Recent Publications

Here are some recent references from our lab.

2010

Holtzinger, A. , Rosenfeld, G. and Evans, T. (2010). Gata4 Directs Development of Cardiac-inducing Endoderm from ES Cells. Dev. Biol. 337: 63-73.

Rikin, A. and Evans, T. (2010). The Mga Protein, Encoding Conserved Tbox and bHLH Domains Regulates Cardiogenesis by Modulating Levels of Gata4. Dev. Dyn. 239: 535-547.

Kikuchi, K., Holdway, J.E., Werdich, A.A., Anderson, R.M., Fang, Y., Egnaczyk, G.F., Evans, T., MacRae, C.A., Stainier, D.Y.R., and Poss, K.D. (2010). A population of Gata4-positive cardiomyocytes contributes principally to heart regeneration in zebrafish. Nature. 464: 601-605.

Das, B.C., McCartin, K., Liu, T.C., Peterson, R.T., and Evans, T. (2010). A forward chemical screen in zebrafish identifies a retinoic acid derivative with receptor specificity. PLoS One 5: e10004.

Choudhuri, A. Evans, T. and Maitra, U. (2010). The Non-core Subunit eIF3h of Translation Initiation Factor eIF3 Regulates Zebrafish Embryonic Development. Dev. Dyn. 239: 1632-1644.

Polo, J.M., Liu, S., Figueroa, M.E., Kulalert, W., Eminli, S., Tan, K.Y., Apostolou, E., Stadtfeld, M., Li, Y., Natesan, S., Wagers, A., Melnick, A., Evans, T., and Hochedlinger, K. (2010). Cell of origin influences molecular and functional properties of murine induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature Biotechnology. In Press

2009

Hooper, A.T., Shmelkov, S.V., Gupta, S., Milde, T., Bambino, K., Gillen, K, Goetz, M, Chavala, S., Baljevic, M., Murphy, A., Valenzuela, D.M., Gale, N.W., Thurston, G., Yancopoulos, G.D, Vahdat, L., Evans, T., and Rafii, S. (2009). Angiomodulin is a Specific Marker of Vasculature and Regulates Vegetal Endothelial Growth Factor-A-Dependent neoangiogenesis. Circ. Res. 105: 201-208.

Evans, T. (2009). Fishing for a WNT-PGE2 Link: Beta-catenin is Caught in the Stem Cell Net-work. Cell Stem Cell. 4: 280-282.

Torregroza, I., Evans, T. and Das, B. (2009). A Forward Chemical Screen using Zebrafish Embryos with Novel 2-substituted 2-H Chromene Derivatives. Chem. Biol. Drug Des. 73: 339-345.

2008

Evans, T. (2008). Embryonic Stem Cells as a Model System for Cardiac Development and Disease Drug Discov Today Dis Models. 5: 147-155.

McReynolds, L.J. Tucker, J.A., Mullins, M.A. and Evans, T. (2008). Regulation of Hematopoiesis by the BMP Signaling Pathway in Adult Zebrafish. Exp. Hemat. 36: 1604-1615.

Liu, F., Evans, T., and Das, B.C. (2008). Synthesis of 2-substituted 2H-Chromenes using Potassium Vinyltrifluoroborates. Tetrahedron Lett. 49: 1578-1581.

Kadereit, B., Kumar, P., Wang, W.-J., Miranda, D., Snapp, E.L., Severina, N., Torregroza, I., Evans, T., and Silver, D.L. (2008). An Evolutionarily Conserved Gene Family Important for Fat Storage. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 105: 94-99.

2007

Holtzinger, A. and Evans, T. (2007). Gata5 and Gata6 are Functionally Redundant in Zebrafish for Specification of Cardiomyocyte Fate. Dev. Biol. 312: 613-622.

McReynolds, L.J., Gupta, S., Figueroa, M.E., Mullins, M.C, and Evans, T. (2007). Smad1 and Smad5 Differentially Regulate Embryonic Hematopoiesis. Blood. 110: 3881-3890.

Ennezat, P.V., Van Belle, E., Cohen-Solal, A., Asseman, P., Evans, T., and LeJemtel, T.H. (2007). Steady Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in Heart Failure. Acta Cardiol. 62:265-268.

Zafonte, B. T., Liu, S., Lynch-Kattman, M., Torregroza, I., Benvenuto, L., Kennedy, M., Keller, G., and Evans, T. (2007). Smad1 Expands the Hemangioblast Population within a Limited Developmental Window. Blood. 109: 516-523.

2006

Stanton, S., McReynolds, L., Evans, T., and Schreiber-Agus, N. (2006). YAF2 Inhibits Caspase 8-mediated Apoptosis and Regulates Cell Survival during Zebrafish Embryogenesis. J. Biol. Chem. 281: 28782-28793.

Schmerer, M., Torregroza, I., Pascal, A., Umbhauer, M., and Evans, T. (2006). STAT5 Acts as a Repressor to Regulate Early Embryonic Erythropoiesis. Blood. 108: 2989-2997, 2006.

Ghatpande, S., Brand, T., Zile, M., and Evans, T. (2006). Bmp2 and Gata4 Function Additively to Rescue Heart Tube Development in the Absence of Retinoids. Dev. Dyn. 235: 2030-2039.

Gupta, S., Zhu, H., Zon, L.I., and Evans, T. (2006). BMP Signaling Restricts Hemato-vascular Development from Lateral Mesoderm during Somitogenesis. Development. 133: 2177-2187.

Yergeau, D.A., Schmerer, M., Kuliyev, E., Evans, T., and Mead, P.E. (2006). Cloning and Expression Pattern of the Xenopus Erythropoietin Receptor. Mech Dev. Gene Exp. Patterns. 6: 420-425.

Torregroza, I. and Evans, T. (2006). Tid-1 is a Smad-binding Protein and can Modulate Smad7 Dorsalizing Activity in Developing Embryos. Biochem J. 393: 311-320.