Karl Willert
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Title(s) | Professor In Residence, Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
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Address | 9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Biography University of California San Francisco, San Francisco | PhD | 06/1996 | Biochemistry | University of California San Diego, La Jolla | B.A. | 06/1989 | Biochemistry |
Overview Dr. Karl Willert is an expert in stem cell and developmental biology. Dr. Willert obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego (1989) and earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry (1996) from the University of California, San Francisco under the guidance of Dr. Harold Varmus. Subsequently, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow with Dr. Roeland Nusse at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. In 2008, after working in the biotechnology sector for a few years, Dr. Willert was recruited as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego.
Underlying Dr. Willert’s research interests has been the study of WNT proteins, a family of secreted growth factors that regulate embryonic development and tissue homeostasis and impact a large number of human diseases, including neurodegeneration and cancer. Throughout his scientific career, Dr. Willert has incorporated biochemical, genetic and cell biological approaches to study these proteins and their signaling cascades. In a seminal study, Dr. Willert purified WNT proteins (he holds the patent on the “Composition of Active WNT protein”) and demonstrated that they harbor potent stem cell growth factor activities. His current research focuses on how WNT proteins regulate self renewal and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells. He is actively collaborating on multiple projects, including with colleagues Dr. Dennis Carson (WNT-FZD signaling in cancer), Dr. Terry Gaasterland (genome-wide approaches to understanding WNT signaling), Dr. David Traver (development of hematopoietic stem cells in zebrafish and human pluripotent stem cells), and Dr. Dan Kaufman (targeting FZD7-expressing tumors with CAR-NK cells).
Dr. Willert has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications, invited book chapters and review articles in the areas of WNT biochemistry and signaling and stem cell biology. Dr. Willert has been awarded 3 grants from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine totaling $7.1 million. His research has also been supported by The National Institutes of Health (NIGMS, NHLBI, NIDDK) and the National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias.
Research Focus Areas:
Developmental Biology | Signal Transduction | Stem Cell Biology
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Selective activation of FZD7 promotes mesendodermal differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells. Elife. 2020 Dec 17; 9.
Gumber D, Do M, Suresh Kumar N, Sonavane PR, Wu CCN, Cruz LS, Grainger S, Carson D, Gaasterland T, Willert K. PMID: 33331818.
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EGFR is required for Wnt9a-Fzd9b signalling specificity in haematopoietic stem cells. Nat Cell Biol. 2019 06; 21(6):721-730.
Grainger S, Nguyen N, Richter J, Setayesh J, Lonquich B, Oon CH, Wozniak JM, Barahona R, Kamei CN, Houston J, Carrillo-Terrazas M, Drummond IA, Gonzalez D, Willert K, Traver D. PMID: 31110287.
View in: PubMed Mentions: 6 Fields: Translation: HumansAnimalsCells
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Mechanisms of Wnt signaling and control. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Syst Biol Med. 2018 Mar 30; e1422.
Grainger S, Willert K. PMID: 29600540.
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WNT9A Is a Conserved Regulator of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Development. Genes (Basel). 2018 Jan 29; 9(2).
Richter J, Stanley EG, Ng ES, Elefanty AG, Traver D, Willert K. PMID: 29382179.
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Wnt Signaling in Hematological Malignancies. Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci. 2018 01; 153:321-341.
Grainger S, Traver D, Willert K. PMID: 29389522.
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The WNT target SP5 negatively regulates WNT transcriptional programs in human pluripotent stem cells. Nat Commun. 2017 10 18; 8(1):1034.
Huggins IJ, Bos T, Gaylord O, Jessen C, Lonquich B, Puranen A, Richter J, Rossdam C, Brafman D, Gaasterland T, Willert K. PMID: 29044119.
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Wnt/ß-catenin signaling during early vertebrate neural development. Dev Neurobiol. 2017 11; 77(11):1239-1259.
Brafman D, Willert K. PMID: 28799266.
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Intercellular transmission of the unfolded protein response promotes survival and drug resistance in cancer cells. Sci Signal. 2017 Jun 06; 10(482).
Rodvold JJ, Chiu KT, Hiramatsu N, Nussbacher JK, Galimberti V, Mahadevan NR, Willert K, Lin JH, Zanetti M. PMID: 28588081.
View in: PubMed Mentions: 29 Fields: Translation: HumansAnimalsCells
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The role of Wnt signaling in hematopoietic stem cell development. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol. 2017 08; 52(4):414-424.
Richter J, Traver D, Willert K. PMID: 28508727.
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A Wnt5 Activity Asymmetry and Intercellular Signaling via PCP Proteins Polarize Node Cells for Left-Right Symmetry Breaking. Dev Cell. 2017 03 13; 40(5):439-452.e4.
Minegishi K, Hashimoto M, Ajima R, Takaoka K, Shinohara K, Ikawa Y, Nishimura H, McMahon AP, Willert K, Okada Y, Sasaki H, Shi D, Fujimori T, Ohtsuka T, Igarashi Y, Yamaguchi TP, Shimono A, Shiratori H, Hamada H. PMID: 28292423.
View in: PubMed Mentions: 17 Fields: Translation: AnimalsCells
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CRISPR Guide RNA Validation In Vitro. Zebrafish. 2017 08; 14(4):383-386.
Grainger S, Lonquich B, Oon CH, Nguyen N, Willert K, Traver D. PMID: 27829120.
View in: PubMed Mentions: 2 Fields: Translation: Animals
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Wnt9a Is Required for the Aortic Amplification of Nascent Hematopoietic Stem Cells. Cell Rep. 2016 11 01; 17(6):1595-1606.
Grainger S, Richter J, Palazón RE, Pouget C, Lonquich B, Wirth S, Grassme KS, Herzog W, Swift MR, Weinstein BM, Traver D, Willert K. PMID: 27806298.
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Prodigiosin inhibits Wnt/ß-catenin signaling and exerts anticancer activity in breast cancer cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 11 15; 113(46):13150-13155.
Wang Z, Li B, Zhou L, Yu S, Su Z, Song J, Sun Q, Sha O, Wang X, Jiang W, Willert K, Wei L, Carson DA, Lu D. PMID: 27799526.
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Prenatal ß-catenin/Brn2/Tbr2 transcriptional cascade regulates adult social and stereotypic behaviors. Mol Psychiatry. 2016 10; 21(10):1417-33.
Belinson H, Nakatani J, Babineau BA, Birnbaum RY, Ellegood J, Bershteyn M, McEvilly RJ, Long JM, Willert K, Klein OD, Ahituv N, Lerch JP, Rosenfeld MG, Wynshaw-Boris A. PMID: 26830142.
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Methods to Manipulate and Monitor Wnt Signaling in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Methods Mol Biol. 2016; 1481:161-81.
Huggins IJ, Brafman D, Willert K. PMID: 27590161.
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Generation of an expandable intermediate mesoderm restricted progenitor cell line from human pluripotent stem cells. Elife. 2015 Nov 10; 4.
Kumar N, Richter J, Cutts J, Bush KT, Trujillo C, Nigam SK, Gaasterland T, Brafman D, Willert K. PMID: 26554899.
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Daple is a novel non-receptor GEF required for trimeric G protein activation in Wnt signaling. Elife. 2015 Jun 30; 4:e07091.
Aznar N, Midde KK, Dunkel Y, Lopez-Sanchez I, Pavlova Y, Marivin A, Barbazán J, Murray F, Nitsche U, Janssen KP, Willert K, Goel A, Abal M, Garcia-Marcos M, Ghosh P. PMID: 26126266.
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A rare human syndrome provides genetic evidence that WNT signaling is required for reprogramming of fibroblasts to induced pluripotent stem cells. Cell Rep. 2014 Dec 11; 9(5):1770-1780.
Ross J, Busch J, Mintz E, Ng D, Stanley A, Brafman D, Sutton VR, Van den Veyver I, Willert K. PMID: 25464842.
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Endogenous WNT signaling regulates hPSC-derived neural progenitor cell heterogeneity and specifies their regional identity. Stem Cell Reports. 2014 Dec 09; 3(6):1015-28.
Moya N, Cutts J, Gaasterland T, Willert K, Brafman DA. PMID: 25458891.
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The WNT receptor FZD7 is required for maintenance of the pluripotent state in human embryonic stem cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jan 28; 111(4):1409-14.
Fernandez A, Huggins IJ, Perna L, Brafman D, Lu D, Yao S, Gaasterland T, Carson DA, Willert K. PMID: 24474766.
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WNT5A encodes two isoforms with distinct functions in cancers. PLoS One. 2013; 8(11):e80526.
Bauer M, Bénard J, Gaasterland T, Willert K, Cappellen D. PMID: 24260410.
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Analysis of SOX2-expressing cell populations derived from human pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Reports. 2013; 1(5):464-78.
Brafman DA, Moya N, Allen-Soltero S, Fellner T, Robinson M, McMillen ZL, Gaasterland T, Willert K. PMID: 24286033.
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Use of a molecular genetic platform technology to produce human Wnt proteins reveals distinct local and distal signaling abilities. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3):e58395.
Green JL, Bauer M, Yum KW, Li YC, Cox ML, Willert K, Wahl GM. PMID: 23516471.
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Regulation of endodermal differentiation of human embryonic stem cells through integrin-ECM interactions. Cell Death Differ. 2013 Mar; 20(3):369-81.
Brafman DA, Phung C, Kumar N, Willert K. PMID: 23154389.
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Wnt proteins. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2012 Sep 01; 4(9):a007864.
Willert K, Nusse R. PMID: 22952392.
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Arrayed cellular microenvironments for identifying culture and differentiation conditions for stem, primary and rare cell populations. Nat Protoc. 2012 Mar 15; 7(4):703-17.
Brafman DA, Chien S, Willert K. PMID: 22422316.
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A protein kinase A and Wnt-dependent network regulating an intermediate stage in epithelial tubulogenesis during kidney development. Dev Biol. 2012 Apr 01; 364(1):11-21.
Gallegos TF, Kouznetsova V, Kudlicka K, Sweeney DE, Bush KT, Willert K, Farquhar MG, Nigam SK. PMID: 22290330.
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Wnt signaling: the ß-cat(enin)'s meow. Genes Dev. 2012 Jan 15; 26(2):105-9.
Bauer M, Willert K. PMID: 22279043.
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Secreted Wingless-interacting molecule (Swim) promotes long-range signaling by maintaining Wingless solubility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jan 10; 109(2):370-7.
Mulligan KA, Fuerer C, Ching W, Fish M, Willert K, Nusse R. PMID: 22203956.
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Long-term human pluripotent stem cell self-renewal on synthetic polymer surfaces. Biomaterials. 2010 Dec; 31(34):9135-44.
Brafman DA, Chang CW, Fernandez A, Willert K, Varghese S, Chien S. PMID: 20817292.
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Myristoylated Naked2 antagonizes Wnt-beta-catenin activity by degrading Dishevelled-1 at the plasma membrane. J Biol Chem. 2010 Apr 30; 285(18):13561-8.
Hu T, Li C, Cao Z, Van Raay TJ, Smith JG, Willert K, Solnica-Krezel L, Coffey RJ. PMID: 20177058.
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Ethacrynic acid exhibits selective toxicity to chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells by inhibition of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway. PLoS One. 2009 Dec 14; 4(12):e8294.
Lu D, Liu JX, Endo T, Zhou H, Yao S, Willert K, Schmidt-Wolf IG, Kipps TJ, Carson DA. PMID: 20011538.
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Defining long-term maintenance conditions of human embryonic stem cells with arrayed cellular microenvironment technology. Stem Cells Dev. 2009 Oct; 18(8):1141-54.
Brafman DA, Shah KD, Fellner T, Chien S, Willert K. PMID: 19327010.
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Impaired Wnt-beta-catenin signaling disrupts adult renal homeostasis and leads to cystic kidney ciliopathy. Nat Med. 2009 Sep; 15(9):1046-54.
Lancaster MA, Louie CM, Silhavy JL, Sintasath L, Decambre M, Nigam SK, Willert K, Gleeson JG. PMID: 19718039.
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Investigating the role of the extracellular environment in modulating hepatic stellate cell biology with arrayed combinatorial microenvironments. Integr Biol (Camb). 2009 Sep; 1(8-9):513-24.
Brafman DA, de Minicis S, Seki E, Shah KD, Teng D, Brenner D, Willert K, Chien S. PMID: 20023766.
View in: PubMed Mentions: 19 Fields: Translation: AnimalsCells
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Efficient siRNA delivery into primary cells by a peptide transduction domain-dsRNA binding domain fusion protein. Nat Biotechnol. 2009 Jun; 27(6):567-71.
Eguchi A, Meade BR, Chang YC, Fredrickson CT, Willert K, Puri N, Dowdy SF. PMID: 19448630.
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Inhibition of GSK-3beta promotes survival and proliferation of megakaryocytic cells through a beta-catenin-independent pathway. Cell Signal. 2008 Dec; 20(12):2317-23.
Soda M, Willert K, Kaushansky K, Geddis AE. PMID: 18804163.
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Isolation and application of bioactive Wnt proteins. Methods Mol Biol. 2008; 468:17-29.
Willert KH. PMID: 19099243.
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Wnt signaling: is the party in the nucleus? Genes Dev. 2006 Jun 01; 20(11):1394-404.
Willert K, Jones KA. PMID: 16751178.
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Differential inhibition of Wnt-3a by Sfrp-1, Sfrp-2, and Sfrp-3. Dev Dyn. 2006 Mar; 235(3):681-90.
Galli LM, Barnes T, Cheng T, Acosta L, Anglade A, Willert K, Nusse R, Burrus LW. PMID: 16425220.
View in: PubMed Mentions: 49 Fields: Translation: AnimalsCells
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Integration of Notch and Wnt signaling in hematopoietic stem cell maintenance. Nat Immunol. 2005 Mar; 6(3):314-22.
Duncan AW, Rattis FM, DiMascio LN, Congdon KL, Pazianos G, Zhao C, Yoon K, Cook JM, Willert K, Gaiano N, Reya T. PMID: 15665828.
View in: PubMed Mentions: 281 Fields: Translation: HumansAnimalsCells
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A proliferative role for Wnt-3a in chick somites. Dev Biol. 2004 May 15; 269(2):489-504.
Galli LM, Willert K, Nusse R, Yablonka-Reuveni Z, Nohno T, Denetclaw W, Burrus LW. PMID: 15110715.
View in: PubMed Mentions: 16 Fields: Translation: Animals
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Wnt proteins are lipid-modified and can act as stem cell growth factors. Nature. 2003 May 22; 423(6938):448-52.
Willert K, Brown JD, Danenberg E, Duncan AW, Weissman IL, Reya T, Yates JR, Nusse R. PMID: 12717451.
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A role for Wnt signalling in self-renewal of haematopoietic stem cells. Nature. 2003 May 22; 423(6938):409-14.
Reya T, Duncan AW, Ailles L, Domen J, Scherer DC, Willert K, Hintz L, Nusse R, Weissman IL. PMID: 12717450.
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The status of Wnt signalling regulates neural and epidermal fates in the chick embryo. Nature. 2001 May 17; 411(6835):325-30.
Wilson SI, Rydström A, Trimborn T, Willert K, Nusse R, Jessell TM, Edlund T. PMID: 11357137.
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Wnt signaling regulates B lymphocyte proliferation through a LEF-1 dependent mechanism. Immunity. 2000 Jul; 13(1):15-24.
Reya T, O'Riordan M, Okamura R, Devaney E, Willert K, Nusse R, Grosschedl R. PMID: 10933391.
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A Drosophila Axin homolog, Daxin, inhibits Wnt signaling. Development. 1999 Sep; 126(18):4165-73.
Willert K, Logan CY, Arora A, Fish M, Nusse R. PMID: 10457025.
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Wnt-induced dephosphorylation of axin releases beta-catenin from the axin complex. Genes Dev. 1999 Jul 15; 13(14):1768-73.
Willert K, Shibamoto S, Nusse R. PMID: 10421629.
View in: PubMed Mentions: 106 Fields: Translation: Cells
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WNT signaling in the control of hair growth and structure. Dev Biol. 1999 Mar 01; 207(1):133-49.
Millar SE, Willert K, Salinas PC, Roelink H, Nusse R, Sussman DJ, Barsh GS. PMID: 10049570.
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Two members of the Tcf family implicated in Wnt/beta-catenin signaling during embryogenesis in the mouse. Mol Cell Biol. 1998 Mar; 18(3):1248-56.
Korinek V, Barker N, Willert K, Molenaar M, Roose J, Wagenaar G, Markman M, Lamers W, Destree O, Clevers H. PMID: 9488439.
View in: PubMed Mentions: 113 Fields: Translation: HumansAnimalsCells
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Beta-catenin: a key mediator of Wnt signaling. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 1998 Feb; 8(1):95-102.
Willert K, Nusse R. PMID: 9529612.
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Casein kinase 2 associates with and phosphorylates dishevelled. EMBO J. 1997 Jun 02; 16(11):3089-96.
Willert K, Brink M, Wodarz A, Varmus H, Nusse R. PMID: 9214626.
View in: PubMed Mentions: 81 Fields: Translation: AnimalsCells
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Cell culture and whole animal approaches to understanding signaling by Wnt proteins in Drosophila. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1997; 62:185-90.
Nusse R, Samos CH, Brink M, Willert K, Cadigan KM, Wodarz A, Fish M, Rulifson E. PMID: 9598351.
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The Wnt-1 proto-oncogene induces changes in morphology, gene expression, and growth factor responsiveness in PC12 cells. Neuron. 1993 Nov; 11(5):865-75.
Shackleford GM, Willert K, Wang J, Varmus HE. PMID: 8240810.
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Efficient incorporation of human CD4 protein into avian leukosis virus particles. Science. 1990 Dec 07; 250(4986):1421-3.
Young JA, Bates P, Willert K, Varmus HE. PMID: 2175047.
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