Search Results - "Guy Richardson"
-
1
Hair-Bundle Links: Genetics as the Gateway to Function
Published in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine (01-12-2019)“…Up to five distinct cell-surface specializations interconnect the stereocilia and the kinocilium of the mature hair bundle in some species: kinocilial links,…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
2
Linking genes underlying deafness to hair-bundle development and function
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-06-2009)“…This review describes how the genetic causes of the many forms of human deafness have provided insight into the molecular mechanisms of auditory transduction…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
3
Easi-CRISPR: a robust method for one-step generation of mice carrying conditional and insertion alleles using long ssDNA donors and CRISPR ribonucleoproteins
Published in Genome Biology (17-05-2017)“…Conditional knockout mice and transgenic mice expressing recombinases, reporters, and inducible transcriptional activators are key for many genetic studies and…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
4
Cell-Cell Contact Area Affects Notch Signaling and Notch-Dependent Patterning
Published in Developmental cell (13-03-2017)“…During development, cells undergo dramatic changes in their morphology. By affecting contact geometry, these morphological changes could influence cellular…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
5
Structure, Function, and Development of the Tectorial Membrane: An Extracellular Matrix Essential for Hearing
Published in Current topics in developmental biology (2018)“…The tectorial membrane is an extracellular matrix that lies over the apical surface of the auditory epithelia in the inner ears of reptiles, birds, and…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
6
How the genetics of deafness illuminates auditory physiology
Published in Annual review of physiology (01-01-2011)“…Although the basic principles underlying the function of the peripheral auditory system have been known for many years, the molecules required for hearing have…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
7
Mutations in protocadherin 15 and cadherin 23 affect tip links and mechanotransduction in mammalian sensory hair cells
Published in PloS one (21-04-2011)“…Immunocytochemical studies have shown that protocadherin-15 (PCDH15) and cadherin-23 (CDH23) are associated with tip links, structures thought to gate the…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
8
Genetically modified mouse models to help fight COVID-19
Published in Nature protocols (01-12-2020)“…The research community is in a race to understand the molecular mechanisms of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, to…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
9
Ultrastructural defects in stereocilia and tectorial membrane in aging mouse and human cochleae
Published in Journal of neuroscience research (01-09-2020)“…The aging cochlea is subjected to a number of pathological changes to play a role in the onset of age‐related hearing loss (ARHL). Although ARHL has often been…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
10
Stereocilin connects outer hair cell stereocilia to one another and to the tectorial membrane
Published in Journal of comparative neurology (1911) (01-02-2011)“…Stereocilin is defective in a recessive form of deafness, DFNB16. We studied the distribution of stereocilin in the developing and mature mouse inner ear and…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
11
Author Correction: Sharpened cochlear tuning in a mouse with a genetically modified tectorial membrane
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-08-2024)Get full text
Journal Article -
12
A tectorin-based matrix and planar cell polarity genes are required for normal collagen-fibril orientation in the developing tectorial membrane
Published in Development (Cambridge) (01-11-2017)“…The tectorial membrane is an extracellular structure of the cochlea. It develops on the surface of the auditory epithelium and contains collagen fibrils…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
13
Age‐related changes in the biophysical and morphological characteristics of mouse cochlear outer hair cells
Published in The Journal of physiology (01-09-2020)“…Key points Age‐related hearing loss (ARHL) is a very heterogeneous disease, resulting from cellular senescence, genetic predisposition and environmental…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
14
A Mutation in PNPT1, Encoding Mitochondrial-RNA-Import Protein PNPase, Causes Hereditary Hearing Loss
Published in American journal of human genetics (02-11-2012)“…A subset of nuclear-encoded RNAs has to be imported into mitochondria for the proper replication and transcription of the mitochondrial genome and, hence, for…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
15
A critical period of prehearing spontaneous Ca2+ spiking is required for hair‐bundle maintenance in inner hair cells
Published in The EMBO journal (15-02-2023)“…Sensory‐independent Ca 2+ spiking regulates the development of mammalian sensory systems. In the immature cochlea, inner hair cells (IHCs) fire spontaneous Ca…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
16
Sharpened cochlear tuning in a mouse with a genetically modified tectorial membrane
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-02-2007)“…Frequency tuning in the cochlea is determined by the passive mechanical properties of the basilar membrane and active feedback from the outer hair cells,…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
17
Stereocilin-deficient mice reveal the origin of cochlear waveform distortions
Published in Nature (13-11-2008)“…Although the cochlea is an amplifier and a remarkably sensitive and finely tuned detector of sounds, it also produces conspicuous mechanical and electrical…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
18
MET currents and otoacoustic emissions from mice with a detached tectorial membrane indicate the extracellular matrix regulates Ca2+ near stereocilia
Published in The Journal of physiology (01-04-2021)“…Key points The aim was to determine whether detachment of the tectorial membrane (TM) from the organ of Corti in Tecta/Tectb−/− mice affects the biophysical…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
19
Porosity Controls Spread of Excitation in Tectorial Membrane Traveling Waves
Published in Biophysical journal (18-03-2014)“…Cochlear frequency selectivity plays a key role in our ability to understand speech, and is widely believed to be associated with cochlear amplification…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
20
Tectorial membrane travelling waves underlie abnormal hearing in Tectb mutant mice
Published in Nature communications (01-10-2010)“…Remarkable sensitivity and exquisite frequency selectivity are hallmarks of mammalian hearing, but their underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Cochlear insults…”
Get full text
Journal Article