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  • Tanjore Ramanathan J, Zárybnický T, Filppu P, Monzo HJ, Monni O, Tervonen TA, Klefström J, Kerosuo L, Kuure S, Laakkonen P. Immunoglobulin superfamily member 3 is required for the vagal neural crest cell migration and enteric neuronal network organization. Sci Rep. 2023 Oct 11;13(1):17162. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-44093-8.
  • Pajanoja C, Hsin J, Olinger B, Schiffmacher A, Yazejian R, Abrams S, Dapkunas A, Zainul Z, Doyle AD, Martin D, Kerosuo L. Maintenance of pluripotency-like signature in the entire ectoderm leads to neural crest stem cell potential. Nat Commun. 2023 Sep 23;14(1):5941. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41384-6.
  • Asmar AJ, Abrams SR, Hsin J, Collins JC, Yazejian RM, Wu Y, Cho J, Doyle AD, Cinthala S, Simon M, van Jaarsveld RH, Beck DB, Kerosuo L, Werner A. A ubiquitin-based effector-to-inhibitor switch coordinates early brain, craniofacial, and skin development. Nat Commun. 2023 Jul 26;14(1):4499. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40223-y.
  • Takko H, Pajanoja C, Kurtzeborn K, Hsin J, Kuure S, Kerosuo L. ShapeMetrics: A userfriendly pipeline for 3D cell segmentation and spatial tissue analysis. Dev Biol. 2020 Jun 1;462(1):7-19. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.02.003.
  • Mohlin S, Kunttas E, Persson CU, Abdel-Haq R, Castillo A, Murko C, Bronner ME, Kerosuo L. Maintaining multipotent trunk neural crest stem cells as self-renewing crestospheres. Dev Biol. 2019 Mar 15;447(2):137-146. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2019.01.010. Epub 2019 Jan 18.
  • Kerosuo L, Neppala P, Hsin J, Mohlin S, Vieceli FM, Török Z, Laine A, Westermarck J, Bronner ME. Enhanced expression of MycN/CIP2A drives neural crest toward a neural stem cell-like fate: Implications for priming of neuroblastoma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Jul 31;115(31):E7351-E7360. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1800039115. Epub 2018 Jul 18.

Principal Investigator

Laura Kerosuo, Ph.D.
Laura Kerosuo, Ph.D.
Stadtman Tenure Track Investigator
Neural Crest Development & Disease Unit
(301) 827-5105
laura.kerosuo@nih.gov
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March 2025
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