ZFIN Person: Marrs, James A.

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-981026-2

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-981026-2

Marrs, James A.

Email:	jmarrs@iupui.edu
URL:	http://biology.iupui.edu/people/james-marrs
Affiliation:
Address:	Department of Biology IUPUI SL-328 723 West Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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Phone:	(317) 278-0031
Fax:	(317) 274-2846
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Milder, P.C., Zybura, A.S., Cummins, T.R., Marrs, J.A. (2022) Neural Activity Correlates With Behavior Effects of Anti-Seizure Drugs Efficacy Using the Zebrafish Pentylenetetrazol Seizure Model. Frontiers in pharmacology. 13:836573

Marrs, J.A., Sarmah, S. (2021) The Genius of the Zebrafish Model: Insights on Development and Disease. Biomedicines. 9(5)

Cadena, M.R.S., Cadena, P.G., Watson, M.R., Sarmah, S., Boehm, S.L., Marrs, J.A. (2021) Zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae show behavioral and embryonic development defects when exposed to opioids at embryo stage. Neurotoxicology and teratology. 85:106964

Cadena, P.G., Cadena, M.R.S., Sarmah, S., Marrs, J.A. (2020) Protective effects of quercetin, polydatin, and folic acid and their mixtures in a zebrafish (Danio rerio) fetal alcohol spectrum disorder model. Neurotoxicology and teratology. 82:106928

Sarmah, S., Sales Cadena, M.R., Cadena, P.G., Marrs, J.A. (2020) Marijuana and Opioid Use during Pregnancy: Using Zebrafish to Gain Understanding of Congenital Anomalies Caused by Drug Exposure during Development. Biomedicines. 8(8):

Cadena, P.G., Cadena, M.R.S., Sarmah, S., Marrs, J.A. (2020) Folic acid reduces the ethanol-induced morphological and behavioral defects in embryonic and larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.). 96:249-257

Sarmah, S., Srivastava, R., McClintick, J.N., Janga, S.C., Edenberg, H.J., Marrs, J.A. (2020) Embryonic ethanol exposure alters expression of sox2 and other early transcripts in zebrafish, producing gastrulation defects. Scientific Reports. 10:3951

Sarmah, S., Curtis, C., Mahin, J., Farrell, M., Engler, T.A., Sanchez-Felix, M.V., Sato, M., Ma, Y.L., Chu, S., Marrs, J.A. (2019) The Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β Inhibitor LSN 2105786 Promotes Zebrafish Fin Regeneration. Biomedicines. 7(2)

Muralidharan, P., Sarmah, S., Marrs, J.A. (2018) Retinal Wnt signaling defect in a zebrafish fetal alcohol spectrum disorder model. PLoS One. 13:e0201659

Sarmah, S., Marrs, J.A. (2017) Embryonic Ethanol Exposure Affects Early- and Late-Added Cardiac Precursors and Produces Long-Lasting Heart Chamber Defects in Zebrafish. Toxics. 5(4)

Muralidharan, P., Connors, C.T., Mohammed, A.S., Sarmah, S., Marrs, K., Marrs, J.A., Chism, G.W. (2017) Turmeric Extract Rescues Ethanol-Induced Developmental Defect in the Zebrafish Model for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Journal of food science. 82(9):2221-2225

Sarmah, S., Marrs, J.A. (2016) Zebrafish as a Vertebrate Model System to Evaluate Effects of Environmental Toxicants on Cardiac Development and Function. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 17(12)

Sarmah, S., Muralidharan, P., Marrs, J.A. (2016) Embryonic Ethanol Exposure Dysregulates BMP and Notch Signaling, Leading to Persistent Atrio-Ventricular Valve Defects in Zebrafish. PLoS One. 11:e0161205

Sarmah, S., Chism, G.W., Vaughan, M.A., Muralidharan, P., Marrs, J.A., Marrs, K.A. (2016) Using Zebrafish to Implement a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience to Study Teratogenesis in Two Biology Laboratory Courses. Zebrafish. 13(4):293-304

Muralidharan, P., Sarmah, S., Marrs, J.A. (2015) Zebrafish retinal defects induced by ethanol exposure are rescued by retinoic acid and folic acid supplement. Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.). 49(2):149-63

Sarmah, S., and Marrs, J.A. (2013) Complex cardiac defects after ethanol exposure during discrete cardiogenic events in zebrafish: Prevention with folic acid. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 242(10):1184-201

Sarmah, S., Muralidharan, P., Curtis, C.L., McClintick, J.N., Buente, B.B., Holdgrafer, D.J., Ogbeifun, O., Olorungbounmi, O.C., Patino, L., Lucas, R., Gilbert, S., Groninger, E.S., Arciero, J., Edenberg, H.J., and Marrs, J.A. (2013) Ethanol exposure disrupts extraembryonic microtubule cytoskeleton and embryonic blastomere cell adhesion, producing epiboly and gastrulation defects. Biology Open. 2(10):1013-1021

Chen, Y., Londraville, R., Brickner, S., El-Shaar, L., Fankhauser, K., Dearth, C., Fulton, L., Sochacka, A., Bhattarai, S., Marrs, J.A., and Liu, Q. (2013) Protocadherin-17 function in zebrafish retinal development. Developmental Neurobiology. 73(4):259-273

Song, S., Eckerle, S., Onichtchouk, D., Marrs, J.A., Nitschke, R., and Driever, W. (2013) Pou5f1-dependent EGF expression controls e-cadherin endocytosis, cell adhesion, and zebrafish epiboly movements. Developmental Cell. 24(5):486-501

Clendenon, S.G., Sarmah, S., Shah, B., Liu, Q., and Marrs, J.A. (2012) Zebrafish cadherin-11 participates in retinal differentiation and retinotectal axon projection during visual system development. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 241(3):442-454

Liu, Q., Dalman, M.R., Sarmah, S., Chen, S., Chen, Y., Hurlbut, A.K., Spencer, M.A., Pancoe, L., and Marrs, J.A. (2011) Cell adhesion molecule cadherin-6 function in zebrafish cranial and lateral line ganglia development. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 240(7):1716-26

Marrs, J.A., Clendenon, S.G., Ratcliffe, D.R., Fielding, S.M., Liu, Q., and Bosron, W.F. (2010) Zebrafish fetal alcohol syndrome model: effects of ethanol are rescued by retinoic acid supplement. Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.). 44(7-8):707-715

Clendenon, S.G., Shah, B., Miller, C.A., Schmeisser, G., Walter, A., Gattone, V.H. 2nd, Barald, K.F., Liu, Q., and Marrs, J.A. (2009) Cadherin-11 controls otolith assembly: Evidence for extracellular cadherin activity. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 238(8):1909-1922

Lin, F., Chen, S., Sepich, D.S., Panizzi, J.R., Clendenon, S.G., Marrs, J.A., Hamm, H.E., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2009) Galpha12/13 regulate epiboly by inhibiting E-cadherin activity and modulating the actin cytoskeleton. The Journal of cell biology. 184(6):909-921

Liu, Q., Marrs, J.A., Londraville, R.L., and Wilson, A.L. (2008) Cadherin-7 function in zebrafish development. Cell and tissue research. 334(1):37-45

Liu, Q., Londraville, R., Marrs, J.A., Wilson, A.L., Mbimba, T., Murakami, T., Kubota, F., Zheng, W., and Fatkins, D.G. (2008) Cadherin-6 function in zebrafish retinal development. Developmental Neurobiology. 68(8):1107-1122

Wilson, A.L., Shen, Y.C., Babb-Clendenon, S.G., Rostedt, J., Liu, B., Barald, K.F., Marrs, J.A., and Liu, Q. (2007) Cadherin-4 plays a role in the development of zebrafish cranial ganglia and lateral line system. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 236(3):893-902

Liu, B., Joel Duff, R., Londraville, R.L., Marrs, J.A., and Liu, Q. (2007) Cloning and expression analysis of cadherin7 in the central nervous system of the embryonic zebrafish. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 7(1-2):15-22

Babb-Clendenon, S., Shen, Y.C., Liu, Q., Turner, K.E., Mills, M.S., Cook, G.W.,Miller, C.A., Gattone, V.H. 2nd, Barald, K.F., and Marrs, J.A. (2006) Cadherin-2 participates in the morphogenesis of the zebrafish inner ear. Journal of Cell Science. 119(24):5169-5177

Young, S.R., Mumaw, C., Marrs, J.A., and Skalnik, D.G. (2006) Antisense targeting of CXXC finger protein 1 inhibits genomic cytosine methylation and primitive hematopoiesis in zebrafish. The Journal of biological chemistry. 281(48):37034-37044

Liu, Q., Duff, R.J., Liu, B., Wilson, A.L., Babb-Clendenon, S.G., Francl, J., and Marrs, J.A. (2006) Expression of cadherin10, a type II classic cadherin gene, in the nervous system of the embryonic zebrafish. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 74(6):1016-1025

Babb, S.G., Kotradi, S.M., Shah, B., Chiappini-Williamson, C., Bell, L.N., Schmeiser, G., Chen, E., Liu, Q., and Marrs, J.A. (2005) Zebrafish R-cadherin (Cdh4) controls visual system development and differentiation. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 233(3):930-945

Liu, Q., Marrs, J.A., Azodi, E., Kerstetter, A.E., Babb, S.G., and Hashmi, L. (2004) Differential expression of cadherins in the developing and adult zebrafish olfactory system. The Journal of comparative neurology. 478(3):269-281

Babb, S.G., and Marrs, J.A. (2004) E-cadherin regulates cell movements and tissue formation in early zebrafish embryos. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 230(2):263-277

Kerstetter, A.E., Azodi, E., Marrs, J.A., and Liu, Q. (2004) Cadherin-2 function in the cranial ganglia and lateral line system of developing zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 230(1):137-143

Liu, Q., Kerstetter, A.E., Azodi, E., and Marrs, J.A. (2003) Cadherin-1, -2, and -11 expression and cadherin-2 function in the pectoral limb bud and fin of the developing zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 228(4):734-739

Novince, Z.M., Azodi, E., Marrs, J.A., Raymond, P.A., and Liu, Q. (2003) Cadherin expression in the inner ear of developing zebrafish. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 3(3):337-339

Liu, Q., Londraville, R.L., Azodi, E., Babb, S.G., Chiappini-Williamson, C., Marrs, J.A., and Raymond, P.A. (2002) Up-regulation of cadherin-2 and cadherin-4 in regenerating visual structures of adult zebrafish. Experimental neurology. 177(2):396-406

Liu, Q., Marrs, J.A., Chuang, J.C., and Raymond, P.A. (2001) Cadherin-4 expression in the zebrafish central nervous system and regulation by ventral midline signaling. Brain research. Developmental brain research. 131(1-2):17-29

Liu, Q., Babb, S.G., Novince, Z.M., Doedens, A.L., Marrs, J., and Raymond, P.A. (2001) Differential expression of cadherin-2 and cadherin-4 in the developing and adult zebrafish visual system. Visual neuroscience. 18(6):923-933

Babb, S.G. and Marrs, J.A. (2001) E-cadherin controls early cleavage patterns and is required for epiboly and gastrulation cell movements in early zebrafish embryos. Molecular biology of the cell. (Suppl.) 12:2636

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

Babb, S.G., Liu, Q., Raymond, P.A., Gallin, W.J., and Marrs, J.A. (2000) Zebrafish E-cadherin: phylogenic analysis, expression during early embryogenesis and regulation during midbrain-hindbrain boundary formation. Molecular biology of the cell. 11:2026

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