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55 of 55Last updated : 24 April 2024 03:04 Rac-GTPases regulate microtubule stability and axon growth of cortical GABAergic interneurons Authors (10) Simona Tivodar Katerina Kalemaki Zouzana Kounoupa Marina Vidaki Kostas Theodorakis Myrto Denaxa Nicoletta Kessaris Ivan DeCurtisVassilis Pachnis Domna Karagogeos Cerebral Cortex Published 13 March 2014 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Planar cell polarity genes control the connectivity of enteric neurons Authors (6) Valentina Sasselli Werend Boesmans Pieter Vanden Berghe Fadel Tissir André GoffinetVassilis Pachnis Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 1 January 2013 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details The LIM homeodomain protein Lhx6 regulates maturation of interneurons and network excitability in the mammalian cortex Authors (9) Guilherme Neves Mala M Shah Petros Liodis Angeliki Achimastou Myrto Denaxa Grant Roalfe Abdul Sesay Matthew C WalkerVassilis Pachnis Cerebral Cortex Published 1 January 2013 Crick labs/ facilitiesVassilis PachnisAdvanced SequencingFull details Transcription factor LIM homeobox 7 (Lhx7) maintains subtype identity of cholinergic interneurons in the mammalian striatum Authors (4) Rita Lopes Nicole Verhey van Wijk Guilherme NevesVassilis Pachnis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 6 February 2012 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details The enteric nervous system Authors (3) V SasselliVassilis Pachnis AJ Burns Developmental Biology Published 24 January 2012 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Differential RET signaling pathways drive development of the enteric lymphoid and nervous systems Authors (16) Amisha Patel Nicola Harker Lara Moreira-Santos Manuela Ferreira Kieran Alden Jon Timmis[...] Jeffrey MilbrandtVassilis Pachnis Mark C Coles Dimitris Kioussis Henrique Veiga-Fernandes Science Signaling Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Maturation-promoting activity of SATB1 in MGE-derived cortical interneurons Authors (7) Myrto Denaxa Melanie Kalaitzidou Anna Garefalaki Angeliki AchimastouReena Lasrado Tamara MaesVassilis Pachnis Cell Reports Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details RET/GFRα signals are dispensable for thymic T cell development In Vivo Authors (7) Afonso Rocha Martins Almeida Sílvia Arroz-Madeira Diogo Fonseca-Pereira Hélder RibeiroReena LasradoVassilis Pachnis Henrique Veiga-Fernandes PLOS ONE Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Prospective identification and isolation of enteric nervous system progenitors using Sox2 Authors (2)Tiffany HeanueVassilis Pachnis Stem Cells Published 9 November 2011 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Glial cells in the mouse enteric nervous system can undergo neurogenesis in response to injury Authors (7) C Laranjeira K Sandgren N Kessaris W Richardson A Potocnik P Vanden BergheVassilis Pachnis Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 25 August 2011 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Rac1-dependent cell cycle exit of MGE precursors and GABAergic interneuron migration to the cortex Authors (7) Marina Vidaki Simona Tivodar Katerina DoulgerakiVictor Tybulewicz Nicoletta KessarisVassilis Pachnis Domna Karagogeos Cerebral Cortex Published 20 June 2011 Crick labsVictor TybulewiczVassilis PachnisFull details Geminin regulates cortical progenitor proliferation and differentiation Authors (9) M Spella C Kyrousi E Kritikou A StathopoulouFrancois Guillemot D KioussisVassilis Pachnis Z Lygerou S Taraviras Stem Cells Published 16 June 2011 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFrancois GuillemotFull details Ret signalling integrates a craniofacial muscle module during development Authors (7) Robert D Knight Katharina Mebus Arturo d'Angelo Kazutomo YokoyaTiffany Heanue Tübingen 2000 Screen Consortium Henry Roehl Development Published 15 May 2011 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Life without geminin Authors (7) D Karamitros P Kotantaki Z Lygerou H Veiga-FernandesVassilis Pachnis D Kioussis S Taraviras Cell Cycle Published 15 August 2010 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Differential Geminin requirement for proliferation of thymocytes and mature T cells Authors (7) D Karamitros P Kotantaki Z Lygerou H Veiga-FernandesVassilis Pachnis D Kioussis S Taraviras Journal of Immunology Published 1 March 2010 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Rac-GTPases regulate microtubule stability and axon growth of cortical GABAergic interneurons Authors (10) Simona Tivodar Katerina Kalemaki Zouzana Kounoupa Marina Vidaki Kostas Theodorakis Myrto Denaxa Nicoletta Kessaris Ivan DeCurtisVassilis Pachnis Domna Karagogeos Cerebral Cortex Published 13 March 2014 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Planar cell polarity genes control the connectivity of enteric neurons Authors (6) Valentina Sasselli Werend Boesmans Pieter Vanden Berghe Fadel Tissir André GoffinetVassilis Pachnis Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 1 January 2013 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
The LIM homeodomain protein Lhx6 regulates maturation of interneurons and network excitability in the mammalian cortex Authors (9) Guilherme Neves Mala M Shah Petros Liodis Angeliki Achimastou Myrto Denaxa Grant Roalfe Abdul Sesay Matthew C WalkerVassilis Pachnis Cerebral Cortex Published 1 January 2013 Crick labs/ facilitiesVassilis PachnisAdvanced SequencingFull details
Transcription factor LIM homeobox 7 (Lhx7) maintains subtype identity of cholinergic interneurons in the mammalian striatum Authors (4) Rita Lopes Nicole Verhey van Wijk Guilherme NevesVassilis Pachnis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 6 February 2012 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
The enteric nervous system Authors (3) V SasselliVassilis Pachnis AJ Burns Developmental Biology Published 24 January 2012 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Differential RET signaling pathways drive development of the enteric lymphoid and nervous systems Authors (16) Amisha Patel Nicola Harker Lara Moreira-Santos Manuela Ferreira Kieran Alden Jon Timmis[...] Jeffrey MilbrandtVassilis Pachnis Mark C Coles Dimitris Kioussis Henrique Veiga-Fernandes Science Signaling Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Maturation-promoting activity of SATB1 in MGE-derived cortical interneurons Authors (7) Myrto Denaxa Melanie Kalaitzidou Anna Garefalaki Angeliki AchimastouReena Lasrado Tamara MaesVassilis Pachnis Cell Reports Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
RET/GFRα signals are dispensable for thymic T cell development In Vivo Authors (7) Afonso Rocha Martins Almeida Sílvia Arroz-Madeira Diogo Fonseca-Pereira Hélder RibeiroReena LasradoVassilis Pachnis Henrique Veiga-Fernandes PLOS ONE Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Prospective identification and isolation of enteric nervous system progenitors using Sox2 Authors (2)Tiffany HeanueVassilis Pachnis Stem Cells Published 9 November 2011 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Glial cells in the mouse enteric nervous system can undergo neurogenesis in response to injury Authors (7) C Laranjeira K Sandgren N Kessaris W Richardson A Potocnik P Vanden BergheVassilis Pachnis Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 25 August 2011 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Rac1-dependent cell cycle exit of MGE precursors and GABAergic interneuron migration to the cortex Authors (7) Marina Vidaki Simona Tivodar Katerina DoulgerakiVictor Tybulewicz Nicoletta KessarisVassilis Pachnis Domna Karagogeos Cerebral Cortex Published 20 June 2011 Crick labsVictor TybulewiczVassilis PachnisFull details
Geminin regulates cortical progenitor proliferation and differentiation Authors (9) M Spella C Kyrousi E Kritikou A StathopoulouFrancois Guillemot D KioussisVassilis Pachnis Z Lygerou S Taraviras Stem Cells Published 16 June 2011 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFrancois GuillemotFull details
Ret signalling integrates a craniofacial muscle module during development Authors (7) Robert D Knight Katharina Mebus Arturo d'Angelo Kazutomo YokoyaTiffany Heanue Tübingen 2000 Screen Consortium Henry Roehl Development Published 15 May 2011 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Life without geminin Authors (7) D Karamitros P Kotantaki Z Lygerou H Veiga-FernandesVassilis Pachnis D Kioussis S Taraviras Cell Cycle Published 15 August 2010 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details
Differential Geminin requirement for proliferation of thymocytes and mature T cells Authors (7) D Karamitros P Kotantaki Z Lygerou H Veiga-FernandesVassilis Pachnis D Kioussis S Taraviras Journal of Immunology Published 1 March 2010 Crick labsVassilis PachnisFull details