Washington University in St. Louis
  
The Chen Lab

 

Publications

1995 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008

2008

Sun YG*, Gao YJ*, Zhao ZQ, Huang B, Yin J, Taylor GA and Chen ZF (2008) Involvement of P311 in the affective, but not in the sensory component of pain. Molecular Pain  4:23. (*These authors contributed equally to this work)

Jacquin MF, Joop JA. Xiang C, Shapiro LA, Ribak CE and Chen ZF (2008)  In Drg11 knockout mice, trigeminal cell death is extensive, apoptotic and does not account for failed brainstem patterning.  J. Neurosci.  28: 3577-3585.

Hodges MR, Tattersall, GJ, Harris MB, McEvoy S, Richerson DN, Deneris ES, Johnson RL, Chen ZF, Richerson GB.(2008) Defects in breathing and thermoregulation after genetic deletion of central serotonin neurons. J. Neurosci. 28: 2495-2505.

2007 

Zhao ZQ, Gao YJ, Sun YG, Zhao CS, Gereau RW. and Chen ZF (2007) Central serotonergic neurons are differentially required for opioid analgesia but not for morphine tolerance or morphine reward. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104(36): 14519-14524

Sun YG, and Chen ZF (2007) Gastrin-releasing peptide receptor mediates the itch sensation in the spinal cord. Nature 448: 700-703

Zhao ZQ, Chiechio S, Sun YG, Zhang KH, Zhao CS, Scott M, Johnson R., Deneris E., Renner K., Gereau RW. and Chen ZF (2007) Mice lacking central serotonergic neurons show enhanced inflammatory pain and an impaired analgesic response to antidepressant drugs. J. Neurosci. 27: 6045-6053

Wang CZ, Shi M, Yang LL, Yang RQ,Luo ZG, Jacquin MF, Chen ZF, and Ding YQ (2007) Development of the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus requires a paired homeodomain transcription factor, Drg11. Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 35(2): 368-376

Guo C, Qiu HY, Huang Y, Chen HX, Yang RQ, Chen SD, Johnson R.L., Chen ZF, and Ding YQ (2007) Lmx1b is essential for Fgf8 and Wnt1 expression in the isthmic organizer during tectum and cerebellum development in mice. Development 134: 317-325

2006

Zhao ZQ, Scott M., Chiechio S, Wang JS, Renner K, Gereau RW., Johnson R., Deneris E., and Chen ZF (2006) Lmx1b is required for maintenance of central serotonergic neurons and mice lacking central serotonergic system exhibit normal locomotor activity. J. Neurosci. 26: 12781-88.

Rebelo S, Chen ZF, Anderson DJ and Lima D. (2006) Involvement of DRG11 in thedevelopment of the primary afferent nociceptive system Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 33: 236-246

Li MZ, Wang JS, Jiang DJ,  Xiang CX, Wang FY, Zhang KH, Williams R.P. and Chen ZF. (2006) Molecular mapping of developing dorsal horn-enriched genes by microarray and dorsal/ventral subtractive screeningDev. Biol. 292: 555-564.

Erzurumlu RS, Chen ZF and Jacquin MF.  (2006) Molecular determinants of the face map development in the trigeminal brainstem Anat Rec.  288: 121-134

Chen ZF and Ding YQ. Transcriptional control of the serotonergic neuronal development.(2006) In  "Transcription factors in nervous system" Thiel G (Ed.),  Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 143-156.

2005

Wu LJ, Toyoda H, Zhao MG, Lee YS, Rang J, KO SW, Jia YH, Shum FWF, Zerbinatti CV, Bu G, Wei F, Xu TL, Muglia LJ, Chen ZF, Auberson YP, Kaang BK and Zhuo M. (2005) Upregulation of forebrain NMDA NR2B receptors contributes to behavioral sensitization after inflammation.  J. Neurosci.  25: 11107-16

Ding YQ, Xiang CX, and Chen ZF. (2005) Generation and characterization of the PKCγ-Cre mouse line. Genesis  43: 28-33

Ding YQ, Kim JY, Xu YS, Rao Y, and Chen ZF. (2005) Ventral migration of early-born neurons requires DCC and is essential for the projections of primary afferents in the spinal cord. Development 132: 2047-2056.

Dunston JA, Reimschisel T, Ding YQ, Sweeney E, Johnson RL, Chen ZF, and McIntosh I. (2005) A neurological phenotype in nail patella syndrome (NPS) patients illuminated by studies of murine Lmx1b expression. Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 13: 330-335

2004

Ren XR, Ming GL, Xie Y, Hong Y, Sun DM, Zhao ZQ, Feng Z, Wang Q, Shim S, Chen ZF, Song HJ, Mei L, and Xiong WC. (2004) Focal adhesion kinase in netrin-1 signaling, Nat. Neurosci. 7: 1204-1212

Ding YQ, Yin J, Kania A, Zhao ZQ, Johnson RL, and Chen ZF. (2004) Lmx1b controls the differentiation and migration of the superficial dorsal horn neurons of  the spinal cord. Development  Aug;131: 3693-3703.

2003

Ding YQ, Yin J, Xu HM, Jacquin MF, and Chen ZF. (2003) Formation of whisker-related principal sensory nucleus-based lemniscal pathway requires a paired homeodomain 
transcription factor, Drg11. J. Neurosci. 23: 7246-7254

Ding YQ, Marklund U, Yuan W, Yin J, Wegman L, Ericson Johan, Deneris E, Johnson RL, and Chen ZF. (2003) Lmx1b is essential for the development of serotonergic neurons.Nat. Neurosci.  6: 933-938

2002

Li YC, Kong J, Wei M, Chen ZF, Liu SQ, and Cao LP. (2002) 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 is a negative endocrine regulator of the renin-angiotensin system. J. Clin Invest.  110: 229-238

Wei F, Qiu C, Kim SJ, Muglia L, Maas JW, Pineda VV, Xu HM, Chen ZF, Storm DR, Muglia LJ, and Zhuo M. (2002) Genetic elimination of behavioral sensitization in mice lacking calmodulin-stimulated adenylyl cyclases. Neuron  14: 713-726

2001

Wei F, Wang GD, Kerchner GA, Kim SJ, Xu HM, Chen ZF, and Zhuo M. (2001) Genetic enhancement of inflammatory pain by forebrain NR2B overexpression. Nat. Neurosci.  2: 164-169.

Labarca C, Schwarz J, Deshpande P, Schwarz S, Nowak MW, Fonck C, Nashmi R, Kofuji P, Dang H, Shi W, Fidan M, Khakh BS, Chen ZF, Bowers BJ, Boulter J, Wehner JM, and Lester HA. (2001) Point mutant mice with hypersensitive [alpha ] 4 nicotinic receptors show dopaminergic deficits and increased anxiety. Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci.  98: 2786-2791

Chen ZF, Rebelo S, White F, Malmberg AB, Baba H, Lima D, Woolf CJ, Basbaum AI, and Anderson DJ. (2001) The paired homeodomain protein DRG11 is required for the projection of cutaneous sensory afferent fibers to the dorsal 
spinal cord. Neuron 31: 59-73

2000

Gunther T*, Chen ZF*, Kim J, Priemel M, Rueger JM, Amling M, Moseley JM, Martin TJ, Anderson DJ, and Karsenty G. (2000) Genetic ablation of parathyroid glands by targeted mutation of Glial cells missing2 reveals an auxiliary source of parathyroid hormone secretion. Nature 406: 199-203 (*These authors contributed equally to this work)

1999

Gerety SS, Wang HU, Chen ZF, and Anderson DJ. (1999) Symmetrical mutant phenotype of the receptor EphB4 and its specific transmembrane ligand ephrin-B2 in cardiovascular development. Mol. Cell  4: 403-414

1998

Kim J, Jones BW, Zock C, Chen ZF, Wang H, Goodman CS, and Anderson DJ. (1998) Isolation and characterization of mammalian homologs of the Drosophila gene, glial cells missing. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.   95: 12364-12369

Chen ZF, Paquette AJ, and Anderson DJ. (1998) NRSF/REST is required in vivo for repression of multiple neuronal target genes in both neural and non-neuronal tissues during embryogenesis. Nat. Genet.  20: 136-142

Wang HU, Chen ZF, and Anderson DJ. (1998) Molecular distinction and angiogenic interaction between embryonic arteries and veins revealed by ephrin-B2 and its receptor Eph-B4. Cell   93: 741-753

Ma QF, Chen ZF, Barrantes IB, Pompa J, and Anderson DJ. (1998) Neurogenin1 is essential for the determination of neuronal precursors for proximal cranial sensory ganglia. Neuron  20: 469-482

1995

Chen ZF, and Behringer RR. (1995)  Twist is required in head mesenchyme for cranial neural tube morphogenesis. Genes Dev. 9: 686-699