2024
Akt is a mediator of artery specification during zebrafish development.
Zhou W, Ghersi J, Ristori E, Semanchik N, Prendergast A, Zhang R, Carneiro P, Baldissera G, Sessa W, Nicoli S. Akt is a mediator of artery specification during zebrafish development. Development 2024 PMID: 39101673, DOI: 10.1242/dev.202727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArterial specificationEndothelial cellsVascular endothelial growth factor ADorsal aortaEndothelial growth factor ASingle-cell RNA sequencing analysisGrowth factor AArtery endothelial cellsEmbryonic cardiovascular systemConstitutively active Akt1Ligand-independent activationActivation of NotchArteriovenous malformationsCongenital malformationsRNA sequencing analysisVEGF-AProtein kinase BUpstream of NotchSequence analysisCardiovascular developmentSpecific expressionAkt kinaseActive Akt1Zebrafish developmentCardiovascular system
2015
Vascular Mural Cells Promote Noradrenergic Differentiation of Embryonic Sympathetic Neurons
Fortuna V, Pardanaud L, Brunet I, Ola R, Ristori E, Santoro MM, Nicoli S, Eichmann A. Vascular Mural Cells Promote Noradrenergic Differentiation of Embryonic Sympathetic Neurons. Cell Reports 2015, 11: 1786-1796. PMID: 26074079, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.05.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlatelet-derived growth factor receptorNA differentiationNoradrenergic differentiationMural cell recruitmentDorsal aortaSympathetic neuronsCloche mutantsCell recruitmentZebrafish embryosEmbryonic sympathetic neuronsGrowth factor receptorVascular mural cellsSmooth muscle targetsPostganglionic sympathetic neuronsSympathetic nervous systemMural cellsSympathetic precursorsFactor receptorVascular maturationDifferentiationMuscle toneMuscle targetsNeurovascular interactionsHeart rateNervous system