Publications
Contact Dr Tao Sun at Email: tas2009@med.cornell.edu
Shan Bian and Tao Sun (2011). Functions of noncoding RNAs in neural development and neurological diseases. Molecular Neurobiology. (In press).
Qingsong Li, Shan Bian, Janet Hong , Yoko Kawase-Koga, Edwin Zhu, Yongri Zheng, Lizhuang Yang and Tao Sun (2011). Timing specific requirement of microRNA function is essential for embryonic and postnatal hippocampal development. PloS ONE, (In press).
Shan Bian and Tao Sun (2011). Noncoding RNAs in Neural Stem Cell Development. "Neural Stem Cells". The InTech Open Access Publisher. (In press).
Gaizka Otaegi, Andrew Pollock, Janet Hong and Tao Sun (2011). MicroRNA miR-9 modifies motor neuron columns by a tuning regulation of FoxP1 levels in developing spinal cords. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(3):809-18. (Highlighted article).
Yoko Kawase-Koga, Roger Low, Gaizka Otaegi, Andrew Pollock, Haiteng Deng, Frank Eisenhaber, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh and Tao Sun (2010). RNAase III enzyme Dicer maintains signaling pathways for differentiation and survival in mouse cortical neural stem cells. Journal of Cell Science, 123(Pt 4):586-94.
Tao Sun (2010). Differential gene transcription in the left and right cerebral cortex. "The two halves of the brain: Information processing in the cerebral hemispheres". The MIT Press. P21-36.
Yoko Kawase-Koga, Gaizka Otaegi and Tao Sun (2009). Different timings of Dicer deletion affect neurogenesis and gliogenesis in the developing mouse central nervous system. Developmental Dynamics, 238(11):2800–2812.
Zhenyong Huang, Yoko Kawase-Koga, Shuqun Zhang, Jane Visvader, Miklos Toth, Christopher A. Walsh and Tao Sun (2009). Transcription factor Lmo4 defines the shape of functional areas in developing cortices and regulates sensorimotor control. Developmental Biology, 327(1):132-142. Epub 2008 Dec 16.
Tao Sun, Randall V. Collura, Katherine Miller, Maryellen Ruvolo and Christopher A. Walsh (2006). Genomic and evolutionary analyses of asymmetrically expressed genes in human fetal left and right cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 16 Suppl 1:i18-25.
Tao Sun, Brain Hafler, Sovann Kaing, Masaaki Kitada, Keith Ligon, Hans Widlund, Dong-in Yuk, Charles D. Stiles and David H. Rowitch (2006). Evidence for motoneuron lineage-specific regulation of Olig2 in the vertebrate neural tube. Developmental Biology, 292(1):152-164.
Tao Sun and Christopher A. Walsh (2006). Molecular approaches to brain asymmetry and handedness. Nature Review Neuroscience, 7(8):655-662.
Tao Sun, Christina Patoine, Jane Visvader, Eleanor Sum, Timothy J. Cherry, Stuart H. Orkin, Daniel H. Geschwind and Christopher A. Walsh (2005). Early asymmetry of gene transcription in embryonic human left and right cerebral cortex. Science, 308(5729):1794-8. (Published online 12 May 2005).
Tao Sun, Hualing Dong, Lizi Wu, Micheal Kane, David H. Rowitch and Charles D. Stiles (2003). Cross-repressive interaction of the Olig2 and Nkx2.2 transcription factors in developing neural tube associated with formation of a specific physical complex. Journal of Neuroscience. 23(29):9547-56.
Lizi Wu, Tao Sun, Karla Kobayashi, Ping Gao, and James D. Griffin (2002). Identification of a family of mastermind-like transcriptional coactivators for mammalian Notch receptors. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 22(21):7688–7700.
Q. Richard Lu, Tao Sun, Zhimin Zhu, Nan Ma, Meritxell Garcia, Charles D. Stiles and David H. Rowitch (2002). Common developmental requirement for Olig function indicates a motor neuron/oligodendrocyte connection. Cell 109, 75–86.
Tao Sun, Yann Echelard, Richard Lu, Dong-in Yuk, Sovann Kaing, Charles D. Stiles and David H. Rowitch (2001). Olig bHLH proteins interact with homeodomain proteins to regulate cell fate acquisition in progenitors of the ventral neural tube. Current Biology 11:1413–1420.
Tao Sun, Damith Jayatilake, Gijs Afink, Paris Ataliotis, Monica Nister, William D. Richardson and Hazel K. Smith (2000). A human YAC transgene rescues craniofacial and neural tube development in PDGFRa knockout mice and uncovers a role for PDGFRa in prenatal lung growth. Development 127, 4519-4529.
Tao Sun, Nigel P. Pringle, Adrain P. Hardy, William D. Richardson and Hazel K. Smith (1998). Pax6 influences the time and site of origin of glial precursors in the ventral spinal cord. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 12, 228-239.
