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2025 Publications

  • Cell expansion for notochord mechanics and endochondral bone lengthening in zebrafish depends on the 5′-inositol phosphatase Inppl1a. Voigt B, Frazier K, Yazdi D, Klein J, Gontarz P, Zhang B, Sepich DS, Mo J, Smeeton J, Solnica-Krezel L, Gray RS. Curr Biol. 2025 Apr 7:S0960-9822(25)00307-0. PMID: 40209709
  • Requirements for the neurodevelopmental disorder-associated gene ZNF292 in human cortical interneuron development and function. Kaushik K, Chapman G, Prakasam R, Batool F, Saleh M, Determan J, Huettner JE, Kroll KL. Cell Rep. 2025 Apr 20;44(5):115597. PMID: 40257863
  • Temporal regulation of endoderm convergence and extension by the BMP activity gradient through mesoderm-dependent and independent mechanisms. Chang CT, Tsai T, Solnica-Krezel L. Cells Dev. 2025 Mar 14:204021. PMID: 40090551
  • YTHDC1 cooperates with the THO complex to prevent RNA-damage-induced DNA breaks. Tsao N, Lombardi PM, Park A, Olabode J, Rodell R, Sun H, Padmanaban S, Brickner JR, Tsai MS, Pollina EA, Chen CK, Mosammaparast N. Mol Cell. 2025 Mar 20;85(6):1085-1100.e9.PMID: 40037355
  • New directions in neurosteroid therapeutics in neuropsychiatry. Zorumski CF, Covey DF, Izumi Y, Evers AS, Maguire JL, Mennerick SJ. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2025 Mar 22;172:106119. PMID: 40127877
  • Lifespan in rodents with MYT1L heterozygous mutation. Schreiber A, Swift RG, Wilson L, Kroll KL, Dougherty JD, Maloney SE. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 10;15(1):4998. PMID: 39930023
  • Tracking and mitigating imprint erasure during induction of naive human pluripotency at single-cell resolution. Fischer LA, Meyer B, Reyes M, Zemke JE, Harrison JK, Park KM, Wang T, Jüppner H, Dietmann S, Theunissen TW. Stem Cell Reports. 2025 Feb 8:102419. PMID: 39952244
  • Autism- and intellectual disability-associated MYT1L mutation alters human cortical interneuron differentiation, maturation, and physiology. Prakasam R, Determan J, Chapman G, Narasimhan M, Shen R, Saleh M, Kaushik K, Gontarz P, Meganathan K, Hakim B, Zhang B, Huettner JE, Kroll KL. Stem Cell Reports. 2025 Feb 15:102421. PMID: 40020682. Stem Cell Reports. 2025 Feb 15:102421. PMID: 40020682
  • Phosphorylation of CRYAB induces a condensatopathy to worsen post-myocardial infarction left ventricular remodeling. Islam M, Rawnsley DR, Ma X, Navid W, Zhao C, Guan X, Foroughi L, Murphy JT, Navid H, Weinheimer CJ, Kovacs A, Nigro J, Diwan A, Chang RP, Kumari M, Young ME, Razani B, Margulies KB, Abdellatif M, Sedej S, Javaheri A, Covey DF, Mani K, Diwan A. J Clin Invest. 2025 Feb 11:e163730. PMID: 39932799
  • Gastric hypoplasia in mice lacking fibroblast growth factor 9 – PubMed. Mills JC, Thanintorn N, Yin Y, McNeill H, Ornitz DM, Willet SG. Dev Dyn. 2025 Mar 1. PMID: 38602479
  • SARM1 Inhibition Maintains Axonal Integrity After Rat Sciatic Nerve Transection and Repair. Sachar R, Lee TY, DiAntonio A, Dy CJ, Wever J, Milbrandt J, Brogan DM. J Hand Surg Am. 2025 Jan 29:S0363-5023(24)00617-8. PMID: 39895440
  • PMP2+ Schwann cells maintain the survival of large-caliber motor axons. Kozlowski MM, Strickland A, Morales Benitez A, Schmidt RE, Bloom AJ, Milbrandt J, DiAntonio A. J Neurosci. 2025 Jan 29:e1362242025. PMID: 39880678
  • RSK1 is an exploitable dependency in myeloproliferative neoplasms and secondary acute myeloid leukemia. Kong T, Laranjeira ABA, Letson CT, Yu L, Lin S, Fowles JS, Fisher DAC, Ng S, Yang W, He F, Youn M, Mark K, Jose AS, Liu J, Kim AB, Cox MJ, Fulbright MC, Jayanthan A, Los G, Rentschler SL, Ding L, Sakamoto KM, Dunn SE, Challen GA, Oh ST. Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 16;16(1):492. .PMID: 39820365
  • Endogenous and fluorescent sterols reveal the molecular basis for ligand selectivity of human sterol transporters. Depta L, Bryce-Rogers HP, Dekker NJ, Bønke AW, Camporese N, Qian M, Xu Y, Covey DF, Laraia L.J Lipid Res. 2024 Dec 31;66(2):100738. PMID: 39746449 
  • Fate erasure logic of gene networks underlying direct neuronal conversion of somatic cells by microRNAs. Cates K, Yuan L, Yang Y, Yoo AS. Cell Rep. 2025 Jan 28;44(1):115153. PMID: 39756035
  • Protocol to study inter-tissue communication between the hypothalamus and white adipose tissue and lifespan using a chemogenetic approach in aged mice. Tokizane K, Imai SI. STAR Protoc. 2025 Jan 10;6(1):103551. PMID: 39798096
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