Nicoletta Kessaris Lab

Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research

University College London

 

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2022 

Asgarian Z, Oliveira MG, Stryjewska A, Maragkos I, Rubin AN, Magno L, Pachnis V, Ghorbani M, Hiebert SW, Denaxa M, Kessaris N. (2022) MTG8 interacts with LHX6 to specify cortical interneuron subtype identity. Nature Communications, 13:5217 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32898-6  

Kessaris N. (2022) Human Cortical Interneuron Development Unraveled. Science 375 (6579)  https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-300/full

2021 

Magno L, Asgarian Z, Pendolino V, Velona T, Mackintosh A, Lee F, Stryjewska A, Zimmer C, Guillemot F, Farrant M, Clark B, Kessaris N. Transient developmental imbalance of cortical interneuron subtypes presages long-term changes in behaviour. Cell Reports 35(11):109249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109249.  

2019

Boon J, Clarke E, Kessaris N, Goffinet A, Molnár Z, Hoerder-Suabedissen A. (2019) Long-range projections from sparse populations of GABAergic neurons in murine subplate. J Comp Neurol. 527(10):1610-1620. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24592.

Asgarian Z, Magno L, Ktena N, Harris KD, Kessaris N. (2019) Hippocampal CA1 Somatostatin Interneurons Originate in the Embryonic MGE/POA. Stem Cell Reports, 13: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2019.09.008

2018

Harris KD, Gonzales CB, Hochgerner H, Skene NG, Magno L, Katona L, Somogyi P, Kessaris N, Linnarsson S, Hjerling-Leffler J. (2018) Classes and continua of hippocampal CA1 inhibitory neurons revealed by single-cell transcriptomics. PLOS Biol 16(6):e2006387

Silva CG, Peyre E, Adhikari MH, Tielens S, Tanco S, Van Dame P, Magno L, Krusy N, Magiera MM, Kessaris N, Malgrange B, Andrieux A, Janke C, Nguyen L. (2018) Cell-intrinsic regulation of interneuron migration controls cortical neurogenesis. Cell, 172(5):1063-1078.

Tinterri A, Deck M, Keita M, Mailhes C, Rubin AN, Kessaris N, Lokmane L, Bielle F, Garel S. (2017) Tangential migration of corridor guidepost neurons contributes to anxiety circuits. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 526(3):397-511.

2017

Magno L, Barry C, Schmidt-Hieber C, Theodotou P, Häusser M, Kessaris N. (2017) NKX2-1 is required in the embryonic septum for cholinergic system development, learning and memory. Cell Reports, 20(7):1572-1584.

Mieda M, Hasegawa E, Kessaris N, Sakurai T. (2017). Fine-tuning circadian rhythms: The importance of Bmal1 expression in the ventral forebrain. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 11:55.

2016

Tata M, Wall I, Joyce A, Vieira JM, Kessaris N, Ruhrberg C. (2016). Regulation of embryonic neurogenesis by germinal zone vasculature.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 113(47):13414-13419.

2015

Dodson, P. D., Larvin, J. T., Duffell, J. M., Garas, F. N., Doig, N. M., Kessaris, N., Duguid, I.C., Bogacz, R., Butt, S.J., & Magill, P. J. (2015). Distinct Developmental Origins Manifest in the Specialized Encoding of Movement by Adult Neurons of the External Globus Pallidus. Neuron, 86(2), 501-513.

Lim, J. W. C., Donahoo, A-L. S., Bunt, J., Edwards, T. J., Fenlon, L. R., Liu, Y., Zhou, Z., Moldrich, R. X., Piper, M., Gobius, I., Bailey, T. L., Wray, N. R., Kessaris, N., Poo, M-M., Rubenstein, J. L. R., & Richards, L. J. (2015). EMX1 regulates NRP1-mediated wiring of the mouse anterior cingulate cortex. Development, 142, 3746-3757.

2014

Martins M, McCarthy A, Baxendale R, Guichard S, Magno L, Kessaris N, El-Bahrawy M, Yu P, Katan M. (2014) Tumor suppressor role of phospholipase Cε in Ras-triggered cancers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 111(11):4239-44 pdf

Kessaris N, Magno L, Rubin AN, Oliveira MG. (2014) Genetic programs controlling cortical interneuron fate. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 26C:79-87. pdf

Paes de Faria JP, Kessaris N, Andrew P, Richardson WD, Li H. (2014) New Olig1 null mice reveal a non-essential role for Olig1 in oligodendrocyte development. BMC Neuroscience 15(1):12. pdf

Merkle FT, Fuentealba L, Sanders TA, Magno L, Kessaris N#, Alvarez-Buylla A#. (2014) Adult neural stem cells in distinct microdomains of the mouse brain generate previously unknown interneuron types. Nature Neuroscience 17(2):207-14 #senior authors pdf

Tivodar, S., Kalemaki, K., Kounoupa, Z., Vidaki, M., Theodorakis, K., Denaxa, M., Kessaris, N., Decurtis, I., Pachnis, V., & Karagogeos, D. (2015). Rac-GTPases Regulate Microtubule Stability and Axon Growth of Cortical GABAergic Interneurons. Cerebral Cortex, 25(9):2370-2382.

2013

Luccardinia C,Hennekinnea L,Vioua L, Yanagidac M, Murakamic F, Kessaris N, Mae X, Adelsteine RS, Mègea R-M, Métin C. (2013) N-cadherin sustains motility and polarity of future cortical interneurons during tangential migration. Journal of Neuroscience 33(46):18149-60. pdf

Rubin AN, Kessaris N. (2013) PROX1: a lineage tracer for cortical interneurons originating in the lateral/caudal ganglionic eminence and preoptic area. PLOS One 8(10): e77339. pdf

Panayiotou E, Panayi E, Lapathitis G, Francius C, Clotman F, Kessaris N, Richardson WD, Malas S. (2013) Pax6 is expressed in subsets of V0 and V2 interneurons in the ventral spinal cord in mice. Gene Expression Patterns 13(8):328-334. pdf

Anthwal N, Pelling M, Claxton S, Mellitzer G, Collin C, Kessaris N, Richardson WD, Gradwohl G, Ang SL. (2013) Conditional deletion of neurogenin-3 using Nkx2.1iCre results in a mouse model for the central control of feeding, activity and obesity. Disease Models and Mechanisms 6(5):1133-45. pdf

Niquille M, Minocha S, Hornung J-P, Rufer N, Valloton D, Kessaris N, Alfonsi F, Vitalis T, Yanagawa Y, Devenoges C, Dayer A, Lebrand C. (2013) Two specific populations of GABAergic neurons originating from the medial and the caudal ganglionic eminences aid in proper navigation of callosal axons. Developmental Neurobiology 73(9):647-72. pdf

Amaniti A-M, Hasenpusch-Theil K, Magnani D, Kessaris N, Mason JO, Theil T. (2013) Gli3 is required in Emx1+ progenitors for the development of the corpus callosum. Developmental Biology 376(2):113-24. pdf

van den Berghe V, Seuntjens E, Dimidschstein J, Vandesande B,  Kroes R,  Francis A, Conidi A, Stappers E, Lesage F, Cazzola S, Goossens S, Haigh JJ, Kessaris N, Vanderhaeghen P, Aerts S, van Ijcken W, Grosveld FG, Fishell G, Goffinet A, Huylebroeck D. (2013) Directional migration of cortical interneurons depends on the cell-autonomous action of Sip1. Neuron 77(1):70-82. pdf

2012

Baudoin J-P, Viou L, Launay P, Luccardini, Espeso S, Kiyasova V, Eirinopoulou T, Alvarez C, Rio J-P, Boudier T, Lechaire J-P, Kessaris K, Spassky N and Métin C. (2012) Tangentially migrating neurons assemble a primary cilium that promotes their re-orientation to the cortical plate. Neuron 76(6):1108-22. pdf

Magno L, Mucha M, Oliveira M, Rubin A, Kessaris N. (2012) Multiple embryonic origins of nitric oxide synthase-expressing GABAergic neurons of the neocortex. Frontiers in Neuroscience 6:65. pdf

Tsai H-H, Li H, Fuentealba L, Molofsky AV, Taveira-Marques R, Zhuang H, Tenney A, Murnen AT, Fancy SPJ, Merkle F, Kessaris N, Alvarez-Buylla A, Richardson WD, Rowitch DH. (2012) Regional astrocyte allocation regulates CNS synaptogenesis and repair. Science 337(6092):358-62. pdf

Perrenoud Q, Geoffroy H, Gauthier B, Rancillac A, Alfonsi F, Kessaris N, Rossier J, Vitalis T, Gallopin T. (2012) Characterisation of type I and type II nNOS-expressing interneurons in the barrel cortex of the mouse. Frontiers in Neuroscience 6:36. pdf

Hari L, Miescher I, Shakhova O, Chin L, Meijer D, Suter U, Taketo M, Richardson WD, Kessaris N, Sommer L. (2012) Temporal Control of Neural Crest Lineage Generation by Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling. Development 139(12):2107-17. pdf

Vidaki M, Tivodar S, Doulgeraki K, Tybulevicz V, Kessaris N, Pachnis V, Karagogeos D. (2012) Rac1-dependent cell cycle exit of MGE precursors and GABAergic interneuron migration to the cortex. Cerebral Cortex 22(3):680-92. pdf

2011

Laranjeira C, Sandgren K, Kessaris N, Richardson W, Potocnik A, Vanden Berghe P, pachnis V. (2011) Glial cells in the mouse enteric nervous system can undergo neurogenesis in response to injury. Journal of Clinical Investigation 121(9): 3412-3424. pdf

Causeret F, Ensini M, Teissier A, Kessaris N, Richardson WD, de Couville TL, Pierani A. (2011) Dbx1-expressing cells are necessary for the survival of the mammalian anterior neural and craniofacial structures. PLOS One 6(4): e19367. pdf

Calvo C-F, Fontaine R, Soueid J, Tammela T, Makinen T, Alfaro-Cervello C, Bonnaud F, Miguez A, Benhaim L, Xu Y, Barallobre M-J, Moutkine I, Lyytikkä J, Tatlisumak T, Pytowski B, Zalc B, Richardson W, Kessaris N, Garcia-Verdugo JM, Alitalo K, Eichmann A, and Thomas J-L (2011) Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 directly regulates murine neurogenesis.  Genes and Development 25(8): 831-44. pdf

Tripathi RB, Clarke LE, Burzomato V, Kessaris N, Anderson PN, Attwell D,  Richardson WD. (2011) Dorsally- and ventrally-derived oligodendrocytes have similar electrical properties but myelinate preferred tracts. Journal of Neuroscience 31(18): 6809-6819. pdf

Cocas L, Georgala P, Mangin J-M, Clegg J, Kessaris N, Haydar T, Gallo V, Price D, Corbin J. (2011) Pax6 is required at the telencephalic pallial-subpallial boundary for the generation of neuronal diversity in the post-natal limbic system. Journal of Neuroscience 31(14): 5313-5324. pdf

Rinholm J, Hamilton N, Kessaris N, Richardson WD, Bergersen L, Attwell D. (2011) Regulation of oligodendrocyte development and myelination by glucose and lactate. Journal of Neuroscience 31(2): 538-548. pdf

2010

Panayi H,  Orford M, Panayiotou E, Genethliou N, Mean R, Lapathitis G, Li S, Xiang M, Kessaris N, Richardson WD, Malas S. (2010) SOX1 is required for the specification of a novel p2-derived interneuron subtype in the mouse ventral spinal cord. Journal of Neuroscience 30(37): 12274-12280. pdf

Rubin AN, Alfonsi F, Humphreys MP, Choi CKP, Rocha SF and Kessaris N. (2010) The germinal zones of the basal ganglia but not the septum generate inhibitory interneurons for the cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 30(36): 12050-12062. [F1000 Factor 6 'Must read'] pdf

Zawadzka M, Rivers LE, Fancy SPJ, Zhao C, Tripathi R, Jamen F, Young K, Goncharevich A, Pohl H, Rizzi M, Rowitch DH, Kessaris N, Suter U, Richardson WD, Franklin RJM. (2010) CNS-Resident Glial Progenitor/Stem Cells Produce Schwann Cells as well as Oligodendrocytes during Repair of CNS Demyelination. Cell Stem Cell 6(6): 578-590. pdf

Young KM, Mitsumori T, Pringle N, Psachoulia K, Kessaris N*, Richardson WD*. (2010) An Fgfr3-iCreERT2 transgenic line for studies of astrocytes and neural stem cells in the mouse CNS. Glia 58(8):943-953. * joint senior authors. pdf

2009

Fragkouli A, van Wijk NV, Lopes R, Kessaris N, Pachnis V. (2009) LIM homeodomain transcription factor-dependent specification of bipotential MGE progenitors into cholinergic and GABAergic striatal interneurons. Development 136(22):3841-51. pdf

Genethliou N, Panayiotou E, Panayi H, Orford M, Mean R, Lapathitis G, Gill H, Raoof S, De Gasperi R, Elder G, Kessaris N, Richardson WD, Malas S (2009) SOX1 links the function of neural patterning and Notch signalling in the ventral spinal cord during the neuron-glial fate switch. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 390:1114–1120. pdf

Gomez-Sanchez JA, Lopez de Armentia M, Lujan R, Kessaris N, Richardson WD, Cabedo H. (2009) Sustained axon-glial signaling induces Schwann cell hyperproliferation, Remak bundle myelination, and tumorigenesis. Journal of Neuroscience 29(36):11304-15. pdf

Gelman DM, Martini FJ, Nóbrega-Pereira S, Pierani A, Kessaris N, Marín O (2009) The embryonic preoptic area is a novel source of cortical GABAergic interneurons. Journal of Neuroscience 29(29):9380-9. pdf

2008

Rivers L, Young K, Rizzi M, Jamen F, Psachoulia K, Wade A, Kessaris N and Richardson WD (2008) PDGFRA/NG2 glia generate myelinating oligodendrocytes and piriform projection neurons in adult mice. Nature Neuroscience 11(12):1392-401. pdf suppl. info.

Nóbrega-Pereira S, Kessaris N, Du T, Kimura S, Anderson SA and Marín O (2008) Postmitotic Nkx2-1 controls the migration of telencephalic interneurons by direct repression of guidance receptors. Neuron 59(5):733-45. [F1000 Factor 6 'Must read] pdf

Pontecorvi M, Goding CR, Richardson WD and Kessaris N. (2008) Expression of Tbx2 and Tbx3 in the developing hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Gene expression patterns 8(6), 411-417. pdf

Zhou L, Bar I, Achouri Y, Campbell K, De Backer O, Hebert JM, Jones K, Kessaris N, O’Leary D, Richardson WD, Goffinet, AM and Tissir F (2008) Early forebrain wiring: genetic dissection using conditional Celsr3 mutant mice. Science 320(5878), 946-949. pdf

Müller, S.M., Stolt, C.C., Terszowski, G., Blum, C., Amagai, T., Kessaris, N., Iannarelli, P., Richardson, W.D., Wegner, M. and Rodewald, H.-R. (2008) Neural crest origin of perivascular mesenchyme in the adult thymus. Journal of Immunology 180(8), 5344-51. pdf

Kessaris N, Pringle N and Richardson WD. Specification of CNS glia from neural stem cells in the embryonic neuroepithelium. (2008) Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 363(1489), 71-85. pdf

2007

Butt SJB, Cobos I, Golden J, Kessaris N, Pachnis V and Anderson SA. (2007) Transcriptional regulation of cortical interneuron development. Journal of Neuroscience 27(44), 11847-11850. pdf

Fogarty M, Grist M, Gelman D, Marín O, Pachnis V and Kessaris N. (2007) Spatial genetic patterning of the neuroepithelium generates GABAergic interneuron diversity in the adult cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 27(41), 10935-46. pdf

Costa MR, Kessaris N, Richardson WD, Gotz M and Hedin-Pereira C. (2007) The marginal zone/layer I as a novel niche for neurogenesis and gliogenesis in developing cerebral cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 27(40), 11376-88. [F1000 Factor 3.2 ‘Recommended’]. pdf

Young K, Fogarty M, Kessaris N* and Richardson WD*. (2007) Subventricular zone stem cells are heterogeneous with respect to their embryonic origins and neurogenic fates in the adult olfactory bulb. Journal of Neuroscience 27(31), 8286-96. * joint senior authors. pdf

Billon N, Iannarelli P, Monteiro MC, Glavieux-Pardanaud C, Richardson WD, Kessaris N, Dani C and Dupin E. (2007) The generation of adipocytes by the neural crest. Development 134(12), 2283-92. [F1000 Factor 3.2 ‘Recommended’]. pdf

2006

Stolt CC, Schlierf A, Lommes P, Hillgärtner S, Werner T, Kosian T, Sock E, Kessaris N, Richardson WD, Lefebvre V, and Wegner M. (2006) SoxD proteins influence multiple stages of oligodendrocyte development and modulate SoxE protein function. Developmental Cell 11(5), 697-709. pdf

Kessaris N, Fogarty M, Iannarelli P, Grist M, Wegner M and Richardson WD. (2006) Competition among oligodendrocyte subpopulations in the forebrain and elimination of an embryonic lineage. Nature Neuroscience9(2), 173-9. [F1000 Factor 9.0 ‘Exceptional’]. pdf suppl. info.

Richardson WD, Kessaris N and Pringle N. (2006) Oligodendrocyte wars. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 7(1), 11-18. pdf

2005

Matsuoka T, Ahlberg P, Kessaris N, Iannarelli P, Dennehy U, Richardson WD and Koentges G. (2005) Neural crest origins of the neck and shoulder.  Nature 436, 347-55. [F1000 Factor 6.0 ‘Must Read’]. pdf

Fogarty M, Richardson WD and Kessaris N. (2005) A subset of oligodendrocytes generated from radial glia in the dorsal spinal cord. Development 132, 1951-1959. [F1000 Factor 6.0 ‘Must Read’]. pdf

2004 and older

Kessaris N, Jamen F, Rubin L and Richardson WD. (2004) Cooperation between sonic hedgehog and fibroblast growth factor/MAPK signalling pathways in neocortical precursor cells. Development131, 1289-1298. [F1000 Factor 3.2 'Recommended']. pdf

Rowitch DH, Lu QR, Kessaris N, Richardson WD. (2002) An 'oligarchy' rules neural development. Trends in Neuroscience 25(8), 417-22. pdf

Kessaris N, Pringle N and Richardson WD. (2001) Ventral neurogenesis and the neuron-glial switch. Neuron 31, 677-680. pdf

Tekki-Kessaris N, Woodruff R, Hall AC, Gaffield W, Kimura S, Stiles CD, Rowitch DH and Richardson WD. (2001) Hedgehog-dependent oligodendrocyte lineage specification in the telencephalon. Development 128, 2545-2554. pdf

Woodruff RH*, Tekki-Kessaris N*, Stiles CD, Rowitch DH and Richardson WD. (2001). Oligodendrocyte development in the spinal cord and telencephalon: common themes and new perspectives. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 19, 379-385. * joint first authors. pdf

Watson RP, Tekki-Kessaris N and Boulter CA. (2000) Characterisation, chromosomal localization and expression of the mouse Kid3 gene. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1490, 153-158. pdf

Tekki-Kessaris N, Bonventre JV and Boulter CA. (1999) Characterisation of the mouse Kid1 gene and identification of a highly related gene, Kid2. Gene  240, 13-22. pdf

Tekki N. (1998) Cloning of the mouse Kid1 and Kid2 genes and analysis of their function during kidney development. PhD thesis, University of Cambridge.

Ison CA, Tekki N, Gill MJ (1993) Detection of the tetM determinant in Neisseria gonorrhea. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 20(6), 329-333.

 

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