Selected recent Publications :
(For more publications go to: http://sternlab.anat.ucl.ac.uk/Publications.htm)

Papanayotou C, Mey A, Birot AM, Saka Y, Boast S, Smith JC, Samarut J, Stern CD. (2006). (submitted).

Fukuda K, Yasugi S, Stern CD. (2006). A role for Nodal signalling in differentiation of the definitive endoderm in the chick embryo. (submitted).

Lavial F, Acloque H, Bertocchini F, Bachelard E, Montillet G, Stern CD, Samarut J, Pain B. (2006). The chick Pou2/Oct-3/4 and Nanog homologues regulate pluripotency in chicken embryonic stem cells. (submitted).

Albazerchi A, Stern CD. (2006). A role for the hypoblast (AVE) in the initiation of neural induction, independent of its ability to position the primitive streak. (submitted)

Albazerchi A, Stern CD. (2006) A role for the hypoblast (AVE) in the initiation of neural induction, independent of its ability to position the primitive streak. Dev Biol. Aug 30; [Epub ahead of print]

Stern CD. (2006) Evolution of the mechanisms that establish the embryonic axes.Curr Opin Genet Dev. Aug;16(4):413-8. Epub 2006 Jun 21.

Stern CD, Charite J, Deschamps J, Duboule D, Durston AJ, Kmita M, Nicolas JF, Palmeirim I, Smith JC, Wolpert L. (2006) Head-tail patterning of the vertebrate embryo: one, two or many unresolved problems? Int J Dev Biol. 50(1):3-15.

Kimura W, Yasugi S, Stern CD, Fukuda K. (2006) Fate and plasticity of the endoderm in the early chick embryo. Dev Biol. Jan 15;289(2):283-95. Epub 2005 Dec 9.

Stern CD. (2005) Neural induction: old problem, new findings, yet more questions. Development. May;132(9):2007-21.

Bodenstein L, Stern CD. (2005) Formation of the chick primitive streak as studied in computer simulations. J Theor Biol. Mar 21;233(2):253-69.

Stern CD. (2005) The chick; a great model system becomes even greater. Dev Cell. Jan;8(1):9-17.

Stern CD. (2004) The chick embryo--past, present and future as a model system in developmental biology. Mech Dev. Sep;121(9):1011-3.

Stern, C.D. (ed.) (2004). Gastrulation: from cells to embryo. Cold Spring Harbor Press. ISBN: 0-87969-707-5. 731pp. (Click here to see the web site that accompanies the book or to order it on-line)

Linker, C. and Stern, C.D. (2004). Neural induction requires BMPNeural induction requires BMP inhibition only as a late step, and involves signals other than FGF and Wnt antagonists. Development. 131: 5671-5681 

Bertocchini, F., Skromne, I., Wolpert, L. and Stern, C.D. (2004). Determination of embryonic polarity in a regulative system: evidence for endogenous inhibitors of primitive streak formation in the chick embryo. Development 131, 3381-3390.

Sheng, G., Dos Reis, M. and Stern, C.D. (2003). Churchill, a zinc finger transcriptional activator, regulates the transition between gastrulation and neurulation. Cell 115, 603-613.

Bertocchini, F. and Stern, C.D. (2002). The hypoblast of the chick embryo positions the primitive streak by antagonizing Nodal signalling. Developmental Cell 3, 735–744.

Stern, C.D. (2001). Initial patterning of the Central Nervous System: how many organizers? Nature Neurosci. Revs. 2, 92-98.

Skromne, I. and Stern, C.D. (2001). Interactions between Wnt and Vg1 signalling pathways initiate primitive streak formation in the chick embryo. Development 128, 2915-2927.

Foley, A.C., Skromne, I. and Stern, C.D. (2000). Reconciling different models for forebrain induction and patterning: a dual role for the hypoblast. Development 127, 3839-3854.

Streit, A., Berliner, A.J., Papanayotou, C., Sirulnik, A. and Stern, C.D. (2000) Initiation of neural induction by FGF signalling before gastrulation. Nature 406, 74-78.

Joubin, K.I. and Stern, C.D. (1999). Molecular interactions continuously define the organizer during the cell movements of gastrulation. Cell 98, 559-571.

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