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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. Toggle to view hero caption PublicationsYear published2023 (2)2022 (1)2021 (1)2020 (2) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsComputational & Systems Biology (6)Developmental Biology (6)Genetics & Genomics (6)Genome Integrity & Repair (6)Model Organisms (6)Neurosciences (6)Stem Cells (6)Tumour Biology (6)Imaging (4)Human Biology & Physiology (3)Immunology (3)Cell Biology (2)Signalling & Oncogenes (2) (-)Chemical Biology & High Throughput (6) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (6)Primary research (5)Method (1) Facet Publication typeJournalNature (2)eLife (1)Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (1)Nature Communications (1)Nature Protocols (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 6 of 6Last updated : 24 April 2024 02:01 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 Molecular profiling of enteric nervous system cell lineages Authors (10)Yuuki ObataAlvaro Castano MedinaTodd FallesenAna Carina Bon Frauches Oliveira Stefan BoeingAlmaz HuseynovaSarah MccallumReena LasradoTiffany HeanueVassilis Pachnis Nature Protocols Published 1 August 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesSila UltanirVassilis PachnisLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingFull 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 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
Molecular profiling of enteric nervous system cell lineages Authors (10)Yuuki ObataAlvaro Castano MedinaTodd FallesenAna Carina Bon Frauches Oliveira Stefan BoeingAlmaz HuseynovaSarah MccallumReena LasradoTiffany HeanueVassilis Pachnis Nature Protocols Published 1 August 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesSila UltanirVassilis PachnisLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingFull 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