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Breadcrumb Vassilis Pachnis Pachnis lab Development and Homeostasis of the Nervous System Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Vacancies Areas of interest Publications Members A group of neurons (blue), glial cells (green) and immune cells (red) within the gut wall. Image captured at the Crick by PhD student Ana Oliveira. 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Munoz-RuizMiriam Llorian SopenaRocco D'Antuono Anna PavlovaAnna Maria MavrigiannakiDuncan McKenzie[...] Daniel Davies Mariam Jamal-Hanjani Anett Jandke Dmitry S UshakovAdrian Hayday Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Published 1 December 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesVassilis PachnisAdrian HaydayLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details MTG8 interacts with LHX6 to specify cortical interneuron subtype identity Authors (11) Zeinab Asgarian Marcio Guiomar Oliveira Agata Stryjewska Ioannis Maragkos Anna Noren Rubin Lorenza MagnoVassilis Pachnis Mohammadmersad Ghorbani Scott Wayne Hiebert Myrto Denaxa Nicoletta Kessaris Nature Communications Published 5 September 2022 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Multiple roles of Ret signalling during enteric neurogenesis Authors (5) Dipa Natarajan Conor McCann Justine DattaniVassilis Pachnis Nikhil Thapar Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience Published 27 May 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesVassilis PachnisFlow CytometryFull details Regulation of intestinal immunity and tissue repair by enteric glia Authors (18)Franze ProgatzkyMichael ShapiroSong Hui Chng Bethania Garcia-CassaniCajsa Classon Selin Sevgi[...] Lewis J Entwistle Alejandro Suárez-Bonnet Mark WilsonBrigitta StockingerVassilis Pachnis Nature Published 20 October 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerVassilis PachnisExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details Enteric glia as a source of neural progenitors in adult zebrafish Authors (13)Sarah MccallumYuuki Obata Evangelia FourliStefan BoeingChris PeddieQiling Xu[...]Lucy Collinson David Wilkinson Carmen PinVassilis PachnisTiffany Heanue eLife Published 27 August 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesDavid WilkinsonVassilis PachnisElectron MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details Neuronal programming by microbiota regulates intestinal physiology Authors (18)Yuuki ObataAlvaro Castano MedinaStefan BoeingAna Carina Bon Frauches Oliveira Candice FungTodd Fallesen[...] Pieter Vanden Berghe Andrew J MurrayBrigitta Stockinger Andrew J MacphersonVassilis Pachnis Nature Published 13 February 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerVassilis PachnisLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details Structurally defined signaling in neuro-glia units in the enteric nervous system Authors (8) Werend Boesmans Marlene M Hao Candice Fung Zhiling Li Chris Van den Haute Jan TackVassilis Pachnis Pieter Vanden Berghe Glia Published 1 June 2019 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Modulation of apoptosis controls inhibitory interneuron number in the cortex Authors (7) Myrto Denaxa Guilherme Neves Adam Rabinowitz Sarah Kemlo Petros Liodis Juan BurroneVassilis Pachnis Cell Reports Published 13 February 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesVassilis PachnisBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Transcription and signaling regulators in developing neuronal subtypes of mouse and human enteric nervous system Authors (9) Fatima Memic Viktoria Knoflach Khomgrit Morarach Rebecca Sadler Catia Laranjeira Jens Hjerling-Leffler Erik SundströmVassilis Pachnis Ulrika Marklund Gastroenterology Published 12 October 2017 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Lhx6-positive GABA-releasing neurons of the zona incerta promote sleep Authors (15) Kai Liu Juhyun Kim Dong Won Kim Yi Stephanie Zhang Hechen Bao Myrto Denaxa[...]Vassilis Pachnis Samer Hattar Juan Song Solange P Brown Seth Blackshaw Nature Published 31 August 2017 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Lineage-dependent spatial and functional organization of the mammalian enteric nervous system Authors (12)Reena Lasrado Werend Boesmans Jens Kleinjung Carmen PinDonald Bell Leena Bhaw[...] Hui Zong Liqun Luo Hans Clevers Pieter Vanden BergheVassilis Pachnis Science Published 19 May 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesVassilis PachnisLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details A novel zebrafish ret heterozygous model of Hirschsprung disease identifies a functional role for mapk10 as a modifier of enteric nervous system phenotype severity Authors (6)Tiffany Heanue Werend BoesmansDonald Bell Koichi Kawakami Pieter Vanden BergheVassilis Pachnis PLOS Genetics Published 30 November 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesVassilis PachnisLight MicroscopyStructural BiologyFull details Geminin prevents DNA damage in vagal neural crest cells to ensure normal enteric neurogenesis Authors (3) Chrysoula Konstantinidou Stavros TaravirasVassilis Pachnis BMC Biology Published 26 October 2016 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Analysis of neural crest-derived clones reveals novel aspects of facial development Authors (21) Marketa Kaucka Evgeny Ivashkin Daniel Gyllborg Tomas Zikmund Marketa Tesarova Jozef Kaiser[...] Ueli Suter Andrei S Chagin Kaj Fried Andreas Hellander Igor Adameyko Science advances Published 3 August 2016 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Ascl1 is required for the development of specific neuronal subtypes in the enteric nervous system Authors (8) Fatima Memic Viktoria Knoflach Rebecca Sadler Gunilla Tegerstedt Erik SundströmFrancois GuillemotVassilis Pachnis Ulrika Marklund Journal of Neuroscience Published 13 April 2016 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFrancois GuillemotFull details Inactivation of Geminin in neural crest cells affects the generation and maintenance of enteric progenitor cells, leading to enteric aganglionosis Authors (7) Athanasia Stathopoulou Dipa Natarajan Pinelopi Nikolopoulou Alexandra L Patmanidi Zoi LygerouVassilis Pachnis Stavros Taraviras Developmental Biology Published 15 January 2016 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details The gut microbiota keeps enteric glial cells on the move; prospective roles of the gut epithelium and immune system Authors (8) Panagiotis S KabouridisReena LasradoSarah MccallumSong Hui Chng Hugo J Snippert Hans Clevers Sven PetterssonVassilis Pachnis Gut Microbes Published 4 January 2016 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Agrin mediates chondrocyte homeostasis and requires both LRP4 and α-dystroglycan to enhance cartilage formation in vitro and in vivo Authors (11) S Eldridge G Nalesso H Ismail K Vicente-Greco P Kabouridis M Ramachandran A Niemeier J Herz C Pitzalis M Perretti F Dell'Accio Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Published 1 June 2016 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Lhx8 regulates primordial follicle activation and postnatal folliculogenesis Authors (8) Yu Ren Hitomi Suzuki Krishna Jagarlamudi Kayla Golnoski Megan McGuire Rita LopesVassilis Pachnis Aleksandar Rajkovic BMC Biology Published 16 June 2015 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
A branching model of lineage differentiation underpinning the neurogenic potential of enteric glia Authors (15) Anna LaddachSong Hui ChngReena LasradoFranze ProgatzkyMichael Shapiro Alek Erickson[...] Jens KleinjungStefan BoeingSila Ultanir Igor AdameykoVassilis Pachnis Nature Communications Published 22 September 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesSila UltanirVassilis PachnisBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
IFN-γ–dependent interactions between tissue-intrinsic γδ T cells and tissue-infiltrating CD8 T cells limit allergic contact dermatitis Authors (15)Miguel Munoz-RuizMiriam Llorian SopenaRocco D'Antuono Anna PavlovaAnna Maria MavrigiannakiDuncan McKenzie[...] Daniel Davies Mariam Jamal-Hanjani Anett Jandke Dmitry S UshakovAdrian Hayday Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Published 1 December 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesVassilis PachnisAdrian HaydayLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
MTG8 interacts with LHX6 to specify cortical interneuron subtype identity Authors (11) Zeinab Asgarian Marcio Guiomar Oliveira Agata Stryjewska Ioannis Maragkos Anna Noren Rubin Lorenza MagnoVassilis Pachnis Mohammadmersad Ghorbani Scott Wayne Hiebert Myrto Denaxa Nicoletta Kessaris Nature Communications Published 5 September 2022 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Multiple roles of Ret signalling during enteric neurogenesis Authors (5) Dipa Natarajan Conor McCann Justine DattaniVassilis Pachnis Nikhil Thapar Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience Published 27 May 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesVassilis PachnisFlow CytometryFull details
Regulation of intestinal immunity and tissue repair by enteric glia Authors (18)Franze ProgatzkyMichael ShapiroSong Hui Chng Bethania Garcia-CassaniCajsa Classon Selin Sevgi[...] Lewis J Entwistle Alejandro Suárez-Bonnet Mark WilsonBrigitta StockingerVassilis Pachnis Nature Published 20 October 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerVassilis PachnisExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
Enteric glia as a source of neural progenitors in adult zebrafish Authors (13)Sarah MccallumYuuki Obata Evangelia FourliStefan BoeingChris PeddieQiling Xu[...]Lucy Collinson David Wilkinson Carmen PinVassilis PachnisTiffany Heanue eLife Published 27 August 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesDavid WilkinsonVassilis PachnisElectron MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
Neuronal programming by microbiota regulates intestinal physiology Authors (18)Yuuki ObataAlvaro Castano MedinaStefan BoeingAna Carina Bon Frauches Oliveira Candice FungTodd Fallesen[...] Pieter Vanden Berghe Andrew J MurrayBrigitta Stockinger Andrew J MacphersonVassilis Pachnis Nature Published 13 February 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerVassilis PachnisLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details
Structurally defined signaling in neuro-glia units in the enteric nervous system Authors (8) Werend Boesmans Marlene M Hao Candice Fung Zhiling Li Chris Van den Haute Jan TackVassilis Pachnis Pieter Vanden Berghe Glia Published 1 June 2019 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Modulation of apoptosis controls inhibitory interneuron number in the cortex Authors (7) Myrto Denaxa Guilherme Neves Adam Rabinowitz Sarah Kemlo Petros Liodis Juan BurroneVassilis Pachnis Cell Reports Published 13 February 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesVassilis PachnisBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Transcription and signaling regulators in developing neuronal subtypes of mouse and human enteric nervous system Authors (9) Fatima Memic Viktoria Knoflach Khomgrit Morarach Rebecca Sadler Catia Laranjeira Jens Hjerling-Leffler Erik SundströmVassilis Pachnis Ulrika Marklund Gastroenterology Published 12 October 2017 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Lhx6-positive GABA-releasing neurons of the zona incerta promote sleep Authors (15) Kai Liu Juhyun Kim Dong Won Kim Yi Stephanie Zhang Hechen Bao Myrto Denaxa[...]Vassilis Pachnis Samer Hattar Juan Song Solange P Brown Seth Blackshaw Nature Published 31 August 2017 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Lineage-dependent spatial and functional organization of the mammalian enteric nervous system Authors (12)Reena Lasrado Werend Boesmans Jens Kleinjung Carmen PinDonald Bell Leena Bhaw[...] Hui Zong Liqun Luo Hans Clevers Pieter Vanden BergheVassilis Pachnis Science Published 19 May 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesVassilis PachnisLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
A novel zebrafish ret heterozygous model of Hirschsprung disease identifies a functional role for mapk10 as a modifier of enteric nervous system phenotype severity Authors (6)Tiffany Heanue Werend BoesmansDonald Bell Koichi Kawakami Pieter Vanden BergheVassilis Pachnis PLOS Genetics Published 30 November 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesVassilis PachnisLight MicroscopyStructural BiologyFull details
Geminin prevents DNA damage in vagal neural crest cells to ensure normal enteric neurogenesis Authors (3) Chrysoula Konstantinidou Stavros TaravirasVassilis Pachnis BMC Biology Published 26 October 2016 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Analysis of neural crest-derived clones reveals novel aspects of facial development Authors (21) Marketa Kaucka Evgeny Ivashkin Daniel Gyllborg Tomas Zikmund Marketa Tesarova Jozef Kaiser[...] Ueli Suter Andrei S Chagin Kaj Fried Andreas Hellander Igor Adameyko Science advances Published 3 August 2016 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Ascl1 is required for the development of specific neuronal subtypes in the enteric nervous system Authors (8) Fatima Memic Viktoria Knoflach Rebecca Sadler Gunilla Tegerstedt Erik SundströmFrancois GuillemotVassilis Pachnis Ulrika Marklund Journal of Neuroscience Published 13 April 2016 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFrancois GuillemotFull details
Inactivation of Geminin in neural crest cells affects the generation and maintenance of enteric progenitor cells, leading to enteric aganglionosis Authors (7) Athanasia Stathopoulou Dipa Natarajan Pinelopi Nikolopoulou Alexandra L Patmanidi Zoi LygerouVassilis Pachnis Stavros Taraviras Developmental Biology Published 15 January 2016 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
The gut microbiota keeps enteric glial cells on the move; prospective roles of the gut epithelium and immune system Authors (8) Panagiotis S KabouridisReena LasradoSarah MccallumSong Hui Chng Hugo J Snippert Hans Clevers Sven PetterssonVassilis Pachnis Gut Microbes Published 4 January 2016 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Agrin mediates chondrocyte homeostasis and requires both LRP4 and α-dystroglycan to enhance cartilage formation in vitro and in vivo Authors (11) S Eldridge G Nalesso H Ismail K Vicente-Greco P Kabouridis M Ramachandran A Niemeier J Herz C Pitzalis M Perretti F Dell'Accio Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Published 1 June 2016 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Lhx8 regulates primordial follicle activation and postnatal folliculogenesis Authors (8) Yu Ren Hitomi Suzuki Krishna Jagarlamudi Kayla Golnoski Megan McGuire Rita LopesVassilis Pachnis Aleksandar Rajkovic BMC Biology Published 16 June 2015 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details