Bio
Key Publications
C.R. Donnelly, N.A. Gabreski, M. Chowdhury, E.B. Suh and B.A. Pierchala. 2018. Non-canonical Ret signaling augments p75-mediated cell death in developing sympathetic neurons. J. Cell Biology. 217: 3237-3253.
J.L. Shadrach and B.A. Pierchala. 2018. Semaphorin3A signaling is dispensible for motor axon reinnervation of the adult neuromuscular junction. eNeuro. 5: 0155-17.
C.R. Donnelly, A. Shah, C.M. Mistretta, R.M. Bradley and B.A. Pierchala. 2018. Biphasic functions for the GDNF-Ret signaling pathway in chemosensory neuron development and diversification. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (PNAS). 115: E516-E525.
Z. Chen*, C.R. Donnelly*, B. Dominguez, Y. Harada, W. Lin, A.S. Halim, B.A. Pierchala#and K.-F. Lee#. 2017. P75 is required for the establishment of postnatal sensory neuron diversity by potentiating Ret signaling. Cell Reports. 21: 707-720. *Authors contributed equally; #Co-corresponding authors.
A.B. Wehner*, H. Abdesselem*, T.L. Dickendesher, R.J. Giger and B.A. Pierchala. 2016. Semaphorin 3A is a retrograde cell death signal in developing sympathetic neurons. Development. 143: 1560-1570. *Authors contributed equally.
C.C. Tsui, N.A. Gabreski, S.J. Hein and B.A. Pierchala. 2015. Lipid rafts are physiologic membrane microdomains necessary for the morphogenic and developmental functions of GDNF in vivo. J. Neurosci. 35: 13233-13243.
Titles & Appointments
- Sherry Sonneborn Professor of ALS Research
- Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
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