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Almstedt E, Rosén E, Gloger M, Stockgard R, Hekmati N, Koltowska K, Krona C, Nelander S.
Real-time evaluation of glioblastoma growth in patient-specific zebrafish xenografts. Neuro Oncol. 2021 Nov 19:noab264
Koltowska K#*, Okuda KS#, Gloger M, Rondon-Galeano M, Mason E, Xuan J, Dudczig S, Chen H, Arnold H, Skoczylas R, Bower NI, Paterson S, Lagendijk AK, Baillie GJ, Leshchiner I, Simons C, Smith KS, Goessling W, Heath JK, Pearson RB, Sanij E, Schulte-Merker S and Hogan BM*
The RNA helicase Ddx21 controls Vegfc-driven developmental lymphangiogenesis by balancing endothelial cell ribosome biogenesis and p53 function Nat Cell Biol. 2021 Nov;23(11):1136-1147.
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Stritt S, Koltowska K, Mäkinen T.
Homeostatic maintenance of the lymphatic vasculature.Trends Mol Med. 2021 Jul 28:S1471-4914(21)00184-2.
Rondon-Galeano M, Skoczylas R, Bower NI, Simons C, Gordon E, Francois M, Koltowska K#, Hogan BM#.
MAFB modulates the maturation of lymphatic vascular networks in mice. Dev Dyn. 2020 Oct;249(10):1201-1216.
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Bower NI, Koltowska K, Pichol-Thievend C, Virshup I, Paterson S, Lagendijk AK, Wang W, Lindsey BW, Bent SJ, Baek S, Rondon-Galeano M, Hurley DG, Mochizuki N, Simons C, Francois M, Wells CA, Kaslin J, Hogan BM.
Mural lymphatic endothelial cells regulate meningeal angiogenesis in the zebrafish. Nature Neuroscience 2017 Jun;20(6):774-783.
Koltowska K#, Lagendijk AK#, Pichol-Thievend C, Fischer JC, Francois M, Ober EA, Yap AS, Hogan BM.
Vegfc Regulates Bipotential Precursor Division and Prox1 Expression to Promote Lymphatic Identity in Zebrafish. Cell Reports 2015 Dec 1; 13(9): 1828–1841.
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Koltowska K, Paterson S, Bower NI, Baillie GJ, Lagendijk AK, Astin JW, Chen H, Francois M, Crosier PS, Taft RJ, Simons C, Smith KA, Hogan BM.
mafba is a downstream transcriptional effector of Vegfc signaling essential for embryonic lymphangiogenesis in zebrafish. Genes & Development 2015 Aug 1;29(15):1618-30.