Robert J. Denver, PhD, University of Michigan

References

1. Denver, R.J. (1997) Environmental stress as a developmental cue: Corticotropin-releasing hormone is a proximate mediator of adaptive phenotypic plasticity in amphibian metamorphosis. Hormones and Behavior 31:169-179.
2. Boorse, G.C. and Denver, R.J. (2004) Expression and hypophysiotropic actions of corticotropin releasing factor in Xenopus laevis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 137:272-282.
3. Yao, M., Westphal, N. and Denver, R.J. (2004) Neuroanatomical distribution and stressor-induced activation of central corticotropin-releasing factor neurons in Xenopus laevis. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 16:880-893.
4. Yao,M., Stenzel-Poore, M. and Denver, R.J. (2007) Structural and functional conservation of vertebrate corticotropin-releasing factor genes: evidence for a critical role for a conserved cyclic AMP response element. Endocrinology 148:2518-2531.
5. Boorse, G.C., Crespi, E.J., Dautzenberg, F.M. and Denver, R.J. (2005) Urocortins from the South African clawed frog Xenopus laevis: Conservation of structure and function in tetrapod evolution. Endocrinology 146:4851-4860 PMID:16037378.
6. Distribution in adult Xenopus laevis brain analyzed by immunohistochemistry (neuroanatomical map from Tuinhof R, Ubink R, Tanaka S, Atzori C, van Strien FJ, Roubos EW. Distribution of pro-opiomelanocortin and its peptide end products in the brain and hypophysis of the aquatic toad, Xenopus laevis. Cell Tissue Res. 1998;292(2):251-265).
7. Yao, M., Hu, F. and Denver, R.J. (2008) Distribution and corticosteroid regulation of glucocorticoid receptor expression in the brain of Xenopus laevis. Journal of Comparative Neurology 508:967-982 doi: 10.1002/cne.21716 PMID:18399546.
8. Roubos, E., Kuribara, M., Kuipers-Kwant, F., Coenen, T., Meijer, K., Cruijsen, P. and Denver, R.J. (2009) Dynamics of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors in the Xenopus laevis pituitary pars intermedia. Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences 1163: 292-295 doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03647.x PMID:19456350.
9. Hu, F., Crespi, E.J. and Denver, R.J. (2008) Programming neuroendocrine stress axis activity by exposure to glucocorticoids during postembryonic development in Xenopus laevis. Endocrinology 149:5470-5481 doi: 10.1210/en.2008-0767 PMID:18653715.
10. Kyono, Y., Raj, S., Sifuentes, C., Buisine, N., Sachs, L. and Denver, R.J. (2020) DNA methylation dynamics underlie metamorphic gene regulation programs in Xenopus tadpole brain. Developmental Biology 462:180-196, doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.03.013 PMID:32240642.
11. Valverde, R.A., Seasholtz, A.F., Cortright, D.N. and Denver, R.J. (2001). Biochemical characterization and expression analysis of the Xenopus laevis corticotropin-releasing hormone binding protein. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 173:29-40 PMID:11223175.
12. Seasholtz, A.F., Valverde, R.A. and Denver, R.J. (2002). Corticotropin-releasing hormone-binding protein (CRH-BP): Biochemistry and function from fishes to mammals. Journal of Endocrinology 175(1): 89-97. PMID:12379493.
13. Bagamasbad, P., Bonett, R.M., Sachs, L., Buisine, N., Raj, S., Knoedler, J.R., Kyono, Y., Ruan, Y., Ruan, X. and Denver, R.J. (2015) Deciphering the regulatory logic of an ancient, ultraconserved nuclear receptor enhancer module. Molecular Endocrinology 29:856-872 doi: 10.1210/me.2014-1349 PMID:25866873.
14. Ávila-Mendoza, J., Subramani, A., Sifuentes, C.J. and Denver, R.J. (2020) Molecular mechanisms for Krüppel-like factor 13 actions in hippocampal neurons. Molecular Neurobiology doi: 10.1007/s12035-020-01971-w PMID:32578009.
15. Crespi, E.J. and Denver, R.J. (2006) Leptin (ob gene) of the South African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103:10092-10097 PMID:16782821.
16. Bender, M.C., Hu, C., Pelletier, C. and Denver, R.J. (2018) To eat or not to eat: Ontogeny of hypothalamic feeding controls and a role for leptin in modulating life history transition in amphibian tadpoles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20172784. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2784 PMID:29593109.
17. Nakajima K, Yaoita Y. Dual mechanisms governing muscle cell death in tadpole tail during amphibian metamorphosis. Developmental Dynamics. 2003;227(2):246-2; Boorse, G.C., Kholdani, C.A., Seasholtz, A.F. and Denver, R.J. (2006). Corticotropin-releasing factor is cytoprotective in Xenopus tadpole tail: Integration of ligand, receptor and binding protein in tail muscle cell survival. Endocrinology 147:1498-1507 PMID:16322064.
18. Bender, M.C., Hu, C., Pelletier, C. and Denver, R.J. (2018) To eat or not to eat: Ontogeny of hypothalamic feeding controls and a role for leptin in modulating life history transition in amphibian tadpoles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20172784. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2784 PMID:29593109.
19. Bagamasbad, P., Bonett, R.M., Sachs, L., Buisine, N., Raj, S., Knoedler, J.R., Kyono, Y., Ruan, Y., Ruan, X. and Denver, R.J. (2015) Deciphering the regulatory logic of an ancient, ultraconserved nuclear receptor enhancer module. Molecular Endocrinology 29:856-872 doi: 10.1210/me.2014-1349 PMID:25866873.
20. Knoedler, J.R., Ávila-Mendoza, J., Subramani, A., C. and Denver, R.J. (2020) The paralogous Krüppel-like factors 9 and 13 regulate the mammalian cellular circadian clock output gene Dbp. Journal of Biological Rhythms doi: 10.1177/0748730420913205 PMID:32241200 PMID:28407733.
21. Lebel JM, Dussault JH, Puymirat J. Overexpression of the beta 1 thyroid receptor induces differentiation in neuro-2a cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994;91(7):2644-2648; Kyono, Y., Subramani, A., Ramadoss, P., Hollenberg, A.N., Bonett, R.M. and Denver, R.J. (2016) Liganded thyroid hormone receptors transactivate the DNA methyltransferase 3a gene in mouse neuronal cells. Endocrinology 157:3647-3657 doi: 10.1210/en.2015-1529 PMID:27387481
22. Knoedler, J.R., Subramani, A. and Denver, R.J. (2017) The Krüppel-like factor 9 cistrome in mouse hippocampal neurons reveals predominant transcriptional repression via proximal promoter binding. BMC Genomics 18:299. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-3640-7 PMID:28407733.