Abate-Shen, C., and Shen, M. M. (2008). FGF signaling in prostate tumorigenesis - new insights into epithelial-stromal interactions. Cancer Cell 12, 495-497.

Oki, S., Hashimoto, R., Okui, Y., Shen, M. M., Mekada, E., Otani, H., Saijoh, Y., and Hamada, H. (2007). Sulfated glycosaminoglycans are necessary for Nodal signal transmission from the node to the left lateral plate in the mouse embryo. Development 134, 3893-3904.

Lin, Y., Liu, G., Zhang, Y., Hu, Y. P., Yu, K., Lin, C., McKeehan, K., Xuan, J. W., Ornitz, D. M., Shen, M. M., Greenberg, N., McKeehan, W. L., and Wang, F. (2007). Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 tyrosine kinase is required for prostatic morphogenesis and the acquistion of strict androgen dependency for adult tissue homeostasis. Development 134, 723-734.

Shiratori, H., Yashiro, K., Shen, M. M., and Hamada, H. (2006). Conserved regulation and role of Pitx2 in situs-specific morphogenesis of visceral organs. Development 133, 3015-3025.

Sonntag, K. C., Simantov, R., Bjorklund, L., Cooper, O., Pruszak, J., Kowalke, F., Gimartin, J., Ding, J., Hu, Y.-P., Shen, M. M., and Isacson, O. (2005). Context-dependent neuronal differentiation and germ layer induction of Smad4 (-/-) and Cripto (-/-) embryonic stem cells. Mol. Cell Neurosci. 28, 417-429.

Saijoh, Y., Oki, S., Tanaka, C., Nakamura, T., Adachi, H., Yan, Y.-T., Shen, M. M., and Hamada, H. (2005). Two nodal-responsive enhancers control left-right asymmetric expression of Nodal. Dev. Dyn. 232, 1031-1036. (Epub ahead of print).

Abate-Shen, C., and Shen, M. M. (2005). An unusual gene dosage effect of p27^kip1 in a mouse model of prostate cancer. Cell Cycle 4. (Epub ahead of print).

Sleat, D. E., Wiseman, J. A., El-Banna, M., Kim, K. H., Mao, Q., Price, S., Macauley, S. L., Sidman, R. L., Shen, M. M., Zhao, Q., Passini, M. A., Davidson, B. L., Stewart, G. R., and Lobel, P. (2004). A mouse model of classical late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis based on targeted disruption of the CLN2 gene results in a loss of tripeptidyl-peptidase I activitiy and progressive neurodegeneration. J. Neurosci. 24, 9117-9126.

Li, S., Mo, Z., Yang, X., Price, S. M., Shen, M. M., and Xiang, M. (2004). Foxn4 controls the genesis of amacrine and horizontal cells by retinal progenitors. Neuron 43, 795-807.

Morkel, M., Huelsken, J., Wakamiya, M., Ding, J., van de Wetering, M., Clevers, H., Taketo, M. M., Behringer, R. R., Shen, M. M., and Birchmeier, W. (2003). Beta-catenin regulates Cripto- and Wnt3-dependent gene expression programs in mouse axis and mesoderm formation. Development 130, 6283-6294.

Shen, M. M. (2003). Decrypting the role of Cripto in tumorigenesis. J. Clin. Invest. 112, 500-502.

Patten, I., Kulesa, P., Shen, M. M., Fraser, S., and Placzek. M. (2003). Distinct modes of floor plate induction in the chick embryo. Development 130, 4809-4821.

Dai, X., Lercher, L. D., Clinton, P. M., Du, Y. Livingston, D. L., Viera, C., Yang, L., Shen, M. M., and Dreyfus, C. F. (2003). The trophic role of oligodendrocytes in the basal forebrain. J. Neurosci. 23, 5846-5853.

Park, J.-H., Walls, J. E., Galvez, J. J., Kim, M. J., Abate-Shen, C., Shen, M. M., and Cardiff, R. D. (2002). Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia in genetically engineered mice. Am. J. Path. 161, 727-735.

Li, S., Price, S. M., Cahill, H., Ryugo, D. K., Shen, M. M., and Xiang, M. (2002). Hearing loss caused by progressive degeneration of cochlear hair cells in mice deficient for the Barhl1 homeobox gene. Development 129, 3523-3532.

Kimura, C., Shen, M. M., Takeda, N., Aizawa, S., and Matsuo, I. (2001). Complementary functions of Otx2 and Cripto in initial patterning of mouse epiblast. Dev. Biol. 235, 12-32.

Hu, G., Lee, H., Price, S. M., Shen, M. M., and Abate-Shen, C. (2001). Msx homeobox genes inhibit differentiation through up-regulation of Cyclin D1. Development 128, 2373-2384.

Bamford, R. N., Roessler, E., Burdine, R. D., Saplakoglu, U., de la Cruz, J., Splitt, M., Towbin, J., Bowers, P., Marino, B., Schier, A. F., Shen, M. M., Muenke, M., and Casey, B. (2000). Loss-of-function mutations in the EGF-CFC gene Cfc1 are associated with human left-right laterality defects. Nature Genet. 26, 365-369.

Yan, Y.-T., Stein, S. M., Ding, J., Shen, M. M., and Abate-Shen, C. (2000). A novel PF/PN motif inhibits nuclear localization and DNA binding activity of the ESX1 homeoprotein. Mol. Cell. Biol. 20, 661-671.

Bendall, A., Ding, J., Hu, G., Shen, M. M., and Abate-Shen, C. (1999). Msx1 antagonizes the myogenic activity of Pax3 in migrating limb muscle precursors. Development 126, 4965-4976.

Sciavolino, P. J., Abrams, E. W., Yang, L., Austenberg, L. P., Shen, M. M., and Abate-Shen, C. (1997). Tissue-specific expression of murine Nkx3.1 in the male urogenital system. Dev. Dyn. 209, 127-138.

Zhang, H., Hu., G., Wang, H., Sciavolino, P., Iler, N., Shen, M. M., and Abate-Shen, C. (1997). Heterodimerization of Msx and Dlx homeoproteins results in functional antagonism. Mol. Cell. Biol. 17, 2920-2932.

Catron, K. M., Wang, H., Hu, G., Shen, M. M., and Abate-Shen, C. (1996). Comparison of MSX-1 and MSX-2 suggests a molecular basis for functional redundancy. Mech. Dev. 55, 185-199.

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