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
Isolation and Culture of Adult Zebrafish Brain-derived Neurospheres.
Lopez-Ramirez MA, Calvo CF, Ristori E, Thomas JL, Nicoli S. Isolation and Culture of Adult Zebrafish Brain-derived Neurospheres. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2016, 53617. PMID: 26967835, PMCID: PMC4828210, DOI: 10.3791/53617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult zebrafish brainStem/progenitor cellsZebrafish brainMolecular mechanismsRelevant model organismZebrafish adult brainProgenitor cellsSingle-cell dissociationSpecific signaling pathwaysAdult stem/progenitor cellsStem/progenitor cell proliferationNeural stem/progenitor cell proliferationProgenitor cell proliferationNeural stem/progenitor cellsModel organismsGene expressionCell dissociationSignaling pathwaysMultipotent neural stem/progenitor cellsNeurosphere assayAdult neurogenesisCell proliferationZebrafishBrain regenerationAdult brain