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Lee Niswander

TitleDistinguished Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Boulder
DepartmentBiology-MCD Instruction
Phone303/735-5928
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    TitleChair
    InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Boulder
    DepartmentBiology-MCD Instruction


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    T34GM142601     (NISWANDER, LEE A.)Aug 24, 2023 - Jul 31, 2028
    NIH
    Bridges to the Baccalaureate Research Training Program at University of Colorado Boulder
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01NS110887     (NISWANDER, LEE A.)Dec 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2024
    NIH
    Non-coding RNA regulation of early neural development
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01DE024034     (ARTINGER, KRISTIN)Jul 1, 2015 - May 31, 2021
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    Function of chromatin modifiers in cranial neural crest development
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R01HD081117     (NISWANDER, LEE A.)Apr 1, 2015 - Mar 31, 2020
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    Transcriptional control of epithelial behaviors that drive mammalian neural tubeclosure
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01HD081562     (WILLIAMS, TREVOR J)Sep 20, 2014 - Jun 30, 2019
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    Phenotyping Embryonic Lethal Knockout mice with neural crest and neural defects
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R13HD081888     (KRUMLAUF, ROBB E.)Jul 11, 2014 - Jun 30, 2019
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    Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meetings 2014-2018
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R21NS085749     (NISWANDER, LEE A.)Sep 1, 2013 - Aug 31, 2015
    NIH
    The amelioration of peroxisomal disorders due to defects in Pex10
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01NS058979     (ROSS, MARGARET ELIZABETH)Aug 1, 2009 - Jul 31, 2011
    NIH
    Genetic Predisposition &Prevention of Neural Tube Defects (NTDs)
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R21HL089431     (NISWANDER, LEE A.)Apr 1, 2008 - Mar 31, 2011
    NIH
    Systems approach to identify phosphoregulators of mouse lung development
    Role: Principal Investigator
    T15HD007506     (SANCHEZ ALVARADO, ALEJANDRO)Jun 1, 1997 - Aug 31, 2017
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    EMBRYOLOGY COURSE
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R01HD032427     (NISWANDER, LEE A.)May 1, 1996 - Mar 31, 2011
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    GENETIC AND MOLECULAR CONTROLS OF VERTEBRATE LIMB DEVELOPMENT
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R55HD032427     (NISWANDER, LEE A.)Sep 29, 1995 - Apr 30, 1996
    NIH
    MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS OF CHICK LIMB DEVELOPMENT
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Devine J, Vidal-Garc?a M, Liu W, Neves A, Lo Vercio LD, Green RM, Richbourg HA, Marchini M, Unger CM, Nickle AC, Radford B, Young NM, Gonzalez PN, Schuler RE, Bugacov A, Rolian C, Percival CJ, Williams T, Niswander L, Calof AL, Lander AD, Visel A, Jirik FR, Cheverud JM, Klein OD, Birnbaum RY, Merrill AE, Ackermann RR, Graf D, Hemberger M, Dean W, Forkert ND, Murray SA, Westerberg H, Marcucio RS, Hallgr?msson B. Author Correction: MusMorph, a database of standardized mouse morphology data for morphometric meta-analyses. Sci Data. 2023 Jun 28; 10(1):420. PMID: 37380661.
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    2. Li B, Brusman L, Dahlka J, Niswander LA. TMEM132A ensures mouse caudal neural tube closure and regulates integrin-based mesodermal migration. Development. 2022 09 01; 149(17). PMID: 35950911.
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    3. Devine J, Vidal-Garc?a M, Liu W, Neves A, Lo Vercio LD, Green RM, Richbourg HA, Marchini M, Unger CM, Nickle AC, Radford B, Young NM, Gonzalez PN, Schuler RE, Bugacov A, Rolian C, Percival CJ, Williams T, Niswander L, Calof AL, Lander AD, Visel A, Jirik FR, Cheverud JM, Klein OD, Birnbaum RY, Merrill AE, Ackermann RR, Graf D, Hemberger M, Dean W, Forkert ND, Murray SA, Westerberg H, Marcucio RS, Hallgr?msson B. MusMorph, a database of standardized mouse morphology data for morphometric meta-analyses. Sci Data. 2022 05 25; 9(1):230. PMID: 35614082.
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    4. Engelhardt DM, Martyr CA, Niswander L. Pathogenesis of neural tube defects: The regulation and disruption of cellular processes underlying neural tube closure. WIREs Mech Dis. 2022 09; 14(5):e1559. PMID: 35504597.
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    5. Kakebeen AD, Niswander L. Micronutrient imbalance and common phenotypes in neural tube defects. Genesis. 2021 11; 59(11):e23455. PMID: 34665506.
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    6. Joyner A, Lehmann R, Niswander L. In Memoriam: Kathryn V. Anderson (1952-2020). Dev Biol. 2021 04; 472:125-126. PMID: 33618188.
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    7. Terhune EA, Cuevas MT, Monley AM, Wethey CI, Chen X, Cattell MV, Bayrak MN, Bland MR, Sutphin B, Trahan GD, Taylor MRG, Niswander LA, Jones KL, Baschal EE, Antunes L, Dobbs M, Gurnett C, Appel B, Gray R, Hadley Miller N. Mutations in KIF7 implicated in idiopathic scoliosis in humans and axial curvatures in zebrafish. Hum Mutat. 2021 04; 42(4):392-407. PMID: 33382518.
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    8. Jaffe E, Niswander L. Loss of Grhl3 is correlated with altered cellular protrusions in the non-neural ectoderm during neural tube closure. Dev Dyn. 2021 05; 250(5):732-744. PMID: 33378081.
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    9. Li B, Niswander LA. TMEM132A, a Novel Wnt Signaling Pathway Regulator Through Wntless (WLS) Interaction. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020; 8:599890. PMID: 33324648.
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    10. Brown HM, Murray SA, Northrup H, Au KS, Niswander LA. Snx3 is important for mammalian neural tube closure via its role in canonical and non-canonical WNT signaling. Development. 2020 11 19; 147(22). PMID: 33214242.
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    11. Zou J, Wang F, Yang X, Wang H, Niswander L, Zhang T, Li H. Association between rare variants in specific functional pathways and human neural tube defects multiple subphenotypes. Neural Dev. 2020 07 10; 15(1):8. PMID: 32650820.
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    12. Pezoa SA, Artinger KB, Niswander LA. GCN5 acetylation is required for craniofacial chondrocyte maturation. Dev Biol. 2020 08 01; 464(1):24-34. PMID: 32446700.
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    13. Li H, Wang X, Zhao H, Wang F, Bao Y, Guo J, Chang S, Wu L, Cheng H, Chen S, Zou J, Cui X, Niswander L, Finnell RH, Wang H, Zhang T. Low folate concentration impacts mismatch repair deficiency in neural tube defects. Epigenomics. 2020 01; 12(1):5-18. PMID: 31769301.
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    14. Li H, Zhang J, Niswander L. Zinc deficiency causes neural tube defects through attenuation of p53 ubiquitylation. Development. 2018 12 13; 145(24). PMID: 30545932.
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    15. Sen R, Pezoa SA, Carpio Shull L, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Niswander LA, Artinger KB. Kat2a and Kat2b Acetyltransferase Activity Regulates Craniofacial Cartilage and Bone Differentiation in Zebrafish and Mice. J Dev Biol. 2018 Nov 12; 6(4). PMID: 30424580.
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    16. Bardill J, Williams SM, Shabeka U, Niswander L, Park D, Marwan AI. An Injectable Reverse Thermal Gel for Minimally Invasive Coverage of Mouse Myelomeningocele. J Surg Res. 2019 03; 235:227-236. PMID: 30691800.
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    17. Li H, Niswander L. Does DNA methylation provide a link between folate and neural tube closure? Epigenomics. 2018 10; 10(10):1263-1265. PMID: 30215549.
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    18. Baschal EE, Terhune EA, Wethey CI, Baschal RM, Robinson KD, Cuevas MT, Pradhan S, Sutphin BS, Taylor MRG, Gowan K, Pearson CG, Niswander LA, Jones KL, Miller NH. Idiopathic Scoliosis Families Highlight Actin-Based and Microtubule-Based Cellular Projections and Extracellular Matrix in Disease Etiology. G3 (Bethesda). 2018 07 31; 8(8):2663-2672. PMID: 29930198.
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    19. Li H, Zhang J, Chen S, Wang F, Zhang T, Niswander L. Genetic contribution of retinoid-related genes to neural tube defects. Hum Mutat. 2018 04; 39(4):550-562. PMID: 29297599.
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    20. Niswander L. Forming and shaping the field of limb development: A tribute to Dr. John Saunders. Dev Biol. 2017 Sep 15; 429(2):373. PMID: 28864071.
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    21. Wilde JJ, Siegenthaler JA, Dent SY, Niswander LA. Diencephalic Size Is Restricted by a Novel Interplay Between GCN5 Acetyltransferase Activity and Retinoic Acid Signaling. J Neurosci. 2017 03 08; 37(10):2565-2579. PMID: 28154153.
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    22. Zhang L, Ferreyros M, Feng W, Hupe M, Crumrine DA, Chen J, Elias PM, Holleran WM, Niswander L, Hohl D, Williams T, Torchia EC, Roop DR. Defects in Stratum Corneum Desquamation Are the Predominant Effect of Impaired ABCA12 Function in a Novel Mouse Model of Harlequin Ichthyosis. PLoS One. 2016; 11(8):e0161465. PMID: 27551807.
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    23. Ray HJ, Niswander LA. Dynamic behaviors of the non-neural ectoderm during mammalian cranial neural tube closure. Dev Biol. 2016 Aug 15; 416(2):279-85. PMID: 27343896.
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    24. Ray HJ, Niswander LA. Grainyhead-like 2 downstream targets act to suppress epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition during neural tube closure. Development. 2016 Apr 01; 143(7):1192-204. PMID: 26903501.
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    25. Van Otterloo E, Feng W, Jones KL, Hynes NE, Clouthier DE, Niswander L, Williams T. MEMO1 drives cranial endochondral ossification and palatogenesis. Dev Biol. 2016 07 15; 415(2):278-295. PMID: 26746790.
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    26. Gartz Hanson M, Aiken J, Sietsema DV, Sept D, Bates EA, Niswander L, Moore JK. Novel a-tubulin mutation disrupts neural development and tubulin proteostasis. Dev Biol. 2016 Jan 15; 409(2):406-19. PMID: 26658218.
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    27. Gartz Hanson M, Niswander LA. Rectification of muscle and nerve deficits in paralyzed ryanodine receptor type 1 mutant embryos. Dev Biol. 2015 Aug 15; 404(2):76-87. PMID: 26025922.
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    28. Chang R, Petersen JR, Niswander LA, Liu A. A hypomorphic allele reveals an important role of inturned in mouse skeletal development. Dev Dyn. 2015 Jun; 244(6):736-47. PMID: 25774014.
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    29. Yang M, Yang SL, Herrlinger S, Liang C, Dzieciatkowska M, Hansen KC, Desai R, Nagy A, Niswander L, Moss EG, Chen JF. Lin28 promotes the proliferative capacity of neural progenitor cells in brain development. Development. 2015 May 01; 142(9):1616-27. PMID: 25922525.
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    30. Hanson MG, Wilde JJ, Moreno RL, Minic AD, Niswander L. Potassium dependent rescue of a myopathy with core-like structures in mouse. Elife. 2015 Jan 07; 4. PMID: 25564733.
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    31. Wilde JJ, Petersen JR, Niswander L. Genetic, epigenetic, and environmental contributions to neural tube closure. Annu Rev Genet. 2014; 48:583-611. PMID: 25292356.
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    32. Hanson MG, Niswander LA. An explant muscle model to examine the refinement of the synaptic landscape. J Neurosci Methods. 2014 Dec 30; 238:95-104. PMID: 25251554.
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    33. Hanson MG, Fregoso VL, Vrana JD, Tucker CL, Niswander LA. Peripheral nervous system defects in a mouse model for peroxisomal biogenesis disorders. Dev Biol. 2014 Nov 01; 395(1):84-95. PMID: 25176044.
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    34. Apkon SD, Grady R, Hart S, Lee A, McNalley T, Niswander L, Petersen J, Remley S, Rotenstein D, Shurtleff H, Warner M, Walker WO. Advances in the care of children with spina bifida. Adv Pediatr. 2014 Aug; 61(1):33-74. PMID: 25037124.
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    35. Chen JF, Zhang Y, Wilde J, Hansen KC, Lai F, Niswander L. Microcephaly disease gene Wdr62 regulates mitotic progression of embryonic neural stem cells and brain size. Nat Commun. 2014 May 30; 5:3885. PMID: 24875059.
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    36. Harmacek L, Watkins-Chow DE, Chen J, Jones KL, Pavan WJ, Salbaum JM, Niswander L. A unique missense allele of BAF155, a core BAF chromatin remodeling complex protein, causes neural tube closure defects in mice. Dev Neurobiol. 2014 May; 74(5):483-97. PMID: 24170322.
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    37. Feng W, Choi I, Clouthier DE, Niswander L, Williams T. The Ptch1(DL) mouse: a new model to study lambdoid craniosynostosis and basal cell nevus syndrome-associated skeletal defects. Genesis. 2013 Oct; 51(10):677-89. PMID: 23897749.
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    38. Parker JJ, Dionne KR, Massarwa R, Klaassen M, Foreman NK, Niswander L, Canoll P, Kleinschmidt-Demasters BK, Waziri A. Gefitinib selectively inhibits tumor cell migration in EGFR-amplified human glioblastoma. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Aug; 15(8):1048-57. PMID: 23749785.
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    39. Massarwa R, Ray HJ, Niswander L. Morphogenetic movements in the neural plate and neural tube: mouse. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol. 2014 Jan-Feb; 3(1):59-68. PMID: 24902834.
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    40. Schnatwinkel C, Niswander L. Multiparametric image analysis of lung-branching morphogenesis. Dev Dyn. 2013 Jun; 242(6):622-37. PMID: 23483685.
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    41. Wallingford JB, Niswander LA, Shaw GM, Finnell RH. The continuing challenge of understanding, preventing, and treating neural tube defects. Science. 2013 Mar 01; 339(6123):1222002. PMID: 23449594.
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    42. Zhang Y, Niswander L. Zic2 is required for enteric nervous system development and neurite outgrowth: a mouse model of enteric hyperplasia and dysplasia. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2013 Jun; 25(6):538-41. PMID: 23413832.
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    43. Yates LL, Schnatwinkel C, Hazelwood L, Chessum L, Paudyal A, Hilton H, Romero MR, Wilde J, Bogani D, Sanderson J, Formstone C, Murdoch JN, Niswander LA, Greenfield A, Dean CH. Scribble is required for normal epithelial cell-cell contacts and lumen morphogenesis in the mammalian lung. Dev Biol. 2013 Jan 15; 373(2):267-80. PMID: 23195221.
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    44. Massarwa R, Niswander L. In toto live imaging of mouse morphogenesis and new insights into neural tube closure. Development. 2013 Jan 01; 140(1):226-36. PMID: 23175632.
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    45. Schnatwinkel C, Niswander L. Nubp1 is required for lung branching morphogenesis and distal progenitor cell survival in mice. PLoS One. 2012; 7(9):e44871. PMID: 23028652.
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    46. Zhang Y, Niswander L. Phactr4: a new integrin modulator required for directional migration of enteric neural crest cells. Cell Adh Migr. 2012 Sep-Oct; 6(5):419-23. PMID: 23076051.
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    47. McKean DM, Niswander L. Defects in GPI biosynthesis perturb Cripto signaling during forebrain development in two new mouse models of holoprosencephaly. Biol Open. 2012 Sep 15; 1(9):874-83. PMID: 23213481.
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    48. Ray HJ, Niswander L. Mechanisms of tissue fusion during development. Development. 2012 May; 139(10):1701-11. PMID: 22510983.
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    49. Chen J, Lai F, Niswander L. The ubiquitin ligase mLin41 temporally promotes neural progenitor cell maintenance through FGF signaling. Genes Dev. 2012 Apr 15; 26(8):803-15. PMID: 22508726.
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    50. Zhang Y, Kim TH, Niswander L. Phactr4 regulates directional migration of enteric neural crest through PP1, integrin signaling, and cofilin activity. Genes Dev. 2012 Jan 01; 26(1):69-81. PMID: 22215812.
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    51. Marean A, Graf A, Zhang Y, Niswander L. Folic acid supplementation can adversely affect murine neural tube closure and embryonic survival. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Sep 15; 20(18):3678-83. PMID: 21693562.
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    52. Pyrgaki C, Liu A, Niswander L. Grainyhead-like 2 regulates neural tube closure and adhesion molecule expression during neural fold fusion. Dev Biol. 2011 May 01; 353(1):38-49. PMID: 21377456.
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    53. Becker-Heck A, Zohn IE, Okabe N, Pollock A, Lenhart KB, Sullivan-Brown J, McSheene J, Loges NT, Olbrich H, Haeffner K, Fliegauf M, Horvath J, Reinhardt R, Nielsen KG, Marthin JK, Baktai G, Anderson KV, Geisler R, Niswander L, Omran H, Burdine RD. The coiled-coil domain containing protein CCDC40 is essential for motile cilia function and left-right axis formation. Nat Genet. 2011 Jan; 43(1):79-84. PMID: 21131974.
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    54. Mao J, McKean DM, Warrier S, Corbin JG, Niswander L, Zohn IE. The iron exporter ferroportin 1 is essential for development of the mouse embryo, forebrain patterning and neural tube closure. Development. 2010 Sep; 137(18):3079-88. PMID: 20702562.
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    55. Hubler M, Niswander LA, Peters J, Sears KE. The developmental reduction of the marsupial coracoid: a case study in Monodelphis domestica. J Morphol. 2010 Jul; 271(7):769-76. PMID: 20151407.
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    56. Pyrgaki C, Trainor P, Hadjantonakis AK, Niswander L. Dynamic imaging of mammalian neural tube closure. Dev Biol. 2010 Aug 15; 344(2):941-7. PMID: 20558153.
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    57. Yates LL, Schnatwinkel C, Murdoch JN, Bogani D, Formstone CJ, Townsend S, Greenfield A, Niswander LA, Dean CH. The PCP genes Celsr1 and Vangl2 are required for normal lung branching morphogenesis. Hum Mol Genet. 2010 Jun 01; 19(11):2251-67. PMID: 20223754.
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    58. Weatherbee SD, Niswander LA, Anderson KV. A mouse model for Meckel syndrome reveals Mks1 is required for ciliogenesis and Hedgehog signaling. Hum Mol Genet. 2009 Dec 01; 18(23):4565-75. PMID: 19776033.
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    59. Hoover AN, Wynkoop A, Zeng H, Jia J, Niswander LA, Liu A. C2cd3 is required for cilia formation and Hedgehog signaling in mouse. Development. 2008 Dec; 135(24):4049-58. PMID: 19004860.
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    60. Niswander L. Methods in avian embryology experimental and molecular manipulation of the embryonic chick limb. Methods Cell Biol. 2008; 87:135-52. PMID: 18485295.
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    61. Sears KE, Goswami A, Flynn JJ, Niswander LA. The correlated evolution of Runx2 tandem repeats, transcriptional activity, and facial length in carnivora. Evol Dev. 2007 Nov-Dec; 9(6):555-65. PMID: 17976052.
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    62. Kim TH, Goodman J, Anderson KV, Niswander L. Phactr4 regulates neural tube and optic fissure closure by controlling PP1-, Rb-, and E2F1-regulated cell-cycle progression. Dev Cell. 2007 Jul; 13(1):87-102. PMID: 17609112.
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    63. Barna M, Niswander L. Visualization of cartilage formation: insight into cellular properties of skeletal progenitors and chondrodysplasia syndromes. Dev Cell. 2007 Jun; 12(6):931-41. PMID: 17543865.
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    64. Zohn IE, Anderson KV, Niswander L. The Hectd1 ubiquitin ligase is required for development of the head mesenchyme and neural tube closure. Dev Biol. 2007 Jun 01; 306(1):208-21. PMID: 17442300.
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    65. Zohn IE, De Domenico I, Pollock A, Ward DM, Goodman JF, Liang X, Sanchez AJ, Niswander L, Kaplan J. The flatiron mutation in mouse ferroportin acts as a dominant negative to cause ferroportin disease. Blood. 2007 May 15; 109(10):4174-80. PMID: 17289807.
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    66. Weatherbee SD, Anderson KV, Niswander LA. LDL-receptor-related protein 4 is crucial for formation of the neuromuscular junction. Development. 2006 Dec; 133(24):4993-5000. PMID: 17119023.
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    67. Sears KE, Behringer RR, Rasweiler JJ, Niswander LA. The evolutionary and developmental basis of parallel reduction in mammalian zeugopod elements. Am Nat. 2007 Jan; 169(1):105-17. PMID: 17206589.
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    68. Weatherbee SD, Behringer RR, Rasweiler JJ, Niswander LA. Interdigital webbing retention in bat wings illustrates genetic changes underlying amniote limb diversification. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Oct 10; 103(41):15103-7. PMID: 17015842.
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    69. Zohn IE, Li Y, Skolnik EY, Anderson KV, Han J, Niswander L. p38 and a p38-interacting protein are critical for downregulation of E-cadherin during mouse gastrulation. Cell. 2006 Jun 02; 125(5):957-69. PMID: 16751104.
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    70. Atit R, Sgaier SK, Mohamed OA, Taketo MM, Dufort D, Joyner AL, Niswander L, Conlon RA. Beta-catenin activation is necessary and sufficient to specify the dorsal dermal fate in the mouse. Dev Biol. 2006 Aug 01; 296(1):164-76. PMID: 16730693.
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    71. Sears KE, Behringer RR, Rasweiler JJ, Niswander LA. Development of bat flight: morphologic and molecular evolution of bat wing digits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Apr 25; 103(17):6581-6. PMID: 16618938.
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    72. Liu A, Niswander LA. Bone morphogenetic protein signalling and vertebrate nervous system development. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2005 Dec; 6(12):945-54. PMID: 16340955.
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    73. Dean CH, Miller LA, Smith AN, Dufort D, Lang RA, Niswander LA. Canonical Wnt signaling negatively regulates branching morphogenesis of the lung and lacrimal gland. Dev Biol. 2005 Oct 01; 286(1):270-86. PMID: 16126193.
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    74. DiPaola CP, Farmer JC, Manova K, Niswander LA. Molecular signaling in intervertebral disk development. J Orthop Res. 2005 Sep; 23(5):1112-9. PMID: 15936916.
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    75. Timmer J, Chesnutt C, Niswander L. The activin signaling pathway promotes differentiation of dI3 interneurons in the spinal neural tube. Dev Biol. 2005 Sep 01; 285(1):1-10. PMID: 16039645.
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    76. Zohn IE, Anderson KV, Niswander L. Using genomewide mutagenesis screens to identify the genes required for neural tube closure in the mouse. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2005 Sep; 73(9):583-90. PMID: 15971254.
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    77. Timmer JR, Mak TW, Manova K, Anderson KV, Niswander L. Tissue morphogenesis and vascular stability require the Frem2 protein, product of the mouse myelencephalic blebs gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Aug 16; 102(33):11746-50. PMID: 16087869.
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    78. Barna M, Pandolfi PP, Niswander L. Gli3 and Plzf cooperate in proximal limb patterning at early stages of limb development. Nature. 2005 Jul 14; 436(7048):277-81. PMID: 16015334.
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    79. Cretekos CJ, Weatherbee SD, Chen CH, Badwaik NK, Niswander L, Behringer RR, Rasweiler JJ. Embryonic staging system for the short-tailed fruit bat, Carollia perspicillata, a model organism for the mammalian order Chiroptera, based upon timed pregnancies in captive-bred animals. Dev Dyn. 2005 Jul; 233(3):721-38. PMID: 15861401.
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    80. Liu A, Wang B, Niswander LA. Mouse intraflagellar transport proteins regulate both the activator and repressor functions of Gli transcription factors. Development. 2005 Jul; 132(13):3103-11. PMID: 15930098.
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    81. Chesnutt C, Burrus LW, Brown AM, Niswander L. Coordinate regulation of neural tube patterning and proliferation by TGFbeta and WNT activity. Dev Biol. 2004 Oct 15; 274(2):334-47. PMID: 15385163.
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    82. Chesnutt C, Niswander L. Plasmid-based short-hairpin RNA interference in the chicken embryo. Genesis. 2004 Jun; 39(2):73-8. PMID: 15170691.
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    83. Niemann S, Zhao C, Pascu F, Stahl U, Aulepp U, Niswander L, Weber JL, M?ller U. Homozygous WNT3 mutation causes tetra-amelia in a large consanguineous family. Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Mar; 74(3):558-63. PMID: 14872406.
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    84. Rouzankina I, Abate-Shen C, Niswander L. Dlx genes integrate positive and negative signals during feather bud development. Dev Biol. 2004 Jan 01; 265(1):219-33. PMID: 14697365.
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    85. Holmes G, Crooijmans R, Groenen M, Niswander L. ALC (adjacent to LMX1 in chick) is a novel dorsal limb mesenchyme marker. Gene Expr Patterns. 2003 Dec; 3(6):735-41. PMID: 14643681.
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    86. Huangfu D, Liu A, Rakeman AS, Murcia NS, Niswander L, Anderson KV. Hedgehog signalling in the mouse requires intraflagellar transport proteins. Nature. 2003 Nov 06; 426(6962):83-7. PMID: 14603322.
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    87. Liu A, Li JY, Bromleigh C, Lao Z, Niswander LA, Joyner AL. FGF17b and FGF18 have different midbrain regulatory properties from FGF8b or activated FGF receptors. Development. 2003 Dec; 130(25):6175-85. PMID: 14602678.
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    88. Zohn IE, Chesnutt CR, Niswander L. Cell polarity pathways converge and extend to regulate neural tube closure. Trends Cell Biol. 2003 Sep; 13(9):451-4. PMID: 12946622.
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    89. Niswander L. Pattern formation: old models out on a limb. Nat Rev Genet. 2003 Feb; 4(2):133-43. PMID: 12560810.
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    90. Atit R, Conlon RA, Niswander L. EGF signaling patterns the feather array by promoting the interbud fate. Dev Cell. 2003 Feb; 4(2):231-40. PMID: 12586066.
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    91. Pizette S, Abate-Shen C, Niswander L. BMP controls proximodistal outgrowth, via induction of the apical ectodermal ridge, and dorsoventral patterning in the vertebrate limb. Development. 2001 Nov; 128(22):4463-74. PMID: 11714672.
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    92. Timmer J, Johnson J, Niswander L. The use of in ovo electroporation for the rapid analysis of neural-specific murine enhancers. Genesis. 2001 Mar; 29(3):123-32. PMID: 11252053.
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    93. Pizette S, Niswander L. Early steps in limb patterning and chondrogenesis. Novartis Found Symp. 2001; 232:23-36; discussion 36-46. PMID: 11277083.
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    94. Barna M, Hawe N, Niswander L, Pandolfi PP. Plzf regulates limb and axial skeletal patterning. Nat Genet. 2000 Jun; 25(2):166-72. PMID: 10835630.
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    95. Pizette S, Niswander L. BMPs are required at two steps of limb chondrogenesis: formation of prechondrogenic condensations and their differentiation into chondrocytes. Dev Biol. 2000 Mar 15; 219(2):237-49. PMID: 10694419.
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    96. Niswander L. Developmental biology. Legs to wings and back again. Nature. 1999 Apr 29; 398(6730):751-2. PMID: 10235252.
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    97. Obara-Ishihara T, Kuhlman J, Niswander L, Herzlinger D. The surface ectoderm is essential for nephric duct formation in intermediate mesoderm. Development. 1999 Mar; 126(6):1103-8. PMID: 10021330.
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    98. Pizette S, Niswander L. BMPs negatively regulate structure and function of the limb apical ectodermal ridge. Development. 1999 Feb; 126(5):883-94. PMID: 9927590.
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    99. Crowe R, Zikherman J, Niswander L. Delta-1 negatively regulates the transition from prehypertrophic to hypertrophic chondrocytes during cartilage formation. Development. 1999 Feb; 126(5):987-98. PMID: 9927599.
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    100. Gibson-Brown JJ, Agulnik SI, Silver LM, Niswander L, Papaioannou VE. Involvement of T-box genes Tbx2-Tbx5 in vertebrate limb specification and development. Development. 1998 Jul; 125(13):2499-509. PMID: 9609833.
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    101. Bushdid PB, Brantley DM, Yull FE, Blaeuer GL, Hoffman LH, Niswander L, Kerr LD. Inhibition of NF-kappaB activity results in disruption of the apical ectodermal ridge and aberrant limb morphogenesis. Nature. 1998 Apr 09; 392(6676):615-8. PMID: 9560159.
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    102. Varley JE, McPherson CE, Zou H, Niswander L, Maxwell GD. Expression of a constitutively active type I BMP receptor using a retroviral vector promotes the development of adrenergic cells in neural crest cultures. Dev Biol. 1998 Apr 01; 196(1):107-18. PMID: 9527884.
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    103. Crowe R, Niswander L. Disruption of scale development by Delta-1 misexpression. Dev Biol. 1998 Mar 01; 195(1):70-4. PMID: 9520325.
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    104. Crowe R, Henrique D, Ish-Horowicz D, Niswander L. A new role for Notch and Delta in cell fate decisions: patterning the feather array. Development. 1998 Feb; 125(4):767-75. PMID: 9435296.
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    105. Yang Y, Drossopoulou G, Chuang PT, Duprez D, Marti E, Bumcrot D, Vargesson N, Clarke J, Niswander L, McMahon A, Tickle C. Relationship between dose, distance and time in Sonic Hedgehog-mediated regulation of anteroposterior polarity in the chick limb. Development. 1997 Nov; 124(21):4393-404. PMID: 9334287.
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    106. Zou H, Wieser R, Massagu? J, Niswander L. Distinct roles of type I bone morphogenetic protein receptors in the formation and differentiation of cartilage. Genes Dev. 1997 Sep 01; 11(17):2191-203. PMID: 9303535.
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    107. Niswander L. Limb mutants: what can they tell us about normal limb development? Curr Opin Genet Dev. 1997 Aug; 7(4):530-6. PMID: 9309186.
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    108. Zou H, Choe KM, Lu Y, Massagu? J, Niswander L. BMP signaling and vertebrate limb development. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1997; 62:269-72. PMID: 9598360.
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    109. Kuhlman J, Niswander L. Limb deformity proteins: role in mesodermal induction of the apical ectodermal ridge. Development. 1997 Jan; 124(1):133-9. PMID: 9006074.
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    110. Niswander L. Growth factor interactions in limb development. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1996 Jun 08; 785:23-6. PMID: 8702137.
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    111. Zou H, Niswander L. Requirement for BMP signaling in interdigital apoptosis and scale formation. Science. 1996 May 03; 272(5262):738-41. PMID: 8614838.
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    112. Vogel A, Roberts-Clarke D, Niswander L. Effect of FGF on gene expression in chick limb bud cells in vivo and in vitro. Dev Biol. 1995 Oct; 171(2):507-20. PMID: 7556932.
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    113. Yang Y, Niswander L. Interaction between the signaling molecules WNT7a and SHH during vertebrate limb development: dorsal signals regulate anteroposterior patterning. Cell. 1995 Mar 24; 80(6):939-47. PMID: 7697724.
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    114. Niswander L, Jeffrey S, Martin GR, Tickle C. A positive feedback loop coordinates growth and patterning in the vertebrate limb. Nature. 1994 Oct 13; 371(6498):609-12. PMID: 7935794.
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    115. Niswander L, Tickle C, Vogel A, Martin G. Function of FGF-4 in limb development. Mol Reprod Dev. 1994 Sep; 39(1):83-8; discussion 88-9. PMID: 7999365.
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    116. Niswander L, Tickle C, Vogel A, Booth I, Martin GR. FGF-4 replaces the apical ectodermal ridge and directs outgrowth and patterning of the limb. Cell. 1993 Nov 05; 75(3):579-87. PMID: 8221896.
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    117. Niswander L, Martin GR. FGF-4 regulates expression of Evx-1 in the developing mouse limb. Development. 1993 Sep; 119(1):287-94. PMID: 7506139.
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    118. Niswander L, Martin GR. FGF-4 and BMP-2 have opposite effects on limb growth. Nature. 1993 Jan 07; 361(6407):68-71. PMID: 8421496.
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    119. Niswander L, Martin GR. Mixed signals from the AER: FGF-4 and Bmp-2 have opposite effects on limb growth. Prog Clin Biol Res. 1993; 383B:625-33. PMID: 8115378.
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    120. Hollingsworth RE, Ostroff RM, Klein MB, Niswander LA, Sclafani RA. Molecular genetic studies of the Cdc7 protein kinase and induced mutagenesis in yeast. Genetics. 1992 Sep; 132(1):53-62. PMID: 1398063.
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    121. Niswander L, Martin GR. Fgf-4 expression during gastrulation, myogenesis, limb and tooth development in the mouse. Development. 1992 Mar; 114(3):755-68. PMID: 1618140.
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    122. Davidson JN, Rao GN, Niswander L, Andreano C, Tamer C, Chen KC. Organization and nucleotide sequence of the 3' end of the human CAD gene. DNA Cell Biol. 1990 Nov; 9(9):667-76. PMID: 1979741.
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    123. Niswander L, Yee D, Rinchik EM, Russell LB, Magnuson T. The albino-deletion complex in the mouse defines genes necessary for development of embryonic and extraembryonic ectoderm. Development. 1989 Jan; 105(1):175-82. PMID: 2806116.
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    124. Niswander L, Yee D, Rinchik EM, Russell LB, Magnuson T. The albino deletion complex and early postimplantation survival in the mouse. Development. 1988 Jan; 102(1):45-53. PMID: 3416773.
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