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Dittmann, N.L., Chen L., and Voronova A. (2025) Regulation of neural stem cells by innervating neurons. J. Neurochem. 169:e16287 https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.16287 Invited review as part of the Young Scientist Lectureship awarded by International Society of Neurochemistry
Kibalnyk Y., Afanasiev E., Noble R., Watson AES., Poverennaya I., Dittmann N., Alexiou M., Goodkey K., Greenwell A., Ussher J., Adameyko I., Massey J., Graf D., Bourque S., Stratton JA. and Voronova A. (2024) The chromatin regulator Ankrd11 controls cardiac neural crest cell-mediated outflow tract remodeling and heart function. Nat. Commun. 15:4632 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48955-1 This paper was featured in University of Alberta Folio magazine
Goodkey K., Wischmeijer A., Perrin L., Watson AES., Qureshi L., Cordelli M.D., Toni F., Gnazzo M., Benedicenti F., Elmaleh-Bergès M., Low K.J. and Voronova A. (2024) Olfactory bulb anomalies in KBG syndrome mouse model and patients. BMC Medicine 22:158 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03363-6
de Almeida M.M.A.*, Watson A.E.S.*, Bibi S., Dittmann N.L., Goodkey K., Sharafodinzadeh P., Galleguillos D., Nakhaei-Nejad M., Kosaraju J., Steinberg N., Wang B.S., Footz T., Giuliani F., Wang J., Sipione S., Edgar J.M., Voronova A#. (2023) Fractalkine enhances oligodendrocyte regeneration and remyelination in a demyelination mouse model. Stem Cell Rep., 18:1-15 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.12.001 *co-first authors This paper was featured in National Post (Healthing Section), CBC Edmonton, Estonian Life, Neuroscience News, Multiple Sclerosis News Today, RegMedNet and University of Alberta Folio magazine as well as by MS Canada
Dittmann N.L., Torabi, P., Watson A., Scott Y. and Voronova A. (2023) Culture protocol and transcriptomic analysis of murine SVZ NPCs and OPCs. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports 19: 983-1000 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-022-10492-z
de Almeida M.M.A., Goodkey K. and Voronova A. (2023) Regulation of microglia function by neural stem cells. Front. Cell. Neurosci. 17:1130205 https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2023.1130205
Kierzkowska O., Sarino K., Carter D., Marchi E., Voronova A., Lyon G. (2023) Documentation and prevalence of prenatal and neonatal outcomes in a cohort of individuals with KBG syndrome Am. J. Med. Genet. A, In press https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.63311
Li Y*., Dittmann N.L*., Watson A.E.S., de Almeida M.M.A., Footz T., Voronova A. (2022). Hepatoma derived growth factor enhances oligodendrocyte genesis from subventricular zone precursor cells ASN Neuro 14:1-20, https://doi.org/10.1177/17590914221086340 *co-first authors This paper was featured in University of Alberta Folio magazine and by Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI)
Guo L., Park J., Yi E., Marchi E., Kibalnyk Y., Voronova A., Hsieh T-C., Krawitz PM, Lyon GJ. (2022) KBG Syndrome: Prospective Videoconferencing and Use of AI-driven Facial Phenotyping in 25 New Patients. (2022) Eur J Hum Genet., 30(11):1244-1254 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-022-01171-1
Shaha S., Patel K., Saadat S., Panahi S., de Almeida M.M.A., Voronova A., Riddell M. (2022). Human placenta and trophoblasts simultaneously express three isoforms of atypical protein kinase-c Placenta 119:39-43 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2022.01.015
Watson A.E.S., Almeida M.M.A., Dittmann N., Li Y., Torabi P., Footz T., Vetere G., Galleguillos D., Sipione S., Cardona A.E. and Voronova A. (2021). Fractalkine signalling regulates oligodendroglial cell genesis from SVZ precursor cells. Stem Cell Rep., 16(8):1968–1984 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.06.010 This paper was featured in Multiple Sclerosis News Today magazine, University of Alberta Folio magazine, International News Outlet (in Spanish) as well as by MS Canada and Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI)
de Almeida, M.M.A.; Pieropan, F; Footz, T. David, J.M.; David, J.P.; Silva, V.D.A.; Souza. C.S.; Voronova, A.; Costa, S.L.; Butt, A.M. (2021). Agathisflavone modifies microglia activation state and increases the extent of developmental myelination in ex vivo cerebellar slices culture. J. Neuroimmune Pharmacol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11481-021-09991-6
Roth D.M., Baddam P., Lin H., Garcia M.V., Aponte J.D., De Souza ST., Godziuk D., Watson A.E.S., Footz T., Schachter N.F., Egan S.E., Hallgrimsson B., Graf D.* , Voronova A.* (2021). The chromatin regulator Ankrd11 controls palate and cranial bone development Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 9: 645386. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.645386 * co-corresponding authors
Bhattacherjee A., Daskhan G.C., Bains A., Watson A.E.S., Eskandari-Sedighi G., St Laurent C.D., Voronova A., Macauley M.S. (2021). Increasing phagocytosis of microglia through targeting CD33 with liposomes displaying glycan ligands J Control Release, 10(338):680-693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.09.010
Watson A., Goodkey K., Footz T. and Voronova A.# (2020). Regulation of CNS precursor function by neuronal chemokines Neurosci Lett. 715:134533, issue on “The Oligodendrocyte Niche in Development and Repair” https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134533
Zahr S.K., Yang G., Kazan H., Borrett M.J., Yuzwa S.A., Voronova A., Kaplan D.R. and Miller F.D. (2018). A translational repression complex in developing mammalian neural stem cells that regulates neuronal specification Neuron 97(3):520–537.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.12.045
Voronova A., Yuzwa S.A., Wang B., Siraj Z., Syal. C., Wang J., Kaplan D. R. and Miller F. D. (2017). Migrating interneurons secrete fractalkine to promote oligodendrocyte formation in the developing mammalian brain Neuron 94(3):500-516.e9. Featured article. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.04.018 This paper was featured in Bandopadhayay P. and Stiles C.D. “Population Control: Cortical Interneurons Modulate Oligodendrogenesis” Neuron (2017) 94(3):415-417 and by the Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN).
Yuzwa S.A, Borrett M.J., Innes B., Voronova A., Ketela T., Kaplan D.R., Bader, G.D. and Miller F.D. (2017). Developmental emergence of adult neural stem cells as revealed by single cell transcriptional profiling Cell Rep. 21(13):3970-3986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.12.017
Yang G., Cancino G. I., Zahr S., Guskjolen A., Voronova A., Gallagher D., Frankland P.W., Kaplan D. R. and Miller F. D. (2016). A Glo1-methylglyoxal pathway that is perturbed in maternal diabetes regulates embryonic and adult neural stem cell pools in offspring Cell Rep. 17(4):1022-1036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2016.09.067
Fair J. V.*, Voronova A.*, Bosiljcic N., Rajgara R., Blais, A. and Skerjanc I. S. (2016). BRG1 interacts with GLI2 and binds Mef2c gene in a Hedgehog signalling dependent manner during in vitro cardiomyogenesis. BMC Dev Biol 16(1):27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12861-016-0127-8 *co-first authors
Gallagher D.*, Voronova A.*, Zander, M. A., Cancino G. I., Bramall A., Krause M. P., Abad C., Tekin M., Neilsen P. M., Callen D. F., Scherer S. W., Keller G. M., Kaplan D.R., Walz K. and Miller F. D. (2015). Ankrd11 is a chromatin regulator involved in autism that is essential for neural development. Dev. Cell, 32(1): 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2014.11.031*co-first authors.