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Selected publications resulting from the use of the Confocal Microscopy Core.
2026
- Targeting the ANGPTL4/NRP1/ABL1/RAD51 axis reverses cisplatin resistance by impairing DNA damage repair in head and neck cancer, Emmanuel B. Asiedu, Ajay Kumar, Alexander Choi, Derek Osorio Luciano, Kevin Lo, Deepti Sharma, Tao Ma, Feyruz Rassool, Akrit Sodhi, and Silvia Montaner Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2026 Mar 31;123(13):e2510265123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2510265123
- Amiodarone Improves Locomotor Function in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury by Reducing Secondary Axonal Degeneration and White Matter Atrophy, Jesse A. Stokum, Bradley Wilhelmy, Christopher Bragança, Cigdem Tosun, Riccardo Serra, Orest Tsymbalyuk, Kaspar Keledjian, Volodymyr Gerzanich, and J. Marc Simard. Journal of Neurotrauma, Volume 43, Issue 9-10, 1 May 2026, Pages 816-826. https://doi.org/10.1177/08977151251400735
- SUR1-TRPM4 is expressed in human epilepsy and promotes neuron hyperactivity and seizures in rodents, Mitchell B Moyer, Svetlana Ivanova, Kaspar Keledjian, Matthew Kreinbrink, Jenna Langbein, Penghua Yang, Darrian McAfee, Ujwal Boddeti, Ziam Khan, Jemima Olu-Owotade, Timothy Zhang, David R Benavides, Joshua Diamond, Kareem Zaghloul, Muznabanu Bachani, Volodymyr Gerzanich, J Marc Simard, Alexander Ksendzovsky, Brain, Volume 149, Issue 6, June 2026, Pages 2124–2138. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaf435
- A cell-nonautonomous heme acquisition pathway enables erythroid hemoglobinization under stress, Audrey Belot, Andrew Rock, Sohini Dutt, Gia Haemmerle, Amaury Maros, Xiaojing Yuan, Satoru Otsuru, David Bodine, and Iqbal Hamza, Science, 23 Apr 2026, Vol 392, Issue 6796, pp. 388-394. DOI: 10.1126/science.aea0552
2025
- Trans-synaptic molecular context of NMDA receptor nanodomains, 2025 Aug 12;16(1):7460. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62766-y
- RiboTag RNA Sequencing Identifies Local Translation of HSP70 in Astrocyte Endfeet After Cerebral Ischemia, Bosung Shim, Prajwal Ciryam, Cigdem Tosun, Riccardo Serra, Natalya Tsymbalyuk, Kaspar Keledjian, Volodymyr Gerzanich and J. Marc Simard. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2025, 26, 309. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26010309.
- Transferrin Purification, Biophysical Characterization, and Lung Biodistribution in Sickle Cell Disease Mice, Shuwei Lu, Mohd A. Khan, Saini Setua, Quintin O'Boyle, Kiruphagaran Thangaraju, Pedro Cabrales, Delaney C. Swindle, David C. Irwin, Paul W. Buehler, Andre F. Palmer, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2025; 122:2709–2723.
- Apolipoprotein E is a novel marker for chondrocytes in the growth plate resting zone, Joe Kodama, Takeshi Oichi, Kevin J. Wilkinson, Joshua M. Abzug, Takashi Kaito, Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto, Masahiro Iwamoto & Satoru Otsuru, Bone Research (2025) 13:31,
- Sparse Labeling, Rapid Clearing, and Native Fluorescence Light Sheet Imaging in the Developing Rodent Cerebellum, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4446-1_16
- Gene Knockout in the Developing Brain of Wild-Type Rodents by CRISPR In Utero Electroporation,
- Ashley E Marquardt, Mahashweta Basu, Jonathan W VanRyzin, Seth A Ament, Margaret M McCarthy, Cell Reports 2025 Jun 24; 44 (6) 115782, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115782.
- Inhibition of autophagy-lysosomal function exacerbates microglial and monocyte lipid metabolism reprograming and dysfunction after brain injury, Mehrabani-Tabari, Amir A; Hegdekar, Nivedita; Herb, Brian R; Kachi, Sazia Arefin; Sarkar, Chinmoy; Thapa, Sagarina; Nguyen, Dexter Ph; Morel, Yulemni; Weldemariam, Mehari M; Muller, Ludovic; Temple Andrews, W; Cortes-Gutierrez, Marcia; Fan, Xiaoxuan; Ayithan, Natarajan; Pettyjohn-Robin, Olivia; Bustos, Sabrina; Greer, Lacey K; Gore, Jessica T; Kane, Maureen A; Ament, Seth A; Jones, Jace W; Lipinski, Marta M, Research square 2025, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7682363/v1
2024
- DeepFreeze 3D-biofabrication for Bioengineering and Storage of Stem Cells in Thick and Large-Scale Human Tissue Analogs, Alok Kumar, Robert A. Brown, Daniel Benyamien Roufaeil, Aditi Gupta, Erika L. Lipford, Divya Muthusamy, Amihai Zalzman, Ronna Hertzano, Tao Lowe, Joseph P. Stains, Michal Zalzman, Adv. Sci. 2024, 11, 2306683.
https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202306683. - Optimization of Xenografting Methods for Generating Human Skeletal Muscle in Mice, O'Neill, Andrea; Martinez, Anna Llach; Mueller, Amber L; Huang, Weiliang; Accorsi, Anthony; Kane, Maureen A; Eyerman, David; Bloch, Robert J, Cell transplantation 2024; 33 9636897241242624, https://doi.org/10.1177/09636897241242624
- Distinct SAP102 and PSD-95 Nano-organization Defines Multiple Types of Synaptic Scaffold Protein Domains at Single Synapses, Metzbower, Sarah R; Levy, Aaron D; Dharmasri, Poorna A; Anderson, Michael C; Blanpied, Thomas A, The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2024 Jun 26; 44 (26), .
- Nanodysferlins support membrane repair and binding to TRIM72/MG53 but do not localize to t-tubules or stabilize Ca2+ signaling, Muriel, Joaquin; Lukyanenko, Valeriy; Kwiatkowski, Thomas A; Li, Yi; Bhattacharya, Sayak; Banford, Kassidy K; Garman, Daniel; Bulgart, Hannah R; Sutton, Roger B; Weisleder, Noah; Bloch, Robert J, Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development, 2024 Jun 13; 32 (2) 101257, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtm.2024.101257
- Viral-mediated inflammation by Poly I:C induces the chemokine CCL5 in NK cells and its receptors CCR1 and CCR5 in microglia in the neonatal rat cerebellum, Perez-Pouchoulen, Miguel; Holley, Amanda S; Reinl, Erin L; VanRyzin, Jonathan W; Mehrabani, Amir; Dionisos, Christie; Mirza, Muhammed; McCarthy, Margaret M, NeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics 2024 Jun; 3 (2) 155-168, https://doi.org/10.1515/nipt-2024-0002.
- Differential nanoscale organization of excitatory synapses onto excitatory vs. inhibitory neurons, Dharmasri, Poorna A; Levy, Aaron D; Blanpied, Thomas A, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024 Apr 23; 121 (17) e2315379121, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2315379121
2023
- Nutrient-regulated dynamics of chondroprogenitors in the postnatal murine growth plate, Oichi, Takeshi; Kodama, Joe; Wilson, Kimberly; Tian, Hongying; Imamura Kawasawa, Yuka; Usami, Yu; Oshima, Yasushi; Saito, Taku; Tanaka, Sakae; Iwamoto, Masahiro; Otsuru, Satoru; Enomoto-Iwamoto, Motomi, Bone research 2023 Apr 21; 11 (1) 20, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41413-023-00258-9.
- Cation flux through SUR1-TRPM4 and NCX1 in astrocyte endfeet induces water influx through AQP4 and brain swelling after ischemic stroke, Stokum, Jesse A; Shim, Bosung; Negoita, Serban; Tsymbalyuk, Natalya; Tsymbalyuk, Orest; Ivanova, Svetlana; Keledjian, Kaspar; Bryan, Joseph; Blaustein, Mordecai P; Jha, Ruchira M; Kahle, Kristopher T; Gerzanich, Volodymyr; Simard, J Marc, Science signaling 2023 Jun 06; 16 (788) eadd6364, 10.1126/scisignal.add6364.
- Canagliflozin, an Inhibitor of the Na+-Coupled D-Glucose Cotransporter, SGLT2, Inhibits Astrocyte Swelling and Brain Swelling in Cerebral Ischemia, Shim, Bosung; Stokum, Jesse A; Moyer, Mitchell; Tsymbalyuk, Natalya; Tsymbalyuk, Orest; Keledjian, Kaspar; Ivanova, Svetlana; Tosun, Cigdem; Gerzanich, Volodymyr; Simard, J Marc, Cells 2023 Sep 06; 12 (18), https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12182221.
- HA-tag CD63 is a novel conditional transgenic approach to track extracellular vesicle interactions with sperm and their transfer at conception, Morgan, Christopher P; Meadows, Victoria E; Marx-Rattner, Ruth; Cisse, Yasmine M; Bale, Tracy L, Scientific Reports 2023 Jan 13; 13 (1) 707, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27898-5.
- Metformin Protects Against Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Male Mice., Kennedy, Catherine L; Shuster, Benjamin; Amanipour, Reza; Milon, Beatrice; Patel, Priya; Elkon, Ran; Hertzano, Ronna, Otology & neurotology: official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2023 Oct 01; 44 (9) 956-963, https://doi.org/10.1097/mao.0000000000004002.
2022
- Tissue-specific expression of myosin phosphatase subunits and isoforms in smooth muscle of mice and humans, Kimberly Oslin, John J. Reho, Yuan Lu, Sunita Khanal, Doreswamy Kenchegowda, Steven J. Prior, and Steven A. Fischer, Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 322: R281–R291, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00196.2021
- DHODH inhibition impedes glioma stem cell proliferation, induces DNA damage, and prolongs survival in orthotopic glioblastoma xenografts, Raffaella Spina, Ian Mills, Fahim Ahmad, Chixiang Chen, Heather M. Ames, Jeffrey A. Winkles, Graeme F. Woodworth & Eli E. Bar, Oncogene volume 41, pages5361–5372 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-022-02517-1
- Brain capillary pericytes are metabolic sentinels that control blood flow through a KATP channel-dependent energy switch, Ashwini Hariharan, Colin D. Robertson, Daniela C.G. Garcia, Thomas A. Longden, Cell Reports, 41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111872
- Complex effects on CaV2.1 channel gating caused by a CACNA1A variant associated with a severe neurodevelopmental disorder, Benjamin J. Grosso, Audra A. Kramer, Sidharth Tyagi, Daniel F. Bennett, Cynthia J. Tifft, Precilla D’Souza, Michael F. Wangler, Ellen F. Macnamara, Ulises Meza & Roger A. Bannister, Sci Rep12, 9186 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12789-y
2021