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| Elly M TanakaSummaryAffiliation: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Country: Germany Publications
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Mechanisms of muscle dedifferentiation during regenerationKaren Echeverri
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstr 108, D 01307, Dresden, Germany
Semin Cell Dev Biol 13:353-60. 2002..As more and more is known about regeneration and dedifferentiation we can begin to address the question: if given the right signals could mammals also regenerate body structures?..
A germline GFP transgenic axolotl and its use to track cell fate: dual origin of the fin mesenchyme during development and the fate of blood cells during regenerationLidia Sobkow
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Dev Biol 290:386-97. 2006..During tail regeneration, we do not observe GFP+ cells contributing to muscle or nerve, suggesting that during tail regeneration blood stem cells do not undergo significant plasticity...
From biomedicine to natural history research: EST resources for ambystomatid salamandersSrikrishna Putta
Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
BMC Genomics 5:54. 2004..We developed ESTs for Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) and Eastern tiger salamander (A. tigrinum tigrinum), species with deep and diverse research histories...
Triggering the regeneration and tissue repair programsElly Tanaka
Center for Regenerative Therapies in Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Development 136:349-53. 2009..The meeting also highlighted the progress made in identifying the molecular networks that underlie regeneration in a variety of model systems...
Regeneration: if they can do it, why can't we?Elly M Tanaka
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Cell 113:559-62. 2003..This longstanding problem is undergoing a renaissance spurred by the availability of new techniques that finally allow analysis on the cellular and molecular level...
Cell differentiation and cell fate during urodele tail and limb regenerationElly M Tanaka
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, Dresden 01307, Germany
Curr Opin Genet Dev 13:497-501. 2003....
Cells keep a memory of their tissue origin during axolotl limb regenerationMartin Kragl
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108
Nature 460:60-5. 2009..Our results show that the complex phenomenon of limb regeneration can be achieved without complete dedifferentiation to a pluripotent state, a conclusion with important implications for regenerative medicine...
A clonal analysis of neural progenitors during axolotl spinal cord regeneration reveals evidence for both spatially restricted and multipotent progenitorsLevan Mchedlishvili
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, D 01307 Dresden, Germany
Development 134:2083-93. 2007..These results suggest that neural progenitor identity is destabilized or altered in the terminal vesicle region, from which clear migration of cells into the surrounding blastema is also observed...
Reconstitution of the central and peripheral nervous system during salamander tail regenerationLevan Mchedlishvili
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:E2258-66. 2012....
Hedgehog signaling controls dorsoventral patterning, blastema cell proliferation and cartilage induction during axolotl tail regenerationEsther Schnapp
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Development 132:3243-53. 2005....
Ectoderm to mesoderm lineage switching during axolotl tail regenerationKaren Echeverri
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
Science 298:1993-6. 2002..Spinal cord cells frequently migrate into surrounding tissue to form regenerating muscle and cartilage. Thus, in axolotls, cells switch lineage during a real example of regeneration...
Quantitative evaluation of morpholino-mediated protein knockdown of GFP, MSX1, and PAX7 during tail regeneration in Ambystoma mexicanumEsther Schnapp
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
Dev Dyn 232:162-70. 2005..Our studies in in vivo muscle fibers so far have shown no influence of overexpressing or down-regulating MSX1 on the dedifferentiation process...
Distinct and conserved prominin-1/CD133-positive retinal cell populations identified across speciesJózsef Jászai
Tissue Engineering Laboratories BIOTEC, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
PLoS ONE 6:e17590. 2011....
Reversibility of the differentiated state: regeneration in amphibiansWerner L Straube
Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
Artif Organs 30:743-55. 2006..In the case of multinucleated skeletal muscle fibers, cell cycle reentry into S-phase as well as fragmentation into mononucleated progenitors is observed both in vitro and in vivo...
Plasticity and reprogramming of differentiated cells in amphibian regeneration: partial purification of a serum factor that triggers cell cycle re-entry in differentiated muscle cellsWerner L Straube
Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Cloning Stem Cells 6:333-44. 2004..The purification and molecular identification of the serum factor represents an important avenue in understanding regenerative ability and dedifferentiation capacity on a molecular basis...
Connective tissue cells, but not muscle cells, are involved in establishing the proximo-distal outcome of limb regeneration in the axolotlEugen Nacu
Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Fetscherstraße 105, 01307, Dresden, Germany
Development 140:513-8. 2013..Moreover, we show that, similarly to limb development, muscle patterning in regeneration is influenced by β-catenin signalling...
Considering the evolution of regeneration in the central nervous systemElly M Tanaka
Center for Regeneration Therapies, University of Technology, Dresden, c o Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Nat Rev Neurosci 10:713-23. 2009..Here we compare CNS regeneration among vertebrates and speculate on how this ability may have emerged or been restricted...
Proximodistal patterning during limb regenerationKaren Echeverri
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstra, 108 01307 Dresden, Germany
Dev Biol 279:391-401. 2005....
A new approach to transcription factor screening for reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocyte-like cellsStephanie Protze
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
J Mol Cell Cardiol 53:323-32. 2012..Furthermore, our results point to the importance of verifying multiple lineage specific genes when assessing reprogramming...
Neural crest does not contribute to the neck and shoulder in the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)Hans Henning Epperlein
Department of Anatomy, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany
PLoS ONE 7:e52244. 2012....
Muscle and connective tissue progenitor populations show distinct Twist1 and Twist3 expression profiles during axolotl limb regenerationMartin Kragl
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Dev Biol 373:196-204. 2013..Finally, we show by single cell PCR that the mature axolotl limb harbors a small but significant population of Twist1(+) cells...
An Ambystoma mexicanum EST sequencing project: analysis of 17,352 expressed sequence tags from embryonic and regenerating blastema cDNA librariesBianca Habermann
Scionics Computer Innovation GmbH, Pfotenhauerstrasse 110, Dresden 01307, Germany
Genome Biol 5:R67. 2004..This is a major limitation for molecular studies on caudate development, regeneration and evolution. To address this lack of sequence information we have generated an expressed sequence tag (EST) database for A. mexicanum...
Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) Embryonic Transplantation MethodsEugen Nacu
Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
CSH Protoc 2009:pdb.prot5265. 2009....
Reconstitution of the central nervous system during salamander tail regeneration from the implanted neurospheresLevan Mchedlishvili
DFG Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Methods Mol Biol 916:197-202. 2012..Here we demonstrate the unique method of the axolotl tail spinal cord regeneration from the implanted neurosphere...
Regeneration and reprogrammingDunja Knapp
Technical University Dresden, DFG Research Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden 01307, Germany
Curr Opin Genet Dev 22:485-93. 2012..In regenerative vertebrates, heart regeneration, lens regeneration, and retinal regeneration provide good examples of dedifferentiation and transdifferentiation. The molecular factors associated with these phenomena are discussed...
The cellular basis for animal regenerationElly M Tanaka
Technical University of Dresden, DFG Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, c o Max Planck Institute of Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, Dresden, Germany
Dev Cell 21:172-85. 2011..Together, an array of cellular strategies-from pluripotent stem cells to tissue-specific stem cells and dedifferentiation-are utilized for regeneration...
Generation of Transgenic Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)Shahryar Khattak
Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
CSH Protoc 2009:pdb.prot5264. 2009..The integration efficiency is significantly increased if the plasmid DNA contains SceI meganuclease sites and is coinjected with SceI meganuclease, as described in this protocol...
Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) In Vitro FertilizationShahryar Khattak
Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
CSH Protoc 2009:pdb.prot5263. 2009..This protocol describes preparation of a sperm suspension and in vitro fertilization of axolotl eggs after injection of females with follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)...
Micromanaging regenerationElly M Tanaka
Center for Regenerative Therapies, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Genes Dev 22:700-5. 2008
Plasticity of mammalian myotubes upon stimulation with a thrombin-activated serum factorSara Lööf
Karolinska Institute, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Stockholm, Sweden
Cell Cycle 6:1096-101. 2007..Our results indicate that mammalian myotubes have retained responsiveness to the thrombin-activated serum factor, but full reentry into S-phase is prevented by factors downstream of the immediate early genes...
Proximodistal identity during vertebrate limb regeneration is regulated by Meis homeodomain proteinsNadia Mercader
, , Campus de Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
Development 132:4131-42. 2005..Meis genes are thus crucial targets of RA proximalizing activity on blastema cells...
Heads or tails: can Wnt tell which one is up?Elly M Tanaka
Nat Cell Biol 10:122-4. 2008
