Abigail Tucker

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Affiliation: King's College London
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi The cutting-edge of mammalian development; how the embryo makes teeth
    Abigail Tucker
    Department of Craniofacial Development, Dental Institute, Kings College London, Floor 28 Guys Hospital, London Bridge, London SE1 9RT, UK
    Nat Rev Genet 5:499-508. 2004
  2. ncbi Incudomalleal joint formation: the roles of apoptosis, migration and downregulation
    Susan Amin
    Department of Craniofacial Development and Orthodontics, King s College London, London, UK
    BMC Dev Biol 7:134. 2007
  3. ncbi Salivary gland adaptations: modification of the glands for novel uses
    Abigail S Tucker
    Department of Craniofacial Development and Orthodontics, Guy s Hospital, London, UK
    Front Oral Biol 14:21-31. 2010
  4. ncbi Salivary gland development
    A S Tucker
    Department of Craniofacial Development and Orthodontics, King s College London, Floor 27 Guy s Tower, London Bridge, SE1 9RT London, UK
    Semin Cell Dev Biol 18:237-44. 2007
  5. ncbi Neural crest cells provide species-specific patterning information in the developing branchial skeleton
    Abigail S Tucker
    MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King s College London, Guy s Hospital, London, SE1 1UL, UK
    Evol Dev 6:32-40. 2004
  6. ncbi Independent induction and formation of the dorsal and ventral fins in Xenopus laevis
    A S Tucker
    Departments of Craniofacial Development and Orthodontics, King s College London, Guy s Tower, Guy s Hospital, London Bridge, London, United Kingdom
    Dev Dyn 230:461-7. 2004
  7. ncbi A regulatory relationship between Tbx1 and FGF signaling during tooth morphogenesis and ameloblast lineage determination
    Thimios A Mitsiadis
    Department of Orofacial Development and Structure, Institute of Oral Biology, ZZMK, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Plattenstrasse 11, CH 8032 Zurich, Switzerland
    Dev Biol 320:39-48. 2008
  8. ncbi The role of transforming growth factor-beta signalling in the patterning of the proximal processes of the murine dentary
    Neal Anthwal
    Department of Craniofacial Development, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
    Dev Dyn 237:1604-13. 2008
  9. ncbi Sonic hedgehog in the pharyngeal endoderm controls arch pattern via regulation of Fgf8 in head ectoderm
    Kim E Haworth
    Department of Craniofacial Development, Dental Institute, Kings College London, London SE1 9RT, UK
    Dev Biol 303:244-58. 2007
  10. ncbi Molar tooth development in caspase-3 deficient mice
    Eva Matalova
    Laboratory of Animal Embryology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
    Int J Dev Biol 50:491-7. 2006

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Publications18

  1. ncbi The cutting-edge of mammalian development; how the embryo makes teeth
    Abigail Tucker
    Department of Craniofacial Development, Dental Institute, Kings College London, Floor 28 Guys Hospital, London Bridge, London SE1 9RT, UK
    Nat Rev Genet 5:499-508. 2004
  2. ncbi Incudomalleal joint formation: the roles of apoptosis, migration and downregulation
    Susan Amin
    Department of Craniofacial Development and Orthodontics, King s College London, London, UK
    BMC Dev Biol 7:134. 2007
    ..Understanding how this joint forms during normal development is thus an important step in furthering our understanding of such defects...
  3. ncbi Salivary gland adaptations: modification of the glands for novel uses
    Abigail S Tucker
    Department of Craniofacial Development and Orthodontics, Guy s Hospital, London, UK
    Front Oral Biol 14:21-31. 2010
    ..In this chapter these different adaptations will be discussed, looking at how the salivary glands have become adapted to their new role, with insights from developmental biology and evolution...
  4. ncbi Salivary gland development
    A S Tucker
    Department of Craniofacial Development and Orthodontics, King s College London, Floor 27 Guy s Tower, London Bridge, SE1 9RT London, UK
    Semin Cell Dev Biol 18:237-44. 2007
    ..Finally, the genes thought to play a role in development of the glands from initiation to differentiation will be reviewed...
  5. ncbi Neural crest cells provide species-specific patterning information in the developing branchial skeleton
    Abigail S Tucker
    MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King s College London, Guy s Hospital, London, SE1 1UL, UK
    Evol Dev 6:32-40. 2004
    ..The ability to form species-specific patterns of craniofacial skeletal tissue thus appears to be an inherent property of the neural crest, expressed as species-specific responses to endodermal signals...
  6. ncbi Independent induction and formation of the dorsal and ventral fins in Xenopus laevis
    A S Tucker
    Departments of Craniofacial Development and Orthodontics, King s College London, Guy s Tower, Guy s Hospital, London Bridge, London, United Kingdom
    Dev Dyn 230:461-7. 2004
    ..The ventral fin contains neural crest cells that migrate in from the dorsal side of the embryo, but a contribution is also made by cells from the ventral mesoderm...
  7. ncbi A regulatory relationship between Tbx1 and FGF signaling during tooth morphogenesis and ameloblast lineage determination
    Thimios A Mitsiadis
    Department of Orofacial Development and Structure, Institute of Oral Biology, ZZMK, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Plattenstrasse 11, CH 8032 Zurich, Switzerland
    Dev Biol 320:39-48. 2008
    ..Forced expression of Tbx1 in dental explants activates amelogenin expression. These results indicate that Tbx1 expression in developing teeth is under control of FGF signaling and correlates with determination of the ameloblast lineage...
  8. ncbi The role of transforming growth factor-beta signalling in the patterning of the proximal processes of the murine dentary
    Neal Anthwal
    Department of Craniofacial Development, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
    Dev Dyn 237:1604-13. 2008
    ..This study suggests that the proper development of the processes and their secondary cartilages relies on both Tgf-beta signalling and mechanical forces working in concert...
  9. ncbi Sonic hedgehog in the pharyngeal endoderm controls arch pattern via regulation of Fgf8 in head ectoderm
    Kim E Haworth
    Department of Craniofacial Development, Dental Institute, Kings College London, London SE1 9RT, UK
    Dev Biol 303:244-58. 2007
    ..Shh from the pharyngeal endoderm thus regulates Fgf8 in the ectoderm and the role of the endoderm in pharyngeal arch patterning may thus be indirectly mediated by the ectoderm...
  10. ncbi Molar tooth development in caspase-3 deficient mice
    Eva Matalova
    Laboratory of Animal Embryology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
    Int J Dev Biol 50:491-7. 2006
    ..The results suggest that although caspase-3 becomes activated and may be essential for dental apoptosis, it does not seem fundamental for formation of normal mineralised molar teeth...
  11. ncbi Ror2 knockout mouse as a model for the developmental pathology of autosomal recessive Robinow syndrome
    Georg C Schwabe
    Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
    Dev Dyn 229:400-10. 2004
    ..The Ror2(-/-) mouse provides a suitable model that may help to explain many of the underlying developmental malformations in individuals with Robinow syndrome...
  12. ncbi Bapx1 regulates patterning in the middle ear: altered regulatory role in the transition from the proximal jaw during vertebrate evolution
    Abigail S Tucker
    Department of Craniofacial Development and Orthodontics, Kings College London, Floor 28, Guy s Tower, Guy s Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
    Development 131:1235-45. 2004
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  13. ncbi Traf6 is essential for murine tooth cusp morphogenesis
    Atsushi Ohazama
    Department of Craniofacial Development, GKT Dental Institute, King s College, Guy s Hospital, London Bridge, London, United Kingdom
    Dev Dyn 229:131-5. 2004
    ..Developmental Dynamics 229:131-135, 2004...
  14. ncbi Mouse models of tooth abnormalities
    Jana Fleischmannova
    Laboratory of Animal Embryology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
    Eur J Oral Sci 116:1-10. 2008
    ..This review aims to summarize recent knowledge obtained in mouse models, which can be used to gain a better understanding of the molecular basis of human dental abnormalities...
  15. ncbi Initiation and patterning of the snake dentition are dependent on Sonic hedgehog signaling
    Marcela Buchtová
    Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Dev Biol 319:132-45. 2008
    ..In summary, we have found diverse roles for Shh in patterning the snake dentition but, have excluded the participation of this signal in replacement tooth formation...
  16. ncbi Apoptosis of premigratory neural crest cells in rhombomeres 3 and 5: consequences for patterning of the branchial region
    Debra L Ellies
    MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, 4th Floor New Hunts House, King s College London, Guy s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    Dev Biol 251:118-28. 2002
    ..Thus, apoptosis in the odd-numbered rhombomeres appears to be an evolutionarily derived mechanism that is required to eliminate r3 and r5 crest migration into first and third arches and thereby remove these muscle attachment sites...
  17. ncbi Tooth development is independent of a Hox patterning programme
    Chela T James
    Department of Craniofacial Development, GKT Dental Institute, Kings College London, Guy s Hospital, London Bridge, London, United Kingdom
    Dev Dyn 225:332-5. 2002
    ..We propose that the evolutionary development of teeth in the first branchial arch is independent of the loss of Hox expression necessary for the development of the jaw...
  18. ncbi No evidence for ventrally migrating neural tube cells from the mid- and hindbrain
    May Yaneza
    MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    Dev Dyn 223:163-7. 2002
    ..No GFP-expressing cells were detected emigrating from the ventral neural tube from E3 to E5. Our findings are, thus, in disagreement with those of previous studies, which have indicated the existence of VENT cells in the cranial region...