Publications of Didier Y. R. Stainier

Leerberg, D. M.; Avillion, G. B.; Priya, R.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Yelon, D.: Regionalized regulation of actomyosin organization influences cardiomyocyte cell shape changes during chamber curvature formation. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 17 (1), 3768 (2026)

Mintcheva, J.; Tseng, T.-L.; Goumenaki, P.; Neuschulz, A.; Senoussi, A.; Lelek, S.; Lim, K. L.; Ming, Z.; Schafer, R.; Hnatiuk, A. et al.; Ninov, N.; Beisaw, A.; McGrail, M.; Lai, S.-L. B.; Panakova, D.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Junker, J. P.: In vivo single-cell RNA metabolic labeling resolves early transcriptional responders in the regenerating zebrafish heart. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 17 (1), 4073 (2026)

Goumenaki, P.; Balakrishnan, M.; Mattonet, K.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Cardeira-da-Silva, J.: Ex vivo imaging reveals neutrophil behaviors in the adult zebrafish heart. JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE 139 (9), jcs264418 (2026)

Lardennois, A.; Duda, V.; Dingare, C.; Klemmt, P. A.; Heinzen, C.; Desruelles, L.; Heyde, M.; Kleinhans, D. S.; Falk, T.; Schelmbauer, C. et al.; Mozolewska, O.; Papadopoulou, S.; Lai, J. J. K.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Lecaudey, V.: Two distinct modes of Vgll4-mediated Tead regulation control organ size in zebrafish. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY 9 (1), 574 (2026)

Vagena-Pantoula, C.; Kalyviotis, K.; Feng, S.; Sanchez, A.; Kondrychyn, I.; Fukumoto, M.; Pan, X.; Juan, T.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Pantazis, P. et al.; Phng, L.-K.; Vermot, J.: Piezo1-mediated mechanohydraulic control of cell volume drives cardiac morphogenesis. SCIENCE ADVANCES 12 (17), eaea7025 (2026)

Tarasco, M.; Juan, T.; Alayoubi, Y.; Kulkarni, R.; Schumann, A.; da Silva, A. R.; Albu, M.; Dwari, M.; Dlnija, M.; Gunther, S. et al.; Looso, M.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: Time-resolved single-cell transcriptomics maps zebrafish heart development. CELL REPORTS 45 (4), 117249 (2026)

Martinez-Mayer, J.; Balakrishnan, M.; Cheung, L. Y.; Gunther, S.; Medan, V.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Perez-Millan, M. I.: Generation of a prop1 knock-in zebrafish enables single-cell transcriptomics of early pituitary development. ENDOCRINOLOGY 167 (5), bqag043 (2026)

Liu, X.; Lin, B.; Li, P.; Cai, Z.; Cao, W.; Yang, W.; Zeng, J.; Li, L.; Zhou, Y.; Huang, D. et al.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Ran, P.; Yin, W.: Interplay of ECM organization, ROCK signaling, and cell polarity drives mesothelium formation and lung growth. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 16 (1), 9610 (2025)

Milovanovic, M.; Novkovic, M.; Boskovic, S.; Juez, R. M.; Milicevic, A.; Jasnic, J.; Milosevic, E.; Ilic, B.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Kojic, S.: Activation of ankrd1a expression marks newly forming myofibers and regulates muscle cell differentiation in adult zebrafish skeletal muscle repair. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY 329 (1), pp. C213 - C234 (2025)

Capon, S. J.; Maroufidou, A.; Feltes, M.; Xu, Y.; Matharoo, D. K.; Juelich, D.; Holley, S. A.; Farber, S. A.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: A genetic modifier links integrin α5 to the phenotypic variation in fibronectin 1a mutant zebrafish. PLOS GENETICS 21 (6), e1011747 (2025)

Constanty, F.; Wu, B.; Wei, K.-H.; Lin, I.-T.; Dallmann, J.; Guenther, S.; Lautenschlaeger, T.; Priya, R.; Lai, S.-L.; Stainier, D. Y. R. et al.; Beisaw, A.: Border-zone cardiomyocytes and macrophages regulate extracellular matrix remodeling to promote cardiomyocyte protrusion during cardiac regeneration. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 16 (1), 3823 (2025)

Panza, P.; Kim, H.-T.; Lautenschlaeger, T.; Piesker, J.; Guenther, S.; Alayoubi, Y.; Cleaver, O.; Looso, M.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: The lung microvasculature promotes alveolar type 2 cell differentiation via secreted SPARCL1. STEM CELL REPORTS 20 (4), 102451 (2025)

Falcucci, L.; Dooley, C. M.; Adamoski, D.; Juan, T.; Martinez, J.; Georgieva, A. M.; Mamchaoui, K.; Cirzi, C.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: Transcriptional adaptation upregulates utrophin in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. NATURE (639(8054)), pp. 493 - 502 (2025)

Gupta, S.; Bajwa, G. K.; El-Sammak, H.; Mattonet, K.; Guenther, S.; Looso, M.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Marin-Juez, R.: The transmembrane glycoprotein Gpnmb is required for the immune and fibrotic responses during zebrafish heart regeneration. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 521, pp. 153 - 162 (2025)

Juan, T.; Molina, T.; Xie, L.; Papadopoulou, S.; Cardoso, B.; Jha, S. G.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: A recombinase-activated ribozyme to knock down endogenous gene expression in zebrafish. PLOS GENETICS 21 (2), e1011594 (2025)

Juvik, B.; Falcucci, L.; Lundegaard, P. R.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: A new hypothesis to explain disease dominance. TRENDS IN GENETICS 41 (3), pp. 187 - 193 (2025)

Xie, L.; Jakutis, G.; Dooley, C. M.; Guenther, S.; Kontarakis, Z.; Howard, S.; Juan, T.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: Induction of a transcriptional adaptation response by RNA destabilization events. EMBO REPORTS (2025)

Xu, Y.; Gehlot, R.; Capon, S. J.; Albu, P. M.; Gretz, J.; Bloomekatz, J.; Mattonet, K.; Vucicevic, D.; Talyan, S.; Kikhi, K. et al.; Guenther, S.; Looso, M.; Firulli, B. A.; Sanda, M.; Firulli, A. B.; Lacadie, S. A.; Yelon, D.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: PDGFRA is a conserved HAND2 effector during early cardiac development. NATURE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH 3 (12) (2024)

Xu, Y.; Gehlot, R.; Capon, S. J.; Albu, M.; Gretz, J.; Bloomekatz, J.; Mattonet, K.; Vucicevic, D.; Talyan, S.; Kikhi, K. et al.; Guenther, S.; Looso, M.; Firulli, B. A.; Sanda, M.; Firulli, A. B.; Lacadie, S. A.; Yelon, D.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: PDGFRA is a conserved HAND2 effector during early cardiac development. NATURE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH 3 (12) (2024)

Wang, Z.-Y.; Mehra, A.; Wang, Q.-C.; Gupta, S.; da Silva, A. R.; Juan, T.; Guenther, S.; Looso, M.; Detleffsen, J.; Stainier, D. Y. R. et al.; Marin-Juez, R.: flt1 inactivation promotes zebrafish cardiac regeneration by enhancing endothelial activity and limiting the fibrotic response. DEVELOPMENT 151 (23), dev203028 (2024)