PUBLICATIONS

Primary Literature

Kilinc, D., Gallo, G and Barbee, K.A. (2008) Mechanically-induced Membrane Poration Causes Axonal Beading and Localized Cytoskeletal Damage. Exp. Neurol. In Press.

Gallo, G. (2008) Semaphorin 3A Inhibits ERM Protein Phosphorylation in Growth Cone Filopodia Through Inactivation of PI3K. Developmental Neurobiology, In press.

Orlova, I., Silver, L., Gallo. G. (2007) Regulation of Actomyosin Contractility by PI3K in Sensory Axons. Developmental Neurobiology, 67:1843-51.

Kilinc, D., Gallo, G., Barbee, K. (2007) Poloxamer 188 Reduces Axonal Beading Following Mechanical Trauma to Cultured Neurons. Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS Cité Internationale, Lyon, France, August 23-26, 2007. Pg. 3595-98.

Francisco, H., Yellen, B., Halverson, D., Friedman, G., Gallo, G. (2007) Regulation of Axon Guidance and Extension by 3-Dimensional Constraints. Biomaterials, 28:3398-3407.

Ketschek, A., Jones, S.J., Gallo., G. (2007) Axon Extension in the Fast and Slow Lanes: Substratum Dependent Engagement of Myosin II Functions. Developmental Neurobiology (Formerly, J. Neurobiology). 67(10):1305-20.

Gallo, G. (2006) RhoA-kinase Coordinates F-actin Organization and Myosin II Activity During Semaphorin-IIIA Induced Axon Retraction. J. Cell Sci. 119(16):3413-23.

Jones, S., Selzer, M., Gallo, G. (2006) Developmental Regulation of Sensory Axon Regeneration in the Absence of Growth Cones. J. Neurobiology. 66(14):1630-1645.

Loudon, R., Silver, L., Yee, H.F. Jr., Gallo, G. (2006) RhoA-kinase and myosin II are required for the maintenance of growth cone polarity and guidance by nerve growth factor. J. Neurobiology. 66(8):847-867.

Silver, L. and Gallo, G. (2005) Extracellular muscle myosin II promotes sensory axon formation. DNA and Cell Biology 24(7):438-445.

Neuhuber, B., Himes, T., Shumsky, J., Gallo, G., and Fischer, I. (2005) Axon growth and recovery of function supported by human bone marrow stromal cells in the injured spinal cord exhibit donor variations. Brain Res. 1035(1):73-85.

Gehler, S., Gallo, G., Veien, E. and Letourneau, P.C. (2004) p75NTR signaling regulates filopodial dynamics through modulating RhoA activity. J. Neurosci. 2004 24(18):4363-72.

Neuhuber, B., Gallo, G., Howard, L., Kostura, L., Mackay, A. and Fischer, I. (2004) Re-evaluation of in vitro differentiation protocols for bone marrow stromal cells: Disruption of actin cytoskeleton induces rapid morphological changes and mimics neuronal phenotype. J. Neurosci. Res. 77(2):192-204.

Gallo, G.(2004) Myosin II activity is required for severing-induced axon retraction in vitro. Exp. Neurology 189(1):112-121.

Silver, L.D., Qiang, L., Loudon, R. and Gallo, G. (2004) Bi-directional inhibitory interactions between metanephros and lumbosacral nerves in vitro. Developmental Dynamics, 231(1):190-198.

Gallo, G., Yee, H.F. Jr and Letourneau, P.C. (2002) Actin turnover is required to prevent axon retraction driven by endogenous actomyosin contractility. J Cell Biol. 158(7):1219-28.

Jurney, W.M., Gallo, G., Letourneau, P.C. and McLoon, S.C. (2002) Rac1-mediated endocytosis during ephrin-A2- and semaphorin 3A-induced growth cone collapse. J. Neurosci. 22(14):6019-28.

Gallo G, Ernst AF, McLoon SC, Letourneau PC. (2002) Transient PKA activity is required for initiation but not maintenance of BDNF-mediated protection from nitric oxide-induced growth-cone collapse. J. Neurosci. 22(12):5016-23.

Ernst, A. F., Gallo, G., Letourneau, P.C. and McLoon, S.C. (2000) Stabilization of growing retinal axons by the combined signaling of nitric oxide and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. J. Neurosci. 20(4):1458-69.

Gallo, G. and Letounreau, P.C. (1999) Different contributions of microtubule dynamics and transport to the growth of axons and collateral sprouts. J. Neurosci. 19(10):3860-73.

Gallo, G. and Letourneau, P.C. (1998) Localized sources of neurotrophins initiate axon collateral sprouting. J. Neurosci. 18(14):5403-14.

Gallo. G. (1998) Involvement of microtubules in the regulation of neuronal growth cone morphologic remodeling. J. Neurobiol. 35(2):121-40.

Gallo, G., Lefcort, F.B. and Letourneau, P.C. (1997) The trkA receptor mediates growth cone turning toward a localized source of nerve growth factor. J. Neurosci. 17(14):5445-54.

Gallo, G. and Pollack, E.D. (1997) Temporal regulation of growth cone lamellar protrusion and the influence of target tissue. J. Neurobiol. 33(7):929-44.

Gallo, G. and Pollack, E.D. (1995) Cyclic remodelling of growth cone lamellae and the effect of target tissue. Brain Res. Dev. Brain Res. 85(1):140-5.

Review Articles and Book Chapters

Gallo, G. (2007) Tau is Actin up in Alzheimer's Disease. Nature Cell Biology, 9(2):133-134 (News & Views section).

Lelkes, P.I., Unsworth, B.R., Saporta, S., Cameron, D.F. and Gallo, G.(2004) Culture of Neuroendocrine and Neuronal Cells for Tissue Engineering. In Culture of Cells for Tissue Engineering. Edited by Vunjak-Novakovic G. and Freshney, R.I. Wiley Inc.

Gallo, G. and Letourneau, P.C. (2004) Regulation of growth cone actin filaments by guidance cues. J. Neurobiology, 58(1):92-102.

Gallo, G. (2003) Making proteins into drugs: Assisted delivery of proteins and peptides into living neurons. Methods in Cell Biology, 71:326-339.

Gallo, G. and Letourneau, P.C. (2002) Axon guidance: proteins turnover in turning growth cones. Curr. Biol.12(16):R560-2

Gallo, G. and Letourneau, P.C. (2000) Neurotrophins and the dynamic regulation of the neuronal cytoskeleton. J. Neurobiol. 44(2):159-73.

Gallo, G. and Letourneau, P.C. (1999) Axon guidance: A balance of signals sets axons on the right track. Curr. Biol. 9(13):R490-2.

Gallo, G. and Letourneau, P.C. (1998) Axon guidance: GTPases help axons reach their targets.
Curr. Biol. 8(3):R80-2.

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