Athena Ypsilanti, PhD
Associate Specialist
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Publications (20)

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Cerebral CortexGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalCell PolarityCOUP Transcription Factor IHomeodomain ProteinsNeurogenesisNervous SystemRegulatory Elements, TranscriptionalEnhancer Elements, GeneticTranscription FactorsGene Regulatory NetworksGABAergic NeuronsPre-B-Cell Leukemia Transcription Factor 1Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase ComplexCytoskeleton

• Combinatorial transcription factor binding encodes cis-regulatory wiring of mouse forebrain GABAergic neurogenesis.
  Developmental cell 2024 Catta-Preta R, Lindtner S, Ypsilanti A, Seban N, Price JD, Abnousi A, Su-Feher L, Wang Y, Cichewicz K, Boerma SA, Juric I, Jones IR, Akiyama JA, Hu M, Shen Y, Visel A, Pennacchio LA, Dickel DE, …
• Nr2f1 enhancers have distinct functions in controlling Nr2f1 expression during cortical development.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2024 Liu Z, Ypsilanti AR, Markenscoff-Papadimitriou E, Dickel DE, Sanders SJ, Dong S, Pennacchio LA, Visel A, Rubenstein JL
• Five autism-associated transcriptional regulators target shared loci proximal to brain-expressed genes.
  Cell reports 2024 Fazel Darbandi S, An JY, Lim K, Page NF, Liang L, Young DM, Ypsilanti AR, State MW, Nord AS, Sanders SJ, Rubenstein JLR
• Combinatorial transcription factor binding encodes cis-regulatory wiring of forebrain GABAergic neurogenesis.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Catta-Preta R, Lindtner S, Ypsilanti A, Price J, Abnousi A, Su-Feher L, Wang Y, Juric I, Jones IR, Akiyama JA, Hu M, Shen Y, Visel A, Pennacchio LA, Dickel D, Rubenstein JLR, Nord AS
• DLX1 and the NuRD complex cooperate in enhancer decommissioning and transcriptional repression.
  Development (Cambridge, England) 2022 Price JD, Lindtner S, Ypsilanti A, Binyameen F, Johnson JR, Newton BW, Krogan NJ, Rubenstein JLR

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• Single cell enhancer activity distinguishes GABAergic and cholinergic lineages in embryonic mouse basal ganglia.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2022 Su-Feher L, Rubin AN, Silberberg SN, Catta-Preta R, Lim KJ, Ypsilanti AR, Zdilar I, McGinnis CS, McKinsey GL, Rubino TE, Hawrylycz MJ, Thompson C, Gartner ZJ, Puelles L, Zeng H, Rubenstein JLR, Nord …
• Transcriptional network orchestrating regional patterning of cortical progenitors.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2021 Ypsilanti AR, Pattabiraman K, Catta-Preta R, Golonzhka O, Lindtner S, Tang K, Jones IR, Abnousi A, Juric I, Hu M, Shen Y, Dickel DE, Visel A, Pennachio LA, Hawrylycz M, Thompson CL, Zeng H, Barozzi I,…
• Autism risk gene POGZ promotes chromatin accessibility and expression of clustered synaptic genes.
  Cell reports 2021 Markenscoff-Papadimitriou E, Binyameen F, Whalen S, Price J, Lim K, Ypsilanti AR, Catta-Preta R, Pai EL, Mu X, Xu D, Pollard KS, Nord AS, State MW, Rubenstein JL
• Ultraconserved enhancer function does not require perfect sequence conservation.
  Nature genetics 2021 Snetkova V, Ypsilanti AR, Akiyama JA, Mannion BJ, Plajzer-Frick I, Novak CS, Harrington AN, Pham QT, Kato M, Zhu Y, Godoy J, Meky E, Hunter RD, Shi M, Kvon EZ, Afzal V, Tran S, Rubenstein JLR, Visel A…
• Ultraconserved Enhancers Are Required for Normal Development.
  Cell 2018 Dickel DE, Ypsilanti AR, Pla R, Zhu Y, Barozzi I, Mannion BJ, Khin YS, Fukuda-Yuzawa Y, Plajzer-Frick I, Pickle CS, Lee EA, Harrington AN, Pham QT, Garvin TH, Kato M, Osterwalder M, Akiyama JA, Afzal …
• Pbx Regulates Patterning of the Cerebral Cortex in Progenitors and Postmitotic Neurons.
  Neuron 2015 Golonzhka O, Nord A, Tang PLF, Lindtner S, Ypsilanti AR, Ferretti E, Visel A, Selleri L, Rubenstein JLR
• Nkx2.1-derived astrocytes and neurons together with Slit2 are indispensable for anterior commissure formation.
  Nature communications 2015 Minocha S, Valloton D, Ypsilanti AR, Fiumelli H, Allen EA, Yanagawa Y, Marin O, Chédotal A, Hornung JP, Lebrand C
• Robo1 modulates proliferation and neurogenesis in the developing neocortex.
  The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2014 Yeh ML, Gonda Y, Mommersteeg MT, Barber M, Ypsilanti AR, Hanashima C, Parnavelas JG, Andrews WD
• Increased expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein in prefrontal cortex in psychotic illness.
  Schizophrenia research 2013 Feresten AH, Barakauskas V, Ypsilanti A, Barr AM, Beasley CL
• Slit-roundabout signaling regulates the development of the cardiac systemic venous return and pericardium.
  Circulation research 2012 Mommersteeg MT, Andrews WD, Ypsilanti AR, Zelina P, Yeh ML, Norden J, Kispert A, Chédotal A, Christoffels VM, Parnavelas JG
• Slit2 and Robo3 modulate the migration of GnRH-secreting neurons.
  Development (Cambridge, England) 2012 Cariboni A, Andrews WD, Memi F, Ypsilanti AR, Zelina P, Chedotal A, Parnavelas JG
• A regulatory toolbox of MiniPromoters to drive selective expression in the brain.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010 Portales-Casamar E, Swanson DJ, Liu L, de Leeuw CN, Banks KG, Ho Sui SJ, Fulton DL, Ali J, Amirabbasi M, Arenillas DJ, Babyak N, Black SF, Bonaguro RJ, Brauer E, Candido TR, Castellarin M, Chen J, …
• Moving away from the midline: new developments for Slit and Robo.
  Development (Cambridge, England) 2010 Ypsilanti AR, Zagar Y, Chédotal A
• Effects of sub-chronic clozapine and haloperidol administration on brain lipid levels.
  Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry 2010 Barakauskas VE, Ypsilanti AR, Barr AM, Innis SM, Honer WG, Beasley CL
• A novel mechanism and treatment target for presynaptic abnormalities in specific striatal regions in schizophrenia.
  Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2010 Barakauskas VE, Beasley CL, Barr AM, Ypsilanti AR, Li HY, Thornton AE, Wong H, Rosokilja G, Mann JJ, Mancevski B, Jakovski Z, Davceva N, Ilievski B, Dwork AJ, Falkai P, Honer WG