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Extracellular vesicles mediate stem cell signaling and systemic RNAi in planarians
Sasidharan V, Ancellotti L, Doddihal V, Brewster C, Mann F, McKinney MC, Varberg J, Ross E, Deng F, Yi K, Sánchez Alvarado A. Sci Adv 2026;12:eady1461.
Metabolites produced by agat+ cells support regeneration in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea
Kent AM, Guerrero-Hernandez C, Brewster C, McKinney S, Morrison JA, McKinney MC, Ross EJ, Mann FG, Jr., Benham-Pyle BW, Sanchez Alvarado A. Dev Biol. 2026;529:106-120.
Molecular and cellular characterization of planarian stem cell microenvironments
Mann FG, Jr., Brewster CE, Vuu DM, Mir M, Galton R, Nien S-F, Dewars ER, Guerrero-Hernandez C, Morrison JA, McKinney MC, Maddera LE, McClain ML, Hall KE, Malloy S, Chen S, Slaughter BD, McKinney SA, Nowotarski SH, Perera A, Benham-Pyle B, Sánchez Alvarado A. Cell Rep. 2025.
A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration
Accorsi A, Pardo B, Ross E, Corbin TJ, McClain M, Weaver K, Delventhal K, Gattamraju A, Morrison JA, McKinney MC, McKinney SA, Sánchez Alvarado A. Nat Commun. 2025;16:6698 doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-61681-6.
Poly (A) binding protein 2 is critical for stem cell differentiation during regeneration in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea
Mukundan N, Hariharan N, Sasidharan V, Lakshmanan V, Palakodeti D, Jamora C. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2024;12:1433142.
Chromatin remodeling protein BPTF mediates chromatin accessibility at gene promoters in planarian stem cells
Verma P, Allen JM, Sanchez Alvarado A, Duncan EM. BMC Genomics. 2025;26:232.
ZNF574 is a Quality Control Factor for Defective Ribosome Biogenesis Intermediates
Akers JF, LaScola M, Bothe A, Suh H, Jung C, Stolp ZD, Ghosh T, Yan LL, Wang Y, Macurak M, Devan A, McKinney MC, Grismer TS, Reyes AV, Ross EJ, Hu T, Xu SL, Ban N, Kostova KK. [published ahead of print May 2025.] Mol Cell. 2025.
Oogenesis involves a novel nuclear envelop remodeling mechanism in Schmidtea mediterranea
Guo L, Guo F, Zhang S, Zeng A, Yi K, McClain M, Kuhn CD, Parmely T, Sanchez Alvarado A. Dev Biol. 2025;520:13-20.
Heterologous reporter expression in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea through somatic mRNA transfection
Hall RN, Weill U, Drees L, Leal-Ortiz S, Li H, Khariton M, Chai C, Xue Y, Rosental B, Quake SR, Sanchez Alvarado A, Melosh NA, Fire AZ, Rink JC, Wang B. Cell Rep Methods. 2022;2:100298 doi: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2022.100298.
Chromatin remodeller Chd7 is developmentally regulated in the neural crest by tissue-specific transcription factors
Williams RM, Taylor G, Ling ITC, Candido-Ferreira I, Fountain DM, Mayes S, Ates-Kalkan PS, Haug JO, Price AJ, McKinney SA, Bozhilovh YK, Tyser RCV, Srinivas S, Hughes JR, Sauka-Spengler T. PLoS Biol. 2024;22:e3002786.
A powerful and versatile new fixation protocol for immunostaining and in situ hybridization that preserves delicate tissues
Guerrero-Hernandez C, Doddihal V, Mann FG, Jr., Sánchez Alvarado A. BMC Biol. 2024;22:252 doi: 10.1186/s12915-024-02052-3.
Positional information modulates transient regeneration-activated cell states during vertebrate appendage regeneration
Ortega Granillo A, Zamora D, Schnittker RR, Scott AR, Spluga A, Russell J, Brewster CE, Ross EJ, Acheampong DA, Zhang N, Ferro K, Morrison JA, Rubinstein BY, Perera AG, Wang W, Sanchez Alvarado A. iScience. 2024;27:110737.
Identification of protein aggregates in the aging vertebrate brainwith prion-like and phase-separation properties
Harel I, Chen YR, Ziv I, Singh PP, Heinzer D, Navarro Negredo P, Goshtchevsky U, Wang W, Astre G, Moses E, McKay A, Machado BE, Hebestreit K, Yin S, Sánchez Alvarado A, Jarosz DF, Brunet A. Cell Rep. 2024:112787 doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112787.
A PAK family kinase and the Hippo/Yorkie pathway modulate WNT signaling to functionally integrate body axes during regeneration
Doddihal V, Mann FG, Jr., Ross EJ, McKinney MC, Guerrero-Hernandez C, Brewster CE, McKinney SA, Sanchez Alvarado A. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024;121:e2321919121.
Quantifying Cell Proliferation Through Immunofluorescence on Whole-Mount and Cryosectioned Regenerating Caudal Fins in African Killifish
Granillo AO, Schnittker RR, Wang W, Sanchez Alvarado A. Bio Protoc. 2023;13:e4908.
Pluripotency retention and exogenous mRNA introduction in planarian stem cells in culture
Lei K, Zhang W, Chen J, McKinney SA, Ross EJ, Lee HC, Sánchez Alvarado A. iScience. 2023;26:106001.
Molecular characterization of a flatworm Girardia isolate from Guanajuato, Mexico
Duncan EM, Nowotarski SH, Guerrero-Hernandez C, Ross EJ, D'Orazio JA, Clubes de Ciencia Mexico Workshop for Developmental B. [published ahead of print June 17 2022]. Dev Biol 2022.
Island-specific evolution of a sex-primedautosome in a sexual planarian
Guo L, Bloom JS, Dols-Serrate D, Boocock J, Ben-David E, Schubert OT, Kozuma K, Ho K, Warda E, Chui C, Wei Y, Leighton D, Lemus Vergara T, Riutort M, Sánchez Alvarado A, Kruglyak L. [published ahead of print June 1 2022]. Nature. 2022;606:329-334.
Enhanced lipogenesis through Ppary helps cavefish adapt to food scarcity
Xiong S, Wang W, Kenzior A, Olsen L, Krishnan J, Persons J, Medley K, Peuss R, Wang Y, Chen S, Zhang N, Thomas N, Miles JM, Sánchez Alvarado A, Rohner N. [published ahead of print April 8 2022].Curr Biol. 2022.
Hox genes regulate asexual reproductive behavior and tissue segmentation in adult animals
Arnold CP, Lozano AM, Mann FG, Jr., Nowotarski SH, Haug JO, Lange JJ, Seidel CW, Sánchez Alvarado A. Nat Commun. 2021;12:6706. doi: 6710.1038/s41467-41021-26986-41462.
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