Zaghetto A, Paina S, Mantero S, Platonova N, Peretto P, Bovetti S, Puche A, Piccolo S, Merlo G. (2007) Activation of the Wnt-bcatenin pathway in a cell population on the surface of the forebrain is essential for the establishment of olfactory axon connections. J. Neurosci. 27: 9757-9768
LoIacono N, Mantero S, Chiarelli A, Garcia E, Mills A, Morasso M, Costanzo A, Levi G, Guerrini L. and Merlo G. (2008) Regulation of Dlx5 and Dlx6 gene expression by p63 is involved in EEC and SHFM congenital limb defects. Development 135: 1377-1388
Lopardo T., LoIacono N., Marinari B., Giustizieri M.L., Cyr D., Merlo G., Crosti F., Costanzo A., Guerrini L. (2008) Claudin-1 is a p63 target gene with a crucial role in epithelial development. PLoS One, Vol 3 (issue 7): e2715.
Moretti F., Marinari B., LoIacono N., Botti E., Giunta A., Spallone G., Garaffo G., Vernersson-Lindhal E., Merlo G., Mills A.A., Ballarò C., Alemà S., Chimenti S., Guerrini L. and Costanzo A. (2010) A regulatory feed-back loop involving p63 and IRF6 links the pathogenesis of two genetically different ectodermal dysplasias. J. Clin. Invest. 120(5): 1570–1577
Vieux-Rochas M., Mantero S., Heude E., Barbieri O., Astigiano S., Couly G., Kurihara H., Levi G. and Merlo G.R. (2010) Spatio-temporal dynamics of gene expression of the Edn1-Dlx5/6 pathway during development of the lower jaw. Genesis, 48: 362-373
Paina S., Garzotto D., DeMarchis S., Moiana, A., Cattaneo, E., Conti L., Perera M., Corte, G., Calautti E. and Merlo G.R. (2011) Wnt5a is a transcriptional target of Dlxgenes and promotes differentiation of olfactory interneuron progenitors. J. Neurosci. 31: 2675-2687
Guerrini L., Costanzo A. and Merlo G.R. (2011) A symphony of regulations centered on p63 to control development of ectoderm-derived structures. J. Biomed. Biotech. Vol 2011, pag. 1-13 (invited review).
Vieux-Rochas M, Bouhali K, Mantero S, Garaffo G, Provero P, Barbieri O, Caratozzolo M, Tullo A, Lallemand Y, Robert B, Levi G, Merlo G.R. (2013) Bmp-mediated functional cooperation between Dlx5;Dlx6 and Msx1;Msx2 during mammalian limb development. PLoS One, 8: e51700
Garaffo G, Provero P., Molineris I, Pinciroli P, Peano C., Battaglia C., Tomaiuolo D., Etzion T., Gothilf Y., Santoro M., Merlo G.R. (2013) Profiling, bioinformatic and functional data on the developing olfactory/GnRH system reveal cellular and molecular pathways essential for this process and potentially relevant for the Kallmann syndrome. Front. Endocrinol. 4:203. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00203. PMID: 24427155
Restelli, M., Lopardo T., Lo Iacono N., Garaffo G., Conte D., Rustighi A., Napoli M., Del Sal G., Perez-Morga D., Costanzo A., Merlo G.R. and Guerrini L. (2014) DLX5, FGF8 and the Pin1 isomerase control DNp63a protein stability during limb development: a regulatory loop at the basis of the SHFM and EEC congenital malformations. Hum. Mol. Genet. 23: 3830-3842.
Bonomi M, Cappa M, Cariboni A, Di Schiavi E, Fabbri A, Ferlin A, Foresta C, Ghizzoni L, Jannini E, Krausz C, Loche S, Lombardo F, Maggi M, Maggi R, Maghnie M, Mancini A, Merlo G,Panzica G, Radetti G, Russo G, Simoni M, Sinisi AA, Persani L. (2014) Kallmann’s syndrome and normosmic isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism: two largely overlapping manifestations of one rare disorder. J. Endocrin Invest. 37(5):499-500
Conte D., Guerrini L. and Merlo G.R. (2015) Novel cellular and molecular interactions during limb development, revealed from studies on the Split Hand-Foot congenital malformation. Book Chapter InTech, Open Science. Embryology, ISBN 978-953-51-4214-0. in press.
Molineris I., Santoro R., Garaffo G., Provero P. and Merlo G.R. (2015) The contribution of developmental biology to human genetics in the era of next-gen genome sequencing: what we are learning from studying the Kallmann syndrome” Trends Dev. in press.
Garaffo G, Conte D., Provero P., Tomaiuolo D., Luo Z., Pinciroli P, Peano C., Battaglia C., Etzion T., Gothilf Y., Gays D., Santoro M.M. and Merlo G.R. (2015) Dlx5 and Foxg1 transcription factors, linked via microRNAs, are required for olfactory development and GnRH neuron migration. Mol. Cell. Neurosci. in press.
Restelli M., Marinari B., Gnesutta N., Conte D., Merlo G.R., Costanzo A., Guerrini L. (2015) FGF8, c-Abl and p300 cooperate in the regulation of DNp63a protein stability. Hum Mol Genet, under revision.
