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publications

2019

 

The Chicken as a Model Organism to Study Heart Development

Wittig J, Münsterberg A.

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2019

PMID: 31767650

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Cardiac Injections of AntagomiRs as a Novel Tool for Knockdown of miRNAs During Heart Development

Wittig J, Billmeier M, Lozano-Velasco, Robles-Garcia M, Münsterberg A.

Developmental Biology. 2019

PMID: 30496744

 

2018

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4D Imaging Reveals Stage Dependent Random and Directed Cell Motion During Somite Morphogenesis

McColl J, Mok GF, Lippert A, Ponjavic A, Muresan, Münsterberg A.

Scientific Reports. 2018

PMID: 30139994

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miR-133-mediated regulation of the Hedgehog pathway orchestrates embryo myogenesis.

Mok GF, Lozano-Velasco E, Maniou E, Viaut C, Moxon S, Wheeler G, Münsterberg A.

Development. 2018 Jun 11;145(12). pii: dev159657. doi: 10.1242/dev.159657.

PMID: 29802149

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microRNAs associated with early neural crest development in Xenopus laevis.
Ward NJ, Green D, Higgins J, Dalmay T, Münsterberg A, Moxon S, Wheeler GN.
BMC Genomics. 2018 Jan 18;19(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4436-0.
PMID: 29347911

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2017

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microRNAs in skeletal muscle development.
Ward NJ, Green D, Higgins J, Dalmay T, Münsterberg A, Moxon S, Wheeler GN.
Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2017 Nov 4. pii: S1084-9521(17)30352-X. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.10.032. Review.
PMID: 29102719

 

Robo signaling regulates the production of cranial neural crest cells.
Li Y, Zhang XT, Wang XY, Wang G, Chuai M, Münsterberg A, Yang X.
Exp Cell Res. 2017 Dec 1;361(1):73-84. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.10.002. Epub 2017 Oct 5.
PMID: 28987541

 

Sulforaphane exerts anti-angiogenesis effects against hepatocellular carcinoma through inhibition of STAT3/HIF-1α/VEGF signalling.
Liu P, Atkinson SJ, Akbareian SE, Zhou Z, Munsterberg A, Robinson SD, Bao Y.
Sci Rep. 2017 Oct 4;7(1):12651. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12855-w.
PMID: 28978924 

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Editorial: Signaling Pathways in Embryonic Development.

Sanz-Ezquerro JJ, Münsterberg AE, Stricker S.

Front Cell Dev Biol. 2017 Aug 31;5:76. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2017.00076. eCollection 2017. 

PMID: 28913334

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Atg7-Mediated Autophagy Is Involved in the Neural Crest Cell Generation in Chick Embryo.

Wang G, Chen EN, Liang C, Liang J, Gao LR, Chuai M, Münsterberg A, Bao Y, Cao L, Yang X.

Mol Neurobiol. 2017 May 16. doi: 10.1007/s12035-017-0583-6.

PMID: 28509082

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Detailed expression profile of all six Glypicans and their modifying enzyme Notum during chick embryogenesis and their role in dorsal-ventral patterning of the neural tube.

Saad K, Otto A, Theis S, Kennerley N, Munsterberg A, Luke G, Patel K.

Gene. 2017 Apr 20;609:38-51. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.01.032. Epub 2017 Feb 2.

PMID: 28161389

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2016

 

WNT and BMP regulate roadblocks toward cardiomyocyte differentiation: lessons learned from embryos inform human stem cell differentiation.

Münsterberg A, Hoppler S.

Stem Cell Investig. 2016 Aug 2;3:33. doi: 10.21037/sci.2016.07.03. 

PMID: 27580968 

 

The positive transcriptional elongation factor (P-TEFb) is required for neural crest specification.

Hatch VL, Marin-Barba M, Moxon S, Ford CT, Ward NJ, Tomlinson ML, Desanlis I, Hendry AE, Hontelez S, van Kruijsbergen I, Veenstra GJ, Münsterberg AE, Wheeler GN.

Dev Biol. 2016 Aug 15;416(2):361-72. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.06.012.

PMID: 27343897

 

Proper autophagy is indispensable for angiogenesis during chick embryo development.

Lu WH, Shi YX, Ma ZL, Wang G, Liu L, Chuai M, Song X, Münsterberg A, Cao L, Yang X.

Cell Cycle. 2016 Jul 2;15(13):1742-54. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2016.1184803.

PMID: 27163719

 

MicroRNA-10 modulates Hox genes expression during Nile tilapia embryonic development.

Giusti J, Pinhal D, Moxon S, Campos CL, Münsterberg A, Martins C.

Mech Dev. 2016 May;140:12-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mod.2016.03.002.

PMID: 26980108

 

Atlas Toolkit: Fast registration of 3D morphological datasets in the absence of landmarks.

Grocott T, Thomas P, Münsterberg AE.

Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 11;6:20732. doi: 10.1038/srep20732.

PMID: 26864723

 

2015

 

A Database of microRNA Expression Patterns in Xenopus laevis.

Ahmed A, Ward NJ, Moxon S, Lopez-Gomollon S, Viaut C, Tomlinson ML, Patrushev I, Gilchrist MJ, Dalmay T, Dotlic D, Münsterberg AE, Wheeler GN.

PLoS One. 2015 Oct 27;10(10):e0138313. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138313. eCollection 2015.

PMID: 26506012

 

Third Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2015. Prepared by.

Schmid M, Smith J, Burt DW, Aken BL, Antin PB, Archibald AL, Ashwell C, Blackshear PJ, Boschiero C, Brown CT, Burgess SC, Cheng HH, Chow W, Coble DJ, Cooksey A, Crooijmans RP, Damas J, Davis RV, de Koning DJ, Delany ME, Derrien T, Desta TT, Dunn IC, Dunn M, Ellegren H, Eöry L, Erb I, Farré M, Fasold M, Fleming D, Flicek P, Fowler KE, Frésard L, Froman DP, Garceau V, Gardner PP, Gheyas AA, Griffin DK, Groenen MA, Haaf T, Hanotte O, Hart A, Häsler J, Hedges SB, Hertel J, Howe K, Hubbard A, Hume DA, Kaiser P, Kedra D, Kemp SJ, Klopp C, Kniel KE, Kuo R, Lagarrigue S, Lamont SJ, Larkin DM, Lawal RA, Markland SM, McCarthy F, McCormack HA, McPherson MC, Motegi A, Muljo SA, Münsterberg A, Nag R, Nanda I, Neuberger M, Nitsche A, Notredame C, Noyes H, O'Connor R, O'Hare EA, Oler AJ, Ommeh SC, Pais H, Persia M, Pitel F, Preeyanon L, Prieto Barja P, Pritchett EM, Rhoads DD, Robinson CM, Romanov MN, Rothschild M, Roux PF, Schmidt CJ, Schneider AS, Schwartz MG, Searle SM, Skinner MA, Smith CA, Stadler PF, Steeves TE, Steinlein C, Sun L, Takata M, Ulitsky I, Wang Q, Wang Y, Warren WC, Wood JM, Wragg D, Zhou H.

Cytogenet Genome Res. 2015;145(2):78-179. doi: 10.1159/000430927.

PMID: 26282327

 

Klhl31 attenuates β-catenin dependent Wnt signaling and regulates embryo myogenesis.

Abou-Elhamd A, Alrefaei AF, Mok GF, Garcia-Morales C, Abu-Elmagd M, Wheeler GN, Münsterberg AE.

Dev Biol. 2015 Jun 1;402(1):61-71. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.02.024. 

PMID: 25796573

 

Sprouty2 mediated tuning of signalling is essential for somite myogenesis.

Abu-Elmagd M, Goljanek Whysall K, Wheeler G, Münsterberg A.

BMC Med Genomics. 2015;8 Suppl 1:S8. doi: 10.1186/1755-8794-8-S1-S8. 

PMID: 25783674 

 

Misexpression of BRE gene in the developing chick neural tube affects neurulation and somitogenesis.

Wang G, Li Y, Wang XY, Chuai M, Yeuk-Hon Chan J, Lei J, Münsterberg A, Lee KK, Yang X.

Mol Biol Cell. 2015 Mar 1;26(5):978-92. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E14-06-1144. 

PMID: 25568339 

 

2014

 

myomiR-dependent switching of BAF60 variant incorporation into Brg1 chromatin remodeling complexes during embryo myogenesis.

Goljanek-Whysall K, Mok GF, Fahad Alrefaei A, Kennerley N, Wheeler GN, Münsterberg A.

Development. 2014 Sep;141(17):3378-87. doi: 10.1242/dev.108787. 

PMID: 25078649 

 

Smad1 transcription factor integrates BMP2 and Wnt3a signals in migrating cardiac progenitor cells.

Song J, McColl J, Camp E, Kennerley N, Mok GF, McCormick D, Grocott T, Wheeler GN, Münsterberg AE.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 May 20;111(20):7337-42. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1321764111. 

PMID: 24808138 

 

Canonical Wnt signals combined with suppressed TGFβ/BMP pathways promote renewal of the native human colonic epithelium.

Reynolds A, Wharton N, Parris A, Mitchell E, Sobolewski A, Kam C, Bigwood L, El Hadi A, Münsterberg A, Lewis M, Speakman C, Stebbings W, Wharton R, Sargen K, Tighe R, Jamieson C, Hernon J, Kapur S, Oue N, Yasui W, Williams MR.

Gut. 2014 Apr;63(4):610-21. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-304067. 

PMID: 23831735 

 

2013

 

Retention of stem cell plasticity in avian primitive streak cells and the effects of local microenvironment.

Wang XY, Li Y, Ma ZL, Wang LJ, Chuai M, Münsterberg A, Geng JG, Yang X.

Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2013 Mar;296(3):533-43. doi: 10.1002/ar.22640.

PMID: 23382139 

 

2012

 

Fate mapping identifies the origin of SHF/AHF progenitors in the chick primitive streak.

Camp E, Dietrich S, Münsterberg A.

PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e51948. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051948. Epub 2012 Dec 13.

PMID: 23272192 

 

microRNAs in skeletal muscle differentiation and disease.

Goljanek-Whysall K, Sweetman D, Münsterberg AE.

Clin Sci (Lond). 2012 Dec;123(11):611-25. doi: 10.1042/CS20110634.

PMID: 22888971

 

Regulation of multiple target genes by miR-1 and miR-206 is pivotal for C2C12 myoblast differentiation.

Goljanek-Whysall K, Pais H, Rathjen T, Sweetman D, Dalmay T, Münsterberg A.

J Cell Sci. 2012 Aug 1;125(Pt 15):3590-600. E

PMID: 22595520 

 

The expression and function of microRNAs in chondrogenesis and osteoarthritis.

Swingler TE, Wheeler G, Carmont V, Elliott HR, Barter MJ, Abu-Elmagd M, Donell ST, Boot-Handford RP, Hajihosseini MK, Münsterberg A, Dalmay T, Young DA, Clark IM.

Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Jun;64(6):1909-19. doi: 10.1002/art.34314. 

PMID: 22143896

 

2011

 

Time-lapse imaging of chick cardiac precursor cells.

Song J, Yue Q, Münsterberg A.

Methods Mol Biol. 2011;769:359-72. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-207-6_24.

PMID: 21748688

 

MicroRNA regulation of the paired-box transcription factor Pax3 confers robustness to developmental timing of myogenesis.

Goljanek-Whysall K, Sweetman D, Abu-Elmagd M, Chapnik E, Dalmay T, Hornstein E, Münsterberg A.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jul 19;108(29):11936-41. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1105362108. 

PMID: 21730146

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Ingression, migration and early differentiation of cardiac progenitors.

Camp E, Munsterberg A.

Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2011 Jun 1;16:2416-26. 

PMID: 21622186

 

2010

 

Wnt/Lef1 signaling acts via Pitx2 to regulate somite myogenesis.

Abu-Elmagd M, Robson L, Sweetman D, Hadley J, Francis-West P, Münsterberg A.

Dev Biol. 2010 Jan 15;337(2):211-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.10.023. 

PMID: 19850024 

 

2009

 

Klhl31 is associated with skeletal myogenesis and its expression is regulated by myogenic signals and Myf-5.

Abou-Elhamd A, Cooper O, Münsterberg A.

Mech Dev. 2009 Oct;126(10):852-62. doi: 10.1016/j.mod.2009.07.006. 

PMID: 19643178 

 

High throughput sequencing of microRNAs in chicken somites.

Rathjen T, Pais H, Sweetman D, Moulton V, Munsterberg A, Dalmay T.

FEBS Lett. 2009 May 6;583(9):1422-6. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.03.048. 

PMID: 19328789 

 

2008

 

Cardiac progenitor migration and specification: The dual function of Wnts.

Münsterberg A, Yue Q.

Cell Adh Migr. 2008 Apr-May;2(2):74-6. 

PMID: 19262099 

 

Specific requirements of MRFs for the expression of muscle specific microRNAs, miR-1, miR-206 and miR-133.

Sweetman D, Goljanek K, Rathjen T, Oustanina S, Braun T, Dalmay T, Münsterberg A.

Dev Biol. 2008 Sep 15;321(2):491-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.06.019. 

PMID: 18619954 

 

The migration of paraxial and lateral plate mesoderm cells emerging from the late primitive streak is controlled by different Wnt signals.

Sweetman D, Wagstaff L, Cooper O, Weijer C, Münsterberg A.

BMC Dev Biol. 2008 Jun 9;8:63. doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-8-63.

PMID: 18541012 

 

Expression of avian prickle genes during early development and organogenesis.

Cooper O, Sweetman D, Wagstaff L, Münsterberg A.

Dev Dyn. 2008 May;237(5):1442-8. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.21490.

PMID: 18366142

 

Wnt3a-mediated chemorepulsion controls movement patterns of cardiac progenitors and requires RhoA function.

Yue Q, Wagstaff L, Yang X, Weijer C, Münsterberg A.

Development. 2008 Mar;135(6):1029-37. doi: 10.1242/dev.015321.

PMID: 18256196

 

Multicellular rosette formation during cell ingression in the avian primitive streak.

Wagstaff LJ, Bellett G, Mogensen MM, Münsterberg A.

Dev Dyn. 2008 Jan;237(1):91-6.

PMID: 18069691

 

2006

 

FGF-4 signaling is involved in mir-206 expression in developing somites of chicken embryos.

Sweetman D, Rathjen T, Jefferson M, Wheeler G, Smith TG, Wheeler GN, Münsterberg A, Dalmay T.

Dev Dyn. 2006 Aug;235(8):2185-91. Erratum in: Dev Dyn. 2006 Oct;235(10):2905.

PMID: 16804893

 

The chicken talpid3 gene encodes a novel protein essential for Hedgehog signaling.

Davey MG, Paton IR, Yin Y, Schmidt M, Bangs FK, Morrice DR, Smith TG, Buxton P, Stamataki D, Tanaka M, Münsterberg AE, Briscoe J, Tickle C, Burt DW.

Genes Dev. 2006 May 15;20(10):1365-77.

PMID: 16702409

 

The vertebrate spalt genes in development and disease.

Sweetman D, Münsterberg A.

Dev Biol. 2006 May 15;293(2):285-93. 

PMID: 16545361

 

2005

 

Expression of csal1 in pre limb-bud chick embryos.

Sweetman D, Smith TG, Farrell ER, Münsterberg A.

Int J Dev Biol. 2005;49(4):427-30.

PMID: 15968588 

 

Feedback interactions between MKP3 and ERK MAP kinase control scleraxis expression and the specification of rib progenitors in the developing chick somite.

Smith TG, Sweetman D, Patterson M, Keyse SM, Münsterberg A.

Development. 2005 Mar;132(6):1305-14. 

PMID: 15716340 

 

2004

 

Dynamic expression of Lef/Tcf family members and beta-catenin during chick gastrulation, neurulation, and early limb development.

Schmidt M, Patterson M, Farrell E, Münsterberg A.

Dev Dyn. 2004 Mar;229(3):703-7.

PMID: 14991726

 

2003

 

Negative feedback regulation of FGF signaling levels by Pyst1/MKP3 in chick embryos.

Eblaghie MC, Lunn JS, Dickinson RJ, Münsterberg AE, Sanz-Ezquerro JJ, Farrell ER, Mathers J, Keyse SM, Storey K, Tickle C.

Curr Biol. 2003 Jun 17;13(12):1009-18.

PMID: 12814546 

 

Pax1 and Pax9 activate Bapx1 to induce chondrogenic differentiation in the sclerotome.

Rodrigo I, Hill RE, Balling R, Münsterberg A, Imai K.

Development. 2003 Feb;130(3):473-82.

PMID: 12490554 

 

The conserved glutamine-rich region of chick csal1 and csal3 mediates protein interactions with other spalt family members. Implications for Townes-Brocks syndrome.

Sweetman D, Smith T, Farrell ER, Chantry A, Munsterberg A.

J Biol Chem. 2003 Feb 21;278(8):6560-6. 

PMID: 12482848 

 

2002

 

Cell movement patterns during gastrulation in the chick are controlled by positive and negative chemotaxis mediated by FGF4 and FGF8.

Yang X, Dormann D, Münsterberg AE, Weijer CJ.

Dev Cell. 2002 Sep;3(3):425-37.

PMID: 12361604 

 

Wnt6 marks sites of epithelial transformations in the chick embryo.

Schubert FR, Mootoosamy RC, Walters EH, Graham A, Tumiotto L, Münsterberg AE, Lumsden A, Dietrich S.

Mech Dev. 2002 Jun;114(1-2):143-8.

PMID: 12175501 

 

Fin development in a cartilaginous fish and the origin of vertebrate limbs.

Tanaka M, Münsterberg A, Anderson WG, Prescott AR, Hazon N, Tickle C.

Nature. 2002 Apr 4;416(6880):527-31.

PMID: 11932743

 

2001

 

Vertebrate limb development--the early stages in chick and mouse.

Tickle C, Münsterberg A.

Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2001 Aug;11(4):476-81.

PMID: 11448636

 

In vivo analysis of the regulation of the anti-Müllerian hormone, as a marker of Sertoli cell differentiation during testicular development, reveals a multi-step process.

Beau C, Vivian N, Münsterberg A, Dresser DW, Lovell-Badge R, Guerrier D.

Mol Reprod Dev. 2001 Jul;59(3):256-64.

PMID: 11424211

 

Cloning and expression of CSAL2, a new member of the spalt gene family in chick.

Farrell ER, Tosh G, Church E, Münsterberg AE.

Mech Dev. 2001 Apr;102(1-2):227-30.

PMID: 11287198

 

2000

 

csal1 is controlled by a combination of FGF and Wnt signals in developing limb buds.

Farrell ER, Münsterberg AE.

Dev Biol. 2000 Sep 15;225(2):447-58.

PMID: 10985862

Expression of (beta)-catenin in the developing chick myotome is regulated by myogenic signals.

Schmidt M, Tanaka M, Münsterberg A.

Development. 2000 Oct;127(19):4105-13.

PMID: 10976043 

 

1997

 

Ectopic Pax-3 activates MyoD and Myf-5 expression in embryonic mesoderm and neural tissue.

Maroto M, Reshef R, Münsterberg AE, Koester S, Goulding M, Lassar AB.

Cell. 1997 Apr 4;89(1):139-48.

PMID: 9094722

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1996

 

The role of positive and negative signals in somite patterning.

Lassar AB, Münsterberg AE.

Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1996 Feb;6(1):57-63.

PMID: 8794041

 

1995

 

Combinatorial signaling by Sonic hedgehog and Wnt family members induces myogenic bHLH gene expression in the somite.

Münsterberg AE, Kitajewski J, Bumcrot DA, McMahon AP, Lassar AB.

Genes Dev. 1995 Dec 1;9(23):2911-22.

PMID: 7498788 

 

Combinatorial signals from the neural tube, floor plate and notochord induce myogenic bHLH gene expression in the somite.

Münsterberg AE, Lassar AB.

Development. 1995 Mar;121(3):651-60.

PMID: 7720573 

 

1994

 

Wiring diagrams: regulatory circuits and the control of skeletal myogenesis.

Lassar A, Münsterberg A.

Curr Opin Cell Biol. 1994 Jun;6(3):432-42.

PMID: 7917336

 

1991

 

Expression of the mouse anti-müllerian hormone gene suggests a role in both male and female sexual differentiation.

Münsterberg A, Lovell-Badge R.

Development. 1991 Oct;113(2):613-24.

PMID: 1782869 

 

1990

 

Expression of a candidate sex-determining gene during mouse testis differentiation.

Koopman P, Münsterberg A, Capel B, Vivian N, Lovell-Badge R.

Nature. 1990 Nov 29;348(6300):450-2.

PMID: 2247150

 

A gene mapping to the sex-determining region of the mouse Y chromosome is a member of a novel family of embryonically expressed genes.

Gubbay J, Collignon J, Koopman P, Capel B, Economou A, Münsterberg A, Vivian N, Goodfellow P, Lovell-Badge R.

Nature. 1990 Jul 19;346(6281):245-50.

PMID: 2374589

 

1988

 

Cooperative action of the glucocorticoid receptor and transcription factors.

Strähle U, Münsterberg A, Mestril R, Klock G, Ankenbauer W, Schmid W, Schütz G.

Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1988;53 Pt 2:835-41. 

PMID: 2908197

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