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Recent Publications
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Below is a recent sampling of our discoveries of the role of a novel regulator of the neuronal cytoskeleton.
2024
Blommers, M., Stanton-Turcotte, D., Witt, E.A., Heidari, M., and Iulianella, A. Cerebellar granule cell migration and folia development requires Mllt11/Af1q/Tcf7c. Developmental Neurobiology, 2024, 84(2): 74-92. https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.22936
Zinck, N., Stanton-Turcotte, D., Witt, E.A., Blommers, M., and Iulianella, A. Innervation of cranial muscles requires Mllt11/Af1q/Tcf7c function during trigeminal ganglion development. bioRxiv 2024.02.16.580667; https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.16.580667
2023
Blommers, M., Stanton-Turcotte, D., Witt, E.A., Heidari, M., and Iulianella, A. Cerebellar granule cell migration and folia development requires Mllt11/Af1q/Tcf7c. bioRxiv 2023.09.12.557458; https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.12.557458
Blommers, M., Stanton-Turcotte, D., and Iulianella, A. Retinal neuroblast migration and laminar organization require cytoskeletal-interacting protein Mllt11. Developmental Dynamics. 252(2): 305-319. Highlighted by the journal.
2022
Stanton-Turcotte, D., Hsu, K., Moore, S.A., Yamada, M., and Iulianella, A. Mllt11 regulates the migration and neurite outgrowth of cortical projection neurons during development. Journal of Neuroscience. 42 (19): 3931-3948. Cover May 2022. Featured in the Journal of Neuroscience, 42 (19) 3878.
MacDonald, K., and Iulianella, A. The actin-cytoskeleton associating protein BASP1 regulates neural progenitor localization in the neural tube. Genesis. 60(1-2) e23464.
2021
Moore, S.A., and Iulianella, A. Development of the Mammalian Cortical Hem and its derivatives: the Choroid Plexus, Cajal-Retzius Cells, and Hippocampus. Open Biology. 11(5): 210042.
Holt, E., Stanton-Turcotte, D., and Iulianella, A. Development of the Vertebrate Trunk Sensory System: Origins, Specification, Axon Guidance, and Central Connectivity. Neuroscience. 458: 229-243.
2020
Tao, H., Lambert, J-P, Yung, T.M., Zhu, M., Hahn, N.A., Li, D., Lau, K., Sturgeon, K., Puviindran,V., Zhang, X., Gong, W., Chen, X. X., Anderson, G., Garry, D.J., Henkelman, R.M., Sun, Y., Iulianella, A., Kawakami, Y., Gingras, A-C, Hui,C-C., and Hopyan, S. IRX3 and IRX5 regulate sister chromatid segregation and limb bud shape. Development. 147 (19): dev180042. .
2019
Iulianella, A. and Stanton-Turcotte, D. The Hedgehog receptor Patched1 regulates the proliferation, neurogenesis, and axon guidance in the embryonic spinal cord. Mechanisms of Development. 160: 103557.
Iulianella, A., Wingate, R.J., Moens, C.B., and Capaldo, E. The generation of granule cells during the development and evolution of the cerebellum. Developmental Dynamics. 248(7): 506-513.
2018
Iulianella, A., Sakai, D., Kurosaka, H., Trainor, P.A. Ventral neural patterning in the absence of a Shh activity gradient from the floorplate. Developmental Dynamics. 247 (1): 170-184. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.24590. Cover article (Feb 2018).
2017
Iulianella, A. Cutting Thick Sections using a Vibratome. Cold Spring Harb Protoc.; 2017 (6): pdb.prot094011. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot094011.
2016
Capaldo, E., and Iulianella, A. Cux2 serves as a novel lineage marker of granule cell layer neurons from the rhombic lip in mouse and chick embryos. Developmental Dynamics. 245 (8): 881-896.
2015
Pal, R., Ramdzan, Z.M., Duquette, P., Marcotte, R., Leduy, L., Davoudi, S., Lamarche, N., Iulianella. A., and Nepveu, A. CUX2 functions as an accessory factor in the repair of oxidative DNA damage. J. Biol. Chem. 290 (37): 22520-22531.
Kurosaka, H., Trainor. P.A., Leroux-Berger, M., and Iulianella, A. Cranial nerve formation requires Shh signaling cross-talk with the canonical Wnt pathway to maintain neural crest-placode cell interactions. PLoS One. 10(3):e0120821.
Yamada, M., Clark, J., McClelland, C., Capaldo, E., Ray, A., and Iulianella, A. Cux2 defines a sub-population of neurogenic progenitors in the hippocampus. Hippocampus. 25: 253-268. Cover article.
2014
Yamada, M., Clark, J., and Iulianella, A. MLLT11/AF1q is differentially expressed in maturing neurons during development. Gene Expression Patterns. 15: 80-87.
Wittmann, W., Iulianella, A., and Gunhaga, L. Cux2 acts as a critical regulator for neurogenesis in the olfactory epithelium of vertebrates. Developmental Biology. 388: 35-47.
Kurosaka, H., Iulianella, A., Williams, T., and Trainor, P.A. Disrupting hedgehog and WNT signaling promotes cleft lip pathogenesis. Journal of Clinical Investigation.124: 1660-1671. Cover article.