- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
2023
University of Puerto Rico System
2020-2021
Abstract Echinoderms comprise a group of animals with impressive regenerative capabilities. They can replace complex internal organs following injury or autotomy. In holothurians sea cucumbers, cellular processes intestinal regeneration have been extensively studied. The molecular machinery behind this faculty, however, remains to be understood. Here we assembled and annotated de novo transcriptome using RNA-seq data consisting regenerating non-regenerating tissues from the cucumber...
Wnt signaling has been shown to play multiple roles in regenerative processes, one of the most widely studied which is regeneration intestinal luminal epithelia. Most studies this area have focused on self-renewal stem cells; however, may also more dynamic functions, such as facilitating organogenesis. To explore possibility, we employed sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima that can regenerate a full intestine over course 21 days after evisceration. We collected RNA-seq data from various...
La regeneración es un proceso llamativo que permite la reconstitución de miembro u órgano afectado o perdido. en los organismos depende sus características filogenéticas, las cuales permiten agrupación ciertos seres son conocidos por su gran capacidad anatómica como el caso platelmintos y equinodermos. Dentro del grupo equinodermos, pepino mar Holothuria glaberrima organismo modelo poco común tiene regenerar órganos internos. Es invertebrado con desarrollo embriológico similar a vertebrados...
Abstract Echinoderms comprise a group of animals with impressive regenerative capabilities. They can replace complex internal organs following injury or autotomy. In holothurians sea cucumbers, cellular processes intestinal regeneration have been extensively studied. The molecular machinery behind this faculty, however, remains to be understood. Here we assembled and annotated de novo transcriptome using RNA-seq data consisting regenerating non-regenerating tissues from the cucumber...