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Lauren Belfiore

University of Toronto

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Etv5 is not required for Schwann cell development but is required to regulate the Schwann cell response to peripheral nerve injury

Lauren Belfiore, Anjali Balakrishnan, Yohannes Soenjaya, Hussein Ghazale, Alexandra Moffat, Dawn L. Zinyk, Lakshmy Vasan, Yacine Touahri, Yutaka Amemiya, Tak‐Ho Chu, Morgan G. Stykel, Arun K. Seth, Satoshi Okawa, Christine E. M. Demore, Rajiv Midha, , Carol Janine Schuurmans

This study shows Etv5 is not needed for Schwann cell development but is essential for regulating their response to peripheral nerve injury.

eNeuro · Jul 1, 2025Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

NEUROG2 regulates a human-specific neurodevelopmental gene regulatory program

Lakshmy Vasan, Vorapin Chinchalongporn, Fermisk Saleh, Dawn L. Zinyk, Cao Ke, Hamsini Suresh, Hussein Ghazale, Lauren Belfiore, Yacine Touahri, Ana-Maria Oproescu, Shruti B Patel, Matthew W Rozak, Yutaka Amemiya, Sisu Han, Alexandra Moffat, , Carol Janine Schuurmans

The paper identifies NEUROG2's role in regulating a human-specific gene regulatory program in neural progenitor cells through transcriptomic analysis of knock-in organoids.

Development · Dec 16, 2024Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

Glycolytic flux controls retinal progenitor cell differentiation via regulating Wnt signaling

Joseph Hanna, Yacine Touahri, Alissa Pak, Lauren Belfiore, Edwin van Oosten, Luke Ajay David, Sisu Han, Yaroslav Ilnytskyy, Igor Kovalchuk, Deborah Marie Kurrasch, Satoshi Okawa, Antonio del Sol, Robert A. Screaton, Isabelle Aubert, Carol Janine Schuurmans

The paper shows glycolytic flux promotes rod photoreceptor differentiation by regulating Wnt signaling in murine retinal progenitor cells.

bioRxiv · Jul 12, 2024Developmental Biology