Foulkes lab Publications

  • Cuesta IH(1), Lahiri K, Lopez-Olmeda JF, Loosli F, Foulkes NS, Vallone D. (2014). Differential maturation of rhythmic clock gene expression during early development in medaka (Oryzias latipes). Chronobiol Int. 31(4):468-78.
  • Ben-Moshe Z(1), Alon S, Mracek P, Faigenbloom L, Tovin A, Vatine GD, Eisenberg E, Foulkes NS, Gothilf Y. (2014). The light-induced transcriptome of the zebrafish pineal gland reveals complex regulation of the circadian clockwork by light. Nucleic Acids Res. 42(6):3750-67.
  • Villamizar N(1), Vera LM, Foulkes NS, Sánchez-Vázquez FJ. (2013). Effect of lighting conditions on zebrafish growth and development. Zebrafish. 11(2):173-81.
  • Mracek P(1), Pagano C, Fröhlich N, Idda ML, Cuesta IH, Lopez-Olmeda JF, Sánchez-Vázquez FJ, Vallone D, Foulkes NS. (2013). ERK Signaling Regulates Light-Induced Gene Expression via D-Box Enhancers in a Differential, Wavelength-Dependent Manner. PLoS One. 8(6):e67858. Print 2013.
  • Cavodeassi F(1), Del Bene F, Fürthauer M, Grabher C, Herzog W, Lehtonen S, Linker C, Mercader N, Mikut R, Norton W, Strähle U, Tiso N, Foulkes NS. (2013). Report of the Second European Zebrafish Principal Investigator Meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany, March 21-24, 2012. Zebrafish. 10(1):119-23.
  • Elbaz I(1), Foulkes NS, Gothilf Y, Appelbaum L. (2013). Circadian clocks, rhythmic synaptic plasticity and the sleep-wake cycle in zebrafish. Front Neural Circuits. 7:9.
  • Smadja Storz S(1), Tovin A, Mracek P, Alon S, Foulkes NS, Gothilf Y. (2013). Casein kinase 1δ activity: a key element in the zebrafish circadian timing system. 7. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e54189.
  • Tovin A(1), Alon S, Ben-Moshe Z, Mracek P, Vatine G, Foulkes NS, Jacob-Hirsch J, Rechavi G, Toyama R, Coon SL, Klein DC, Eisenberg E, Gothilf Y. (2012). Systematic identification of rhythmic genes reveals camk1gb as a new element in the circadian clockwork. 8. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(12):e1003116.
  • Mracek P(1), Santoriello C, Idda ML, Pagano C, Ben-Moshe Z, Gothilf Y, Vallone D, Foulkes NS. (2012). Regulation of per and cry genes reveals a central role for the D-box enhancer in light-dependent gene expression. 9. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e51278.
  • Idda ML(1), Bertolucci C, Vallone D, Gothilf Y, Sánchez-Vázquez FJ, Foulkes NS. ( 10. Prog Brain Res. 2012;199:41-57. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59427-3.00003-4. ). Circadian clocks: lessons from fish. 10. Prog Brain Res. 2012;199:41-57.  
  • Tarttelin EE(1), Frigato E, Bellingham J, Di Rosa V, Berti R, Foulkes NS, Lucas RJ, Bertolucci C. (2012). Encephalic photoreception and phototactic response in the troglobiont Somalian blind cavefish Phreatichthys andruzzii. J Exp Biol. 215(Pt 16):2898-903.
  • Idda ML(1), Kage E, Lopez-Olmeda JF, Mracek P, Foulkes NS, Vallone D. (2012). Circadian timing of injury-induced cell proliferation in zebrafish. 12. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e34203.
  • Cavallari N(1), Frigato E, Vallone D, Fröhlich N, Lopez-Olmeda JF, Foà A, Berti R, Sánchez-Vázquez FJ, Bertolucci C, Foulkes NS. (2011). A blind circadian clock in cavefish reveals that opsins mediate peripheral clock photoreception. PLoS Biol. 9(9):e1001142.  
  • Vatine G(1), Vallone D, Gothilf Y, Foulkes NS. (2011). It's time to swim! Zebrafish and the circadian clock. FEBS Lett. 585(10):1485-94.  
  • Weger BD(1), Sahinbas M, Otto GW, Mracek P, Armant O, Dolle D, Lahiri K, Vallone D, Ettwiller L, Geisler R, Foulkes NS, Dickmeis T. (2011). The light responsive transcriptome of the zebrafish: function and regulation. PLoS One. 6(2):e17080.
  • Ben-Moshe Z(1), Vatine G, Alon S, Tovin A, Mracek P, Foulkes NS, Gothilf Y. (2010). Multiple PAR and E4BP4 bZIP transcription factors in zebrafish: diverse spatial and temporal expression patterns. Chronobiol Int. 27(8):1509-31.  
  • Dickmeis T(1), Foulkes NS. (2010). Glucocorticoids and circadian clock control of cell proliferation: at the interface between three dynamic systems. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 331(1):11-22.  
  • Vatine G(1), Vallone D, Appelbaum L, Mracek P, Ben-Moshe Z, Lahiri K, Gothilf Y, Foulkes NS. (2009). Light directs zebrafish period2 expression via conserved D and E boxes. PLoS Biol. 7(10):e1000223.
  • Cossins AR(1), Williams DR, Foulkes NS, Berenbrink M, Kipar A. (2009). Diverse cell-specific expression of myoglobin isoforms in brain, kidney, gill and liver of the hypoxia-tolerant carp and zebrafish. J Exp Biol. 212(Pt 5):627-38.
  • Vallone D(1), Lahiri K, Dickmeis T, Foulkes NS. ( 20. Zebrafish. 2005;2(3):171-87. doi: 10.1089/zeb.2005.2.171. ). Zebrafish cell clocks feel the heat and see the light! 20. Zebrafish. 2005;2(3):171-87.
  • Vallone D(1), Santoriello C, Gondi SB, Foulkes NS. ( 21. Methods Mol Biol. 2007;362:429-41. ). Basic protocols for zebrafish cell lines: maintenance and transfection. 21. Methods Mol Biol. 2007;362:429-41.
  • Rembold M(1), Lahiri K, Foulkes NS, Wittbrodt J. ( 22. Nat Protoc. 2006;1(3):1133-9. ). Transgenesis in fish: efficient selection of transgenic fish by co-injection with a fluorescent reporter construct. 22. Nat Protoc. 2006;1(3):1133-9.
  • Dickmeis T(1), Lahiri K, Nica G, Vallone D, Santoriello C, Neumann CJ, Hammerschmidt M, Foulkes NS. (2007). Glucocorticoids play a key role in circadian cell cycle rhythms. PLoS Biol. 5(4):e78.
  • Zilberman-Peled B(1), Appelbaum L, Vallone D, Foulkes NS, Anava S, Anzulovich A, Coon SL, Klein DC, Falcón J, Ron B, Gothilf Y. (2007). Transcriptional regulation of arylalkylamine-N-acetyltransferase-2 gene in the pineal gland of the gilthead seabream. J Neuroendocrinol. 19(1):46-53.
  • Vallone D(1), Lahiri K, Dickmeis T, Foulkes NS. (2007). Start the clock! Circadian rhythms and development. Dev Dyn. 236(1):142-55.
  • Vallone D(1), Frigato E, Vernesi C, Foà A, Foulkes NS, Bertolucci C. (2006). Hypothermia modulates circadian clock gene expression in lizard peripheral tissues. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 292(1):R160-6.
  • Frigato E(1), Vallone D, Bertolucci C, Foulkes NS. (2006). Isolation and characterization of melanopsin and pinopsin expression within photoreceptive sites of reptiles. Naturwissenschaften. 93(8):379-85.
  • Helfer G(1), Fidler AE, Vallone D, Foulkes NS, Brandstaetter R. ( 28. Chronobiol Int. 2006;23(1-2):113-27. ). Molecular analysis of clock gene expression in the avian brain. 28. Chronobiol Int. 2006;23(1-2):113-27.
  • Appelbaum L(1), Vallone D, Anzulovich A, Ziv L, Tom M, Foulkes NS, Gothilf Y. (2006). Zebrafish arylalkylamine-N-acetyltransferase genes - targets for regulation of the circadian clock. J Mol Endocrinol. 36(2):337-47.
  • Lahiri K(1), Vallone D, Gondi SB, Santoriello C, Dickmeis T, Foulkes NS. (2005). Temperature regulates transcription in the zebrafish circadian clock. PLoS Biol. 3(11):e351.
  • Vallone D(1), Gondi SB, Whitmore D, Foulkes NS. (2004). E-box function in a period gene repressed by light. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 101(12):4106-11.
  • Tamai TK(1), Vardhanabhuti V, Foulkes NS, Whitmore D. (2004). Early embryonic light detection improves survival. Curr Biol. 14(3):R104-5.
  • Dekens MP(1), Santoriello C, Vallone D, Grassi G, Whitmore D, Foulkes NS. (2003). Light regulates the cell cycle in zebrafish. Curr Biol. 13(23):2051-7.
  • Tamai TK(1), Vardhanabhuti V, Arthur S, Foulkes NS, Whitmore D. (2003). Flies and fish: birds of a feather. J Neuroendocrinol. 15(4):344-9.
  • Vyas S(1), Biguet NF, Michel PP, Monaco L, Foulkes NS, Evan GI, Sassone-Corsi P, Agid Y. (2002). Molecular mechanisms of neuronal cell death: implications for nuclear factors responding to cAMP and phorbol esters. Mol Cell Neurosci. 21(1):1-14.
  • Whitmore D(1), Cermakian N, Crosio C, Foulkes NS, Pando MP, Travnickova Z, Sassone-Corsi P. (2000). A clockwork organ. Biol Chem. 381(9-10):793-800.
  • Cermakian N(1), Whitmore D, Foulkes NS, Sassone-Corsi P. (2000). Asynchronous oscillations of two zebrafish CLOCK partners reveal differential clock control and function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 97(8):4339-44.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Cermakian N, Whitmore D, Sassone-Corsi P. ( 38. Novartis Found Symp. 2000;227:5-14; discussion 15-8. ). Rhythmic transcription: the molecular basis of oscillatory melatonin synthesis. 38. Novartis Found Symp. 2000;227:5-14; discussion 15-8.
  • Whitmore D(1), Foulkes NS, Sassone-Corsi P. (2000). Light acts directly on organs and cells in culture to set the vertebrate circadian clock. Nature. 404(6773):87-91.  
  • Foulkes NS(1), Sassone-Corsi P. (2000). Molecular clocks (joint Juan March/EMBO workshop). Madrid, May 10-12, 1999. EMBO J. 19(5):789-91.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Naranjo JR, Sassone-Corsi P. (1999). Setting the clock in Madrid. Trends Cell Biol. 9(9):371-2.
  • Whitmore D(1), Foulkes NS, Strähle U, Sassone-Corsi P. (1998). Zebrafish Clock rhythmic expression reveals independent peripheral circadian oscillators. Nat Neurosci. 1(8):701-7.
  • Whitmore D(1), Sassone-Corsi P, Foulkes NS. (1998). PASting together the mammalian clock. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 8(5):635-41.
  • Della Fazia MA(1), Servillo G, Foulkes NS, Sassone-Corsi P. (1998). Stress-induced expression of transcriptional repressor ICER in the adrenal gland. FEBS Lett. 434(1-2):33-6.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Whitmore D, Sassone-Corsi P. (1997). Rhythmic transcription: the molecular basis of circadian melatonin synthesis. Biol Cell. 89(8):487-94.
  • Naranjo JR(1), Mellström B, Carrión AM, Lucas JJ, Foulkes NS, Sassone-Corsi P. (1997). Peripheral noxious stimulation induces CREM expression in dorsal horn: involvement of glutamate. Eur J Neurosci. 9(12):2778-83.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Borjigin J, Snyder SH, Sassone-Corsi P. (1997). Rhythmic transcription: the molecular basis of circadian melatonin synthesis. Trends Neurosci. 20(10):487-92.
  • Lamas M(1), Molina C, Foulkes NS, Jansen E, Sassone-Corsi P. (1997). Ectopic ICER expression in pituitary corticotroph AtT20 cells: effects on morphology, cell cycle, and hormonal production. Mol Endocrinol. 11(10):1425-34.
  • Ruchaud S(1), Seité P, Foulkes NS, Sassone-Corsi P, Lanotte M. (1997). The transcriptional repressor ICER and cAMP-induced programmed cell death. Oncogene. 15(7):827-36.
  • Servillo G(1), Penna L, Foulkes NS, Magni MV, Della Fazia MA, Sassone-Corsi P. (1997). Cyclic AMP signalling pathway and cellular proliferation: induction of CREM during liver regeneration. Oncogene. 14(13):1601-6.
  • Monaco L(1), Lamas M, Tamai K, Lalli E, Zazopoulos E, Penna L, Nantel F, Foulkes NS, Mazzucchelli C, Sassone-Corsi P. ( 51. Adv Second Messenger Phosphoprotein Res. 1997;31:63-74. ). Coupling transcription to signaling pathways: cAMP and nuclear factor cAMP-responsive element modulator. 51. Adv Second Messenger Phosphoprotein Res. 1997;31:63-74.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Sassone-Corsi P. (1996). Transcription factors coupled to the cAMP-signalling pathway. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1288(3):F101-21.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Borjigin J, Snyder SH, Sassone-Corsi P. (1996). Transcriptional control of circadian hormone synthesis via the CREM feedback loop. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 93(24):14140-5.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Duval G, Sassone-Corsi P. (1996). Adaptive inducibility of CREM as transcriptional memory of circadian rhythms. Nature. 381(6577):83-5.
  • Lamas M(1), Monaco L, Zazopoulos E, Lalli E, Tamai K, Penna L, Mazzucchelli C, Nantel F, Foulkes NS, Sassone-Corsi P. (1996). CREM: a master-switch in the transcriptional response to cAMP. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 351(1339):561-7.
  • Nantel F(1), Monaco L, Foulkes NS, Masquilier D, LeMeur M, Henriksén K, Dierich A, Parvinen M, Sassone-Corsi P. (1996). Spermiogenesis deficiency and germ-cell apoptosis in CREM-mutant mice. Nature. 380(6570):159-62.
  • Lalli E(1), Lee JS, Lamas M, Tamai K, Zazopoulos E, Nantel F, Penna L, Foulkes NS, Sassone-Corsi P. (1996). The nuclear response to cAMP: role of transcription factor CREM. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 351(1336):201-9.
  • Lamas M(1), Lalli E, Foulkes NS, Sassone-Corsi P. ( 58. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1996;61:285-94. ). Rhythmic transcription and autoregulatory loops: nuclear pacemaker CREM. 58. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1996;61:285-94.
  • Monaco L(1), Foulkes NS, Sassone-Corsi P. (1995). Pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) induces CREM gene expression in Sertoli cells: involvement in long-term desensitization of the FSH receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 92(23):10673-7.
  • Stehle JH(1), Foulkes NS, Pévet P, Sassone-Corsi P. (1995). Developmental maturation of pineal gland function: synchronized CREM inducibility and adrenergic stimulation. Mol Endocrinol. 9(6):706-16.
  • Desdouets C(1), Matesic G, Molina CA, Foulkes NS, Sassone-Corsi P, Brechot C, Sobczak-Thepot J. (1995). Cell cycle regulation of cyclin A gene expression by the cyclic AMP-responsive transcription factors CREB and CREM. Mol Cell Biol. 15(6):3301-9.
  • Delmas V(1), Molina CA, Lalli E, de Groot R, Foulkes NS, Masquilier D, Sassone-Corsi P. ( 62. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol. 1994;124:1-28. ). Complexity and versatility of the transcriptional response to cAMP. 62. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol. 1994;124:1-28.
  • Molina CA(1), Foulkes NS, Lalli E, Sassone-Corsi P. (1993). Inducibility and negative autoregulation of CREM: an alternative promoter directs the expression of ICER, an early response repressor. Cell. 75(5):875-86.
  • Lalli E(1), Lee JS, Masquilier D, Schlotter F, Foulkes NS, Molina CA, Sassone-Corsi P. (1993). Nuclear response to cyclic AMP: central role of transcription factor CREM (cyclic-AMP-responsive-element modulator). Biochem Soc Trans. 21(4):912-7.
  • Masquilier D(1), Foulkes NS, Mattei MG, Sassone-Corsi P. (1993). Human CREM gene: evolutionary conservation, chromosomal localization, and inducibility of the transcript. Cell Growth Differ. 4(11):931-7.
  • Stehle JH(1), Foulkes NS, Molina CA, Simonneaux V, Pévet P, Sassone-Corsi P. (1993). Adrenergic signals direct rhythmic expression of transcriptional repressor CREM in the pineal gland. Nature. 365(6444):314-20.  
  • Mellström B(1), Naranjo JR, Foulkes NS, Lafarga M, Sassone-Corsi P. (1993). Transcriptional response to cAMP in brain: specific distribution and induction of CREM antagonists. Neuron. 10(4):655-65.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Schlotter F, Pévet P, Sassone-Corsi P. (1993). Pituitary hormone FSH directs the CREM functional switch during spermatogenesis. Nature. 362(6417):264-7.
  • Laoide BM(1), Foulkes NS, Schlotter F, Sassone-Corsi P. (1993). The functional versatility of CREM is determined by its modular structure. EMBO J. 12(3):1179-91.
  • Delmas V(1), Laoide BM, Masquilier D, de Groot RP, Foulkes NS, Sassone-Corsi P. (1992). Alternative usage of initiation codons in mRNA encoding the cAMP-responsive-element modulator generates regulators with opposite functions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 89(10):4226-30.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Sassone-Corsi P. (1992). More is better: activators and repressors from the same gene. Cell. 68(3):411-4.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Mellström B, Benusiglio E, Sassone-Corsi P. (1992). Developmental switch of CREM function during spermatogenesis: from antagonist to activator. Nature. 355(6355):80-4.
  • Borrelli E(1), Montmayeur JP, Foulkes NS, Sassone-Corsi P. ( 73. Crit Rev Oncog. 1992;3(4):321-38. ). Signal transduction and gene control: the cAMP pathway. 73. Crit Rev Oncog. 1992;3(4):321-38.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Laoide BM, Schlotter F, Sassone-Corsi P. (1991). Transcriptional antagonist cAMP-responsive element modulator (CREM) down-regulates c-fos cAMP-induced expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 88(12):5448-52.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Borrelli E, Sassone-Corsi P. (1991). CREM gene: use of alternative DNA-binding domains generates multiple antagonists of cAMP-induced transcription. Cell. 64(4):739-49.
  • Poggi V(1), Town M, Foulkes NS, Luzzatto L. (1990). Identification of a single base change in a new human mutant glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase gene by polymerase-chain-reaction amplification of the entire coding region from genomic DNA. Biochem J. 271(1):157-60.
  • Jones MD(1), Foulkes NS. (1989). Reverse transcription of mRNA by Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase. Nucleic Acids Res. 17(20):8387-8.
  • Mason PJ(1), Vulliamy TJ, Foulkes NS, Town M, Haidar B, Luzzatto L. (1988). The production of normal and variant human glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in cos cells. Eur J Biochem. 178(1):109-13.
  • de Franchis R(1), Cross NC, Foulkes NS, Cox TM. (1988). A potent inhibitor of Taq polymerase copurifies with human genomic DNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 16(21):10355.
  • Vulliamy TJ(1), D'Urso M, Battistuzzi G, Estrada M, Foulkes NS, Martini G, Calabro V, Poggi V, Giordano R, Town M, et al. (1988). Diverse point mutations in the human glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase gene cause enzyme deficiency and mild or severe hemolytic anemia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 85(14):5171-5.
  • Foulkes NS(1), Pandolfi de Rinaldis PP, Macdonnell J, Cross NC, Luzzatto L. (1988). Polymerase chain reaction automated at low cost. Nucleic Acids Res. 16(12):5687-8.