P Burighel

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Affiliation: University of Padova
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi A tale of death and life: natural apoptosis in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri (Urochordata, Ascidiacea)
    Loriano Ballarin
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
    Curr Pharm Des 14:138-47. 2008
  2. ncbi Muscle differentiation in a colonial ascidian: organisation, gene expression and evolutionary considerations
    Valentina Degasperi
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58 B, 35131, Padova, Italy
    BMC Dev Biol 9:48. 2009
  3. ncbi Hair cells in non-vertebrate models: lower chordates and molluscs
    P Burighel
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U Bassi 58 B, 35131 Padova, Italy
    Hear Res 273:14-24. 2011
  4. ncbi Does hair cell differentiation predate the vertebrate appearance?
    Paolo Burighel
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U Bassi 58 B 35131, Italy
    Brain Res Bull 75:331-4. 2008
  5. ncbi Botryllus schlosseri: a model ascidian for the study of asexual reproduction
    L Manni
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Italy
    Dev Dyn 236:335-52. 2007
  6. ncbi Neurogenic role of the neural gland in the development of the ascidian, Botryllus schlosseri (Tunicata, Urochordata)
    P Burighel
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita di Padova, Italy
    J Comp Neurol 394:230-41. 1998
  7. ncbi Coronal organ of ascidians and the evolutionary significance of secondary sensory cells in chordates
    Lucia Manni
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita di Padova, I 35121 Padova, Italy
    J Comp Neurol 495:363-73. 2006
  8. ncbi Vascular regeneration and angiogenic-like sprouting mechanism in a compound ascidian is similar to vertebrates
    Fabio Gasparini
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita di Padova, Via U Bassi 58 B 35131, Padova, Italy
    Evol Dev 10:591-605. 2008
  9. ncbi Haemocytes and blastogenetic cycle in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: a matter of life and death
    Loriano Ballarin
    Department of Biology, University of Padua, Via U Bassi 58 B, 35100, Padua, Italy
    Cell Tissue Res 331:555-64. 2008
  10. ncbi Tubular sprouting as a mode of vascular formation in a colonial ascidian (Tunicata)
    Fabio Gasparini
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
    Dev Dyn 236:719-31. 2007

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Publications24

  1. ncbi A tale of death and life: natural apoptosis in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri (Urochordata, Ascidiacea)
    Loriano Ballarin
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
    Curr Pharm Des 14:138-47. 2008
    ..Therefore, B. schlosseri can be considered a new and promising model organism for the study of natural apoptosis...
  2. ncbi Muscle differentiation in a colonial ascidian: organisation, gene expression and evolutionary considerations
    Valentina Degasperi
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58 B, 35131, Padova, Italy
    BMC Dev Biol 9:48. 2009
    ..Several ascidian species form colonies of clonal individuals by asexual reproduction. During their life cycle, ascidians present three muscle types: striated in larval tail, striated in the heart, and unstriated in the adult body-wall...
  3. ncbi Hair cells in non-vertebrate models: lower chordates and molluscs
    P Burighel
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U Bassi 58 B, 35131 Padova, Italy
    Hear Res 273:14-24. 2011
    ..Several features, such as embryological origin, position, gene expression and morphology, support this hypothesis...
  4. ncbi Does hair cell differentiation predate the vertebrate appearance?
    Paolo Burighel
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U Bassi 58 B 35131, Italy
    Brain Res Bull 75:331-4. 2008
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  5. ncbi Botryllus schlosseri: a model ascidian for the study of asexual reproduction
    L Manni
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Italy
    Dev Dyn 236:335-52. 2007
    ....
  6. ncbi Neurogenic role of the neural gland in the development of the ascidian, Botryllus schlosseri (Tunicata, Urochordata)
    P Burighel
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita di Padova, Italy
    J Comp Neurol 394:230-41. 1998
    ..Thus, these data support the earlier contention of a homology between the tunicate neural gland and the vertebrate adenohypophysis...
  7. ncbi Coronal organ of ascidians and the evolutionary significance of secondary sensory cells in chordates
    Lucia Manni
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita di Padova, I 35121 Padova, Italy
    J Comp Neurol 495:363-73. 2006
    ..e., the ventral lip receptors of appendicularians, the oral secondary sensory cells of cephalochordates, and the acousticolateralis system of vertebrates, and we discuss their homologies at different levels of organization...
  8. ncbi Vascular regeneration and angiogenic-like sprouting mechanism in a compound ascidian is similar to vertebrates
    Fabio Gasparini
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita di Padova, Via U Bassi 58 B 35131, Padova, Italy
    Evol Dev 10:591-605. 2008
    ....
  9. ncbi Haemocytes and blastogenetic cycle in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: a matter of life and death
    Loriano Ballarin
    Department of Biology, University of Padua, Via U Bassi 58 B, 35100, Padua, Italy
    Cell Tissue Res 331:555-64. 2008
    ..Dying cells and corpses are replaced by a new generation of cells that appear in the circulation during the generation change...
  10. ncbi Tubular sprouting as a mode of vascular formation in a colonial ascidian (Tunicata)
    Fabio Gasparini
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
    Dev Dyn 236:719-31. 2007
    ..Our data indicate that similar, conserved signals were co-opted in the sprouting processes of two nonhomologous circulatory systems, that of ascidian CCS, and vertebrate circulatory systems, by recruitment of the same signaling pathway...
  11. ncbi Common and divergent pathways in alternative developmental processes of ascidians
    Lucia Manni
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Italy
    Bioessays 28:902-12. 2006
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  12. ncbi Novel, secondary sensory cell organ in ascidians: in search of the ancestor of the vertebrate lateral line
    Paolo Burighel
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita di Padova, I 35121 Padova, Italy
    J Comp Neurol 461:236-49. 2003
    ..It is proposed that the coronal organ in urochordates is homologous to the vertebrate acoustico-lateralis system...
  13. ncbi RGD-containing molecules induce macropinocytosis in ascidian hyaline amoebocytes
    Loriano Ballarin
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U Bassi 58 B, 35100 Padova, Italy
    J Invertebr Pathol 91:124-30. 2006
    ..On the whole, our results indicate the conservation of common mechanisms of MP induction throughout the Chordate phylum...
  14. ncbi Neurogenic and non-neurogenic placodes in ascidians
    Lucia Manni
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita di Padova, I 35121 Padova, Italy
    J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol 302:483-504. 2004
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  15. ncbi Hair cells in ascidians and the evolution of lateral line placodes
    Lucia Manni
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, I-35121 Padova, Italy
    Evol Dev 6:379-81. 2004
  16. ncbi Embryonic versus blastogenetic development in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: insights from Pitx expression patterns
    Stefano Tiozzo
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita di Padova, Via U Bassi 58 B 35121 Padova, Italy
    Dev Dyn 232:468-78. 2005
    ..These observations provide the first evidence for a key developmental gene being deployed in essentially similar ways in two different developmental sequences that eventually give rise to similar zooids...
  17. ncbi Stomodeal and neurohypophysial placodes in Ciona intestinalis: insights into the origin of the pituitary gland
    Lucia Manni
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita di Padova, Italy
    J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol 304:324-39. 2005
    ..The hypothesis that the neurohypophysial duct/stomodeum complex possesses cell populations homologous to the craniate olfactory and adenohypophysial placodes and hypothalamus is discussed...
  18. ncbi External amebocytes guard the pharynx entry in a tunicate (Ascidiacea)
    Francesca Cima
    Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita di Padova, Via U Bassi 58 B, 35100 Padova, Italy
    Dev Comp Immunol 30:463-72. 2006
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  19. ncbi Hair cells in an ascidian (Tunicata) and their evolution in chordates
    F Caicci
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U Bassi 58 B, 35131 Padua, Italy
    Hear Res 231:63-72. 2007
    ..Comparisons between the coronal organ and other chordate mechanosensory structures suggest that hair cells originated in the common ancestor of chordates...
  20. ncbi Cell reorganisation during epithelial fusion and perforation: the case of ascidian branchial fissures
    Lucia Manni
    Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
    Dev Dyn 224:303-13. 2002
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  21. ncbi Alimentary tract of Kowalevskiidae (Appendicularia, Tunicata) and evolutionary implications
    Carlo Brena
    Dipartimento di Biologia, , 35131 Padova, Italy
    J Morphol 258:225-38. 2003
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  22. ncbi Programmed cell death in vegetative development: apoptosis during the colonial life cycle of the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri
    S Tiozzo
    University of Padova, Department of Biology, Via U. Bassi 58/B, 35121 Padova, Italy
    Tissue Cell 38:193-201. 2006
    ..Nevertheless, PCD emerges as a key force to regulate homeostasis in adult zooids and to shape and modulate the growth of the whole colony...
  23. ncbi Pitx genes in Tunicates provide new molecular insight into the evolutionary origin of pituitary
    Lionel Christiaen
    INRA Junior Group Morphogenèse du Système Nerveux des Chordés, UPR2197 DEPSN, Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard, CNRS, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
    Gene 287:107-13. 2002
    ..This shows that expression at early steps of pituitary development is a feature of Pitx-related genes that was already present in the last common ancestor of Chordates...
  24. ncbi Development of the motor nervous system in ascidians
    Giovanna Zaniolo
    Dipartimento di Biologia, , I-35121 Padova, Italy
    J Comp Neurol 443:124-35. 2002
    ..The final pattern of motor innervation seems to be regulated by axon withdrawal, rather than apoptosis of motor neurons...