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Sanjeeva Metikala

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterORCID 0000-0002-6774-6523Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Organism:zebrafish· 3 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Saulius SumanasiD· 3 shared Diandra Rufin Florat· 2 shared Satish Casie ChettyiD· 2 shared Andrew L. KoenigiD· 1 shared Brendan Chestnut· 1 shared Elizabeth G. PlenderiD· 1 shared Julius MartinkusiD· 1 shared Krishna K. RentachintalaiD· 1 shared

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Jam2 Signaling and Hand2 Function are Required for the Formation of Organ-Specific Vascular Progenitors in Zebrafish

Martyna Griciunaite, Julius Martinkus, Sanjeeva Metikala, Ricardo A. DeMoya, Suman Gurung, Surya Prakash Rao Batta, Vishal Y. Mardhekar, Myles A Hammond, Luiza N. Loges, Diandra Rufin Florat, Krishna K. Rentachintala, Saulius Sumanas

This study identifies Jam2 signaling and Hand2 function as essential for forming organ-specific vascular progenitors in zebrafish embryos, with implications for evolutionary conservation.

bioRxiv · Oct 10, 2025 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

Integration of vascular progenitors into functional blood vessels represents a novel mechanism of vascular growth

Sanjeeva Metikala, Michael Warkala, Satish Casie Chetty, Brendan Chestnut, Diandra Rufin Florat, Elizabeth G. Plender, Olivia Nester, Andrew L. Koenig, Sophie Astrof, Saulius Sumanas

The paper identifies a novel site of late vasculogenesis in zebrafish embryos that contributes to functional blood vessels after circulation is established.

Developmental Cell · Mar 1, 2022Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

Single-cell transcriptome analysis of the zebrafish embryonic trunk

Sanjeeva Metikala, Satish Casie Chetty, Saulius Sumanas

The paper performs single-cell RNA-seq on zebrafish embryos to identify 27 cell types and subtypes in the trunk region, providing a resource for developmental biology research.

PLoS ONE · Jul 7, 2021Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

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