Publications

Pruett ND, Hajdu Z, Zhang J, Visconti RP, Kern MJ, Wellik DM, Majesky MW, Awgulewitsch A. Changing topographic Hox expression in blood vessels results in regionally distinct vessel wall remodeling.
Biol Open. 2012 May 15;1(5):430-5. doi: 10.1242/bio.2012039. Epub 2012 Mar 20.PMID: 23213434

Patel Y, Soni M, Awgulewitsch A, Kern MJ, Liu S, Shah N, Singh UP, Chen H. Overexpression of miR-489 derails mammary hierarchy structure and inhibits HER2/neu-induced tumorigenesis.
Oncogene. 2019 Jan;38(3):445-453. doi: 10.1038/s41388-018-0439-1. Epub 2018 Aug 13.PMID: 30104710 

Toomer KA, Yu M, Fulmer D, Guo L, Moore KS, Moore R, Drayton KD, Glover J, Peterson N, Ramos-Ortiz S, Drohan A, Catching BJ, Stairley R, Wessels A, Lipschutz JH, Delling FN, Jeunemaitre X, Dina C, Collins RL, Brand H, Talkowski ME, Del Monte F, Mukherjee R, Awgulewitsch A, Body S, Hardiman G, Hazard ES, da Silveira WA, Wang B, Leyne M, Durst R, Markwald RR, Le Scouarnec S, Hagege A, Le Tourneau T, Kohl P, Rog-Zielinska EA, Ellinor PT, Levine RA, Milan DJ, Schott JJ, Bouatia-Naji N, Slaugenhaupt SA, Norris RA. Primary cilia defects causing mitral valve prolapse.
SciTranslMed.2019May22; 11(493): eaax0290.doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aax0290. PMID: 31118289

Ding L, Shunkwiler LB, Harper NW, Zhao Y, Hinohara K, Huh SJ, Ekram MB, Guz J, Kern MJ, Awgulewitsch A, Shull JD, Smits BMG, Polyak K. Deletion of Cdkn1b in ACI rats leads to increased proliferation and pregnancy-associated changes in the mammary gland due to perturbed systemic endocrine environment.
PLoS Genet. 2019 Mar 20;15(3):e1008002. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008002. eCollection 2019 Mar.PMID: 30893315 

Perez CJ, Mecklenburg L, Fernandez A, Cantero M, de Souza TA, Lin K, Dent SYR, Montoliu L, Awgulewitsch A, Benavides F. Naked (N) mutant mice carry a nonsense mutation in the homeobox of Hoxc13.
Exp Dermatol. 2022 Mar;31(3):330-340. doi: 10.1111/exd.14469. Epub 2021 Oct 25.PMID: 34657330

Moore KS, Moore R, Fulmer DB, Guo L, Gensemer C, Stairley R, Glover J, Beck TC, Morningstar JE, Biggs R, Muhkerjee R, Awgulewitsch A, Norris RA. DCHS1, Lix1L, and the Septin Cytoskeleton: Molecular and Developmental Etiology of Mitral Valve Prolapse.
J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2022 Feb 17;9(2):62. doi: 10.3390/jcdd9020062.PMID: 35200715

Gan P, Baicu C, Watanabe H, Wang K, Tao G, Judge DP, Zile MR, Makita T, Mukherjee R, Sucov HM. The prevalent I686T human variant and loss-of-function mutations in the cardiomyocyte-specific kinase gene TNNI3K cause adverse contractility and concentric remodeling in mice.
Hum Mol Genet. 2021Jan6;29(21): 35043515.doi:10.1093/hmg/ddaa234.PMID: 33084860