Eduardo R Macagno

Association of LAR-like receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases with an enabled homolog in Hirudo medicinalis.

In vivo dynamics of CNS sensory arbor formation: a time-lapse study in the embryonic leech.

Up-regulation of neurohemerythrin expression in the central nervous system of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, following septic injury.

Molecular characterization and embryonic expression of innexins in the leech Hirudo medicinalis.

Characterizations of Hirudo medicinalis DNA promoters for targeted gene expression.

Microtargeted gene silencing and ectopic expression in live embryos using biolistic delivery with a pneumatic capillary gun.

Proteome modifications of the medicinal leech nervous system under bacterial challenge.

In vivo imaging of growth cone and filopodial dynamics: evidence for contact-mediated retraction of filopodia leading to the tiling of sibling processes.

Innexins form two types of channels.

The receptor phosphatase HmLAR2 collaborates with focal adhesion proteins in filopodial tips to control growth cone morphology.

Expression levels of a LAR-like receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase correlate with neuronal branching and arbor density in the medicinal leech.

Construction of a medicinal leech transcriptome database and its application to the identification of leech homologs of neural and innate immune genes.

The receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase HmLAR1 is up-regulated in the CNS of the adult medicinal leech following injury and is required for neuronal sprouting and regeneration.