Evolution of vertebrate spinal cord patterning

Wnt produced by stretched roof-plate cells is required for the promotion of cell proliferation around the central canal of the spinal cord

(2019) Takuma Shinozuka et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A Hox-TALE regulatory circuit for neural crest patterning is conserved across vertebrates

(2019) Hugo J. Parker et al.   Nature Communications

Single cell transcriptomics reveals spatial and temporal dynamics of gene expression in the developing mouse spinal cord

(2019) Julien Delile et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Nodal and Hedgehog synergize in gill slit formation during development of the cephalochordateBranchiostoma floridae

(2018) H. Ono et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Gliogenesis in lampreys shares gene regulatory interactions with oligodendrocyte development in jawed vertebrates

(2018) Tian Yuan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The sea lamprey germline genome provides insights into programmed genome rearrangement and vertebrate evolution

(2018) Jeramiah J. Smith et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Highly conserved molecular pathways, including Wnt signaling, promote functional recovery from spinal cord injury in lampreys

(2018) Paige E. Herman et al.   Scientific Reports

Hagfish and lamprey Hox genes reveal conservation of temporal colinearity in vertebrates

(2018) Juan Pascual-Anaya et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Differences in neural stem cell identity and differentiation capacity drive divergent regenerative outcomes in lizards and salamanders

(2018) Aaron X. Sun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nervous System Regionalization Entails Axial Allocation before Neural Differentiation

(2018) Vicki Metzis et al.   CELL

A centrosomal view of CNS growth

(2018) Murielle Saade et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A Notch-regulated proliferative stem cell zone in the developing spinal cord is an ancestral vertebrate trait

(2018) Ricardo Lara-Ramirez et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Amphioxus functional genomics and the origins of vertebrate gene regulation

(2018) Ferdinand Marlétaz et al.   NATURE

Embryonic timing, axial stem cells, chromatin dynamics, and the Hox clock

(2017) Jacqueline Deschamps et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Optogenetic perturbation and bioluminescence imaging to analyze cell-to-cell transfer of oscillatory information

(2017) Akihiro Isomura et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Gdf11/Smad signalling and Cdx proteins cooperate to activate the Hoxc8 early enhancer in HepG2 cells

(2017) Stephen J. Gaunt   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

CYP26 function is required for the tissue-specific modulation of retinoic acid signaling during amphioxus development

(2017) João E. Carvalho et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Amphioxus Sp5 is a member of a conserved Specificity Protein complement and is modulated by Wnt/β-catenin signalling

(2017) Simon C. Dailey et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Restricted co-localization of glutamate and dopamine in neurons of the adult sea lamprey brain

(2017) B. Fernández-López et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Roles of Retinoic Acid Signaling in Shaping the Neuronal Architecture of the Developing Amphioxus Nervous System

(2017) Elisabeth Zieger et al.   MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

Eph/Ephrin Signaling Controls Progenitor Identities In The Ventral Spinal Cord

(2017) Julien Laussu et al.   Neural Development

Molecular regionalization of the developing amphioxus neural tube challenges major partitions of the vertebrate brain

(2017) Beatriz Albuixech-Crespo et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

BMPs direct sensory interneuron identity in the developing spinal cord using signal-specific not morphogenic activities

(2017) Madeline G Andrews et al.   eLife

Hox gene cluster of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi, reveals multiple ancient steps of cluster disintegration during ascidian evolution

(2017) Yuka Sekigami et al.   Zoological Letters

The vertebrate Hox gene regulatory network for hindbrain segmentation: Evolution and diversification

(2016) Hugo J. Parker et al.   BIOESSAYS

Dynamics of BMP and Hes1/Hairy1 signaling in the dorsal neural tube underlies the transition from neural crest to definitive roof plate

(2016) Erez Nitzan et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

A shared role for sonic hedgehog signalling in patterning chondrichthyan gill arch appendages and tetrapod limbs

(2016) J. Andrew Gillis et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Making sense out of spinal cord somatosensory development

(2016) Helen C. Lai et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Neural Progenitors Adopt Specific Identities by Directly Repressing All Alternative Progenitor Transcriptional Programs

(2016) Eva Kutejova et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Scaling Pattern to Variations in Size during Development of the Vertebrate Neural Tube

(2016) Aysu Uygur et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

A single three-dimensional chromatin compartment in amphioxus indicates a stepwise evolution of vertebrate Hox bimodal regulation

(2016) Rafael D Acemel et al.   NATURE GENETICS

From nerve net to nerve ring, nerve cord and brain — evolution of the nervous system

(2016) Detlev Arendt et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Decoding the organization of spinal circuits that control locomotion

(2016) Ole Kiehn   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Evx1 and Evx2 specify excitatory neurotransmitter fates and suppress inhibitory fates through a Pax2-independent mechanism

(2016) José L. Juárez-Morales et al.   Neural Development

Biallelic editing of a lamprey genome using the CRISPR/Cas9 system

(2016) Yao Zu et al.   Scientific Reports

Morphogen rules: design principles of gradient-mediated embryo patterning

(2015) J. Briscoe et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Prdm12 specifies V1 interneurons through cross-repressive interactions with Dbx1 and Nkx6 genes in Xenopus

(2015) Aurore Thélie et al.   DEVELOPMENT

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus: a powerful tool for understanding ancestral gene functions in vertebrates

(2015) T. Square et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Notch Activity Modulates the Responsiveness of Neural Progenitors to Sonic Hedgehog Signaling

(2015) Jennifer H. Kong et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

BMP-2 and BMP-4 signalling in the developing spinal cord of human and rat embryos

(2015) A. Namm et al.   FOLIA MORPHOLOGICA

Neuronal organization of the brain in the adult amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum): A study with acetylated tubulin immunohistochemistry

(2015) Antonio Castro et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Evolution of vertebrates as viewed from the crest

(2015) Stephen A. Green et al.   NATURE

The route to spinal cord cell types: a tale of signals and switches

(2015) Mina Gouti et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Cerebrospinal fluid-derived Semaphorin3B orients neuroepithelial cell divisions in the apicobasal axis

(2015) Elise Arbeille et al.   Nature Communications

Full Anatomical Recovery of the Dopaminergic System after a Complete Spinal Cord Injury in Lampreys

(2015) Blanca Fernández-López et al.   NEURAL PLASTICITY

Ewing Sarcoma Ewsa Protein Regulates Chondrogenesis of Meckel’s Cartilage through Modulation of Sox9 in Zebrafish

(2015) Chris Merkes et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of the Role of RA and FGF Signals in the Control of Somitogenesis in Chordates

(2015) Stéphanie Bertrand et al.   PLoS One

Identification of Wnt Genes Expressed in Neural Progenitor Zones during Zebrafish Brain Development

(2015) Robert N. Duncan et al.   PLoS One

Dual-transmitter neurons: functional implications of co-release and co-transmission

(2014) Christopher E Vaaga et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Msx1 and Msx2 act as essential activators of Atoh1 expression in the murine spinal cord

(2014) N. Duval et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Sp8 plays a supplementary role to Pax6 in establishing the pMN/p3 domain boundary in the spinal cord

(2014) Xiaosu Li et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Dynamics of Sonic hedgehog signaling in the ventral spinal cord are controlled by intrinsic changes in source cells requiring Sulfatase 1

(2014) A. A. Oustah et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A transcription factor network specifying inhibitory versus excitatory neurons in the dorsal spinal cord

(2014) Mark D. Borromeo et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Reconstruction of phrenic neuron identity in embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons

(2014) C. B. Machado et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The evolutionary history of vertebrate cranial placodes II. Evolution of ectodermal patterning

(2014) Gerhard Schlosser et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The evolutionary history of vertebrate cranial placodes – I: Cell type evolution

(2014) Cedric Patthey et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The strength of SMAD1/5 activity determines the mode of stem cell division in the developing spinal cord

(2014) Gwenvael Le Dréau et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mutagenesis at Specific Genomic Loci of Amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri Using TALEN Method

(2014) Guang Li et al.   Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Functional analysis of the promoter region of amphioxus β-actin gene: a useful tool for driving gene expression in vivo

(2014) Jun Feng et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

A Hox regulatory network of hindbrain segmentation is conserved to the base of vertebrates

(2014) Hugo J. Parker et al.   NATURE

Olig3 Is Not Involved in the Ventral Patterning of Spinal Cord

(2014) Zijing Liu et al.   PLoS One

Integration of Signals along Orthogonal Axes of the Vertebrate Neural Tube Controls Progenitor Competence and Increases Cell Diversity

(2014) Noriaki Sasai et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Temporal control of BMP signalling determines neuronal subtype identity in the dorsal neural tube

(2013) S. Tozer et al.   DEVELOPMENT

An efficient microinjection method for unfertilized eggs of Asian amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri

(2013) Xin Liu et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Aspartate-containing neurons of the brainstem and rostral spinal cord of the sea lampreyPetromyzon marinus: Distribution and comparison with γ-aminobutyric acid

(2013) Verona Villar-Cerviño et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Sequencing of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) genome provides insights into vertebrate evolution

(2013) Jeramiah J Smith et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Traumatic injury induces changes in the expression of the serotonin 1A receptor in the spinal cord of lampreys

(2013) María Eugenia Cornide-Petronio et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Evidence for at least six Hox clusters in the Japanese lamprey (Lethenteron japonicum)

(2013) T. K. Mehta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of bilaterian central nervous systems: a single origin?

(2013) Linda Z Holland et al.   EvoDevo

Distinct Regulatory Mechanisms Act to Establish and Maintain Pax3 Expression in the Developing Neural Tube

(2013) Steven Moore et al.   PLoS Genetics

A neurochemical map of the developing amphioxus nervous system

(2012) Simona Candiani et al.   BMC NEUROSCIENCE

A genome-wide view of transcription factor gene diversity in chordate evolution: less gene loss in amphioxus?

(2012) J. Paps et al.   Briefings in Functional Genomics

BMP and Delta/Notch signaling control the development of amphioxus epidermal sensory neurons: insights into the evolution of the peripheral sensory system

(2012) T.-M. Lu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The differentiation and movement of presomitic mesoderm progenitor cells are controlled by Mesogenin 1

(2012) R. Fior et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Comparative aspects of adult neural stem cell activity in vertebrates

(2012) Heiner Grandel et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Dpysl2 (CRMP2) and Dpysl3 (CRMP4) phosphorylation by Cdk5 and DYRK2 is required for proper positioning of Rohon-Beard neurons and neural crest cells during neurulation in zebrafish

(2012) Hideomi Tanaka et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Foxp-Mediated Suppression of N-Cadherin Regulates Neuroepithelial Character and Progenitor Maintenance in the CNS

(2012) David L. Rousso et al.   NEURON

Antagonizing Retinoic Acid and FGF/MAPK Pathways Control Posterior Body Patterning in the Invertebrate Chordate Ciona intestinalis

(2012) Andrea Pasini et al.   PLoS One

The Glutamatergic Neurons in the Spinal Cord of the Sea Lamprey: An In Situ Hybridization and Immunohistochemical Study

(2012) Blanca Fernández-López et al.   PLoS One

BARHL2 transcription factor regulates the ipsilateral/contralateral subtype divergence in postmitotic dI1 neurons of the developing spinal cord

(2012) Q. Ding et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Broken colinearity of the amphioxus Hox cluster

(2012) Juan Pascual-Anaya et al.   EvoDevo

SnapShot: Spinal Cord Development

(2011) William A. Alaynick et al.   CELL

Jagged2 controls the generation of motor neuron and oligodendrocyte progenitors in the ventral spinal cord

(2011) M A Rabadán et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION

Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: amphioxus

(2011) S. Bertrand et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Involvement of Hedgehog and FGF signalling in the lamprey telencephalon: evolution of regionalization and dorsoventral patterning of the vertebrate forebrain

(2011) F. Sugahara et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Amphioxus FGF signaling predicts the acquisition of vertebrate morphological traits

(2011) S. Bertrand et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Insights into the organization of dorsal spinal cord pathways from an evolutionarily conserved raldh2 intronic enhancer

(2010) H. A. Castillo et al.   DEVELOPMENT

On growth and form: a Cartesian coordinate system of Wnt and BMP signaling specifies bilaterian body axes

(2010) C. Niehrs   DEVELOPMENT

Two Lamprey Hedgehog Genes Share Non-Coding Regulatory Sequences and Expression Patterns with Gnathostome Hedgehogs

(2010) Shungo Kano et al.   PLoS One

Evidence for the prepattern/cooption model of vertebrate jaw evolution

(2010) R. Cerny et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Islet-to-LMO stoichiometries control the function of transcription complexes that specify motor neuron and V2a interneuron identity

(2009) M.-R. Song et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The origin and migration of the earliest-developing sensory neurons in the peripheral nervous system of amphioxus

(2009) Stacy L. Kaltenbach et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Expression ofpatched, prdm1andengrailedin the lamprey somite reveals conserved responses to Hedgehog signaling

(2009) Katherine L. Hammond et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Dopamine and γ-aminobutyric acid are colocalized in restricted groups of neurons in the sea lamprey brain: insights into the early evolution of neurotransmitter colocalization in vertebrates

(2009) Antón Barreiro-Iglesias et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Serotonin and GABA are colocalized in restricted groups of neurons in the larval sea lamprey brain: insights into the early evolution of neurotransmitter colocalization in vertebrates

(2009) Antón Barreiro-Iglesias et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Circuits controlling vertebrate locomotion: moving in a new direction

(2009) Martyn Goulding   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Neurodevelopment Genes in Lampreys Reveal Trends for Forebrain Evolution in Craniates

(2009) Adèle Guérin et al.   PLoS One

Epigenetic Temporal Control of Mouse Hox Genes in Vivo

(2009) N. Soshnikova et al.   SCIENCE

Wnt signaling determines ventral spinal cord cell fates in a time-dependent manner

(2008) W. Yu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Expression of somite segmentation genes in amphioxus: a clock without a wavefront?

(2008) Laura Beaster-Jones et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Pax2/8 act redundantly to specify glycinergic and GABAergic fates of multiple spinal interneurons

(2008) Manuel F. Batista et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Requirement for Wnt and FGF signaling in Xenopus tadpole tail regeneration

(2008) Gufa Lin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Notch-regulated oligodendrocyte specification from radial glia in the spinal cord of zebrafish embryos

(2008) Ho Kim et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Identification of a BMP7 homolog in zebrafish expressed in developing organ systems

(2008) May Shawi et al.   GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS

Glycine-immunoreactive neurons in the developing spinal cord of the sea lamprey: Comparison with the γ-aminobutyric acidergic system

(2008) Verona Villar-Cerviño et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Cellular and Synaptic Actions of Acetylcholine in the Lamprey Spinal Cord

(2008) Katharina A. Quinlan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Timing of Genome Duplications Relative to the Origin of the Vertebrates: Did Cyclostomes Diverge before or after?

(2008) S. Kuraku et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

(2008) Nicholas H. Putnam et al.   NATURE

A Molecular Program for Contralateral Trajectory: Rig-1 Control by LIM Homeodomain Transcription Factors

(2008) Sara I. Wilson et al.   NEURON