Complete List of Publications

Selected Publications


Nakano Y, Wiechert S, Fritzsch B, Bánfi B. Inhibition of a transcriptional repressor rescues hearing in a splicing factor-deficient mouse. Life Sci Alliance. 2020 Oct 21;3(12):e202000841. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202000841. PMID: 33087486; PMCID: PMC7652395.

Nakano Y, Wiechert S, Bánfi B. Overlapping Activities of Two Neuronal Splicing Factors Switch the GABA Effect from Excitatory to Inhibitory by Regulating REST. Cell Rep. 2019 Apr 16;27(3):860-871.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.03.072. PMID: 30995482; PMCID: PMC6556397.

Tona R, Chen W, Nakano Y, Reyes LD, Petralia RS, Wang YX, Starost MF, Wafa TT, Morell RJ, Cravedi KD, du Hoffmann J, Miyoshi T, Munasinghe JP, Fitzgerald TS, Chudasama Y, Omori K, Pierpaoli C, Bánfi B, Dong L, Belyantseva IA, Friedman TB. The phenotypic landscape of a Tbc1d24 mutant mouse includes convulsive seizures resembling human early infantile epileptic encephalopathy. Hum Mol Genet. 2019 May 1;28(9):1530-1547. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy445. PMID: 30602030; PMCID: PMC6466106.

Nakano Y, Kelly MC, Rehman AU, Boger ET, Morell RJ, Kelley MW, Friedman TB, Bánfi B. Defects in the Alternative Splicing-Dependent Regulation of REST Cause Deafness. Cell. 2018 Jul 26;174(3):536-548.e21. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.06.004. Epub 2018 Jun 28. PMID: 29961578; PMCID: PMC6370011.

Swiderski RE, Nakano Y, Mullins RF, Seo S, Bánfi B. A mutation in the mouse ttc26 gene leads to impaired hedgehog signaling. PLoS Genet. 2014 Oct 23;10(10):e1004689. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004689. PMID: 25340710; PMCID: PMC4207615.

Nakano Y, Jahan I, Bonde G, Sun X, Hildebrand MS, Engelhardt JF, Smith RJ, Cornell RA, Fritzsch B, Bánfi B. A mutation in the Srrm4 gene causes alternative splicing defects and deafness in the Bronx waltzer mouse. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(10):e1002966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002966. Epub 2012 Oct 4. PMID: 23055939; PMCID: PMC3464207.

Pezzulo AA, Tang XX, Hoegger MJ, Abou Alaiwa MH, Ramachandran S, Moninger TO, Karp PH, Wohlford-Lenane CL, Haagsman HP, van Eijk M, Bánfi B, Horswill AR, Stoltz DA, McCray PB Jr, Welsh MJ, Zabner J. Reduced airway surface pH impairs bacterial killing in the porcine cystic fibrosis lung. Nature. 2012 Jul 4;487(7405):109-13. doi: 10.1038/nature11130. PMID: 22763554; PMCID: PMC3390761.

Lorentzen D, Durairaj L, Pezzulo AA, Nakano Y, Launspach J, Stoltz DA, Zamba G, McCray PB Jr, Zabner J, Welsh MJ, Nauseef WM, Bánfi B. Concentration of the antibacterial precursor thiocyanate in cystic fibrosis airway secretions. Free Radic Biol Med. 2011 May 1;50(9):1144-50. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.02.013. Epub 2011 Feb 18. PMID: 21334431; PMCID: PMC3070840.

Nakano Y, Kim SH, Kim HM, Sanneman JD, Zhang Y, Smith RJ, Marcus DC, Wangemann P, Nessler RA, Bánfi B. A claudin-9-based ion permeability barrier is essential for hearing. PLoS Genet. 2009 Aug;5(8):e1000610. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000610. Epub 2009 Aug 21. PMID: 19696885; PMCID: PMC2720454.

Nakano Y, Longo-Guess CM, Bergstrom DE, Nauseef WM, Jones SM, Bánfi B. Mutation of the Cyba gene encoding p22phox causes vestibular and immune defects in mice. J Clin Invest. 2008 Mar;118(3):1176-85. doi: 10.1172/JCI33835. PMID: 18292807; PMCID: PMC2248803.