BACE1: More than just a β‐secretase

HA Taylor, L Przemylska, EM Clavane… - Obesity …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Summary β‐site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme‐1 (BACE1) research has
historically focused on its actions as the β‐secretase responsible for the production of β …

Zebrafish pigment pattern formation: insights into the development and evolution of adult form

LB Patterson, DM Parichy - Annual Review of Genetics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Vertebrate pigment patterns are diverse and fascinating adult traits that allow animals to
recognize conspecifics, attract mates, and avoid predators. Pigment patterns in fish are …

Anatomic position determines oncogenic specificity in melanoma

JM Weiss, MV Hunter, NM Cruz, A Baggiolini, M Tagore… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Oncogenic alterations to DNA are not transforming in all cellular contexts,. This may be due
to pre-existing transcriptional programmes in the cell of origin. Here we define anatomic …

Cooperation between melanoma cell states promotes metastasis through heterotypic cluster formation

NR Campbell, A Rao, MV Hunter, MK Sznurkowska… - Developmental cell, 2021 - cell.com
Melanomas can have multiple coexisting cell states, including proliferative (PRO) versus
invasive (INV) subpopulations that represent a" go or grow" trade-off; however, how these …

Thyroid hormone regulates distinct paths to maturation in pigment cell lineages

LM Saunders, AK Mishra, AJ Aman, VM Lewis… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Thyroid hormone (TH) regulates diverse developmental events and can drive disparate
cellular outcomes. In zebrafish, TH has opposite effects on neural crest derived pigment …

The evolutionary origin and domestication history of goldfish (Carassius auratus)

D Chen, Q Zhang, W Tang, Z Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Goldfish have been subjected to over 1,000 y of intensive domestication and selective
breeding. In this report, we describe a high-quality goldfish genome (2n= 100), anchoring …

Melanosome transport and regulation in development and disease

X Tian, Z Cui, S Liu, J Zhou, R Cui - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Melanosomes are specialized membrane-bound organelles that synthesize and organize
melanin, ultimately providing color to the skin, hair, and eyes. Disorders in melanogenesis …

Evolution of the potassium channel gene Kcnj13 underlies colour pattern diversification in Danio fish

M Podobnik, HG Frohnhöfer, CM Dooley… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The genetic basis of morphological variation provides a major topic in evolutionary
developmental biology. Fish of the genus Danio display colour patterns ranging from …

Galanin signaling in the brain regulates color pattern formation in zebrafish

A Eskova, HG Frohnhoefer, C Nüsslein-Volhard, U Irion - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Color patterns are prominent features of many animals and are of high evolutionary
relevance. In basal vertebrates, color patterns are composed of specialized pigment cells …

A complex genetic architecture in zebrafish relatives Danio quagga and D. kyathit underlies development of stripes and spots

BM McCluskey, S Uji, JL Mancusi, JH Postlethwait… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Vertebrate pigmentation is a fundamentally important, multifaceted phenotype. Zebrafish,
Danio rerio, has been a valuable model for understanding genetics and development of …