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Publications

2010

Lin SC, P Dolle, L Ryckebusch, M Noseda, S Zaffran, MD Schneider and K Niederreither. (2010). Endogenous retinoic acid regulates cardiac progenitor differentiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. May 3 [Epub ahead of print]

Ryckebusch L, N Bertrand, K Mesbah, F Bajolle, K Niederreither, RG Kelly and S Zaffran. (2010). Decreased levels of embryonic Retinoic acid synthesis accelerate recovery from arterial growth delay in a mouse model of DiGeorge syndrome.Circ Res. 106(4):686-94.

2009

Bonnet D, S Zaffran, R Kelly and F Bajolle. (2009). Embryological and genetic mechanisms of cardiac great arteries malformations. J Soc Biol. 203(2):161-5.

Bajolle F, S Zaffran, J Losay, M Buckingham and D. Bonnet. (2009). Conotruncal defects with associated anomalous pulmonary venous connections. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases 102,105-110.

Ryckebusch L, and S. Zaffran. (2009) Embryonic dysfunction and congenital heart diseases. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss, 174, 28-32.

Bajolle F, S Zaffran, and D. Bonnet. (2009). Genetic and mechanism of congenital heart diseases. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases, 102, 59-63.

2008

Galli D, JN Dominguez, S Zaffran, A Munk, N Brown and M Buckingham. (2008). Atrial myocardium derives from the posterior region of the second heart field, which acquires left/right identity as Pitx2c is expressed. Development, 135, 1157-1167.

Ryckebusch L, Z Wang, N Bertrand, S-C Lin, R Schwartz, S Zaffran^ß, and K Niederreither^ß. (2008). Retinoic acid deficiency alters second heart field. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105, 2913-2918 . ^ßCo-Senior author and Corresponding author

Bajolle F and S Zaffran. (2008). Haemodynamic induces aortic arch asymmetry. Medecine Sciences, 24, 354-356.

Bajolle F, S Zaffran, S Meilhac, T Chang, R-G. Kelly, and M-E Buckingham. (2008). Myocardium at the base of the aorta and pulmonary trunk is prefigured in the early heart and pharyngeal mesodermal progenitors cell populations. Dev Biol, 312, 25-34.

2007

Lo P, S Zaffran, S Senatore and M Frasch. (2007). The Drosophila Hand gene is required for remodeling of the developing and adult heart and midgut during metamorphosis. Dev Biol, 311, 287-296.

Bajolle F, S Zaffran and D Bonnet. (2007). Molecular bases of congenital heart diseases. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss, 100, 484-489.

Bajolle F, N Bertrand et S Zaffran. (2007). Developpement du systeme cardiovasculaire. Traite de cardiologie et des maladies cardiovasculaires. Editeurs: J-Y Artigou, J-J Monsuez, eds. (Paris, France, Masson). Corresponding author

Prall OW, M Menon, M Solloway, Y Watanabe, S Zaffran, F Bajolle, et al. (2007). An Nkx2.5/Bmp2/Smad1 negative feedback loop controls heart progenitor specification and proliferation. Cell, 128, 947-959.

2006

Zaffran S, I Reim, L Qian, PC Lo, R Bodmer and M Frasch. (2006). Cardioblast-intrinsic Tinman activity controls proper diversification and differentiation of myocardial cells in Drosophila. Development, 133, 4073-4083.

Bonnet D, F Bajolle and S Zaffran. (2006). Mecanismes embryologiques et genetique des cardiopathies. Med Feot Ech Gyn, 68, 17-19.

Marguerie-Petiot A*, F Bajolle*, S Zaffran, N Brown, C Dickson, M-E. Buckingham and R-G. Kelly. (2006). Congenital heart diseases in Fgfr2-IIIb and Fgf10 mutant mouse embryos. Cardiovasc Res, 71, 50-60.

Bajolle F*, S Zaffran*, R-G. Kelly, J Hadchouel, D Bonnet, N Brown and M-E Buckingham. (2006). Rotation of the myocardium wall of the outflow tract is associated with normal positioning of the great arteries. Circ Res, 98, 421-428.

2005

Buckingham M-E, S Meilhac and S Zaffran. (2005). Building the vertebrate heart from two sources of precursors. Nat Rev Genet, 6, 826-835.

Kelly R-G, S Zaffran, M Buckingham, and N Brown. (2005). Fgf10 and the embryological origin of outflow tract myocardium. In Cardiovascular Development and Congenital Malformations, M. Artman, D. W. Benson, D. Strivastava, and M. Nakazawa, eds. (Oxford, UK, Blackwell Futura).

2004

Zaffran S^ß, R-G Kelly, S Meilhac, M-E Buckingham and N Brown. (2004). Right ventricular myocardium derives from the anterior heart field. Circ Res, 95, 261-268. ^ßCorresponding author

2003

Kelly R-G, M Lemonnier, S Zaffran, A Munk and M-E Buckingham. (2003). Cell history determines the maintenance of transcriptional differences between cardiomyocytes in the developing mouse heart. J Cell Sci, 116, 5005-5013.

Zaffran S*, R-G Kelly, A Munk, N Brown and M-E Buckingham. (2003). The mouse as a model for heart morphogenesis in mammals: the origin of myocytes and studies with cardiac explants. J Soc Biol, 197, 187-194. *Corresponding author

*Equal contribution