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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 published (-)2015 (7) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsDevelopmental Biology (5)Genetics & Genomics (5)Model Organisms (5)Neurosciences (5)Stem Cells (5) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (7)Primary research (6)Review (1) Facet Publication typeJournalAmerican Journal of Human Genetics (1)Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (1)BMC Biology (1)Developmental Biology (1)Gut Microbes (1)Journal of Clinical Investigation (1)Neuron (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 7 of 7Last updated : 28 March 2024 02:37 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 Functional loss of semaphorin 3C and/or semaphorin 3D and their epistatic interaction with Ret are critical to Hirschsprung disease liability Authors (25) Qian Jiang Stacey ArnoldTiffany Heanue Krishna Praneeth Kilambi Betty Doan Ashish Kapoor[...] Isabella Ceccherini Jeffrey J GrayVassilis Pachnis Andrew S McCallion Aravinda Chakravarti American Journal of Human Genetics Published 2 April 2015 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Emerging roles of gut microbiota and the immune system in the development of the enteric nervous system Authors (2) Panagiotis S KabouridisVassilis Pachnis Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 2 March 2015 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Microbiota controls the homeostasis of glial cells in the gut lamina propria Authors (8) Panagiotis S KabouridisReena LasradoSarah MccallumSong Hui Chng Hugo J Snippert Hans Clevers Sven PetterssonVassilis Pachnis Neuron Published 21 January 2015 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
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
Functional loss of semaphorin 3C and/or semaphorin 3D and their epistatic interaction with Ret are critical to Hirschsprung disease liability Authors (25) Qian Jiang Stacey ArnoldTiffany Heanue Krishna Praneeth Kilambi Betty Doan Ashish Kapoor[...] Isabella Ceccherini Jeffrey J GrayVassilis Pachnis Andrew S McCallion Aravinda Chakravarti American Journal of Human Genetics Published 2 April 2015 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Emerging roles of gut microbiota and the immune system in the development of the enteric nervous system Authors (2) Panagiotis S KabouridisVassilis Pachnis Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 2 March 2015 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Microbiota controls the homeostasis of glial cells in the gut lamina propria Authors (8) Panagiotis S KabouridisReena LasradoSarah MccallumSong Hui Chng Hugo J Snippert Hans Clevers Sven PetterssonVassilis Pachnis Neuron Published 21 January 2015 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details