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Yelick, Pamela C.
Email: pamela.yelick@tufts.edu
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Affiliation: Yelick Laboratory
Address: Director, Division of Craniofacial and Molecular Genetics Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Tufts University Boston, MA 02111 USA
Country: United States
Phone: 617-636-2430
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS


PUBLICATIONS
Xie, H., Kang, Y., Liu, J., Huang, M., Dai, Z., Shi, J., Wang, S., Li, L., Li, Y., Zheng, P., Sun, Y., Han, Q., Zhang, J., Zhu, Z., Xu, L., Yelick, P.C., Cao, M., Zhao, C. (2023) Ependymal polarity defects coupled with disorganized ciliary beating drive abnormal cerebrospinal fluid flow and spine curvature in zebrafish. PLoS Biology. 21:e3002008e3002008
Lalonde, R.L., Nicolas, H.A., Cutler, R.S., Pantekidis, I., Zhang, W., Yelick, P.C. (2023) Functional comparison of human ACVR1 and zebrafish Acvr1l FOP-associated variants in embryonic zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 252(5):605-628
Wentworth, K.L., Lalonde, R.L., Groppe, J.C., Brewer, N., Moody, T., Hansberry, S., Taylor, K., Shore, E.M., Kaplan, F.S., Pignolo, R.J., Yelick, P.C., Hsiao, E.C. (2022) Functional testing of BMP pathway variants identified on whole exome sequencing in a patient with delayed-onset fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) using ACVR1R206H -specific human cellular and zebrafish models. Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. 37(11):2058-2076
Alhazmi, N., Carroll, S.H., Kawasaki, K., Woronowicz, K.C., Hallett, S.A., Macias Trevino, C., Li, E.B., Baron, R., Gori, F., Yelick, P.C., Harris, M.P., Liao, E.C. (2021) Synergistic roles of Wnt modulators R-spondin2 and R-spondin3 in craniofacial morphogenesis and dental development. Scientific Reports. 11:5871
LaBonty, M., Yelick, P.C. (2019) An Adult Zebrafish Model of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 1891:155-163
LaBonty, M., Pray, N., Yelick, P.C. (2018) Injury of Adult Zebrafish Expressing Acvr1lQ204D Does Not Result in Heterotopic Ossification.. Zebrafish. 15(6):536-545
LaBonty, M., Yelick, P.C. (2017) Animal models of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 247(2):279-288
LaBonty, M., Pray, N., Yelick, P.C. (2017) A Zebrafish Model of Human Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. Zebrafish. 14(4):293-304
Sondalle, S.B., Baserga, S.J., Yelick, P.C. (2016) The Contributions of the Ribosome Biogenesis Protein Utp5/WDR43 to Craniofacial Development. Journal of dental research. 95(11):1214-20
Song, Z., Zhang, X., Jia, S., Yelick, P.C., Zhao, C. (2016) Zebrafish as a Model for Human Ciliopathies. Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao. 43:107-20
Zhao, C., Andreeva, V., Gibert, Y., LaBonty, M., Lattanzi, V., Prabhudesai, S., Zhou, Y., Zon, L., McCann, K.L., Baserga, S., and Yelick, P.C. (2014) Tissue specific roles for the ribosome biogenesis factor Wdr43 in zebrafish development. PLoS Genetics. 10(1):e1004074
Andreeva, V., Connolly, M.H., Stewart-Swift, C., Fraher, D., Burt, J., Cardarelli, J., and Yelick, P.C. (2011) Identification of adult mineralized tissue zebrafish mutants. Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000). 49(4):360-366
Parsons, K.J., Andreeva, V., James Cooper, W., Yelick, P.C., and Craig Albertson, R. (2011) Morphogenesis of the zebrafish jaw: development beyond the embryo. Methods in cell biology. 101:225-248
Yelick, P. C., Connolly, M. H. (2010) A forward genetic screen for genes regulating mineralized tooth and bone formation in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Zeitschrift fur angewandte Ichthyologie = Journal of applied ichthyology. 26(2):192-195
Yelick, P. C., Connolly, M. H. (2010) High-throughput methods for visualizing the teleost skeleton: capturing autofluorescence of alizarin red. Zeitschrift fur angewandte Ichthyologie = Journal of applied ichthyology. 26(2):274-277
Albertson, R.C., Yan, Y.L., Titus, T.A., Pisano, E., Vacchi, M., Yelick, P.C., Detrich, H.W. 3rd, and Postlethwait, J.H. (2010) Molecular pedomorphism underlies craniofacial skeletal evolution in Antarctic notothenioid fishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10:4
Jezewski, P.A., Fang, P.K., Payne-Ferreira, T.L., and Yelick, P.C. (2009) Alternative splicing, phylogenetic analysis, and craniofacial expression of zebrafish tbx22. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 238(6):1605-1612
Jezewski, P.A., Fang, P.K., Payne-Ferreira, T.L., and Yelick, P.C. (2008) Zebrafish wnt9b Synteny and Expression During First and Second Arch, Heart, and Pectoral Fin Bud Morphogenesis. Zebrafish. 5(3):169-177
Cinar, B., Fang, P.K., Lutchman, M., Di Vizio, D., Adam, R.M., Pavlova, N., Rubin, M.A., Yelick, P.C., and Freeman, M.R. (2007) The pro-apoptotic kinase Mst1 and its caspase cleavage products are direct inhibitors of Akt1. The EMBO journal. 26(21):4523-4534
Albertson, R.C., and Yelick, P.C. (2007) Fgf8 haploinsufficiency results in distinct craniofacial defects in adult zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 306(2):505-515
Fang, P.K., Solomon, K.R., Zhuang, L., Qi, M., McKee, M., Freeman, M.R., and Yelick, P.C. (2006) Caveolin-1alpha and -1beta perform nonredundant roles in early vertebrate development. The American journal of pathology. 169(6):2209-2222
Adams, D.S., Robinson, K.R., Fukumoto, T., Yuan, S., Albertson, R.C., Yelick, P., Kuo, L., McSweeney, M., and Levin, M. (2006) Early, H+-V-ATPase-dependent proton flux is necessary for consistent left-right patterning of non-mammalian vertebrates. Development (Cambridge, England). 133(9):1657-1671
Albertson, R.C., Payne-Ferreira, T.L., Postlethwait, J., and Yelick, P.C. (2005) Zebrafish acvr2a and acvr2b exhibit distinct roles in craniofacial development. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 233(4):1405-1418
Albertson, R.C., and Yelick, P.C. (2005) Roles for fgf8 signaling in left-right patterning of the visceral organs and craniofacial skeleton. Developmental Biology. 283(2):310-321
Perrino, M.A., and Yelick, P.C. (2004) Immunolocalization of Alk8 during Replacement Tooth Development in Zebrafish. Cells, tissues, organs. 176(1-3):17-27
Payne-Ferreira, T.L., Tong, K.W., and Yelick, P.C. (2004) Maternal alk8 Promoter Fragment Directs Expression in Early Oocytes. Zebrafish. 1(1):27-39
Albertson, R.C., and Yelick, P.C. (2004) Morphogenesis of the jaw: development beyond the embryo. The Zebrafish: Cellular and Developmental Biology,2nd Ed. Methods Cell Biol.. 76:437-454
Payne-Ferreira, T.L. and Yelick, P.C. (2003) Alk8 is required for neural crest cell formation and development of pharyngeal arch cartilages. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 228(4):683-696
Bang, P., Yelick, P., Malicki, J., and Sewell, W. (2002) High-throughput behavioral screening method for detecting auditory response defects in zebrafish. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 118(2):177-187
Yelick, P.C. (2002) Alk8 is expressed in adult replacement tooth development in zebrafish. Journal of dental research. 81:0164
Yelick, P.C. and Schilling, T.F. (2002) Molecular dissection of craniofacial development using zebrafish. Critical reviews in oral biology and medicine : an official publication of the American Association of Oral Biologists. 13(4):308-322
Payne, T.L., Skobe, Z., and Yelick, P.C. (2001) Regulation of tooth development by the novel type I TGFbeta family member receptor Alk8. Journal of dental research. 80(11):1968-1973
Babb, S.G., Barnett, J., Doedens, A.L., Cobb, N., Liu, Q., Sorkin, B.C., Yelick, P.C., Raymond, P.A., and Marrs, J.A. (2001) Zebrafish E-cadherin: Expression during early embryogenesis and regulation during brain development. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 221(2):231-237
Payne, T.L., Postlethwait, J.H., and Yelick, P.C. (2001) Functional characterization and genetic mapping of alk8. Mechanisms of Development. 100(2):275-289
Postlethwait, J.H, Yan, Y.-L., Gates, M.A., Horne, S., Amores, A., Brownlie, A., Donovan, A., Egan, E.S., Force, A., Gong, Z., Goutel, C., Fritz, A., Kelsh, R., Knapik, E., Liao, E., Paw, B., Ransom, D., Singer, A., Thomson, M., Abduljabbar, T.S., Yelick, P., Beier, D., Joly, J.-S., Larhammar, D., Rosa, F., Westerfield, M., Zon, L.I., Johnson, S.L., and Talbot, W.S. (1998) Vertebrate genome evolution and the zebrafish gene map. Nature Genetics. 18:345-349
Yelick, P.C., Abduljabbar, T.S., and Stashenko, P. (1998) zALK-8, a novel type I serine/threonine kinase receptor, is expressed throughout early zebrafish development. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 211:352-361
Yelick, P.C., Driever, W., Neuhauss, S., and Stashenko, P. (1996) Craniofacial cartilage development in zebrafish. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 785:360-361

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Yelick, P.C., Kwon, Y.K., Flynn, J.F., Borzorgzadeh, A., Kleene, K.C., Hecht, N.B. (1989) Mouse transition protein 1 is translationally regulated during the postmeiotic stages of spermatogenesis. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 1:193-200.

Mali, P., Kaipia, A., Kangasniemi, M., Toppari, J., Sandberg, M., Vuorio, E., Yelick, P.C., Hecht, N.B., Parvinen, M. (1990) Expression of nucleoprotein mRNAs during rat spermiogenesis. Nuclear Structure and Function. Ed. J.R. Harris and I.B. Zbarsky, Plenum Press, New York.

Yelick, P.C., Kozak, C., Kwon, Y.K., Seldin, M.F., Hecht, N.B. (1991) The mouse transition protein 1 gene contains a B1 repetitive element and is located on chromosome 1. Genomics 11:687-694.

Li, Y.P., Alexander, M., Wucherpfennig, A., Yelick, P.C., Chen, W., Stashenko, P. (1995) Cloning and complete cDNA sequence of a novel human cathepsin expressed in osteoclasts. J. Bone Miner. Res. 10:1197-1202.

Young, C.S., Honda, Terada, M.S., Vacanti, J.P., Bartlett, J.D, Yelick, P.C. (2001) Tooth tissues engineered on biodegradable polymer scaffolds. Tissue Eng. 7(5):624.

Payne, T.L., Postlethwait, J.H., Yelick, P.C. (2001) Functional characterization and genetic mapping of alk8. Mech. Dev. 100(2):275-289.

Duailibi S.E., Duailibi M.T., Young C.S., Vacanti J.P., Yelick, P.C. and Bartlett J.D. (2002) Tissue engineered teeth grown in the jaw and omentum. J. Dent. Res. 81:A-192.

Young, C.S., Terada, S., Vacanti, J.P., Honda, M., Bartlett, J.D., Yelick, P.C. (2002) Tissue engineering of complex tooth structures on biodegradable polymer scaffolds. J. Dent. Res. 81(10):695-700.

DeCaestecker, M., Payne, T.L., Yelick, P.C. (2002) The novel type I serine-threonine kinase receptor Alk8 binds TGF² in the presence of TGF²-RII. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 293(5):1556-1565.

Yelick PC, and Perrino MA (2003) Alk8 is reiteratively expressed in developing mouse teeth. J. Dent. Res. 82 Special Issue A, #0015 [Serial on CD-ROM].

Duailibi, M. T., Duailibi, S.E., Young, C. S., Vacanti, J. P., Bartlett, J.D., Yelick, P. C. (2004) Bioengineered teeth from cultured rat tooth bud cells. J. Dent. Res. 83(7):523-8.

Young, C.S., Kim, S.-W., Taylor, R., Vacanti, J.P., Bartlett, J.D., and Yelick, P.C. (2005) Developmental analysis and three-dimensional computer modeling of tooth crowns grown on biodegradable polymer scaffolds. Arch. Oral Biol. 50(2):259-265.

Albertson, R.C. and Yelick, P.C. (2005) Independent roles revealed for Fgf8 signaling in left-right patterning of the visceral organs and craniofacial skeleton. Dev. Biol. (Cover Art) 283(2):310-21.

Albertson, R. C., Payne, T. L., and Postlethwait, J., and Yelick, P.C. (2005) Identification, genetic mapping, and targeted disruption of the acvr2a and acvr2b genes in zebrafish. Dev. Dyn. 233(4):1405-18.

Albertson, R.C., Streelman, J. T., Kocher, T., Yelick, P.C. (2005) Integration and evolution of the cichlid mandible: the molecular basis of alternate feeding strategies" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA (Cover Art) 102(45):16287-92.

Young, C. S., Abukawa, H., Asrican, R., Ravens, M.S., Troulis, M.J., Kaban, L.B., Vacanti, J.P., and Yelick, P.C. (2005) Tissue engineered hybrid tooth and bone. Tissue Engineering,11(9-10):1599-610.

Albertson, R.C., Streelman, J. T., Kocher, T., Yelick, P.C. Integration and Evolution of the Cichlid Mandible: The Molecular Basis of Alternate Feeding Strategies" Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Nov 8;102(45):16287-92. Epub 2005 Oct 26, Cover Photo

Duailibi, M.T., Duailibi, S.E., Vacanti, J.P. and Yelick, P.C. (2006) Tooth tissues Bioengineered on PGA and PLGA Scaffolds in the Rat Jaw. Periodontology 2000 41:1-10.

Adams, D.S, Robinson, K.R, Fukumoto, T., Yuan, S., Albertson, R. C., Yelick, P.C, Kuo, L., McSweeney, M., and Levin, M. (2006) Early H+-V-ATPase-dependent proton flux is necessary for consistent left-right patterning of non-mammalian vertebrates. Development 133(9):1657-71. Epub 2006 Mar 22.

Fang, P.K., Solomon, K. R., Zhuang, L., Freeman, M.R., and Yelick, P.C. (2006) Distinct Developmental Roles for Caveolin-1± and -1². American Journal of Pathology (In Press).

Invited Chapters and Reviews:
Mali, P., Kaipai, A., Kangasniemi, M., Toppari, J., Sandberg, M., Vuorio, E., Yelick, P.C., Hecht, N.B., Parvinen, M. (1990) Expression of nucleoprotein mRNAs during spermatogenesis. In: Harris, J.R., Zbarsky, I.B. (eds). Nuclear Structure and Function. Plenum Press, New York.

Yelick, P.C. Stashenko, P. (1996) Characterization of zebrafish TGF-² family member receptors. In: Davidovitch, Z., Norton, L.A. (eds.). Biological Mechanisms of Tooth Movement and Craniofacial Adaptation, pp. 423-430. Harvard Society for the Advancement of Orthodontics, Boston, Massachusetts.

Yelick, P.C. (2004) Ten Cate Handbook of Oral History, "Bioengineering Teeth: Dream or Reality?" (In press).

Albertson, R. C. and Yelick, P.C. (2004)“Morphogenesis of the jaw: Development beyond the embryo”, Meth. Cell Biol., (p437-454).

Yelick, P.C. and Vacanti, J.P. (2004) “Dental Stem Cells”, Handbook of Adult & Fetal Stem Cells, Edited by Irv Weissman, Doug Melton, Catherine Verfaillie, Malcolm Moore, Helen Blau, E. Donnall Thomas, Mike West and Robert Lanza, Chapter 26, pp 279-292.

Lin, Y and Yelick, P.C. (2006) Periodontal Applications, Principles of Regenerative Medicine (In Press).