ZFIN Person: Gross, Jeffrey

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-030211-4

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-030211-4

Gross, Jeffrey

Email:	grossjm@pitt.edu
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Affiliation:	Gross Lab
Address:	E. Ronald Salvitti Chair in Ophthalmology Research Professor of Ophthalmology, and Developmental Biology Director, Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine BST3 Room 2051
Country:	United States
Phone:	412-383-7325
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

My group studies eye development, diseases and regeneration. We have broad interests in developmental biology, cell biology, genomics and evolution.

PUBLICATIONS

Lee, J., Lee, B.K., Gross, J.M. (2023) Brd activity regulates Müller glia-dependent retinal regeneration in zebrafish. Glia. 71(12):2866-2883

Lu, F., Leach, L.L., Gross, J.M. (2023) A CRISPR-Cas9-mediated F0 screen to identify pro-regenerative genes in the zebrafish retinal pigment epithelium. Scientific Reports. 13:31423142

Seese, S.E., Muheisen, S., Gath, N., Gross, J.M., Semina, E.V. (2022) Identification of HSPA8 as an interacting partner of MAB21L2 and an important factor in eye development. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 252(4):510-526

Lu, F., Leach, L.L., Gross, J.M. (2022) mTOR activity is essential for retinal pigment epithelium regeneration in zebrafish. PLoS Genetics. 18:e1009628

Leach, L.L., Fisher, G.B., Gross, J.M. (2022) Nitroreductase/Metronidazole-Mediated Ablation and a MATLAB Platform (RpEGEN) for Studying Regeneration of the Zebrafish Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. (181):

Chen, S., Lathrop, K.L., Kuwajima, T., Gross, J.M. (2021) Retinal ganglion cell survival after severe optic nerve injury is modulated by crosstalk between JAK/STAT signaling and innate immune responses in the zebrafish retina. Development (Cambridge, England). 149(8):

Leach, L.L., Hanovice, N.J., George, S.M., Gabriel, A.E., Gross, J.M. (2021) The immune response is a critical regulator of zebrafish retinal pigment epithelium regeneration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118(21)

Angileri, K.M., Gross, J.M. (2020) dnmt1 function is required to maintain retinal stem cells within the ciliary marginal zone of the zebrafish eye. Scientific Reports. 10:11293

Sinagoga, K.L., Larimer-Picciani, A.M., George, S.M., Spencer, S.A., Lister, J.A., Gross, J.M. (2020) Mitf-family transcription factor function is required within cranial neural crest cells to promote choroid fissure closure. Development (Cambridge, England). 147(21):

Taler, K., Weiss, O., Rotem, S., Rubinstein, A.M., Seritrakul, P., Gross, J.M., Inbal, A. (2019) Lysyl hydroxylase 3 is required for normal lens capsule formation and maintenance of lens epithelium integrity and fate. Developmental Biology. 458(2):177-188

Seritrakul, P., Gross, J.M. (2019) Genetic and epigenetic control of retinal development in zebrafish. Current opinion in neurobiology. 59:120-127

Gath, N., Gross, J.M. (2019) Zebrafish mab21l2 mutants possess severe defects in optic cup morphogenesis, lens and cornea development. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 248(7):514-529

Hanovice, N.J., Leach, L.L., Slater, K., Gabriel, A.E., Romanovicz, D., Shao, E., Collery, R., Burton, E.A., Lathrop, K.L., Link, B.A., Gross, J.M. (2019) Regeneration of the zebrafish retinal pigment epithelium after widespread genetic ablation. PLoS Genetics. 15:e1007939

Bernstein, C.S., Anderson, M.T., Gohel, C., Slater, K., Gross, J.M., Agarwala, S. (2018) The cellular bases of choroid fissure formation and closure. Developmental Biology. 440:137-151

Siddam, A.D., Gautier-Courteille, C., Perez-Campos, L., Anand, D., Kakrana, A., Dang, C.A., Legagneux, V., Méreau, A., Viet, J., Gross, J.M., Paillard, L., Lachke, S.A. (2018) The RNA-binding protein Celf1 post-transcriptionally regulates p27Kip1 and Dnase2b to control fiber cell nuclear degradation in lens development. PLoS Genetics. 14:e1007278

Hanovice, N.J., McMains, E., Gross, J.M. (2018) Using GAL4-Inducible Transgenics to Modulate Rho GTPase Activity in Zebrafish. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 1821:359-370

Sredni, S.T., Suzuki, M., Yang, J.P., Topczewski, J., Bailey, A.W., Gokirmak, T., Gross, J.N., de Andrade, A., Kondo, A., Piper, D.R., Tomita, T. (2017) A functional screening of the kinome identifies the Polo-like kinase 4 as a potential therapeutic target for malignant rhabdoid tumors, and possibly, other embryonal tumors of the brain. Pediatric blood & cancer. 64(11)

Seritrakul, P., Gross, J.M. (2017) Tet-mediated DNA hydroxymethylation regulates retinal neurogenesis by modulating cell-extrinsic signaling pathways. PLoS Genetics. 13:e1006987

Hanovice, N.J., McMains, E., Gross, J.M. (2017) Corrigendum: A GAL4-inducible transgenic tool kit for the in vivo modulation of Rho GTPase activity in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 246:485

James, A., Lee, C., Williams, A.M., Angileri, K., Lathrop, K.L., Gross, J.M. (2016) The Hyaloid Vasculature Facilitates Basement Membrane Breakdown During Choroid Fissure Closure in the Zebrafish Eye. Developmental Biology. 419(2):262-272

Hanovice, N.J., McMains, E., Gross, J.M. (2016) A GAL4-inducible transgenic toolkit for the in vivo modulation of Rho GTPase activity in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 245(8):844-53

Hanovice, N.J., Daly, C.M., Gross, J.M. (2015) N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor b (nsfb) Is Required for Normal Pigmentation of the Zebrafish Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 56:7535-7544

Hartsock, A., Lee, C., Arnold, V., Gross, J.M. (2014) In vivo analysis of Hyaloid vasculature morphogenesis in zebrafish: A role for the lens in maturation and maintenance of the Hyaloid. Developmental Biology. 394(2):327-39

Lee, C., Wallingford, J.B., Gross, J.M. (2014) cluap1 is essential for ciliogenesis and photoreceptor maintenance in the vertebrate eye. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 55(7):4585-92

Seritrakul, P., and Gross, J.M. (2014) Expression of the de novo DNA methyltransferases (dnmt3-dnmt8) during zebrafish lens development. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 243(2):350-6

Daly, C.M., Willer, J., Gregg, R., and Gross, J.M. (2013) snow white, a Zebrafish Model of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Type 5. Genetics. 195(2):481-494

Lee, J., Lee, B.K., and Gross, J.M. (2013) Bcl6a function is required during optic cup formation to prevent p53-dependent apoptosis and colobomata. Human molecular genetics. 22(17):3568-82

Lee, J., Cox, B.D., Daly, C.M., Lee, C., Nuckels, R.J., Tittle, R.K., Uribe, R.A., and Gross, J.M. (2012) An ENU Mutagenesis Screen in Zebrafish for Visual System Mutants Identifies a Novel Splice-Acceptor Site Mutation in patched2 that Results in Colobomas. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 53(13):8214-8221

Hayes, J.M., Hartsock, A., Clark, B.S., Napier, H.R., Link, B.A., and Gross, J.M. (2012) Integrin α5/fibronectin1 and focal adhesion kinase are required for lens fiber morphogenesis in zebrafish. Molecular biology of the cell. 23(24):4725-4738

Uribe, R.A., Kwon, T., Marcotte, E.M., and Gross, J.M. (2012) Id2a functions to limit Notch pathway activity and thereby influence the transition from proliferation to differentiation of retinoblasts during zebrafish retinogenesis. Developmental Biology. 371(2):280-292

Luo, J., Uribe, R.A., Hayton, S., Calinescu, A.A., Gross, J.M., and Hitchcock, P.F. (2012) Midkine-A functions upstream of Id2a to regulate cell cycle kinetics in the developing vertebrate retina. Neural Development. 7(1):33

Bibliowicz, J., and Gross, J.M. (2011) Ectopic proliferation contributes to retinal dysplasia in the juvenile zebrafish patched2 mutant eye. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 52(12):8868-77

Tittle, R.K., Sze, R., Ng, A., Nuckels, R.J., Swartz, M.E., Anderson, R.M., Bosch, J., Stainier, D.Y., Eberhart, J.K., and Gross, J.M. (2011) Uhrf1 and Dnmt1 are required for development and maintenance of the zebrafish lens. Developmental Biology. 350(1):50-63

Bibliowicz, J., Tittle, R.K., and Gross, J.M. (2011) Toward a Better Understanding of Human Eye Disease Insights From the Zebrafish, Danio rerio. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 100:287-300

Uribe, R.A., and Gross, J.M. (2010) Id2a influences neuron and glia formation in the zebrafish retina by modulating retinoblast cell cycle kinetics. Development (Cambridge, England). 137(22):3763-3774

Bibliowicz, J., and Gross, J.M. (2009) Expanded progenitor populations, vitreo-retinal abnormalities, and Muller glial reactivity in the zebrafish leprechaun/patched2 retina. BMC Developmental Biology. 9:52

Ng, A., Uribe, R.A., Yieh, L., Nuckels, R., and Gross, J.M. (2009) Zebrafish mutations in gart and paics identify crucial roles for de novo purine synthesis in vertebrate pigmentation and ocular development. Development (Cambridge, England). 136(15):2601-2611

Brown, J.D., Dutta, S., Bharti, K., Bonner, R.F., Munson, P.J., Dawid, I.B., Akhtar, A.L., Onojafe, I.F., Alur, R.P., Gross, J.M., Hejtmancik, J.F., Jiao, X., Chan, W.Y., and Brooks, B.P. (2009) Expression profiling during ocular development identifies 2 Nlz genes with a critical role in optic fissure closure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106(5):1462-1467

Nuckels, R.J., Ng, A., Darland, T., and Gross, J.M. (2009) The Vacuolar-ATPase Complex Regulates Retinoblast Proliferation and Survival, Photoreceptor Morphogenesis and Pigmentation in the Zebrafish Eye. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 50(2):893-905

Lee, J., Willer, J.R., Willer, G.B., Smith, K., Gregg, R.G., and Gross, J.M. (2008) Zebrafish blowout provides genetic evidence for Patched1-mediated negative regulation of Hedgehog signaling within the proximal optic vesicle of the vertebrate eye. Developmental Biology. 319(1):10-22

Gross, J.M., and Perkins, B.D. (2008) Zebrafish mutants as models for congenital ocular disorders in humans. Molecular reproduction and development. 75(3):547-555

Lee, J., and Gross, J.M. (2007) Laminin {beta}1 and {gamma}1 Containing Laminins Are Essential for Basement Membrane Integrity in the Zebrafish Eye. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 48(6):2483-2490

Gross, J.M., Perkins, B.D., Amsterdam, A., Egana, A., Darland, T., Matsui, J.I., Sciascia, S., Hopkins, N., and Dowling, J.E. (2005) Identification of Zebrafish Insertional Mutants with Defects in Visual System Development and Function. Genetics. 170(1):245-261

Gross, J.M., and Dowling, J.E. (2005) Tbx2b is essential for neuronal differentiation along the dorsal/ventral axis of the zebrafish retina. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102(12):4371-4376

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
McClay DR, Gross JM, Range R, Peterson RE and CA Bradham "Sea Urchin Gastrulation" in Gastrulation: From Cells to Embryos Claudio Stern, ed. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (2004)

Gross JM, Peterson RE, Wu S-Y and DR McClay “LvTbx2/3, a T-box Family Transcription Factor Involved in Formation of the Oral/Aboral Axis of the Sea Urchin Embryo” Development 130, 1989-1999 (2003)

Gross JM and DR McClay “The Role of Brachyury (T) During Gastrulation Movements in the Sea Urchin, Lytechinus variegatus” Developmental Biology 239, 132-147 (2001)