[HTML][HTML] foxc1 is required for embryonic head vascular smooth muscle differentiation in zebrafish

TR Whitesell, PW Chrystal, JR Ryu, N Munsie… - Developmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Vascular smooth muscle of the head derives from neural crest, but developmental mechanisms
and early transcriptional drivers of the vSMC lineage are not well characterized. We find …

Mutations in ILK, encoding integrin-linked kinase, are associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

A Brodehl, S Rezazadeh, T Williams, NM Munsie… - Translational …, 2019 - Elsevier
… 2 mM, 1 mM MgCl 2 , 1 mM Na 2 HPO 4 , 5 mM N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic …
Focal fatty infiltration of AV node and bundle of His N/A N/A N/A >2M, confirmed ACM on …

DNAJC13 mutations in Parkinson disease

…, J Trinh, I Yu, M Encarnacion, LN Munsie… - Human molecular …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
A Saskatchewan multi-incident family was clinically characterized with Parkinson disease (PD)
and Lewy body pathology. PD segregates as an autosomal-dominant trait, which could …

Retromer-dependent neurotransmitter receptor trafficking to synapses is altered by the Parkinson's disease VPS35 mutation p. D620N

LN Munsie, AJ Milnerwood, P Seibler… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Vacuolar protein sorting 35 (VPS35) is a core component of the retromer complex, crucial to
endosomal protein sorting and intracellular trafficking. We recently linked a mutation in …

[HTML][HTML] Synaptic function is modulated by LRRK2 and glutamate release is increased in cortical neurons of G2019S LRRK2 knock-in mice

…, I Tatarnikov, M Volta, LN Munsie… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Mutations in Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase-2 (LRRK2) result in familial Parkinson's disease
and the G2019S mutation alone accounts for up to 30% in some ethnicities. Despite this, the …

Cofilin nuclear–cytoplasmic shuttling affects cofilin–actin rod formation during stress

LN Munsie, CR Desmond, R Truant - Journal of cell science, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
N = 3 trials, n = 10 cells per trial for each donor–acceptor pair. *P<0.001. Boxes are 1 sd …
N = 3 trials, n = 10 cells per trial for each donor–acceptor pair. *P<0.001. Boxes are 1 sd from …

LRRK2 overexpression alters glutamatergic presynaptic plasticity, striatal dopamine tone, postsynaptic signal transduction, motor activity and memory

DA Beccano-Kelly, M Volta, LN Munsie… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (Lrrk2) are the most common genetic cause of
Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disorder affecting 1–2% of those >65 years old. …

[HTML][HTML] Using FLIM-FRET to measure conformational changes of transglutaminase type 2 in live cells

NS Caron, LN Munsie, JW Keillor, R Truant - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Transglutaminase type 2 (TG2) is a ubiquitously expressed member of the transglutaminase
family, capable of mediating a transamidation reaction between a variety of protein …

[HTML][HTML] The LIM-homeodomain transcription factor Islet2a promotes angioblast migration

…, P Davari, RE Sobering, RM Kennedy, NM Munsie… - Developmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Angioblasts of the developing vascular system require many signaling inputs to initiate their
migration, proliferation and differentiation into endothelial cells. What is less studied is which …

Lifeact cannot visualize some forms of stress-induced twisted F-actin

LN Munsie, N Caron, CR Desmond, R Truant - Nature methods, 2009 - nature.com
To the Editor: Reidl et al. have described the use of a small polypeptide, Lifeact, derived from
yeast, to visualize filamentous actin (f-actin) 1. This reagent, when fused to GFP, allows the …