Waxman Lab

Publications

Duong, TB; Fernandes, AT; Ravisankar, P; Talbot, JC; Waxman, JS. Tbx1-dependent and independent pathways promote six gene expression downstream of retinoic acid signaling to determine cardiomyocyte number in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 2025; 524:17-28.

Coppola, U; Saha, B; Kenney, J; Waxman, JS. A Foxf1-Wnt-Nr2f1 cascade promotes atrial cardiomyocyte differentiation in zebrafish. Editor, Conlon FL. PLoS Genetics. 2024; 20:e1011222.

Gafranek, JT; D’Aniello, E; Ravisankar, P; Thakkar, K; Vagnozzi, RJ; Lim, HW; Salomonis, N; Waxman, JS. Sinus venosus adaptation models prolonged cardiovascular disease and reveals insights into evolutionary transitions of the vertebrate heart. Nature Communications. 2023; 14:5509.

Martin, KE; Ravisankar, P; Beerens, M; MacRae, CA; Waxman, JS. Nr2f1a maintains atrial nkx2.5 expression to repress pacemaker identity within venous atrial cardiomyocytes of zebrafish. eLife. 2023; 12:e77408.

Perl, E; Ravisankar, P; Beerens, ME; Mulahasanovic, L; Smallwood, K; Sasso, MB; Wenzel, C; Ryan, TD; Komár, M; Bove, KE; MacRae, CA; Weaver, KN; Prada, CE; Waxman, JS. Stx4 is required to regulate cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling during vertebrate cardiac development. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. 2022; 3:100115.

Paulissen, E; Palmisano, NJ; Waxman, JS; Martin, BL. Somite morphogenesis is required for axial blood vessel formation during zebrafish embryogenesis. eLife. 2022; 11:e74821.

Howard, AG A; Nguyen, AC; Tworig, J; Ravisankar, P; Singleton, EW; Li, C; Kotzur, G; Waxman, JS; Uribe, RA. Elevated Hoxb5b Expands Vagal Neural Crest Pool and Blocks Enteric Neuronal Development in Zebrafish. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 2022; 9:803370.

Coppola, U; Waxman, JS. Origin and evolutionary landscape of Nr2f transcription factors across Metazoa. Editor, Schubert M. PloS one. 2021; 16:e0254282.

Duong, TB; Waxman, JS. Patterning of vertebrate cardiac progenitor fields by retinoic acid signaling. Genesis: The Journal of Genetics and Development. 2021; 59:e23458.

Duong, TB; Holowiecki, A; Waxman, JS. Retinoic acid signaling restricts the size of the first heart field within the anterior lateral plate mesoderm. Developmental Biology. 2021; 473:119-129.

Falkenberg, LG; Beckman, SA; Ravisankar, P; Dohn, TE; Waxman, JS. Ccdc103 promotes myeloid cell proliferation and migration independent of motile cilia. DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms. 2021; 14:dmm048439.

Martin, KE; Waxman, JS. Atrial and Sinoatrial Node Development in the Zebrafish Heart. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 2021; 8:15.