Publications

Publications since 2018

Lee NJ, Parab S, Lam AE, Leong JX, & Matsuoka RL* (2024). *Corresponding author

Angiogenic mechanisms governing the segregation of blood-brain barrier and fenestrated

capillaries derived from a multipotent cerebrovascular niche.

Preprint: bioRxiv 2024.12.10.627641; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.10.627641.

Lee NJ & Matsuoka RL* (2024). *Corresponding author

Generation of brain vascular heterogeneity: recent advances from

the perspective of angiogenesis.

Neural Regeneration Research 20:2013-2014.

Lee NJ & Matsuoka RL* (2024). *Corresponding author

CRISPR/Cas9-based mutagenesis strategies for efficient biallelic gene inactivation

and consistent phenotypic detection in F0 zebrafish.

Methods in Molecular Biology in press.

Parab S, Card OA, Chen Q, America M, Buck LD, Quick RE, Horrigan WF, Levkowitz G,

Vanhollebeke B, & Matsuoka RL* (2023). *Corresponding author

Local angiogenic interplay of Vegfc/d and Vegfa controls brain region-specific emergence

of fenestrated capillaries.

Elife 12: e86066.

Preprint: bioRxiv 2022.12.08.519692; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.08.519692.

Matsuoka RL*, Buck LD, Vajrala KP, Quick RE, & Card OA (2022). *Corresponding author

Historical and current perspectives on blood endothelial cell heterogeneity in the brain.

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 79:372.

Quick RE, Buck LD, Parab S, Tolbert ZR, & Matsuoka RL* (2021). *Corresponding author

Highly efficient synthetic CRISPR RNA/Cas9-based mutagenesis for

rapid cardiovascular phenotypic screening in F0 zebrafish.

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 9:735598.

Preprint: bioRxiv 2021.07.01.450753; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.01.450753.

Liu KC, Villasenor A, Bertuzzi M, Schmitner N, Radros N, Rautio L, Mattonet K, Matsuoka RL,

Reischauer S, Stainier DYR, & Andersson O (2021).

Insulin-producing beta-cells regenerate ectopically from a mesodermal origin

under the perturbation of hemato-endothelial specification.

Elife 10: e65758.

Parab S, Quick RE, & Matsuoka RL* (2021). *Corresponding author

Endothelial cell-type-specific molecular requirements for angiogenesis drive

fenestrated vessel development in the brain.

Elife 10: e64295.

Gancz D, Raftrey BC, Perlmoter G, Marín-Juez R, Semo J, Matsuoka RL, Karra R, Raviv H,

Moshe N, Addadi Y, Golani O, Poss KD, Red-Horse K, Stainier DYR & Yaniv K (2019).

Distinct origins and molecular mechanisms contribute to lymphatic formation

during cardiac growth and regeneration.

Elife 8: e44153.

Mullapudi ST, Boezio GLM, Rossi A, Marass M, Matsuoka RL, Matsuda H, Helker CSM,

Yang YHC & Stainier DYR (2019).

Disruption of the pancreatic vasculature in zebrafish affects islet architecture and function.

Development 146: dev.173674.

Anbalagan S, Gordon L, Blechman J, Matsuoka RL, Rajamannar P, Wircer E,

Biran J, Reuveny A, Leshkowitz D, Stainier DYR & Levkowitz G (2018).

Pituicyte cues regulate the development of permeable neuro-vascular interfaces.

Developmental Cell 47: 711-726.

Matsuoka RL* & Stainier DYR (2018). *Corresponding author

Recent insights into vascular development from studies in zebrafish. 

Current Opinion in Hematology 25: 204-211.

Publications before 2018

Matsuoka RL*, Rossi A, Stone OA & Stainier DYR* (2017). *Co-corresponding authors

CNS-resident progenitors direct the vascularization of neighboring tissues. 

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114: 10137-10142.

Matsuoka RL*, Marass M, Avdesh A, Helker CS, Maischein HM, Grosse AS, Kaur H, 

Lawson ND, Herzog W & Stainier DY* (2016). *Co-corresponding authors

Radial glia regulate vascular patterning around the developing spinal cord. 

Elife 5: e20253.

Sun LO, Jiang Z, Rivlin-Etzion M, Hand R, Brady C, Matsuoka RL, Yau KW,

Feller MB & Kolodkin AL (2013).

On and Off Retinal Circuit Assembly by Divergent Molecular Mechanisms.  

Science 342: 1241974.

Matsuoka RL, Sun LO, Katayama K, Yoshida Y & Kolodkin AL (2013).

Sema6B, Sema6C, and Sema6D Expression and Function during Mammalian Retinal Development. 

PLOS ONE 8: e63207

Matsuoka RL, Jiang Z, Samuels IS, Nguyen-Ba-Charvet KT, Sun LO,

Peachey NS, Chédotal A, Yau KW & Kolodkin AL (2012).

Guidance-cue control of horizontal-cell morphology, lamination, and

synapse formation in the mammalian outer retina. 

The Journal of Neuroscience 32: 6859-6868

Matsuoka RL, Chivatakarn O, Badea TC, Samuels IS, Cahill H, Katayama K, Kumar SR, Suto F,

Chédotal A, Peachey NS, Nathans J, Yoshida Y, Giger RJ & Kolodkin AL (2011).

Class 5 transmembrane semaphorins control selective mammalian retinal lamination and function.  

Neuron 71: 460-473

Matsuoka RL, Nguyen-Ba-Charvet KT, Parray A, Badea TC, Chédotal A & Kolodkin AL (2011).

Transmembrane semaphorin signalling controls laminar stratification in the mammalian retina. 

Nature 470: 259-263

Matsuoka R, Ohkubo S, Yoshida M & Nakahata N (2007).

Alteration of Adenylyl Cyclase Type 6 Expression in Human Astrocytoma Cells

After Exposure to Simulated Microgravity. 

Journal of Health Science 53: 534-542