Publications

1996

Mason I (1996) Neural induction: do fibroblast growth factors strike a cord? Curr Biol 6: 672-5
Mason I (1996) The GDNF Receptor: Recent Progress and Unanswered Questions Mol Cell Neurosci 8: 112-9
Kiefer P, Mathieu M, Mason I, Dickson C (1996) Secretion and mitogenic activity of zebrafish FGF3 reveal intermediate properties relative to mouse and Xenopus homologues. Oncogene 12: 1503-11
Mahmood R, Mason IJ, Morriss-Kay GM (1996) Expression of Fgf-3 in relation to hindbrain segmentation, otic pit position and pharyngeal arch morphology in normal and retinoic acid-exposed mouse embryos. Anat Embryol (Berl) 194: 13-22
Sheikh H, Mason I (1996) Polarising activity of FGF-8 in the avian midbrain. Int J Dev Biol Suppl 1: 117S-118S

1995

Zirrgiebel U, Ohga Y, Carter B, Berninger B, Inagaki N, Thoenen H, Lindholm D (1995) Characterization of TrkB receptor-mediated signaling pathways in rat cerebellar granule neurons: involvement of protein kinase C in neuronal survival. J Neurochem 65: 2241-50
Castrén M, Trapp T, Berninger B, Castrén E, Holsboer F (1995) Transcriptional induction of rat mineralocorticoid receptor gene in neurones by corticosteroids. J Mol Endocrinol 14: 285-93
Berninger B, Marty S, Zafra F, da Penha Berzaghi M, Thoenen H, Lindholm D (1995) GABAergic stimulation switches from enhancing to repressing BDNF expression in rat hippocampal neurons during maturation in vitro. Development 121: 2327-35
González A, Marín O, Smeets WJ (1995) Development of catecholamine systems in the central nervous system of the newt Pleurodeles waltlii as revealed by tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry. J Comp Neurol 360: 33-48

Marín O, González A, Smeets WJ (1995) Evidence for a mesolimbic pathway in anuran amphibians: a combined tract-tracing/immunohistochemical study. Neurosci Lett 190: 183-6

Wingate RJ, Thompson ID (1995) Axonal target choice and dendritic development of ferret beta retinal ganglion cells. Eur J Neurosci 7: 723-31
Costigan M, Chambers DA, Boot-Handford RP (1995) Collagen turnover in renal disease. Exp Nephrol 3: 114-21
Nuez B, Michalovich D, Bygrave A, Ploemacher R, Grosveld F (1995) Defective haematopoiesis in fetal liver resulting from inactivation of the EKLF gene. Nature 375: 316-8
Drescher U, Kremoser C, Handwerker C, Löschinger J, Noda M, Bonhoeffer F (1995) In vitro guidance of retinal ganglion cell axons by RAGS, a 25 kDa tectal protein related to ligands for Eph receptor tyrosine kinases. Cell 82: 359-70
Adler DA, Quaderi NA, Brown SD, Chapman VM, Moore J, Tate P, Disteche CM (1995) The X-linked methylated DNA binding protein, Mecp2, is subject to X inactivation in the mouse. Mamm Genome 6: 491-2
Quaderi NA, Gianfrancesco F, Brown SD, D'Urso M, D'Esposito M (1995) Genetic mapping of a gene encoding an atypical protein kinase C, protein kinase C lambda, to the proximal region of mouse chromosome 3. Genomics 29: 815-6
Mathieu M, Kiefer P, Mason I, Dickson C (1995) Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 3 from Xenopus laevis (XFGF3) binds with high affinity to FGF receptor 2. J Biol Chem 270: 6779-87
Mattei MG, deLapeyrière O, Bresnick J, Dickson C, Birnbaum D, Mason I (1995) Mouse Fgf7 (fibroblast growth factor 7) and Fgf8 (fibroblast growth factor 8) genes map to chromosomes 2 and 19 respectively. Mamm Genome 6: 196-7
Mahmood R, Bresnick J, Hornbruch A, Mahony C, Morton N, Colquhoun K, Martin P, Lumsden A, Dickson C, Mason I (1995) A role for FGF-8 in the initiation and maintenance of vertebrate limb bud outgrowth. Curr Biol 5: 797-806
Robertson K, Mason I (1995) Expression of ret in the chicken embryo suggests roles in regionalisation of the vagal neural tube and somites and in development of multiple neural crest and placodal lineages. Mech Dev 53: 329-44
Mathieu M, Chatelain E, Ornitz D, Bresnick J, Mason I, Kiefer P, Dickson C (1995) Receptor binding and mitogenic properties of mouse fibroblast growth factor 3. Modulation of response by heparin. J Biol Chem 270: 24197-203

1994

Cavalié A, Berninger B, Haas CA, García DE, Lindholm D, Lux HD (1994) Constitutive upregulation of calcium channel currents in rat phaeochromocytoma cells: role of c-fos and c-jun. J Physiol 479 ( Pt 1): 11-27
González A, Marín O, Tuinhof R, Smeets WJ (1994) Ontogeny of catecholamine systems in the central nervous system of anuran amphibians: an immunohistochemical study with antibodies against tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine. J Comp Neurol 346: 63-79

Wingate RJ, Thompson ID (1994) Targeting and activity-related dendritic modification in mammalian retinal ganglion cells. J Neurosci 14: 6621-37
Quaderi NA, Meehan RR, Tate PH, Cross SH, Bird AP, Chatterjee A, Herman GE, Brown SD (1994) Genetic and physical mapping of a gene encoding a methyl CpG binding protein, Mecp2, to the mouse X chromosome. Genomics 22: 648-51
Mason IJ (1994) The ins and outs of fibroblast growth factors. Cell 78: 547-52
Mason I (1994) Cell signalling. Do adhesion molecules signal via FGF receptors? Curr Biol 4: 1158-61
Goodyear PD, MacLaughlin-Black S, Mason IJ (1994) A reliable method for the removal of co-purifying PCR inhibitors from ancient DNA. Biotechniques 16: 232-5
Mason IJ, Fuller-Pace F, Smith R, Dickson C (1994) FGF-7 (keratinocyte growth factor) expression during mouse development suggests roles in myogenesis, forebrain regionalisation and epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. Mech Dev 45: 15-30

1993

Berninger B, García DE, Inagaki N, Hahnel C, Lindholm D (1993) BDNF and NT-3 induce intracellular Ca2+ elevation in hippocampal neurones. Neuroreport 4: 1303-6
Andreae LC, Herbert J (1993) Expression of c-fos in restricted areas of the basal forebrain and brainstem following single or combined intraventricular infusions of vasopressin and corticotropin-releasing factor. Neuroscience 53: 735-48

1992

Lindholm D, Castrén E, Hengerer B, Zafra F, Berninger B, Thoenen H (1992) Differential Regulation of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) Synthesis in Neurons and Astrocytes by Glucocorticoid Hormones. Eur J Neurosci 4: 404-410
Wingate RJ, Fitzgibbon T, Thompson ID (1992) Lucifer yellow, retrograde tracers, and fractal analysis characterise adult ferret retinal ganglion cells. J Comp Neurol 323: 449-74
Mason IJ (1992) Rapid and direct sequencing of DNA from bacteriophage plaques using sequential linear and asymmetric PCR. Biotechniques 12: 60, 62
Mason IJ, Mudge AW (1992) Onset of CGRP expression and its restriction to a subset of spinal motor neuron pools in the chick embryo is not affected by treatment with curare. Neurosci Lett 138: 128-32

1991

Moss SJ, Harkness PC, Mason IJ, Barnard EA, Mudge AW (1991) Evidence that CGRP and cAMP increase transcription of AChR alpha-subunit gene, but not of other subunit genes. J Mol Neurosci 3: 101-8

1990

Nanda NK, Thomson E, Mason I (1990) Murine suppressor T cell clones specific for minor histocompatibility antigens express CD4, CD8, and alpha beta T cell receptor molecules. Int Immunol 2: 1063-71

1988

McVey JH, Nomura S, Kelly P, Mason IJ, Hogan BL (1988) Characterization of the mouse SPARC/osteonectin gene. Intron/exon organization and an unusual promoter region. J Biol Chem 263: 11111-6

1986

Mason IJ, Taylor A, Williams JG, Sage H, Hogan BL (1986) Evidence from molecular cloning that SPARC, a major product of mouse embryo parietal endoderm, is related to an endothelial cell 'culture shock' glycoprotein of Mr 43,000. EMBO J 5: 1465-72
Mason IJ, Murphy D, Münke M, Francke U, Elliott RW, Hogan BL (1986) Developmental and transformation-sensitive expression of the Sparc gene on mouse chromosome 11. EMBO J 5: 1831-7