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Response to 'Transcriptional interpretation of Shh morphogen signaling: computational modeling validates empirically established models' Authors (5) Michael Cohen Karen M Page Ruben Perez-Carrasco Chris P BarnesJames Briscoe Development Published 15 May 2016 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Scaling pattern to variations in size during development of the vertebrate neural tube Authors (6) Aysu Uygur John Young Tyler R Huycke Mervenaz KoskaJames Briscoe Clifford J Tabin Developmental Cell Published 18 April 2016 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Neural progenitors adopt specific identities by directly repressing all alternative progenitor transcriptional programs Authors (5) Eva Kutejova Noriaki Sasai Ankita Shah Mina GoutiJames Briscoe Developmental Cell Published 21 March 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames BriscoeStructural BiologyLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details Reduced cholesterol levels impair Smoothened activation in Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome Authors (4)Robert BlassbergJames MacraeJames Briscoe John Jacob Human Molecular Genetics Published 15 February 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames BriscoeMetabolomicsFull details Morphogen rules: design principles of gradient-mediated embryo patterning Authors (2)James Briscoe Stephen Small Development Published 1 December 2015 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Developmental pattern formation in phases Authors (2) Anna KichevaJames Briscoe Trends in Cell Biology Published 1 October 2015 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Notch activity modulates the responsiveness of neural progenitors to Sonic hedgehog signaling Authors (8) Jennifer H Kong Linlin Yang Eric Dessaud Katherine Chuang Destaye M Moore Rajat RohatgiJames Briscoe Bennett G Novitch Developmental Cell Published 26 May 2015 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Ptch1 and Gli regulate Shh signalling dynamics via multiple mechanisms Authors (7) Michael Cohen Anna Kicheva Ana RibeiroRobert Blassberg Karen M Page Chris P BarnesJames Briscoe Nature Communications Published 2 April 2015 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details The route to spinal cord cell types: a tale of signals and switches Authors (3) Mina GoutiVicki MetzisJames Briscoe Trends in Genetics Published 27 March 2015 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Morphogens, modeling and patterning the neural tube: an interview with James Briscoe Authors (1)James Briscoe BMC Biology Published 1 January 2015 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details A theoretical framework for the regulation of Shh morphogen-controlled gene expression Authors (5) Michael Cohen Karen M Page Ruben Perez-Carrasco Chris P BarnesJames Briscoe Development Published 1 October 2014 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details ATMIN is a transcriptional regulator of both lung morphogenesis and ciliogenesis Authors (22) Paraskevi Goggolidou Jonathan L Stevens Francesco Agueci Jennifer Keynton Gabrielle Wheway Daniel T Grimes[...] Grigory L DianovJames Briscoe Colin A Johnson Lotte B Pedersen Dominic P Norris Development Published 1 October 2014 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Coordination of progenitor specification and growth in mouse and chick spinal cord Authors (7) Anna Kicheva Tobias Bollenbach Ana Ribeiro Helena Pérez ValleRobin Lovell-Badge Vasso EpiskopouJames Briscoe Science Published 26 September 2014 Crick labsRobin Lovell-BadgeJames BriscoeFull details In vitro generation of neuromesodermal progenitors reveals distinct roles for Wnt signalling in the specification of spinal cord and paraxial mesoderm identity Authors (7) Mina Gouti Anestis Tsakiridis Filip J Wymeersch Yali Huang Jens Kleinjung Valerie WilsonJames Briscoe PLOS Biology Published 1 August 2014 Crick labsWillie TaylorJames BriscoeFull details Integration of signals along orthogonal axes of the vertebrate neural tube controls progenitor competence and increases cell diversity Authors (3) Noriaki Sasai Eva KutejovaJames Briscoe PLOS Biology Published 1 July 2014 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Hedgehog threads to spread Authors (2)James BriscoeJean-Paul Vincent Nature Cell Biology Published 5 November 2013 Crick labsJean-Paul VincentJames BriscoeFull details Valproic acid silencing of ascl1b/Ascl1 results in the failure of serotonergic differentiation in a zebrafish model of fetal valproate syndrome Authors (10) J Jacob V Ribes S Moore SC Constable N Sasai SS Gerety DJ Martin CP Sergeant DG WilkinsonJames Briscoe Disease Models & Mechanisms Published 17 October 2013 Crick labsDavid WilkinsonJames BriscoeFull details Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Cholesterol activates the G-protein coupled receptor Smoothened to promote Hedgehog signaling Authors (9) Giovanni Luchetti Ria Sircar Jennifer H Kong Sigrid NachtergaeleAndreas Sagner Eamon FX Byrne Douglas F Covey Christian Siebold Rajat Rohatgi eLife Published 5 October 2016 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Directing the spatial patterning of motor neuron differentiation in engineered microenvironments Authors (4) Christopher J Demers Greg Cox Scott D Collins Rosemary L Smith Conference proceedings : Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Published 1 August 2016 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Development-on-chip: in vitro neural tube patterning with a microfluidic device Authors (7)Christopher Demers Prabakaran Soundararajan Phaneendra Chennampally Gregory A CoxJames Briscoe Scott D Collins Rosemary L Smith Development Published 1 June 2016 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Mathematical models help explain experimental data. Response to 'Transcriptional interpretation of Shh morphogen signaling: computational modeling validates empirically established models' Authors (5) Michael Cohen Karen M Page Ruben Perez-Carrasco Chris P BarnesJames Briscoe Development Published 15 May 2016 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Scaling pattern to variations in size during development of the vertebrate neural tube Authors (6) Aysu Uygur John Young Tyler R Huycke Mervenaz KoskaJames Briscoe Clifford J Tabin Developmental Cell Published 18 April 2016 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Neural progenitors adopt specific identities by directly repressing all alternative progenitor transcriptional programs Authors (5) Eva Kutejova Noriaki Sasai Ankita Shah Mina GoutiJames Briscoe Developmental Cell Published 21 March 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames BriscoeStructural BiologyLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details
Reduced cholesterol levels impair Smoothened activation in Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome Authors (4)Robert BlassbergJames MacraeJames Briscoe John Jacob Human Molecular Genetics Published 15 February 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames BriscoeMetabolomicsFull details
Morphogen rules: design principles of gradient-mediated embryo patterning Authors (2)James Briscoe Stephen Small Development Published 1 December 2015 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Developmental pattern formation in phases Authors (2) Anna KichevaJames Briscoe Trends in Cell Biology Published 1 October 2015 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Notch activity modulates the responsiveness of neural progenitors to Sonic hedgehog signaling Authors (8) Jennifer H Kong Linlin Yang Eric Dessaud Katherine Chuang Destaye M Moore Rajat RohatgiJames Briscoe Bennett G Novitch Developmental Cell Published 26 May 2015 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Ptch1 and Gli regulate Shh signalling dynamics via multiple mechanisms Authors (7) Michael Cohen Anna Kicheva Ana RibeiroRobert Blassberg Karen M Page Chris P BarnesJames Briscoe Nature Communications Published 2 April 2015 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
The route to spinal cord cell types: a tale of signals and switches Authors (3) Mina GoutiVicki MetzisJames Briscoe Trends in Genetics Published 27 March 2015 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Morphogens, modeling and patterning the neural tube: an interview with James Briscoe Authors (1)James Briscoe BMC Biology Published 1 January 2015 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
A theoretical framework for the regulation of Shh morphogen-controlled gene expression Authors (5) Michael Cohen Karen M Page Ruben Perez-Carrasco Chris P BarnesJames Briscoe Development Published 1 October 2014 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
ATMIN is a transcriptional regulator of both lung morphogenesis and ciliogenesis Authors (22) Paraskevi Goggolidou Jonathan L Stevens Francesco Agueci Jennifer Keynton Gabrielle Wheway Daniel T Grimes[...] Grigory L DianovJames Briscoe Colin A Johnson Lotte B Pedersen Dominic P Norris Development Published 1 October 2014 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Coordination of progenitor specification and growth in mouse and chick spinal cord Authors (7) Anna Kicheva Tobias Bollenbach Ana Ribeiro Helena Pérez ValleRobin Lovell-Badge Vasso EpiskopouJames Briscoe Science Published 26 September 2014 Crick labsRobin Lovell-BadgeJames BriscoeFull details
In vitro generation of neuromesodermal progenitors reveals distinct roles for Wnt signalling in the specification of spinal cord and paraxial mesoderm identity Authors (7) Mina Gouti Anestis Tsakiridis Filip J Wymeersch Yali Huang Jens Kleinjung Valerie WilsonJames Briscoe PLOS Biology Published 1 August 2014 Crick labsWillie TaylorJames BriscoeFull details
Integration of signals along orthogonal axes of the vertebrate neural tube controls progenitor competence and increases cell diversity Authors (3) Noriaki Sasai Eva KutejovaJames Briscoe PLOS Biology Published 1 July 2014 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Hedgehog threads to spread Authors (2)James BriscoeJean-Paul Vincent Nature Cell Biology Published 5 November 2013 Crick labsJean-Paul VincentJames BriscoeFull details
Valproic acid silencing of ascl1b/Ascl1 results in the failure of serotonergic differentiation in a zebrafish model of fetal valproate syndrome Authors (10) J Jacob V Ribes S Moore SC Constable N Sasai SS Gerety DJ Martin CP Sergeant DG WilkinsonJames Briscoe Disease Models & Mechanisms Published 17 October 2013 Crick labsDavid WilkinsonJames BriscoeFull details