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2023

A conserved role of Hippo signaling pathway in initiation of the first lineage specification event across mammals

Claudia Gerri*, Afshan McCarthy, Gwen Mei Scott, Marius Regin, Panagiotis Stamatiadis, Sophie Brumm, Claire S. Simon, Janet Lee, Cristina Montesinos, Caroline Hassitt, Sarah Hockenhull, Daniel Hampshire, Kay Elder, Phil Snell, Leila Christie, Ali A. Fouladi-Nashta, Hilde Van de Velde, Kathy K. Niakan*

*Co-corresponding authors

Development (2023), PMID: 36971487, DOI: 10.1242/dev.201112

Lineage segregation in human pre-implantation embryos is specified by YAP1 and TEAD1

Marius Regin, Wafaa Essahib, Andrej Demtschenko, Delphine Dewandre, Laurent David, Claudia Gerri, Kathy K. Niakan, Greta Verheyen, Herman Tournaye, Johan Sterckx, Karen Sermon, Hilde Van de Velde

Human Reproduction (2023), PMID: 37295962, DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dead107

Dynamic matrices with DNA-encoded viscoelasticity for cell and organoid culture

Y.-H. Peng, S. K. Hsiao, K. Gupta, A. Ruland, G. K. Auernhammer, M. F. Maitz, S. Boye, J. Lattner, C. Gerri, A. Honigmann, C. Werner, E. Krieg

Nature Nanotechnology (2023), PMID: 37550574, DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01483-3

2022

GIANI – open-source software for automated analysis of 3D microscopy images

David J. Barry, Claudia Gerri, Donald M. Bell, Rocco D’Antuono, Kathy K. Niakan

Journal of Cell Science (2022), PMID: 35502739, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.259511

2021

Generating CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Null Mutations and Screening Targeting Efficiency in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Oliver J. Bower, Afshan McCarthy, Rebecca A. Lea, Gregorio Alanis-Lobato, Jasmin Zohren, Claudia Gerri, James M. A. Turner, Kathy K. Niakan

Current Protocols (2021), PMID: 34432381, DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.232

Conserved and context-dependent roles for pdgfrb signaling during zebrafish vascular mural cell development

Koji Ando, Yu-Huan Shih, Lwaki Ebarasi, Ann Grosse, Daneal Portman, Ayano Chiba, Kenny Mattonet, Claudia Gerri, Didier Y. R. Stainier, Naoki Mochizuki, Shigetomo Fukuhara, Christer Betsholtz, Nathan D. Lawson

Developmental Biology (2021), PMID: 34310924, DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.06.010

2020

Human Embryogenesis: A Comparative Perspective

Claudia Gerri*, Sergio Menchero*, Shantha K. Mahadevaiah, James M. A. Turner, Kathy K. Niakan

*Co-first authors

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology (2020), PMID: 33021826, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-022020-024900

Initiation of a conserved trophectoderm program in human, cow and mouse embryos

Claudia Gerri, Afshan McCarthy, Gregorio Alanis-Lobato, Andrej Demtschenko, Alexandre Bruneau, Sophie Loubersac, Norah M. E. Fogarty, Daniel Hampshire, Kay Elder, Phil Snell, Leila Christie, Laurent David, Hilde Van de Velde, Ali A. Fouladi-Nashta, Kathy K. Niakan

Nature (2020), PMID: 32968278, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2759-x

Long-Pentraxin 3 Affects Primary Cilium in Zebrafish Embryo and Cancer Cells via the FGF System

Jessica Guerra, Paola Chiodelli, Chiara Tobia, Claudia Gerri, Marco Presta

Cancers (2020), PMID: 32630309, DOI: 10.3390/cancers12071756

IGF1-mediated human embryonic stem cell self-renewal recapitulates the embryonic niche

Sissy E. Wamaitha, Katarzyna J. Grybel, Gregorio Alanis-Lobato, Claudia Gerri, Sugako Ogushi, Afshan McCarthy, Shantha K. Mahadevaiah, Lyn Healy, Rebecca A. Lea, Miriam Molina-Arcas, Liani G. Devito, Kay Elder, Phil Snell, Leila Christie, Julian Downward, James M. A. Turner, Kathy K. Niakan

Nature Communications (2020), PMID: 32034154, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14629-x

2019

Intussusceptive Vascular Remodeling Precedes Pathological Neovascularization

Zaheer Ali, Anthony Mukwaya, Antje Biesemeier, Maria Ntzouni, Daniel Ramsköld, Sarantis Giatrellis, Parviz Mammadzada, Renhai Cao, Anton Lennikov, Michele Marass, Claudia Gerri, Camilla Hildesjö, Michael Taylor, Qiaolin Deng, Beatrice Peebo, Luis Del Peso, Anders Kvanta, Rickard Sandberg, Ulrich Schraermeyer, Helder Andre, John F. Steffensen, Neil Lagali, Yihai Cao, Julianna Kele, Lasse Dahl Jensen

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (2019), PMID: 31242036, DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.118.312190

Genome-wide strategies reveal target genes of Npas4l associated with vascular development in zebrafish

Michele Marass, Arica Beisaw, Claudia Gerri, Francesca Luzzani, Nana Fukuda, Stefan Günther, Carsten Kuenne, Sven Reischauer, Didier Y. R. Stainier

Development (2019), PMID: 31097478, DOI: 10.1242/dev.173427

Genetic compensation triggered by mutant mRNA degradation

Mohamed A. El-Brolosy, Zacharias Kontarakis, Andrea Rossi, Carsten Kuenne, Stefan Günther, Nana Fukuda, Khrievono Kikhi, Giulia L. M. Boezio, Carter M. Takacs, Shih-Lei Lai, Ryuichi Fukuda, Claudia Gerri, Antonio J. Giraldez, Didier Y. R. Stainier

Nature (2019), PMID: 30944477, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1064-z

2018

Hif-1α and Hif-2α regulate hemogenic endothelium and hematopoietic stem cell formation in zebrafish

Claudia Gerri*, Michele Marass*, Andrea Rossi, Didier Y. R. Stainier

*Co-first authors

Blood (2018), PMID: 29339404, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2017-07-797795

2017

Hif-1α regulates macrophage-endothelial interactions during blood vessel development in zebrafish

Claudia Gerri, Rubén Marín-Juez, Michele Marass, Alora Marks, Hans-Martin Maischein, Didier Y. R. Stainier

Nature Communications (2017), PMID: 28524872, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15492

2015

Genetic compensation induced by deleterious mutations but not gene knockdowns

Andrea Rossi*, Zacharias Kontarakis*, Claudia Gerri, Hendrik Nolte, Soraya Hölper, Marcus Krüger, Didier Y. R. Stainier

*Co-first authors

Nature (2015), PMID: 26168398, DOI: 10.1038/nature14580