2010 - 2014 Publications

Dmrt5 Controls Corticotrope and Gonadotrope Differentiation in the Zebrafish Pituitary

December 2014, Molecular Endocrinology, Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 187–199 Martin Graf, Elizabeth-Raye Teo Qi-Wen, Menachem Viktor Sarusie, Flora Rajaei, Christoph Winkler

Identification of a PRPF4 Loss-of-Function Variant That Abrogates U4/U6.U5 Tri-snRNP Integration and Is Associated with Retinitis Pigmentosa

November 2014, PLOS ONE, Volume 9, Issue 11, e111754 Bastian Linder,Anja Hirmer,Andreas Gal,Klaus Rüther,Hanno Jörn Bolz,Christoph Winkler,Bernhard Laggerbauer,Utz Fischer

Characterization of regulatory elements in the medaka osterix promoter required for osteoblast expression

July 2014, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 652–660 J. Renn, A. Büttner, E. P. S. Chua, F. S. Tay, M. Featherstone, C. Winkler

Osterix/Sp7 regulates biomineralization of otoliths and bone in medaka (Oryzias latipes)

January 2014, Matrix Biology, Volume 34, Pages 193–204 Jörg Renn, Christoph Winkler

SMN-deficiency alters Nrxn2 expression and splicing in zebrafish and mouse models of Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

November 2013, Human Molecular Genetics, Volume 23, Issue 7, Pages 1754–1770 Kelvin See, Preeti Yadav, Marieke Giegerich, Pearl S. Cheong, Martin Graf, Himanshu Vyas, Serene G. P. Lee, Sinnakaruppan Mathavan, Utz Fischer, Michael Sendtner, Christoph Winkler

The midkine family of growth factors: Diverse roles in nervous system formation and maintenance

October 2013, British Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 171, Issue 4, Pages 905-912 C Winkler, S Yao

Ligand-dependent tumor induction in medakafish embryos by a Xmrk receptor tyrosine kinase transgene

August 2013 Christoph Winkler, Joachim Wittbrodt, Reiner Lammers, Axel Ullrich, Manfred Schartl

A col10a1: NlGFP transgenic line displays putative osteoblast precursors at the medaka notochordal sheath prior to mineralization

June 2013, Developmental Biology, Volume 381, Issue 1, Pages 134-143 Jörg Renn, Anita Büttner, Thuy Than To, Sherlynn Jin Hui Chan, Christoph Winkler

Two Isoforms of Sister-of-Mammalian Grainyhead Have Opposing Functions in Endothelial Cells and In Vivo

May 2013, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, Volume 33, Issue 7, Pages 1639–1646 Judith Haendeler, Arne Mlynek, Nicole Büchner, Margarete Lukosz, Martin Graf, Christopher Guettler, Sascha Jakob, Sabrina Farrokh, Kerstin Kunze, Christine Goy, Francisca Guardiola-Serrano, Heiner Schaal, Miriam Cortese-Krott, René Deenen, Karl Köhrer, Christoph Winkler, and Joachim Altschmied

Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Is Required for Neurogenesis in the Developing Central Nervous System of Zebrafish

May 2013, PLOS ONE, Volume 8, Issue 5, e63757 Sheng Yao, Mangeng Cheng, Qian Zhang, Mariusz Wasik, Robert Kelsh, Christoph Winkler

Zebrafish hoxd4a Acts Upstream of meis1.1 to Direct Vasculogenesis, Angiogenesis and Hematopoiesis

March 2013, PLOS ONE, Volume 8, Issue 3, e58857 Aseervatham Anusha Amali,Lawrence Sie,Christoph Winkler,Mark Featherstone

Structure-function analysis of full-length midkine reveals novel residues important for heparin binding and zebrafish embryogenesis

February 2013, Biochemical Journal, Volume 451, Issue 3, Pages 407–415 Jackwee Lim, Sheng Yao, Martin Graf, Christoph Winkler, Daiwen Yang

The Role of Midkine in Neural Development and Patterning

November 2012, Midkine: From Embryogenesis to Pathogenesis and Therapy, Pages 15-28 Sheng Yao, Christoph Winkler

Dynamic microtubules at the vegetal cortex predict the embryonic axis in zebrafish

October 2012, Development, Volume 139, Pages 3644-3652 Long Duc Tran, Hiromu Hino, Helen Quach, Shimin Lim, Asako Shindo, Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue, Marina Mione, Naoto Ueno, Christoph Winkler, Masahiko Hibi, Karuna Sampath

The 1D4 Antibody Labels Outer Segments of Long Double Cone But Not Rod Photoreceptors in Zebrafish

July 2012, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Volume 53, Pages 4943-4951 Jun Yin, Jan Brocher, Bastian Linder, Anja Hirmer, Husvinee Sundaramurthi, Utz Fischer, Christoph Winkler

Interrelationship and modularity of notochord and somites: A comparative view on zebrafish and chicken vertebral body development

May 2012, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 316-319 T. P. de Azevedo, P. E. Witten, A. Huysseune, A. Bensimon‐Brito, C. Winkler, T. T. To, I. Palmeirim

Osterix: NlGFP transgenic medaka identify regulatory roles for retinoic acid signaling during osteoblast differentiation in vivo

May 2012, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 360-363 J. Renn, C. Winkler

The Popeye domain containing 2 (popdc2) gene in zebrafish is required for heart and skeletal muscle development

March 2012, Developmental Biology, Volume 363, Issue 2, Pages 438-450 Bettina C. Kirchmaier, Kar Lai Poon, Thorsten Schwerte, Jan Huisken, Christoph Winkler, Benno Jungblut, Didier Y. Stainier, Thomas Brand

Conditional ablation of osteoblasts in Medaka

February 2012, Developmental Biology, Volume 364, Issue 2, Pages 128-137 Bernd Willems, Anita Büttner, Ann Huysseune, Joerg Renna, P. Eckhard Witten, Christoph Winkler

Rankl-induced osteoclastogenesis leads to loss of mineralization in a medaka osteoporosis model

November 2011, Development, Volume 139, Pages 141-150 Thuy Thanh To, P. Eckhard Witten, Joerg Renn, Dipanjan Bhattacharya, Ann Huysseune, Christoph Winkler

Mutant Prpf31 causes pre-mRNA splicing defects and rod photoreceptor cell degeneration in a zebrafish model for Retinitis pigmentosa

July 2011, Molecular Neurodegeneration, Volume 6, Article number: 56(2011) Jun Yin, Jan Brocher, Utz Fischer, Christoph Winkler

Combined in vivo imaging and omics approaches reveal metabolism of icaritin and its glycosides in zebrafish larvae

March 2011, Molecular BioSystems, Issue 7, Pages 2128-2138 Zhen Hua Li, Deepa Alex, Shiu On Siu, Ivan Keung Chu, Joerg Renn, Christoph Winkler, Shaoke Lou, Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui, Hai Yu Zhao, Wendy Ru Yan, Gail B. Mahady,Guo Hui Li, Yiu Wa Kwan, Yi Tao Wanga, Simon Ming-Yuen Lee

Systemic splicing factor deficiency causes tissue-specific defects: A zebrafish model for retinitis pigmentosa

November 2010, Human Molecular Genetics, Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 368–377 Bastian Linder, Holger Dill, Anja Hirmer, Jan Brocher, Gek Ping Lee, Sinnakaruppan Mathavan, Hanno Jörn Bolz, Christoph Winkler, Bernhard Laggerbauer, Utz Fischer

Tgfβ3 regulation of chondrogenesis and osteogenesis in zebrafish is mediated through formation and survival of a subpopulation of the cranial neural crest

July 2010, Mechanisms of Development, Volume 127, Issues 7–8, Pages 1329-344 Felicia S.H. Cheah, Christoph Winkler, Ethylin Wang Jabs, Samuel S. Chong

Characterization of collagen type 10a1 and osteocalcin in early and mature osteoblasts during skeleton formation in medaka

April 2010, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 196-201 J. Renn, C. Winkler

The heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein-R is necessary for axonal B-actin mRNA translocation in spinal motor neurons

February 2010, Human Molecular Genetics, Volume 19, Issue 10, Pages 1951–1966 Michael Glinka, Thomas Herrmann, Natalja Funk, Steven Havlicek, Wilfried Rossoll, Christoph Winkler, Michael Sendtner

Accessibility of host cell lineages to medaka stem cells depends on genetic background and irradiation of recipient embryos

January 2010, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Volume 67, Pages 1189–1202 Ni Hong, Mingyou Li, Zhiqiang Zeng, Meisheng Yi, Jiaorong Deng, Jianfang Gui, Christoph Winkler, Manfred Schartl, Yunhan Hong