Anton Lab
UNC, Chapel Hill, NC
Selected Publications
Wu JY, Cho SJ, Descant K, Li PH, Shapson-Coe A, Januszewski M, Berger DR, Meyer C, Casingal C, Huda A, Liu J, Ghashghaei T, Brenman M, Jiang M, Scarborough J, Pope A, Jain V, Stein JL, Guo J, Yasuda R, Lichtman JW, Anton ES. Mapping of neuronal and glial primary cilia contactome and connectome in the human cerebral cortex. Neuron 2023 October 27 112, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.09.032. (See highlight in - Nature Neuroscience)
Casingal CR, Descant K, Anton E. S. Coordinating cerebral cortical construction and connectivity: Unifying influence of radial progenitors. Neuron 2022 S0896-6273(22)00104-0. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.01.034
Guo J, Otis JM, Suciu SK, Catalano C, Xing L, Constable S, Wachten D, Gupton S, Leej, Lee A, Blackley KH, Ptacek T, Simon JM, Schurmans S, Stuber GD, Caspary TC, Anton ES. Primary Cilia Signaling Promotes Axonal Tract Development and Is Disrupted in Joubert Syndrome-Related Disorders Models. Developmental Cell 2019 December 16; 51, 759-774. doi.org/10.1016/j.devel.2019.11.005 (See Preview in - Developmental Cell)
Nakagawa N, Plestant C, Yabuno-Nakagawa K, Li J, Lee J, Huang CW, Lee A, Krupa O, Adhikari A, Thompson S, Rhynes T, Arevalo V, Stein JL, Molnar Z, Badache A, Anton ES. Memo1-Mediated Tiling of Radial Glial Cells Facilitates Cerebral Cortical Development. Neuron 2019 July 2; 103, 1-17. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2019.05.049 (See Preview in - Neuron)
Otis, JM, Zhu M, Namboodiri VMK, Cook CA, Kosyk O, Matan AM, Ying R, Hashikawa Y, Hashikawa K, Trujillo-Pisanty I, Guo J, Ung RL, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Anton ES, Stuber GD. Paraventricular Thalamus Projection Neurons Integrate Cortical and Hypothalamic Signals for Cue-Reward Processing. Neuron. 2019 May 31; 103, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.05.018
Loo L, Simon JM, Xing L, McCoy ES, Niehaus JK, Guo J, Anton ES, Zylka MJ. Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of mouse neocortical development. Nature Communication. 2019 Jan 11. 10(1):134. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08079-9.
Nakagawa N, Li J, Yabuno-Nakagawa K, Eom TY, Cowles M, Taylor R, Anton ES. APC Sets the Wnt Tone Necessary for Cerebral Cortical Progenitor Development. Genes & Development. 2017 Aug 15;31(16):1679-1692. doi: 10.1101/gad.302679.117.
Guo J, Otis JM, Higginbotham H, Monckton C, Cheng J, Asokan A, Mykytyn K, Caspary T, Stuber GD, Anton ES. Primary cilia signaling shapes the development of interneuronal connectivity. Developmental Cell. 2017 Aug 7; 42(3):286-300.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.07.010. (Editor's Choice - Science Translational Medicine)
Onorati M, Li Z, Liu F, Sousa AM, Nakagawa N, Li M, Dell'Anno MT, Gulden FO, Pochareddy S, Tebbenkamp AT, Han W, Pletikos M, Gao T, Zhu Y, Bichsel C, Varela L, Szigeti-Buck K, Lisgo S, Zhang Y, Testen A, Gao XB, Mlakar J, Popovic M, Flamand M, Strittmatter SM, Kaczmarek LK, Anton ES, Horvath TL, Lindenbach BD, Sestan N. Zika Virus Disrupts Phospho-TBK1 Localization and Mitosis in Human Neuroepithelial Stem Cells and Radial Glia. Cell Reports. 2016 Sep 6;16(10):2576-92. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.08.038.
Seshadri S, Faust T, Ishizuka K, Delevich K, Chung Y, Kim SH, Cowles M, Niwa M, Jaaro-Peled H, Tomoda T, Lai C, Anton ES, Li B, Sawa A. Interneuronal DISC1 regulates NRG1-ErbB4 signalling and excitatory-inhibitory synapse formation in the mature cortex. Nature Communications. 2015 Dec 11; 6:10118. doi:10.1038/ncomms10118.
Guo J, Higginbotham H, Li J, Nichols J, Hirt J, Ghukasyan V, Anton ES. Developmental disruptions underlying brain abnormalities in ciliopathies. Nature Communications. 2015 Jul 24; 6:7857. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8857.
Eom TY, Stanco A, Guo J, Wilkins G, Deslauriers D, Yan J, Monckton C, Blair J, Oon E, Perez A, Salas E, Oh A, Ghukasyan V, Snider WD, Rubenstein JL, Anton ES. Differential regulation of microtubule severing by APC underlies distinct patterns of projection neuron and interneuron migration. Developmental Cell. 2014 Dec 22; 31(6):677-89. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.11.022.
Guo J, Anton ES. Decision making during interneuron migration in the developing cerebral cortex. Trends in Cell Biology. 2014 Jun; 24(6):342-51. doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2013.12.001.
Evsyukova I, Plestant C, Anton ES. Integrative mechanisms of oriented neuronal migration in the developing brain. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 2013; 29:299-353. doi:10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101512-122400.
Higginbotham H, Guo J, Yokota Y, Umberger NL, Su CY, Li J, Verma N, Hirt J, Ghukasyan V, Caspary T, Anton ES. Arl13b-regulated cilia activities are essential for polarized radial glial scaffold formation. Nature Neuroscience. 2013 Aug; 16(8):1000-7. doi: 10.1038/nn.3451.
Plestant C, Anton ES. Scaling the MAPK signaling threshold during CNS patterning. Developmental Cell. 2013 May 13; 25(3):221-2. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2013.04.014.
Higginbotham H, Eom TY, Mariani LE, Bachleda A, Hirt J, Gukassyan V, Cusack CL, Lai C, Caspary T, Anton ES. Arl13b in primary cilia regulates the migration and placement of interneurons in the developing cerebral cortex. Developmental Cell. 2012 Nov 13; 23(5):925-38. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.09.019.
Kwan KY, Sestan N, Anton ES. Transcriptional co-regulation of neuronal migration and laminar identity in the neocortex. Development. 2012 May; 139(9):1535-46. doi: 10.1242/dev.069963.
Eom TY, Stanco A, Weimer J, Stabingas K, Sibrack E, Gukassyan V, Cheng J, Anton ES. Direct visualization of microtubules using a genetic tool to analyse radial progenitor-astrocyte continuum in brain. Nature Communications. 2011 Aug 23; 2:446. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1460.
Li J, Anton ES. Rnd-ing up RhoA activity to link neurogenesis with steps in neuronal migration. Developmental Cell. 2011 Apr 19; 20(4):409-10. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2011.04.001.
Higginbotham H, Yokota Y, Anton ES. Strategies for analyzing neuronal progenitor development and neuronal migration in the developing cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 2011 Jul;21(7):1465-74. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhq197.
Yokota Y, Eom TY, Stanco A, Kim WY, Rao S, Snider WD, Anton ES. Cdc42 and Gsk3 modulate the dynamics of radial glial growth, inter-radial glial interactions and polarity in the developing cerebral cortex. Development. 2010 Dec; 137(23):4101-10. doi: 10.1242/dev.048637.
Eom TY, Li J, Anton ES. Going tubular in the rostral migratory stream: neurons remodel astrocyte tubes to promote directional migration in the adult brain. Neuron. 2010 Jul 29; 67(2):173-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.07.013.
Seshadri S, Kamiya A, Yokota Y, Prikulis I, Kano S, Hayashi-Takagi A, Stanco A, Eom TY, Rao S, Ishizuka K, Wong P, Korth C, Anton ES, Sawa A. Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 expression is regulated by beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme-1-neuregulin cascade. PNAS 2010 Mar 23; 107(12):5622-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0909284107.
Weimer JM, Yokota Y, Stanco A, Stumpo DJ, Blackshear PJ, Anton ES. MARCKS modulates radial progenitor placement, proliferation and organization in the developing cerebral cortex. Development. 2009 Sep; 136(17):2965-75. doi:10.1242/dev.036616.
Stanco A, Szekeres C, Patel N, Rao S, Campbell K, Kreidberg JA, Polleux F, Anton ES. Netrin-1-alpha3beta1 integrin interactions regulate the migration of interneurons through the cortical marginal zone. PNAS 2009 May 5; 106(18):7595-600. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0811343106.
Yokota Y, Kim WY, Chen Y, Wang X, Stanco A, Komuro Y, Snider W, Anton ES. The adenomatous polyposis coli protein is an essential regulator of radial glial polarity and construction of the cerebral cortex. Neuron. 2009 Jan 15; 61(1):42-56. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.10.053.
Ghashghaei HT, Weimer JM, Schmid RS, Yokota Y, McCarthy KD, Popko B, Anton ES. Reinduction of ErbB2 in astrocytes promotes radial glial progenitor identity in adult cerebral cortex. Genes and Development. 2007 Dec 15; 21(24):3258-71. PubMed PMID: 18079173; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2113027.
Yokota Y, Gashghaei HT, Han C, Watson H, Campbell KJ, Anton ES. Radial glial dependent and independent dynamics of interneuronal migration in the developing cerebral cortex. PLoS One. 2007 Aug 29; 2(8):e794. PubMed PMID: 17726524; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1950908.
Yokota Y, Ring C, Cheung R, Pevny L, Anton ES. Nap1-regulated neuronal cytoskeletal dynamics is essential for the final differentiation of neurons in cerebral cortex. Neuron. 2007 May 3; 54(3):429-45. PubMed PMID: 17481396; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3443617.
Ghashghaei HT, Lai C, Anton ES. Neuronal migration in the adult brain: are we there yet? Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 2007 Feb; 8(2):141-51. Review. PubMed PMID: 17237805.
Kim WY, Zhou FQ, Zhou J, Yokota Y, Wang YM, Yoshimura T, Kaibuchi K, Woodgett JR, Anton ES, Snider WD. Essential roles for GSK-3s and GSK-3-primed substrates in neurotrophin-induced and hippocampal axon growth. Neuron. 2006 Dec 21; 52(6):981-96. PubMed PMID: 17178402; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4167845.
Ghashghaei HT, Weber J, Pevny L, Schmid R, Schwab MH, Lloyd KC, Eisenstat DD, Lai C, Anton ES. The role of neuregulin-ErbB4 interactions on the proliferation and organization of cells in the subventricular zone. PNAS 2006 Feb 7; 103(6):1930-5. PubMed PMID: 16446434; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1413654.
Weimer JM, Anton ES. Doubling up on microtubule stabilizers: synergistic functions of doublecortin-like kinase and doublecortin in the developing cerebral cortex. Neuron. 2006 Jan 5; 49(1):3-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 16387632.
Schmid RS, Jo R, Shelton S, Kreidberg JA, Anton ES. Reelin, integrin and DAB1 interactions during embryonic cerebral cortical
development. Cerebral Cortex. 2005 Oct; 15(10):1632-6. Epub 2005 Feb 9. PubMed PMID: 15703255.
Anton ES, Ghashghaei HT, Weber JL, McCann C, Fischer TM, Cheung ID, Gassmann M, Messing A, Klein R, Schwab MH, Lloyd KC, Lai C. Receptor tyrosine kinase ErbB4 modulates neuroblast migration and placement in the adult forebrain. Nature Neuroscience. 2004 Dec; 7(12):1319-28. Epub 2004 Nov 7. PubMed PMID: 15543145.
Schmid RS, Shelton S, Stanco A, Yokota Y, Kreidberg JA, Anton ES. alpha3beta1 integrin modulates neuronal migration and placement during early stages of cerebral cortical development. Development. 2004 Dec; 131(24):6023-31. Epub 2004 Nov 10. PubMed PMID: 15537685.
Demyanenko GP, Schachner M, Anton E, Schmid R, Feng G, Sanes J, Maness PF. Close homolog of L1 modulates area-specific neuronal positioning and dendrite orientation in the cerebral cortex. Neuron. 2004 Oct 28; 44(3):423-37. PubMed PMID: 15504324.
Yokota Y, Anton ES. Calcium waves rule and divide radial glia. Neuron. 2004 Sep 2; 43(5):599-601. Review. PubMed PMID: 15339639.
Gongidi V, Ring C, Moody M, Brekken R, Sage EH, Rakic P, Anton ES. SPARC-like 1 regulates the terminal phase of radial glia-guided migration in the cerebral cortex. Neuron. 2004 Jan 8; 41(1):57-69. PubMed PMID: 14715135.
Schmid RS, McGrath B, Berechid BE, Boyles B, Marchionni M, Sestan N, Anton ES. Neuregulin 1-erbB2 signaling is required for the establishment of radial glia and their transformation into astrocytes in cerebral cortex. PNAS 2003 Apr 1; 100(7):4251-6. Epub 2003 Mar 20. PubMed PMID: 12649319; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC153079.
Schmid RS, Anton ES. Role of integrins in the development of the cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 2003 Mar; 13(3):219-24. Review. PubMed PMID: 12571112.
Dulabon L, Olson EC, Taglienti MG, Eisenhuth S, McGrath B, Walsh CA, Kreidberg JA, Anton ES. Reelin binds alpha3beta1 integrin and inhibits neuronal migration. Neuron. 2000 Jul; 27(1):33-44. PubMed PMID: 10939329.
Anton ES, Kreidberg JA, Rakic P. Distinct functions of alpha3 and alpha(v) integrin receptors in neuronal migration and laminar organization of the cerebral cortex. Neuron. 1999 Feb; 22(2):277-89. PubMed PMID: 10069334.
Anton ES, Marchionni MA, Lee KF, Rakic P. Role of GGF/neuregulin signaling in interactions between migrating neurons and radial glia in the developing cerebral cortex. Development. 1997 Sep; 124(18):3501-10. PubMed PMID: 9342043.
Mahanthappa NK, Anton ES, Matthew WD. Glial growth factor 2, a soluble neuregulin, directly increases Schwann cell motility and indirectly promotes neurite outgrowth. Journal of Neuroscience. 1996 Aug 1; 16(15):4673-83. PubMed PMID: 8764655.
Anton ES, Cameron RS, Rakic P. Role of neuron-glial junctional domain proteins in the maintenance and termination of neuronal migration across the embryonic cerebral wall. Journal of Neuroscience. 1996 Apr 1; 16(7):2283-93. PubMed PMID: 8601808.
Anton ES, Hadjiargyrou M, Patterson PH, Matthew WD. CD9 plays a role in Schwann cell migration in vitro. Journal of Neuroscience. 1995 Jan; 15(1 Pt 2):584-95. PubMed PMID: 7529830.
Anton ES, Sandrock AW Jr, Matthew WD. Merosin promotes neurite growth and Schwann cell migration in vitro and nerve regeneration in vivo: evidence using an antibody to merosin, ARM-1. Developmental Biology. 1994 Jul; 164(1):133-46. PubMed PMID: 8026618.
Anton ES, Weskamp G, Reichardt LF, Matthew WD. Nerve growth factor and its low-affinity receptor promote Schwann cell migration. PNAS 1994 Mar 29; 91(7):2795-9. PubMed PMID: 8146193; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC43457.