Review: The Regenerating Tail Blastema of Lizards as a Model to Study Organ Regeneration and Tumor Growth Regulation in Amniotes

Developmental and adult-specific processes contribute to de novo neuromuscular regeneration in the lizard tail

(2018) Minami A. Tokuyama et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Ultrastructural analysis of early regenerating lizard tail suggests that a process of dedifferentiation is involved in the formation of the regenerative blastema

(2018) Lorenzo Alibardi   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Protein expression pattern and analysis of differentially expressed peptides during various stages of tail regeneration in Hemidactylus flaviviridis

(2018) Hiral Murawala et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

Review: Biological and Molecular Differences between Tail Regeneration and Limb Scarring in Lizard: An Inspiring Model Addressing Limb Regeneration in Amniotes

(2017) Lorenzo Alibardi   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Hyaluronic acid in the tail and limb of amphibians and lizards recreates permissive embryonic conditions for regeneration due to its hygroscopic and immunosuppressive properties

(2017) Lorenzo Alibardi   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Blood vessel formation during tail regeneration in the leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius): The blastema is not avascular

(2017) Samantha L. Payne et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Downregulation of lizard immuno-genes in the regenerating tail and myogenes in the scarring limb suggests that tail regeneration occurs in an immuno-privileged organ

(2017) Nicola Vitulo et al.   PROTOPLASMA

When small RNAs become smaller: emerging functions of snoRNAs and their derivatives

(2016) Anna M. Mleczko et al.   ACTA BIOCHIMICA POLONICA

Differential expression of conserved and novel microRNAs during tail regeneration in the lizard Anolis carolinensis

(2016) Elizabeth D. Hutchins et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The Molecular and Cellular Choreography of Appendage Regeneration

(2016) Elly M. Tanaka   CELL

p53 on the crossroad between regeneration and cancer

(2016) Meital Charni et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION

Lizard tail regeneration as an instructive model of enhanced healing capabilities in an adult amniote

(2016) Thomas P. Lozito et al.   CONNECTIVE TISSUE RESEARCH

Lizard tail skeletal regeneration combines aspects of fracture healing and blastema-based regeneration

(2016) Thomas P. Lozito et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Immunolocalization of 5BrdU long retaining labeled cells and macrophage infiltration in the scarring limb of lizard after limb amputation

(2016) L. Alibardi   TISSUE & CELL

Immunocalization of telomerase in cells of lizard tail after amputation suggests cell activation for tail regeneration

(2016) L. Alibardi   TISSUE & CELL

Wnt Signaling in Cell Motility and Invasion: Drawing Parallels between Development and Cancer

(2016) Alanna Sedgwick et al.   Cancers

Identification of Lactoferrin as a Human Dedifferentiation Factor Through the Studies of Reptile Tissue Regeneration Mechanisms

(2016) Kil Soo Bae et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Immunolocalization of a p53/p63-like protein in the regenerating tail of the wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) suggests it is involved in the differentiation of the epidermis

(2015) Lorenzo Alibardi   ACTA ZOOLOGICA

Immunolocalization of c-myc-positive cells in lizard tail after amputation suggests cell activation and proliferation for tail regeneration

(2015) Lorenzo Alibardi   ACTA ZOOLOGICA

Lizard tail regeneration: regulation of two distinct cartilage regions by Indian hedgehog

(2015) Thomas P. Lozito et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Original and regenerating lizard tail cartilage contain putative resident stem/progenitor cells

(2015) Lorenzo Alibardi   MICRON

Immunolocalization indicates that both original and regenerated lizard tail tissues contain populations of long retaining cells, putative stem/progenitor cells

(2015) Lorenzo Alibardi   MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE

Formation of adherens and communicating junctions coordinate the differentiation of the shedding-layer and beta-epidermal generation in regenerating lizard epidermis

(2014) Lorenzo Alibardi   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Transcriptomic Analysis of Tail Regeneration in the Lizard Anolis carolinensis Reveals Activation of Conserved Vertebrate Developmental and Repair Mechanisms

(2014) Elizabeth D. Hutchins et al.   PLoS One

Histochemical, Biochemical and Cell Biological aspects of tail regeneration in lizard, an amniote model for studies on tissue regeneration

(2014) Lorenzo Alibardi   PROGRESS IN HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CYTOCHEMISTRY

Small nucleolar RNAs functioning and potential roles in cancer

(2014) Nithyananda Thorenoor et al.   TUMOR BIOLOGY

Development of the vertebrate tailbud

(2014) Caroline W. Beck   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology

Immunolocalization of Nestin in the lizard Podarcis muralis indicates up-regulation during the process of tail regeneration and epidermal differentiation

(2013) Lorenzo Alibardi   ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER

The non-coding transcriptome as a dynamic regulator of cancer metastasis

(2013) Francesco Crea et al.   CANCER AND METASTASIS REVIEWS

Serpins, Immunity and Autoimmunity: Old Molecules, New Functions

(2013) Mariele Gatto et al.   CLINICAL REVIEWS IN ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

Tumor suppressors: enhancers or suppressors of regeneration?

(2013) J. H. Pomerantz et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Characterization of TGFβ signaling during tail regeneration in the leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius)

(2013) Richard W.D. Gilbert et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Hypotheses on the evolution of hyaluronan: A highly ironic acid

(2013) A. B. Csoka et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Invasive colon cancer, but not non-invasive adenomas induce a gradient effect of Wnt pathway receptor frizzled 1 (Fz1) expression in the tumor microenvironment

(2013) Kestutis Planutis et al.   Journal of Translational Medicine

The Anatomy and Histology of Caudal Autotomy and Regeneration in Lizards

(2013) Emily A. B. Gilbert et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Regulation of p53 is critical for vertebrate limb regeneration

(2013) M. H. Yun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Scar-Free Wound Healing and Regeneration Following Tail Loss in the Leopard Gecko,Eublepharis macularius

(2012) Stephanie Lynn Delorme et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

A Histological Comparison of the Original and Regenerated Tail in the Green Anole,Anolis carolinensis

(2012) Rebecca E. Fisher et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Eph/ephrin signalling during development

(2012) R. Klein   DEVELOPMENT

GeckoProteins Exert Anti-Tumor Effect against Cervical Cancer Cells Via PI3-Kinase/Akt Pathway

(2012) Ae-Jin Jeong et al.   KOREAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY

Wnt5a Is Strongly Expressed at the Leading Edge in Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer, Forming Active Gradients, while Canonical Wnt Signalling Is Repressed

(2012) Celine Pourreyron et al.   PLoS One

A novel amniote model of epimorphic regeneration: the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius

(2011) Katherine E McLean et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Gecko CD59 Is Implicated in Proximodistal Identity during Tail Regeneration

(2011) Yongjun Wang et al.   PLoS One

Morphogen gradients in development: from form to function

(2011) Jan L. Christian   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology

Comparative study of tumorigenesis and tumor immunity in invertebrates and nonmammalian vertebrates

(2010) Jacques Robert   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Actions of human telomerase beyond telomeres

(2008) Yusheng Cong et al.   CELL RESEARCH