Comparative analysis of transcriptomic profiles among ascidians, zebrafish, and mice: Insights from tissue-specific gene expression

The genetic program to specify ectodermal cells in ascidian embryos

(2020) Boqi Liu et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Functional characterization of human myosin‐binding protein C3 variants associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy reveals exon‐specific cardiac phenotypes in zebrafish model

(2020) Sahar I. Da'as et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

The ventral peptidergic system of the adult ascidian Ciona robusta (Ciona intestinalis Type A) insights from a transgenic animal model

(2020) Tomohiro Osugi et al.   Scientific Reports

Molecular and evolutionary aspects of the protochordate digestive system

(2019) Satoshi Nakayama et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Repertoires of G protein-coupled receptors for Ciona-specific neuropeptides

(2019) Akira Shiraishi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comprehensive single-cell transcriptome lineages of a proto-vertebrate

(2019) Chen Cao et al.   NATURE

Pumping the brakes: suppression of synapse development by MDGA–neuroligin interactions

(2019) Steven A Connor et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

The regulation of oocyte maturation and ovulation in the closest sister group of vertebrates

(2019) Shin Matsubara et al.   eLife

A Nearly Complete Genome of Ciona intestinalis Type A (C. robusta) Reveals the Contribution of Inversion to Chromosomal Evolution in the Genus Ciona

(2019) Yutaka Satou et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

FAM19A1, a brain-enriched and metabolically responsive neurokine, regulates food intake patterns and mouse behaviors

(2019) Xia Lei et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Shared evolutionary origin of vertebrate neural crest and cranial placodes

(2018) Ryoko Horie et al.   NATURE

Recovery of left ventricular function following in vivo reexpression of cardiac myosin binding protein C

(2018) Jasmine Giles et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

The nervous system of the adult ascidian Ciona intestinalis Type A (Ciona robusta): Insights from transgenic animal models

(2017) Tomohiro Osugi et al.   PLoS One

AMPA glutamate receptors are required for sensory-organ formation and morphogenesis in the basal chordate

(2017) Shinobu Hirai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transcriptomes of the Premature and Mature Ovaries of an Ascidian, Ciona intestinalis

(2017) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Identification of MYLK3 mutations in familial dilated cardiomyopathy

(2017) Takashige Tobita et al.   Scientific Reports

The significance of Ciona intestinalis as a stem organism in integrative studies of functional evolution of the chordate endocrine, neuroendocrine, and nervous systems

(2016) Shin Matsubara et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Tissue-Specificity of Gene Expression Diverges Slowly between Orthologs, and Rapidly between Paralogs

(2016) Nadezda Kryuchkova-Mostacci et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Ciona intestinalis galectin (CiLgals-a and CiLgals-b) genes are differentially expressed in endostyle zones and challenged by LPS

(2015) Daniela Parrinello et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Monoaminergic modulation of photoreception in ascidian: evidence for a proto-hypothalamo-retinal territory

(2012) Florian Razy-Krajka et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Immune competence of the Ciona intestinalis pharynx: Complement system-mediated activity

(2012) Stefano Giacomelli et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Evolutionary Dynamics of Gene and Isoform Regulation in Mammalian Tissues

(2012) J. Merkin et al.   SCIENCE

Resolving the Ortholog Conjecture: Orthologs Tend to Be Weakly, but Significantly, More Similar in Function than Paralogs

(2012) Adrian M. Altenhoff et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: the tunicates

(2011) P. Lemaire   DEVELOPMENT

Peptidomic Analysis of the Central Nervous System of the Protochordate,Ciona intestinalis: Homologs and Prototypes of Vertebrate Peptides and Novel Peptides

(2011) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Direct examination of chromosomal clustering of organ-specific genes in the chordate Ciona intestinalis

(2011) Eiichi Shoguchi et al.   GENESIS

The myosin-interacting protein SMYD1 is essential for sarcomere organization

(2011) S. Just et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The evolution of gene expression levels in mammalian organs

(2011) David Brawand et al.   NATURE

Inflamed adult pharynx tissues and swimming larva of Ciona intestinalis share CiTNFα-producing cells

(2010) Nicolò Parrinello et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

The repertoire of G protein-coupled receptors in the sea squirt Ciona intestinalis

(2008) N Kamesh et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Enhanced expression of a cloned and sequenced Ciona intestinalis TNFα-like (CiTNFα) gene during the LPS-induced inflammatory response

(2008) Nicolò Parrinello et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH