Modeling Planarian Regeneration: A Primer for Reverse-Engineering the Worm

A Chemical Genetics Approach Reveals H,K-ATPase-Mediated Membrane Voltage Is Required for Planarian Head Regeneration

(2011) Wendy S. Beane et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Noggin and Noggin-Like Genes Control Dorsoventral Axis Regeneration in Planarians

(2011) M. Dolores Molina et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A Bmp/Admp Regulatory Circuit Controls Maintenance and Regeneration of Dorsal-Ventral Polarity in Planarians

(2011) Michael A. Gaviño et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

ERK signaling controls blastema cell differentiation during planarian regeneration

(2011) J. Tasaki et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Role of c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation in blastema formation during planarian regeneration

(2011) Junichi Tasaki et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Early planarian brain regeneration is independent of blastema polarity mediated by the Wnt/β-catenin pathway

(2011) Marta Iglesias et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Stem cell-based growth, regeneration, and remodeling of the planarian intestine

(2011) David J. Forsthoefel et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

EGFR signaling regulates cell proliferation, differentiation and morphogenesis during planarian regeneration and homeostasis

(2011) Susanna Fraguas et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Dishevelled is essential for neural connectivity and planar cell polarity in planarians

(2011) M. Almuedo-Castillo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Clonogenic Neoblasts Are Pluripotent Adult Stem Cells That Underlie Planarian Regeneration

(2011) D. E. Wagner et al.   SCIENCE

Polarized notum Activation at Wounds Inhibits Wnt Function to Promote Planarian Head Regeneration

(2011) C. P. Petersen et al.   SCIENCE

Graph grammars with string-regulated rewriting

(2011) Daniel Lobo et al.   THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE

Planarian stem cells: a simple paradigm for regeneration

(2011) A. Aziz Aboobaker   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Constitutive gene expression and the specification of tissue identity in adult planarian biology

(2011) Peter W. Reddien   TRENDS IN GENETICS

The Roots of Bioinformatics in Theoretical Biology

(2011) Paulien Hogeweg   PLoS Computational Biology

Generation of Diverse Biological Forms through Combinatorial Interactions between Tissue Polarity and Growth

(2011) Richard Kennaway et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Evolution of form and function in a model of differentiated multicellular organisms with gene regulatory networks

(2010) Daniel Lobo et al.   BIOSYSTEMS

Planarian regeneration involves distinct stem cell responses to wounds and tissue absence

(2010) Danielle Wenemoser et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Expression of secreted Wnt pathway components reveals unexpected complexity of the planarian amputation response

(2010) Kyle A. Gurley et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The planarian flatworm: an in vivo model for stem cell biology and nervous system regeneration

(2010) L. Gentile et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Analysis of motor function modulated by cholinergic neurons in planarian dugesia japonica

(2010) K. Nishimura et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Computer Simulation of Cellular Patterning Within the Drosophila Pupal Eye

(2010) David E. Larson et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Shape Homeostasis in Virtual Embryos

(2009) Tim Andersen et al.   ARTIFICIAL LIFE

Beta-catenin and axis formation in planarians

(2009) Hans Meinhardt   BIOESSAYS

Wnt Signaling and the Polarity of the Primary Body Axis

(2009) Christian P. Petersen et al.   CELL

Algorithmic systems biology

(2009) Corrado Priami   COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM

Smed-Evi/Wntless is required for  -catenin-dependent and -independent processes during planarian regeneration

(2009) T. Adell et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Cell death and tissue remodeling in planarian regeneration

(2009) Jason Pellettieri et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Long-range neural and gap junction protein-mediated cues control polarity during planarian regeneration

(2009) Néstor J. Oviedo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Regenerative patterning in Swarm Robots: mutual benefits of research in robotics and stem cell biology

(2009) Michael Rubenstein et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Planarian regeneration: achievements and future directions after 20 years of research

(2009) Emili Salo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Modelling the Drosophila embryo

(2009) Johannes Jaeger   Molecular BioSystems

Planarian Hedgehog/Patched establishes anterior–posterior polarity by regulating Wnt signaling

(2009) Shigenobu Yazawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Planarian Hh Signaling Regulates Regeneration Polarity and Links Hh Pathway Evolution to Cilia

(2009) J. C. Rink et al.   SCIENCE

Bioelectric mechanisms in regeneration: Unique aspects and future perspectives

(2009) Michael Levin   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Planarians Maintain a Constant Ratio of Different Cell Types During Changes in Body Size by Using the Stem Cell System

(2009) Hiroyuki Takeda et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Gradients in Planarian Regeneration and Homeostasis

(2009) T. Adell et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Models for the Generation and Interpretation of Gradients

(2009) H. Meinhardt   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

A Novel Biological Activity of Praziquantel Requiring Voltage-Operated Ca2+ Channel β Subunits: Subversion of Flatworm Regenerative Polarity

(2009) Taisaku Nogi et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Molecular Analysis of Stem Cells and Their Descendants during Cell Turnover and Regeneration in the Planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

(2008) George T. Eisenhoffer et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Silencing of Smed- catenin1 generates radial-like hypercephalized planarians

(2008) M. Iglesias et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Planarian PTEN homologs regulate stem cells and regeneration through TOR signaling

(2008) N. J. Oviedo et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Stem cells and regeneration in planarians

(2008) Mette Handberg-Thorsager   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Man is but a worm: Chordate origins

(2008) Federico D. Brown et al.   GENESIS

Identification of glutamic acid decarboxylase gene and distribution of GABAergic nervous system in the planarian Dugesia japonica

(2008) K. Nishimura et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Recording and spectrum analysis of the planarian electroencephalogram

(2008) R. Aoki et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Organization of the nervous system in the model planarian Schmidtea mediterranea: An immunocytochemical study

(2008) Francesc Cebrià   NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH

The PIWI proteins SMEDWI-2 and SMEDWI-3 are required for stem cell function and piRNA expression in planarians

(2008) D. Palakodeti et al.   RNA

A New Tool for Tissue Engineers: Ions As Regulators of Morphogenesis During Development and Regeneration

(2008) Dany Spencer Adams   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

The Evolution of Robust Development and Homeostasis in Artificial Organisms

(2008) David Basanta et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

 -Catenin Defines Head Versus Tail Identity During Planarian Regeneration and Homeostasis

(2007) K. A. Gurley et al.   SCIENCE

Smed- catenin-1 Is Required for Anteroposterior Blastema Polarity in Planarian Regeneration

(2007) C. P. Petersen et al.   SCIENCE