Christiana Ruhrberg

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Christiana Ruhrberg

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Masters Biochemistry University of Oxford
Bachelors Biology University of Oxford

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According to Wikipedia, Christiana Ruhrberg is a German-British cell biologist who is Professor of Neuronal and Vascular Biology, University College London. She looks to understand how cells interact during the development and disease of mammals.

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VEGF guides angiogenic sprouting utilizing endothelial tip cell filopodia (2003) (2714)
Spatially restricted patterning cues provided by heparin-binding VEGF-A control blood vessel branching morphogenesis. (2002) (942)
Tissue macrophages act as cellular chaperones for vascular anastomosis downstream of VEGF-mediated endothelial tip cell induction. (2010) (909)
Distinct macrophage phenotypes contribute to kidney injury and repair. (2011) (726)
Mutations in Dynein Link Motor Neuron Degeneration to Defects in Retrograde Transport (2003) (719)
Macrophage-Induced Blood Vessels Guide Schwann Cell-Mediated Regeneration of Peripheral Nerves (2015) (518)
Angiogenesis selectively requires the p110α isoform of PI3K to control endothelial cell migration (2008) (492)
Endogenous inhibitors of angiogenesis. (2001) (303)
Neuropilin‐1 is required for endothelial tip cell guidance in the developing central nervous system (2004) (273)
VEGF in the nervous system (2010) (257)
Diverse roles for VEGF-A in the nervous system (2012) (245)
The plakin family: versatile organizers of cytoskeletal architecture. (1997) (221)
Periplakin, a Novel Component of Cornified Envelopes and Desmosomes That Belongs to the Plakin Family and Forms Complexes with Envoplakin (1997) (217)
The Neuropilin 1 Cytoplasmic Domain Is Required for VEGF-A-Dependent Arteriogenesis (2013) (202)
Neural crest origin of olfactory ensheathing glia (2010) (200)
Vascular endothelial growth factor controls neuronal migration and cooperates with Sema3A to pattern distinct compartments of the facial nerve. (2004) (197)
Envoplakin, a novel precursor of the cornified envelope that has homology to desmoplakin (1996) (172)
Growing and shaping the vascular tree: multiple roles for VEGF (2003) (169)
VEGF Signaling through Neuropilin 1 Guides Commissural Axon Crossing at the Optic Chiasm (2011) (167)
NRP1 acts cell autonomously in endothelium to promote tip cell function during sprouting angiogenesis. (2013) (151)
Semaphorin3A, Neuropilin-1, and PlexinA1 Are Required for Lymphatic Valve Formation (2012) (132)
Defective gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron migration in mice lacking SEMA3A signalling through NRP1 and NRP2: implications for the aetiology of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. (2011) (129)
Selective requirements for NRP1 ligands during neurovascular patterning (2007) (125)
Neuronal defects in the hindbrain of Hoxa1, Hoxb1 and Hoxb2 mutants reflect regulatory interactions among these Hox genes (2003) (122)
Neuropilin 1 (NRP1) hypomorphism combined with defective VEGF-A binding reveals novel roles for NRP1 in developmental and pathological angiogenesis (2014) (118)
The cytoplasmic domain of neuropilin 1 is dispensable for angiogenesis, but promotes the spatial separation of retinal arteries and veins (2011) (116)
Imatinib inhibits VEGF-independent angiogenesis by targeting neuropilin 1–dependent ABL1 activation in endothelial cells (2014) (110)
Neuropilin 1 signaling guides neural crest cells to coordinate pathway choice with cell specification (2009) (103)
Blood vessel maturation and response to vascular-disrupting therapy in single vascular endothelial growth factor-A isoform-producing tumors. (2008) (102)
Neuropilin Regulation of Angiogenesis, Arteriogenesis, and Vascular Permeability (2014) (101)
Erythro-myeloid progenitors contribute endothelial cells to blood vessels (2018) (98)
Neuropilin 1 and 2 control cranial gangliogenesis and axon guidance through neural crest cells (2008) (97)
State-of-the-Art Methods for Evaluation of Angiogenesis and Tissue Vascularization: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. (2015) (97)
Robo1 Regulates Semaphorin Signaling to Guide the Migration of Cortical Interneurons through the Ventral Forebrain (2011) (94)
Neurovascular development and links to disease (2013) (90)
Vascularisation of the central nervous system (2015) (90)
NRP1 Regulates CDC42 Activation to Promote Filopodia Formation in Endothelial Tip Cells (2015) (84)
The embryonic mouse hindbrain as a qualitative and quantitative model for studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms of angiogenesis (2013) (83)
Dysfunctional SEMA3E signaling underlies gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron deficiency in Kallmann syndrome. (2015) (81)
Neuropilin, you gotta let me know (2010) (76)
VEGF signalling controls GnRH neuron survival via NRP1 independently of KDR and blood vessels (2011) (76)
Neuropilin regulation of angiogenesis. (2014) (75)
Neuropilin-1 mediates vascular permeability independently of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 activation (2016) (72)
NRP1 and NRP2 cooperate to regulate gangliogenesis, axon guidance and target innervation in the sympathetic nervous system (2012) (71)
Neuropilin-mediated neural crest cell guidance is essential to organise sensory neurons into segmented dorsal root ganglia (2009) (68)
Neuropilin signalling in vessels, neurons and tumours. (2013) (68)
Plexin A3 and plexin A4 convey semaphorin signals during facial nerve development. (2008) (66)
Neural crest cells in cardiovascular development. (2015) (59)
Neuropilin ligands in vascular and neuronal patterning. (2009) (54)
Neural crest-derived SEMA3C activates endothelial NRP1 for cardiac outflow tract septation. (2015) (52)
Emerging roles for semaphorins and VEGFs in synaptogenesis and synaptic plasticity (2012) (51)
Transcriptome analysis of embryonic mammary cells reveals insights into mammary lineage establishment (2011) (51)
NRP1 function and targeting in neurovascular development and eye disease (2016) (50)
Neural crest cell-derived VEGF promotes embryonic jaw extension (2015) (48)
VEGF165-induced vascular permeability requires NRP1 for ABL-mediated SRC family kinase activation (2017) (46)
The human Surfeit locus. (1998) (45)
VEGF-A and neuropilin 1 (NRP1) shape axon projections in the developing CNS via dual roles in neurons and blood vessels (2017) (39)
Envoplakin, a possible candidate gene for focal NEPPK/esophageal cancer (TOC): the integration of genetic and physical maps of the TOC region on 17q25. (1999) (37)
VEGF189 binds NRP1 and is sufficient for VEGF/NRP1-dependent neuronal patterning in the developing brain (2015) (34)
HS6ST1 Insufficiency Causes Self-Limited Delayed Puberty in Contrast With Other GnRH Deficiency Genes (2018) (33)
Regulation of embryonic neurogenesis by germinal zone vasculature (2016) (32)
Myeloid-Derived Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Are Dispensable for Ocular Neovascularization—Brief Report (2015) (31)
Spatiotemporal dynamics and heterogeneity of renal lymphatics in mammalian development and cystic kidney disease (2019) (30)
VEGF receptor signaling in vertebrate development (2010) (29)
A double agent in cancer: Deciphering macrophage roles in human tumors (2010) (26)
In the beginning (2010) (26)
Mapping nucleolar and spliceosome localization sequences of neuregulin1-beta3. (2004) (25)
The Mouse p97 (CDC48) Gene (1999) (25)
Vascular-Derived Vegfa Promotes Cortical Interneuron Migration and Proximity to the Vasculature in the Developing Forebrain (2018) (24)
Cross-talk between blood vessels and neural progenitors in the developing brain (2018) (24)
Chromosomal localisation of the human envoplakin gene (EVPL) to the region of the tylosis oesophageal cancer gene (TOCG) on 17q25. (1996) (24)
Tamoxifen-Activated CreERT Impairs Retinal Angiogenesis Independently of Gene Deletion (2020) (23)
Vascularisation is not necessary for gut colonisation by enteric neural crest cells (2014) (23)
First blood: the endothelial origins of hematopoietic progenitors (2021) (23)
Evaluating Vascular Hyperpermeability-inducing Agents in the Skin with the Miles Assay (2018) (22)
Structural and functional conservation of non-lumenized lymphatic endothelial cells in the mammalian leptomeninges (2019) (22)
Suppression of β3-integrin in mice triggers a neuropilin-1-dependent change in focal adhesion remodelling that can be targeted to block pathological angiogenesis (2015) (21)
Structure and Regulation of the Envoplakin Gene* (2000) (21)
Neuropilins guide preganglionic sympathetic axons and chromaffin cell precursors to establish the adrenal medulla (2018) (20)
The cytoplasmic domain of neuropilin‐1 regulates focal adhesion turnover (2013) (19)
2- and 6-O-sulfated proteoglycans have distinct and complementary roles in cranial axon guidance and motor neuron migration (2016) (18)
Role of the neuropilin ligands VEGF164 and SEMA3A in neuronal and vascular patterning in the mouse. (2007) (18)
Altered proliferative ability of neuronal progenitors in PlexinA1 mutant mice (2015) (16)
Mechanisms and cell lineages in lymphatic vascular development (2021) (16)
PLXNA1 and PLXNA3 cooperate to pattern the nasal axons that guide gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons (2019) (15)
VEGF188 promotes corneal reinnervation after injury (2019) (10)
miR-96 and miR-183 differentially regulate neonatal and adult postinfarct neovascularization (2020) (9)
Neuropilin 1 and 2 control cranial gangliogenesis and axon guidance through neural crest cells (2009) (8)
Summary Neuronal defects in the hindbrain of Hoxa 1 , Hoxb 1 and Hoxb 2 mutants reflect regulatory interactions among these Hox genes (2003) (8)
The Embryonic Mouse Hindbrain and Postnatal Retina as In Vivo Models to Study Angiogenesis. (2015) (7)
Erythro-myeloid progenitors contribute endothelial cells to blood vessels (2018) (6)
Mouse Hindbrain Ex Vivo Culture to Study Facial Branchiomotor Neuron Migration (2014) (5)
Genetic specification of left–right asymmetry in the diaphragm muscles and their motor innervation (2017) (4)
VEGF Receptor Signalling in Vertebrate Development (2008) (4)
Cre toxicity in mouse models of cardiovascular physiology and disease (2022) (4)
KIT is dispensable for physiological organ vascularisation in the embryo (2022) (4)
Neuropilins in Development and Disease of the Nervous System (2015) (3)
The mouse hindbrain: an in vivo model to analyze developmental angiogenesis. (2015) (3)
Imatinib may be ABL to improve anti-angiogenic therapy (2015) (3)
Neuropilin Signalling in Vascular Development and Pathology (2012) (2)
The Murine Hindbrain as a Model to Study the Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Angiogenesis in Intact Tissues (2012) (2)
Regulation and Function of Cardiac Neural Crest Cells (2014) (2)
function during sprouting angiogenesis NRP1 acts cell autonomously in endothelium to promote tip cell (2013) (2)
Should I stay or should I go (2010) (2)
The periplakin gene maps to 16p13.3 in human and 16A-B1 in mouse. (1998) (2)
Lung blood and lymphatic vascular development (2021) (2)
The Role of the Neuropilins in Developmental Angiogenesis (2017) (1)
Tumour Angiogenesis. In: The Molecular Biology of Cancer. (2006) (1)
State-ofthe-Art Methods for Evaluation of Angiogenesis and Tissue Vascularization (2015) (1)
Erratum: Neurophilin 1 and 2 control cranial gangliogenesis and axon guidance through neural crest cells (Development (2009) vol. 135 (1605-1613)) (2009) (1)
KIT is required for fetal liver erythropoiesis but dispensable for angiogenesis (2021) (1)
KIT Is Required for Fetal Liver Hematopoiesis (2021) (1)
Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association State-of-the-Art Methods for Evaluation of Angiogenesis and Tissue Vascularization: A (2015) (1)
Neuropilin 1 controls cardiovascular development through neural crest cells (2009) (1)
NRP 1 Regulates CDC 42 A ctivation to Promote Filopodia Formation in Endothelial Tip Cells Graphical (1)
The Mouse Hindbrain As a Model for Studying Embryonic Neurogenesis (2018) (1)
Tamoxifen exacerbates morbidity and mortality in mice receiving medetomidine anaesthesia (2022) (0)
Role of VEGF and blood vessels during GnRH-neurons development (2008) (0)
17-P046 Coordinating neural crest stem cell migration with cell specification (2009) (0)
Neural-vascular interactions in the control of axon organisation and laterality in the developing visual system (2013) (0)
Envoplakin and periplakin, novel components of the cornified envelope and desmosomes. (1997) (0)
The Embryonic Mouse Hindbrain and Postnatal Retina as In Vivo Models to Study Angiogenesis. (2022) (0)
Role of vascular endothelial growth factor and blood vessels in the development of GnRHneurons (2008) (0)
Edinburgh Research Explorer Mir-96 and miR-183 differentially regulate neonatal and adult post-infarct neovascularisation (2020) (0)
Abbreviated title: HS6ST1 mutation in Self-Limited Delayed Puberty (2018) (0)
The cytoplasmic domain of neuropilin 1 is dispensable for angiogenesis, but imposes spatial separation of retinal arteries and veins (2011) (0)
Defining novels roles for NRP1 in angiogenesis (2013) (0)
VEGF signalling pathways in vertebrate development (2007) (0)
Aha Scientific Statement 1. in Vitro Assays State-of-the-art Methods for Evaluation of Angiogenesis and Tissue Vascularization a Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association on Behalf of the American Heart Association Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences and Council on Cardiovascular (2015) (0)
Envoplakin, a new keratinocyte protein that is a cornified envelope precursor and belongs to the desmoplakin family. (1996) (0)
Inactivation Of Hif1a In Myeloid Cells Reduces Retinal And Choroidal Neovascularisation (2012) (0)
Myeloid-derived VEGF and HIF are dispensable for ocular neovascularisation (2016) (0)
Distinguishing neuropilin signalling in angiogenesis, arteriogenesis and vascular permeability (2013) (0)
The hormone of love attracts a partner for life. (2011) (0)
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Paraxial mesoderm is the major source of lymphatic endothelium. (2019) (0)
Distinguishing cell-type specific roles for NRP1 in the developing heart (2014) (0)
The Textbook of Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis: Methods and Applications (2012) (0)
the facial nerve ofand cooperates with Sema 3 A to pattern distinct compartments Vascular endothelial growth factor controls neuronal migration Material (2011) (0)
Neurovascular development and links to disease (2013) (0)
03-P064 Macrophages promote vascularisation of the developing brain (2009) (0)
Motor nerves direct the development of the sympathetic nervous system (2023) (0)
A Refined Single Cell Landscape of Haematopoiesis in the Mouse Foetal Liver (2023) (0)
The Embryonic Mouse Model to Study Angiogenesis (2022) (0)
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Vascular Development (2019) (0)
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Lacteal junction zippering protects against diet-induced obesity. (2018) (0)
13-P110 Neuropilin signalling controls sequential stages of sympathetic development (2009) (0)
Endothelial PlexinD1 signaling instructs spinal cord vascularization and motor neuron development (2022) (0)
FURTHER EVIDENCES ON THE ACTION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF) ON DEVELOPING GnRH NEURONS (2009) (0)
Erythro-myeloid progenitors contribute endothelial cells independently of KIT (2020) (0)
Whole-Mount Immunofluorescence Protocol for 3D Imaging, Reconstruction, and Quantification of Fourth Pharyngeal Arch Artery Formation. (2022) (0)
Author response: Spatiotemporal dynamics and heterogeneity of renal lymphatics in mammalian development and cystic kidney disease (2019) (0)
The Embryonic Mouse Hindbrain Model to Study Sprouting Angiogenesis In Vivo. (2022) (0)
Heparin-binding VEGF isoforms provide spatially-restricted cues controlling blood vessel pattern during embryogenesis (2001) (0)
Author response: Genetic specification of left–right asymmetry in the diaphragm muscles and their motor innervation (2016) (0)
An angiogenic niche regulates embryonic hindbrain neurogenesis (2015) (0)
Class 3 semaphorins and neuropilins selectively organise boundary caps at the embryonic CNS-PNS interface (2015) (0)
Evaluating VEGF-Induced Vascular Leakage Using the Miles Assay. (2022) (0)
Cariboni et al Development 2011 suppl data (2013) (0)
Abnormal motor neuron development in mice lacking anterior Hox genes (2000) (0)

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