Biography and Research Interest

- Cell adhesion molecules
- Development of the visual system
- Neurodevelopmental diseases

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

Breau MA, Pietri T, Stemmler MP, Thiery JP, Weston JA. A nonneural epithelial domain of embryonic cranial neural folds gives rise to ectomesenchyme. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jun 3;105(22):7750-5.

Wong CE, Paratore C, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Rochat A, Pietri T, Suter U, Zimmermann DR, Dufour S, Thiery JP, Meijer D, Beermann F, Barrandon Y, Sommer L. Neural crest-derived cells with stem cell features can be traced back to multiple lineages in the adult skin. J Cell Biol. 2006 Dec 18;175(6):1005-15.

Breau MA, Pietri T, Eder O, Blanche M, Brakebusch C, Fassler R, Thiery JP, Dufour S. Lack of beta1 integrins in enteric neural crest cells leads to a Hirschsprung-like phenotype. Development. 2006 May;133(9):1725-34. Epub 2006 Mar 29.

Hao Z, Guo C, Jiang X, Krueger S, Pietri T, Dufour S, Cone RE, O'Rourke J. New transgenic evidence for a system of sympathetic axons able to express tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) within arterial/arteriolar walls. Blood. 2006 Jul 1;108(1):200-2. Epub 2006 Mar 2.

Pietri T, Eder O, Breau MA, Topilko P, Blanche M, Brakebusch C, Fassler R, Thiery JP, Dufour S. Conditional beta1-integrin gene deletion in neural crest cells causes severe developmental alterations of the peripheral nervous system. Development. 2004 Aug;131(16):3871-83. Epub 2004 Jul 14.

Pietri T, Eder O, Blanche M, Thiery JP, Dufour S. The human tissue plasminogen activator-Cre mouse: a new tool for targeting specifically neural crest cells and their derivatives in vivo. Dev Biol. 2003 Jul 1;259(1):176-87.

Pietri T, Thiery JP, Dufour S. Differential expression of beta3 integrin gene in chick and mouse cranial neural crest cells. Dev Dyn. 2003 Jun;227(2):309-13.

Therond PP, Limbourg Bouchon B, Gallet A, Dussilol F, Pietri T, van den Heuvel M, Tricoire H. Differential requirements of the fused kinase for hedgehog signalling in the Drosophila embryo. Development. 1999 Sep;126(18):4039-51.