Lucas Lab
Publications

Publications

Zhang, J; Wu, Q; Johnson, CB; Pham, G; Kinder, JM; Olsson, A; Slaughter, A; May, M; Weinhaus, B; D'alessandro, A; Way, SS; Salomonis, N; Grimes, HL; Lucas, D. In situ mapping identifies distinct vascular niches for myelopoiesis. Nature. 2021; 590(7846):457-462.

Shao, L; Sottoriva, K; Palasiewicz, K; Zhang, J; Hyun, J; Soni, SS; Paik, NY; Gao, X; Cuervo, H; Malik, AB; Rehman, J; Lucas, D; Pajcini, KV. A Tie2-Notch1 signaling axis regulates regeneration of the endothelial bone marrow niche. Haematologica. 2019; 104(11):2164-2177.

Pineault, KM; Song, JY; Kozloff, KM; Lucas, D; Wellik, DM. Hox11 expressing regional skeletal stem cells are progenitors for osteoblasts, chondrocytes and adipocytes throughout life. Nature Communications. 2019; 10(1):3168.

Cossío, I; Lucas, D; Hidalgo, A. Neutrophils as regulators of the hematopoietic niche. Blood. 2019; 133(20):2140-2148.

Lucas, D. Leukocyte Trafficking and Regulation of Murine Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Their Niches. Frontiers in Immunology. 2019; 10:387.

May, M; Slaughter, A; Lucas, D. Dynamic regulation of hematopoietic stem cells by bone marrow niches. Current Stem Cell Reports. 2018; 4(3):201-208.

Bowers, E; Slaughter, A; Frenette, PS; Kuick, R; Pello, OM; Lucas, D. Granulocyte-derived TNFα promotes vascular and hematopoietic regeneration in the bone marrow. Nature Medicine. 2018; 24(1):95-102.

Lee, MP; Tanabe, O; Shi, L; Jearawiriyapaisarn, N; Lucas, D; Engel, JD. The orphan nuclear receptor TR4 regulates erythroid cell proliferation and maturation. Blood. 2017; 130(23):2537-2547.

Weinhaus, B; Homan, S; Kincaid, M; Tadwalkar, A; Gu, X; Kumar, S; Slaughter, A; Zhang, J; Wu, Q; Kofron, JM; Troutman, TD; Defalco, T; Lucas, D. Differential regulation of fetal bone marrow and liver hematopoiesis by yolk-sac-derived myeloid cells. Nature Communications. 2025; 16(1):4427.

Weinhaus, B; Kincaid, M; Homan, S; Tadwalkar, A; Gu, X; Kumar, S; Slaughter, A; Zhang, J; Wu, Q; Kofron, M; De Falco, T; Lucas, D. 3005 – DISTINCT ROLES OF YOLK SAC-DERIVED MYELOID CELLS IN FETAL HEMATOPOIESIS. Experimental Hematology. 2024; 137:104293.

Dourson, AJ; Fadaka, AO; Warshak, AM; Paranjpe, A; Weinhaus, B; Queme, LF; Hofmann, MC; Evans, HM; Donmez, OA; Forney, C; Weirauch, MT; Kottyan, LC; Lucas, D; Deepe, GS; Jankowski, MP. Macrophage memories of early-life injury drive neonatal nociceptive priming. Cell reports. 2024; 43(5):114129.

Wu, Q; Zhang, J; Kumar, S; Shen, S; Kincaid, M; Johnson, CB; Zhang, YS; Turcotte, R; Alt, C; Ito, K; Ito, K; Way, SS; Kofron, JM; Lucas, D. Resilient anatomy and local plasticity of naive and stress haematopoiesis. Nature. 2024; 627(8005):839-846.

Mohamed, FF; Ge, C; Cowling, RT; Lucas, D; Hallett, SA; Ono, N; Binrayes, A-A; Greenberg, B; Franceschi, RT. The collagen receptor, discoidin domain receptor 2, functions in Gli1-positive skeletal progenitors and chondrocytes to control bone development. Bone Research. 2022; 10(1):11.

Zhang, J; Lucas, D. A young microenvironment promotes B-ALL in mice. Blood. 2021; 138(19):1789-1790.

Bowman, TV; Jamieson, C; Steidl, U; Stanley, ER; Gritsman, K; Wagner, D; Manwani, D; Trumpp, A; Suda, T; Ito, K; Dawlaty, M; Lucas, D; Pinho, S. Paul S. Frenette (1965-2021). Cell Stem Cell. 2021; 28(10):1686-1689.

Pinho, S; Lucas, D; Scheiermann, C; Hidalgo, A. Paul S. Frenette (1965-2021). Nature Cell Biology. 2021; 23(10):1049-1050.

Bowman, TV; Jamieson, C; Steidl, U; Stanley, ER; Gritsman, K; Wagner, D; Manwani, D; Trumpp, A; Suda, T; Ito, K; Dawlaty, M; Lucas, D; Pinho, S. Paul S. Frenette (1965-2021). Cell. 2021; 184(20):5073-5076.

Lucas, D; Scheiermann, C; Hidalgo, A. In memory of a game-changing haematologist. Nature. 2021; 597(7874):31.

Lévesque, J-P; Purton, LE; Hidalgo, A; Zon, LI; Katayama, Y; Scadden, DT; Bowman, TV; Stanley, ER; Lucas, D; Pinho, S. In memory of Paul Sylvain Frenette, a pioneering explorer of the hematopoietic stem cell niche who left far too early. Experimental Hematology. 2021.

Zhang, J; Wu, Q; Johnson, CB; Pham, G; Kinder, JM; Olsson, A; Slaughter, A; May, M; Weinhaus, B; D'alessandro, A; Way, SS; Salomonis, N; Grimes, HL; Lucas, D. In situ mapping identifies distinct vascular niches for myelopoiesis. Nature. 2021; 590(7846):457-462.

Wu, Q; Zhang, J; Lucas, D. Anatomy of Hematopoiesis and Local Microenvironments in the Bone Marrow. Where to? Frontiers in Immunology. 2021; 12:768439.

Lucas, D. Structural organization of the bone marrow and its role in hematopoiesis. Current Opinion in Hematology. 2021; 28(1):36-42.

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