Publications

Found 43 results
Author Title Type [ Year(Asc)]
2019
Kassmer S.H., Langenbacker A, De Tomaso A.W..  2019.  ABC-transporter activity and autocrine eicosanoid-signaling are required for germ cell migration a basal chordate. BioRxiv. 469098
Rodriguez D, Nourizadeh S, De Tomaso AW.  2019.  The biology of the extracorporeal vasculature of Botryllus schlosseri.. Dev Biol. 448(2):309-319.
Kassmer SH, Nourizadeh S, De Tomaso AW.  2019.  Cellular and molecular mechanisms of regeneration in colonial and solitary Ascidians.. Dev Biol. 448(2):271-278.
2018
De Tomaso A.W..  2018.  Allorecognition and Stem Cell Parasitism: A Tale of Competition, Selfish Genes and Greenbeards in a Basal Chordate. Origin and Evolution of Biodiversity. :131-142.
2017
Nydam ML, Stephenson EE, Waldman CE, De Tomaso AW.  2017.  Balancing selection on allorecognition genes in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri.. Dev Comp Immunol. 69:60-74.PDF icon nydam_et_al_2017.pdf (1.07 MB)
Rodriguez D, Braden BP, Boyer SW, Taketa DA, Setar L, Calhoun C, Di Maio A, Langenbacher A, Valentine MT, De Tomaso AW.  2017.  In vivo manipulation of the extracellular matrix induces vascular regression in a basal chordate.. Mol Biol Cell. 28(14):1883-1893.PDF icon mol._biol._cell-2017-rodriguez-1883-93.pdf (2.71 MB)
2016
Kassmer SH, Rodriguez D, De Tomaso AW.  2016.  Colonial ascidians as model organisms for the study of germ cells, fertility, whole body regeneration, vascular biology and aging.. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 39:101-106.PDF icon kassmer_et_al_2016_cogd.pdf (1.19 MB)
Rodriguez D, Kassmer SH, De Tomaso AW.  2016.  Gonad development and hermaphroditism in the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri.. Mol Reprod Dev. PDF icon rodriguez_et_al-2016-molecular_reproduction_and_development.pdf (1.82 MB)
2015
Taketa DA, De Tomaso AW.  2015.  Botryllus schlosseri allorecognition: tackling the enigma.. Dev Comp Immunol. 48(1):254-65.PDF icon taketa_review_2015.pdf (1.24 MB)
Kassmer SH, Rodriguez D, Langenbacher AD, Bui C, De Tomaso AW.  2015.  Migration of germline progenitor cells is directed by sphingosine-1-phosphate signalling in a basal chordate.. Nat Commun. 6:8565.PDF icon kassmer_et_al_2015.pdf (2.98 MB)
Taketa DA, Nydam ML, Langenbacher AD, Rodriguez D, Sanders E, De Tomaso AW.  2015.  Molecular evolution and in vitro characterization of Botryllus histocompatibility factor.. Immunogenetics. 67(10):605-23.PDF icon taketa_et_al_2015.pdf (8.87 MB)
Langenbacher AD, Rodriguez D, Di Maio A, De Tomaso AW.  2015.  Whole-mount fluorescent in situ hybridization staining of the colonial tunicate Botryllus schlosseri.. Genesis. 53(1):194-201.PDF icon langenbacher_in_situ_2015.pdf (578.56 KB)
Di Maio A, Setar L, Tiozzo S, De Tomaso AW.  2015.  Wnt affects symmetry and morphogenesis during post-embryonic development in colonial chordates.. Evodevo. 6:17.PDF icon di_maio_et_al_2015.pdf (1.76 MB)
2014
Rodriguez D, Sanders EN, Farell K, Langenbacher AD, Taketa DA, Hopper MRae, Kennedy M, Gracey A, De Tomaso AW.  2014.  Analysis of the basal chordate Botryllus schlosseri reveals a set of genes associated with fertility.. BMC Genomics. 15:1183.PDF icon rodriguez_2014_transcriptome.pdf (5.35 MB)
Braden BP, Taketa DA, Pierce JD, Kassmer S, Lewis DD, De Tomaso AW.  2014.  Vascular regeneration in a basal chordate is due to the presence of immobile, bi-functional cells.. PLoS One. 9(4):e95460.
2013
Nydam ML, Netuschil N, Sanders E, Langenbacher A, Lewis DD, Taketa DA, Marimuthu A, Gracey AY, De Tomaso AW.  2013.  The candidate histocompatibility locus of a Basal chordate encodes two highly polymorphic proteins.. PLoS One. 8(6):e65980.
Nydam ML, Taylor AA, De Tomaso AW.  2013.  Evidence for selection on a chordate histocompatibility locus.. Evolution. 67(2):487-500.
Nydam ML, Hoang TA, Shanley KM, De Tomaso AW.  2013.  Molecular evolution of a polymorphic HSP40-like protein encoded in the histocompatibility locus of an invertebrate chordate.. Dev Comp Immunol. 41(2):128-36.
2012
Nydam ML, De Tomaso AW.  2012.  The fester locus in Botryllus schlosseri experiences selection.. BMC Evol Biol. 12:249.
2011
McKitrick TR, Muscat CC, Pierce JD, Bhattacharya D, De Tomaso AW.  2011.  Allorecognition in a basal chordate consists of independent activating and inhibitory pathways.. Immunity. 34(4):616-26.
Hellbach A, Tiozzo S, Ohn J, Liebling M, De Tomaso AW.  2011.  Characterization of HCN and cardiac function in a colonial ascidian.. J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol. 315(8):476-86.
Nydam ML, De Tomaso AW.  2011.  Creation and maintenance of variation in allorecognition Loci: molecular analysis in various model systems.. Front Immunol. 2:79.
Kawamura K, Tiozzo S, Manni L, Sunanaga T, Burighel P, De Tomaso AW.  2011.  Germline cell formation and gonad regeneration in solitary and colonial ascidians.. Dev Dyn. 240(2):299-308.
Carpenter MA, Powell JH, Ishizuka KJ, Palmeri KJ, Rendulic S, De Tomaso AW.  2011.  Growth and long-term somatic and germline chimerism following fusion of juvenile Botryllus schlosseri.. Biol Bull. 220(1):57-70.
2010
McKitrick TR, De Tomaso AW.  2010.  Molecular mechanisms of allorecognition in a basal chordate.. Semin Immunol. 22(1):34-8.

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