2017
MicroRNAs Establish Uniform Traits during the Architecture of Vertebrate Embryos
Kasper DM, Moro A, Ristori E, Narayanan A, Hill-Teran G, Fleming E, Moreno-Mateos M, Vejnar CE, Zhang J, Lee D, Gu M, Gerstein M, Giraldez A, Nicoli S. MicroRNAs Establish Uniform Traits during the Architecture of Vertebrate Embryos. Developmental Cell 2017, 40: 552-565.e5. PMID: 28350988, PMCID: PMC5404386, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.02.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopment of vertebratesEmbryonic blood vesselsVertebrate miRNAsMutant embryosVertebrate embryosHigher organismsMiRNAs functionVascular traitsTrait varianceUniform traitTissue developmentEnvironmental perturbationsSignaling pathwaysPhenotypic variabilityEmbryosPhenotypic heterogeneityOrganismsTraitsProper functioningVascular systemVertebratesMutagenesisMiRNAsMicroRNAsPhenotype
2016
Studying Vascular Angiogenesis and Senescence in Zebrafish Embryos
Ristori E, Donnini S, Ziche M. Studying Vascular Angiogenesis and Senescence in Zebrafish Embryos. Methods In Molecular Biology 2016, 1430: 387-400. PMID: 27172969, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3628-1_27.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZebrafish embryosFluorescent transgenic linesCyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 expressionVessel formationTransgenic linesSenescence defectsZebrafish modelPhosphatase activityAlkaline phosphatase activityEmbryosSenescenceExcellent animal modelExcellent disease modelZebrafishP21 expressionBrain degenerative changesNeurodegenerative diseasesVascular angiogenesisVascular senescenceΒ-galactosidaseOptical translucencyPeptide treatmentAmyloid β-peptideAngiogenesisDisease models