ZFIN Lab: Wei Lab

ZFIN ID: ZDB-LAB-031030-3

Wei Lab

PI/Director:	Wei, Xiangyun
Contact Person:	Wei, Xiangyun
Email:	weix@upmc.edu
URL:	http://ophthalmology.medicine.pitt.edu/faculty.asp?DeptID=2&ID=503&usertypeid=1
Address:	Department of Ophthalmology University of Pittsburgh UPMC Eye Center, Room 910 203 Loothrop Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
Country:	United States
Phone:	(412) 647-3537
Fax:	(412) 647-5880
Line Designation:	pt

GENOMIC FEATURES ORIGINATING FROM THIS LAB

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STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS

LAB MEMBERS

Brosenitsch, Teresa Post-Doc

ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS OF LAB MEMBERS

Zhang, L., Wei, X. (2023) Stepwise modulation of apical orientational cell adhesions for vertebrate neurulation. Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 98(6):2271-2283

Park, J.S., Wei, X. (2022) Size variations in synaptic terminals among different types of photoreceptors and across the zebrafish retina. Experimental Eye Research. 227:109377

Guo, C., Deveau, C., Zhang, C., Nelson, R., Wei, X. (2020) Zebrafish Crb1, localizing uniquely to the cell membranes around cone photoreceptor axonemes, alleviates light damage to photoreceptors and modulates cones' light responsiveness. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 40(37):7065-7079

Fang, W., Wen, Y., Wei, X. (2020) Identification and Characterization of Cis-Regulatory Elements for Photoreceptor-Type-Specific Transcription in ZebraFish. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2092:123-145

Guo, C., Zou, J., Wen, Y., Fang, W., Stolz, D.B., Sun, M., Wei, X. (2018) Apical Cell-Cell Adhesions Reconcile Symmetry and Asymmetry in Zebrafish Neurulation. iScience. 3:63-85

Fu, J., Nagashima, M., Guo, C., Raymond, P.A., Wei, X. (2018) Novel Animal Model of Crumbs-Dependent Progressive Retinal Degeneration That Targets Specific Cone Subtypes. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 59:505-518

Yang, X., Fu, J., Wei, X. (2017) Expression patterns of zebrafish nocturnin genes and the transcriptional activity of the frog nocturnin promoter in zebrafish rod photoreceptors.. Molecular Vision. 23:1039-1047

Fang, W., Guo, C., Wei, X. (2017) Rainbow Enhancers Regulate Restrictive Transcription in Teleost Green, Red, and Blue Cones.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 37(11):2834-2848

Zou, J., Wen, Y., Yang, X., and Wei, X. (2013) Spatial-temporal expressions of Crumbs and Nagie oko and their interdependence in zebrafish central nervous system during early development. International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience. 31(8):770-782

Fang, W., Bonaffini, S., Zou, J., Wang, X., Zhang, C., Tsujimura, T., Kawamura, S., and Wei, X. (2013) Characterization of transgenic zebrafish lines that express GFP in the retina, pineal gland, olfactory bulb, hatching gland, and optic tectum. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 13(5-6):150-9

Fu, J., Fang, W., Zou, J., Sun, M., Lathrop, K., Su, G., and Wei, X. (2013) A Robust Procedure for Distinctively Visualizing Zebrafish Retinal Cell Nuclei under Bright Field Light Microscopy. The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society. 61(3):248-256

Zou, J., Wang, X., and Wei, X. (2012) Crb Apical Polarity Proteins Maintain Zebrafish Retinal Cone Mosaics via Intercellular Binding of Their Extracellular Domains. Developmental Cell. 22(6):1261-1274

Zou, J., and Wei, X. (2010) Transplantation of GFP-expressing Blastomeres for Live Imaging of Retinal and Brain Development in Chimeric Zebrafish Embryos. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. (41)

Zou, J., Yang, X., and Wei, X. (2010) Restricted localization of ponli, a novel zebrafish MAGUK-family protein, to the inner segment interface areas between green, red, and blue cones. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 51(3):1738-1746

Yang, X., Zou, J., Hyde, D.R., Davidson, L.A., and Wei, X. (2009) Stepwise maturation of apicobasal polarity of the neuroepithelium is essential for vertebrate neurulation. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 29(37):11426-11440

Bai, Q., Wei, X., and Burton, E.A. (2009) Expression of a 12-kb promoter element derived from the zebrafish enolase-2 gene in the zebrafish visual system. Neuroscience letters. 449(3):252-257

Zou, J., Lathrop, K.L., Sun, M., and Wei, X. (2008) Intact retinal pigment epithelium maintained by Nok is essential for retinal epithelial polarity and cellular patterning in zebrafish. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 28(50):13684-13695

Kagemann, L., Ishikawa, H., Zou, J., Charukamnoetkanok, P., Wollstein, G., Townsend, K.A., Gabriele, M.L., Bahary, N., Wei, X., Fujimoto, J.G., and Schuman, J.S. (2008) Repeated, noninvasive, high resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography imaging of zebrafish embryos. Molecular Vision. 14:2157-2170

Catalano, A.E., Raymond, P.A., Goldman, D., and Wei, X. (2007) Zebrafish dou yan mutation causes patterning defects and extensive cell death in the retina. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 236(5):1295-1306

Zou, J., Beermann, F., Wang, J., Kawakami, K., and Wei, X. (2006) The Fugu tyrp1 promoter directs specific GFP expression in zebrafish: tools to study the RPE and the neural crest-derived melanophores. Pigment cell research. 19(6):615-627

Wei, X., Zou, J., Takechi, M., Kawamura, S., and Li, L. (2006) Nok plays an essential role in maintaining the integrity of the outer nuclear layer in the zebrafish retina. Experimental Eye Research. 83(1):31-44

Wei, X., Luo, Y., and Hyde, D.R. (2006) Molecular cloning of three zebrafish lin7 genes and their expression patterns in the retina. Experimental Eye Research. 82(1):122-131

Wei, X., Cheng, Y., Luo, Y., Shi, X., Nelson, S., and Hyde, D.R. (2004) The zebrafish Pard3 ortholog is required for separation of the eye fields and retinal lamination. Developmental Biology. 269(1):286-301

Malicki, J., Jo, H., Wei, X., Hsiung, M., and Pujic, Z. (2002) Analysis of gene function in the zebrafish retina. Methods (San Diego, Calif.). 28(4):427-438

Wei, X. and Malicki, J. (2002) nagie oko, encoding a MAGUK-family protein, is essential for cellular patterning of the retina. Nature Genetics. 31(2):150-157

Malicki, J.J., Pujic, Z., Thisse, C., Thisse, B., and Wei, X. (2002) Forward and reverse genetic approaches to the analysis of eye development in zebrafish. Vision Research. 42(4):527-533