Effects of RAS on the genesis of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma

DM Langenau, MD Keefe, NY Storer… - Genes & …, 2007 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) is a devastating cancer with specific features of muscle
differentiation that can result from mutational activation of RAS family members. However…

Regeneration and repair of the exocrine pancreas

LC Murtaugh, MD Keefe - Annual review of physiology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Pancreatitis is caused by inflammatory injury to the exocrine pancreas, from which both
humans and animal models appear to recover via regeneration of digestive enzyme–producing …

Heat shock-inducible Cre/Lox approaches to induce diverse types of tumors and hyperplasia in transgenic zebrafish

X Le, DM Langenau, MD Keefe… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
RAS family members are among the most frequently mutated oncogenes in human cancers.
Given the utility of zebrafish in both chemical and genetic screens, developing RAS-induced …

A genetic screen in zebrafish defines a hierarchical network of pathways required for hematopoietic stem cell emergence

…, JL Galloway, ACH Smith, MD Keefe… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
Defining the genetic pathways essential for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) development
remains a fundamental goal impacting stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. To …

β-catenin is selectively required for the expansion and regeneration of mature pancreatic acinar cells in mice

MD Keefe, H Wang, JP De La O… - Disease models & …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
The size of the pancreas is determined by intrinsic factors, such as the number of progenitor
cells, and by extrinsic signals that control the fate and proliferation of those progenitors. Both …

A zebrafish model of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy recapitulates key disease features and demonstrates a developmental requirement for abcd1 in oligodendrocyte …

…, MD Keefe, D Miranda Bowles… - Human molecular …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a devastating inherited neurodegenerative disease
caused by defects in the ABCD1 gene and affecting peripheral and central nervous system …

Vanishing white matter disease expression of truncated EIF2B5 activates induced stress response

MD Keefe, HE Soderholm, HY Shih, TJ Stevenson… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Vanishing white matter disease (VWM) is a severe leukodystrophy of the central nervous
system caused by mutations in subunits of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2B complex (eIF2B). …

[HTML][HTML] Transgenic FingRs for live mapping of synaptic dynamics in genetically-defined neurons

JH Son, MD Keefe, TJ Stevenson, JP Barrios… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Tools for genetically-determined visualization of synaptic circuits and interactions are
necessary to build connectomics of the vertebrate brain and to screen synaptic properties in …

Pathogenic Effect of TP73 Gene Variants in People With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

…, JM Downie, SB Gibson, S Tsetsou, MD Keefe… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To identify novel disease associated loci for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),
we used sequencing data and performed in vitro and in vivo experiments to demonstrate …

Methotrexate-induced toxicity pharmacogenetics: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

…, MD Stephenson, JM Bowen, DM Keefe… - Cancer chemotherapy …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Methotrexate chemotherapy is associated with various toxicities which can result in
the interruption or discontinuation of treatment and a subsequently raised risk of relapse. …