Alan J. Burns

In ovo transplantation of enteric nervous system precursors from vagal to sacral neural crest results in extensive hindgut colonisation.

Hepatic nervous system development.

Neural crest cell origin for intrinsic ganglia of the developing chicken lung.

Development of the enteric nervous system, smooth muscle and interstitial cells of Cajal in the human gastrointestinal tract.

Migration of neural crest-derived enteric nervous system precursor cells to and within the gastrointestinal tract.

Lack of the murine homeobox gene Hesx1 leads to a posterior transformation of the anterior forebrain.

Development of the neural crest-derived intrinsic innervation of the human lung.

The receptor tyrosine kinase RET regulates hindgut colonization by sacral neural crest cells.

Disorders of interstitial cells of Cajal.

Critical numbers of neural crest cells are required in the pathways from the neural tube to the foregut to ensure complete enteric nervous system formation.

Inhibition of neural crest migration underlies craniofacial dysmorphology and Hirschsprung's disease in Bardet-Biedl syndrome.

Investigation of pericytes, hypoxia, and vascularity in bladder tumors: association with clinical outcomes.

Enteric nervous system stem cells derived from human gut mucosa for the treatment of aganglionic gut disorders.

Microporous collagen spheres produced via thermally induced phase separation for tissue regeneration.

Development of the enteric nervous system and its role in intestinal motility during fetal and early postnatal stages.

Chitosan-based hydrogels do not induce angiogenesis.

The intrinsic innervation of the lung is derived from neural crest cells as shown by optical projection tomography in Wnt1-Cre;YFP reporter mice.

Variants in RET associated with Hirschsprung's disease affect binding of transcription factors and gene expression.

Mutations in lectin complement pathway genes COLEC11 and MASP1 cause 3MC syndrome.

Analysis of the sacral neural crest cell contribution to the hindgut enteric nervous system in the mouse embryo.

Stem cells for GI motility disorders.

Genetics of human enteric neuropathies.

The enteric nervous system.

A rat decellularized small bowel scaffold that preserves villus-crypt architecture for intestinal regeneration.

Immunophenotypic characterization of enteric neural crest cells in the developing avian colorectum.

Lack of organ specific commitment of vagal neural crest cell derivatives as shown by back-transplantation of GFP chicken tissues.

Preservation of micro-architecture and angiogenic potential in a pulmonary acellular matrix obtained using intermittent intra-tracheal flow of detergent enzymatic treatment.

Immunomodulatory effect of a decellularized skeletal muscle scaffold in a discordant xenotransplantation model.

Novel exomphalos genetic mouse model: the importance of accurate phenotypic classification.

Vascularisation is not necessary for gut colonisation by enteric neural crest cells.

Neural stem cell therapies for enteric nervous system disorders.

Infant crying, colic, and gastrointestinal discomfort in early childhood: a review of the evidence and most plausible mechanisms.

FKBPL is a critical antiangiogenic regulator of developmental and pathological angiogenesis.

Enteric neurospheres are not specific to neural crest cultures: implications for neural stem cell therapies.