru, Jessica L. Whited, VEGF signaling promotes blastema growth and proliferation of vascular and non-vascular cells during axolotl limb regeneration, Developmental Biology, 2025, , ISSN 0012-1606, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.05.030. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012160625001538) Abstract: Salamanders are capable of regenerating whole limbs throughout life, a feat that is unmatched by other tetrapods. Limb regeneration is dependent upon the formation of a blastema containing progenitor cells which give rise to most tissues of the regenerated limb. Many signaling pathways, including FGF, BMP and Wnt, are required for regeneration, but the role of VEGF signaling during salamander limb regeneration is not well understood, particularly outside of angiogenesis. Here we show that VEGF signaling is essential for limb regeneration and that blastema cells and limb fibroblasts display impaired proliferation in the absence of VEGF signaling. Loss of VEGF signaling reduces expression of EMT-associated genes, suggesting VEGF signaling promotes expression of EMT-associated transcription factors, including Snai2, during axolotl limb regeneration. These findings highlight potential roles for VEGF signaling during regeneration which may extend beyond its expected pro-angiogenic function.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.05.030 |
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| Three replicates were collected for each condition as follows (note that DAPT samples are removed from analysis) : DAPT treated = "A01v1_A2_S1", "B01v1_C2_S2", "C01v1_D2_S3" AV951 treated = "D01v1_F2_S4", "E01v1_G2_S5", "F01v1_I2_S6" Control = "G01v1_M2_S7", "H01v1_N2_S8", "A02v1_O2_S9" |