2024

Hair cell regeneration, reinnervation, and restoration of hearing thresholds in the avian hearing organ (2024)
Sato, M.P., Benkafadar, N., Heller, S. Cell Reports; 43 (2): 113822  PUBMED

An essential signaling cascade for avian auditory hair cell regeneration (2024)
Benkafadar, N., Sato, M.P., Ling, A.H., Janesick, A., Scheibinger, M., Jan, T.A., Heller, S. Developmental Cell; 59 (2): 280-291  PUBMED

2023

Transcriptional dynamics of delaminating neuroblasts in the mouse otic vesicle (2023)
Matern, M.S., Durruthy-Durruthy, R., Birol, O., Darmanis, S., Scheibinger, M., Groves, A.K., Heller, S. Cell Reports; 42 (6): 11245  PUBMED

Inner ear cells from stem cells: a path towards inner ear cell regeneration (2023)
Janesick, A., Hashino, E., Heller, S.
Hair Cell Regeneration - Springer Handbook of Auditory Research (SHAR, volume 75); 135-162  Springer

Fbxo2 CreERT2: A new model for targeting cells in the neonatal and mature inner ear (2023)
McGovern, M.M., Hartman, B., Thawani, A., Maunsell, H., Zhang, H., Yousaf, R., Heller, S., Stone, J., Groves, A.K.
Hearing Research; 428:108686  PUBMED

2022

Cell-type identity of the avian utricle (2022)
Scheibinger, M., Janesick, A., Benkafadar, N., Ellwanger, D.C., Jan, T.J, Heller, S.
Cell Reports; 40 (13): 111432  PUBMED

Avian auditory hair cell regeneration is accompanied by JAK/STAT-dependent expression of immune-related genes in supporting cells (2022)
Janesick, A., Scheibinger, M., Benkafadar, N., Kirti, S., Heller, S.
Development; 149 (8): dev200113  PUBMED

Molecular tools to study regeneration of the avian cochlea and utricle (2022)
Janesick, A., Scheibinger, M., Heller, S.
Neuromethods: Developmental, Physiological, and Functional Neurobiology of the Inner; 176: 77-97  DOI

Immunohistochemistry and in situ mRNA detection using inner ear vibratome sections (2022)
Scheibinger, M., Janesick, A., Diaz, G. H., Heller, S.
Neuromethods: Developmental, Physiological, and Functional Neurobiology of the Inner; 176: 41-58  DOI  

Editorial: Inner ear biology: Development, physiopathology, repair and recovery (2022)
Alsina, B., Heller, S., Varela-Nieto, I.
Frontiers in cell and developmental biology; 10: 1049463 PUBMED  

Surgical approach for rapid and minimally traumatic recovery of human inner ear tissues from deceased organ donors (2022) 
Vaisbuch, Y., Hosseini, D. K., Wagner, A., Hirt, B., Mueller, M., Ponnusamy, R., Heller, S., Cheng, A. G., Löwenheim, H., Aaron, K.A.
Otology & Neurotology : Official Publication of the American Otological Society; 43 (4): e519-e525  PUBMED

Selection criteria optimal for recovery of inner ear tissues from deceased organ donors (2022) 
Aaron, K. A., Hosseini, D. K., Vaisbuch, Y., Scheibinger, M., Grillet, N., Heller, S., Wang, T., Cheng, A. G.
Otology & Neurotology : Official Publication of the American Otological Society; 43 (4): e507-e514 PUBMED

2021

Cell-type identity of the avian cochlea (2021)
Janesick, A., Scheibinger, M., Benkafadar, N., Kirti, S., Ellwanger, D. C., Heller, S.
Cell Reports; 34 (12): 108900 PUBMED

Transcriptomic characterization of dying hair cells in the avian cochlea (2021)
Benkafadar, N., Janesick, A., Scheibinger, M., Ling, A. H., Jan, T. A., Heller, S.
Cell Reports; 34 (12): 108902 PUBMED

Greater epithelial ridge cells are the principal organoid-forming progenitors of the mouse cochlea (2021)
Kubota, M., Scheibinger, M., Jan, T. A., Heller, S.
Cell Reports; 34 (3): 108646 PUBMED

Spatiotemporal dynamics of inner ear sensory and non-sensory cells revealed by single-cell transcriptomics (2021) 
Jan, T. A., Eltawil, Y., Ling, A. H., Chen, L., Ellwanger, D. C., Heller, S., Cheng, A. G.
Cell Reports; 36 (2): 109358 PUBMED

Fluorescent in situ mRNA detection in the adult mouse cochlea (2021) 
Diaz, G. H., Heller, S.
STAR Protocols; 2 (3): 100711 PUBMED

Murine cochlear cell sorting and cell-type-specific organoid culture (2021)
Kubota, M., Heller, S.
STAR Protocols; 2 (3): 100645 PUBMED

2020

Hair-bearing human skin generated entirely from pluripotent stem cells (2020)
Lee, J., Rabbani, C. C., Gao, H., Steinhart, M. R., Woodruff, B. M., Pflum, Z. E., Kim, A., Heller, S., Liu, Y., Shipchandler, T. Z., Koehler, K. R.
Nature; 582 (7812): 399-404 PUBMED

Stem cell approaches and small molecules (2020)
Romano, D. R., Heller, S., Hashino , E.
The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference; 2: 945–962 DOI

2019

Single-cell proteomics reveals changes in expression during hair-cell development (2019)
Zhu, Y. n., Scheibinger, M. n., Ellwanger, D. C., Krey, J. F., Choi, D. n., Kelly, R. T., Heller, S. n., Barr-Gillespie, P. G.
eLife; 8:e50777 PUBMED

Stem cells and the bird cochlea - where Is everybody?  (2019)
Janesick, A. S., Heller, S.
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine; 9 (4) DOI

Progenitor cells from the adult human inner ear (2019)
Senn, P., Mina, A., Volkenstein, S., Kranebitter, V., Oshima, K., Heller, S.
Anatomical Record; 303 (3): 461-470 PUBMED

Novel insights into inner ear development and regeneration for targeted hearing loss therapies (2019)
Roccio, M., Senn, P., Heller, S.
Hearing Research; 397:107859 PUBMED

2018

Transcriptional dynamics of hair-bundle morphogenesis revealed with CellTrails (2018)
Ellwanger, D. C., Scheibinger, M., Dumont, R. A., Barr-Gillespie, P. G., Heller, S.
Cell Reports; 23 (10): 2901–14.e14 PUBMED

Fbxo2(VHC) mouse and embryonic stem cell reporter lines delineate in vitro-generated inner ear sensory epithelia cells and enable otic lineage selection and Cre-recombination (2018)
Hartman, B. H., Boescke, R., Ellwanger, D. C., Keymeulen, S., Scheibinger, M., Heller, S.
Developmental Biology; 443 (1): 64–77 DOI

Molecular characterization and prospective isolation of human fetal cochlear hair cell progenitors (2018)
Roccio, M., Perny, M., Ealy, M., Widmer, H., Heller, S., Senn, P.
Nature Communications; 9: 4027 PUBMED

Aminoglycoside damage and hair cell regeneration in the chicken utricle (2018) 
Scheibinger, M., Ellwanger, D. C., Corrales, C., Stone, J. S., Heller, S.
JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; 19 (1): 31 PUBMED

Hair follicle development in mouse pluripotent stem cell-derived skin organoids (2018)
Lee, J., Bӧscke, R., Tang, P. C., Hartman, B. H., Heller, S., Koehler, K. R.
Cell Reports; 22 (1): 242–254 PUBMED

Single-cell transcriptomics reveals abnormalities in neurosensory patterning of the Chd7 mutant mouse ear (2018)
Durruthy-Durruthy, R., Sperry, E. D., Bowen, M. E., Attardi, L. D., Heller, S., Martin, D. M.
Frontiers in Genetics; 9: 473 PUBMED

2017

Activity-dependent phosphorylation by CaMKIIδ alters the Ca2+ affinity of the multi-C2-domain protein otoferlin(2017)
Meese, S., Cepeda, A. P., Gahlen, F., Adams, C. M., Ficner, R., Ricci, A. J., Heller, S., Reisinger, E., Herget, M.
Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience; 9: 13 PUBMED

Small molecules for early endosome-specific patch clamping (2017)
Chen, C. C., Butz, E. S., Chao, Y. K., Grishchuk, Y., Becker, L., Heller, S., Slaugenhaupt, S. A., Biel, M., Wahl-Schott, C., Grimm, C.
Cell Chemical Biology; 24 (7): 907–16.e4 PUBMED

2016

Single-cell analysis delineates a trajectory toward the human early otic lineage  (2016)
Ealy, M., Ellwanger, D. C., Kosaric, N., Stapper, A. P., Heller, S.
PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 113 (30): 8508-8513 PUBMED

Modulation of Wnt Signaling Enhances Inner Ear Organoid Development in 3D Culture (2016)
Dejonge, R. E., Liu, X., Deig, C. R., Heller, S., Koehler, K. R., Hashino, E.
PloS One; 11 (9) PUBMED

Identification of novel MYO18A interaction partners required for myoblast adhesion and muscle integrity (2016)
Cao, J., Cheng, X., Li, S., Heller, S., Xu, Z., Shi, D.
Scientific Reports; 6: 36768 PUBMED

2015

Quantitative High-Resolution Cellular Map of the Organ of Corti  (2015)
Waldhaus, J., Durruthy-Durruthy, R., Heller, S.
Cell Reports; 11 (9): 1385-1399 PUBMED

3D computational reconstruction of tissues with hollow spherical morphologies using single-cell gene expression data (2015)
Durruthy-Durruthy, R., Gottlieb, A., Heller, S.
Nature Protocols; 10 (3): 459-474 PUBMED

Applications for single-cell trajectory analysis in inner ear development and regeneration (2015)
Durruthy-Durruthy, R., Heller, S.
Cell and Tissue Research; 361 (1): 49-57 PUBMED

Changes in the regulation of the Notch signaling pathway are temporally correlated with regenerative failure in the mouse cochlea (2015)
Maass, J. C., Gu, R., Basch, M. L., Waldhaus, J., Lopez, E. M., Xia, A., Oghalai, J. S., Heller, S., Groves, A. K.
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience; 9: 110 PUBMED

Identification and characterization of mouse otic sensory lineage genes (2015) 
Hartman, B. H., Durruthy-Durruthy, R., Laske, R. D., Losorelli, S., Heller, S.
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience; 9: 79 PUBMED

2014

Reconstruction of the Mouse Otocyst and Early Neuroblast Lineage at Single-Cell Resolution (2014)
Durruthy-Durruthy, R., Gottlieb, A., Hartman, B. H., Waldhaus, J., Laske, R. D., Altman, R., Heller, S.
Cell; 157 (4): 964-978 PUBMED

Inner ear hair cell-like cells from human embryonic stem cells (2014) 
Ronaghi, M., Nasr, M., Ealy, M., Durruthy-Durruthy, R., Waldhaus, J., Diaz, G. H., Joubert, L., Oshima, K., Heller, S.
Stem Cells and Development; 23 (11): 1275-1284 PUBMED

a-Tubulin K40 acetylation is required for contact inhibition of proliferation and cell-substrate adhesion (2014)
Aguilar, A., Becker, L., Tedeschi, T., Heller, S., Iomini, C., Nachury, M. V.
Molecular Biology of the Cell; 25 (12): 1854-1866 PUBMED

Cisplatin Exposure Damages Resident Stem Cells of the Mammalian Inner Ear (2014)
Slattery, E. L., Oshima, K., Heller, S., Warchol, M. E.
Developmental Dynamics; 243 (10): 1328-1337 PUBMED

2013

Transient, afferent input-dependent, postnatal niche for neural progenitor cells in the cochlear nucleus (2013) 
Volkenstein, S., Oshima, K., Sinkkonen, S. T., Corrales, C. E., Most, S. P., Chai, R., Jan, T. A., van Amerongen, R., Cheng, A. G., Heller, S.
PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 110 (35): 14456-14461 PUBMED

Tympanic border cells are Wnt-responsive and can act as progenitors for postnatal mouse cochlear cells (2013)
Jan, T. A., Chai, R., Sayyid, Z. N., van Amerongen, R., Xia, A., Wang, T., Sinkkonen, S. T., Zeng, Y. A., Levin, J. R., Heller, S., Nusse, R., Cheng, A. G.
Development; 140 (6): 1196-1206 PUBMED

Special issue on inner ear development and regeneration  (2013)
Heller, S.
Hearing Research; 297: 1-2 PUBMED

A novel ion channel formed by interaction of TRPML3 with TRPV5 (2013)
Guo, Z., Grimm, C., Becker, L., Ricci, A. J., Heller, S.
PLoS One; 8 (2): e58174 PUBMED

FCHSD1 and FCHSD2 are expressed in hair cell stereocilia and cuticular plate and regulate actin polymerization in vitro (2013)
Cao, H., Yin, X., Cao, Y., Jin, Y., Wang, S., Kong, Y., Chen, Y., Gao, J., Heller, S., Xu, Z.
PLoS One; 8 (2): e56516 PUBMED

A simple method for purification of vestibular hair cells and non-sensory cells, and application for proteomic analysis (2013)
Herget, M., Scheibinger, M., Guo, Z., Jan, T. A., Adams, C. M., Cheng, A. G., Heller, S.
PLoS One; 8 (6): e66026 PUBMED

2012

Constitutive activity of TRPML2 and TRPML3 channels versus activation by low extracellular sodium and small molecules (2012)
Grimm, C., Joers, S., Guo, Z., Obukhov, A. G., Heller, S.
Journal of Biological Chemistry; 287 (27): 22701-22708 PUBMED

Oriented collagen as a potential cochlear implant electrode surface coating to achieve directed neurite outgrowth(2012)
Volkenstein, S., Kirkwood, J. E., Lai, E., Dazert, S., Fuller, G. G., Heller, S.
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology; 269 (4): 1111-1116 PUBMED

Concise review: inner ear stem cells - an oxymoron, but why? (2012)
Ronaghi, M., Nasr, M., Heller, S.
Stem Cells; 30 (1): 69-74 PUBMED

Regenerative medicine for the special senses: restoring the inputs (2012) 
Bermingham-McDonogh, O., Corwin, J. T., Hauswirth, W. W., Heller, S., Reed, R., Reh, T. A.
The Journal of Neuroscience; 32 (41): 14053-14057 PUBMED

2011

Serial analysis of gene expression in the chicken otocyst  (2011)
Sinkkonen, S. T., Starlinger, V., Galaiya, D. J., Laske, R. D., Myllykangas, S., Oshima, K., Heller, S.
JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; 12 (6): 697-710 PUBMED

Gpr126 is essential for peripheral nerve development and myelination in mammals (2011)
Monk, K. R., Oshima, K., Joers, S., Heller, S., Talbot, W. S.
Development; 138 (13): 2673-2680 PUBMED

Intrinsic regenerative potential of murine cochlear supporting cells  (2011)
Sinkkonen, S. T., Chai, R., Jan, T. A., Hartman, B. H., Laske, R. D., Gahlen, F., Sinkkonen, W., Cheng, A. G., Oshima, K., Heller, S.
Scientific Reports; 1: 26 PUBMED

2010

Mechanosensitive hair cell-like cells from embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells (2010)
Oshima, K., Shin, K., Diensthuber, M., Peng, A. W., Ricci, A. J., Heller, S.
Cell; 141 (4): 704-716 PUBMED

Small molecule activators of TRPML3  (2010)
Grimm, C., Joers, S., Saldanha, S. A., Obukhov, A. G., Pan, B., Oshima, K., Cuajungco, M. P., Chase, P., Hodder, P., Heller, S.
Chemistry & Biology; 17 (2): 135-148 PUBMED

Genetic inactivation of Trpml3 does not lead to hearing and vestibular impairment in mice (2010)
Joers, S., Grimm, C., Becker, L., Heller, S.
PLoS One; 5 (12): e14317 PUBMED

A helix-breaking mutation in the epithelial Ca2+ channel TRPV5 leads to reduced Ca2+-dependent inactivation(2010)
Lee, K. P., Nair, A. V., Grimm, C., van Zeeland, F., Heller, S., Bindels, R. J., Hoenderop, J. G.
Cell Calcium; 48 (5): 275-287 PUBMED

Characterization of stem cells derived from the neonatal auditory sensory epithelium (2010)
Diensthuber, M., Heller, S.
HNO; 58 (11): 1056, 1058, 1060 PUBMED

PIST regulates the intracellular trafficking and plasma membrane expression of Cadherin 23 (2010)
Xu, Z., Oshima, K., Heller, S.
BMC Cell Biology; 11: 80 PUBMED

Curing hearing loss: patient expectations, health care practitioners, and basic science (2010)
Oshima, K., Suchert, S., Blevins, N. H., Heller, S.
Journal of Communication Disorders: 43 (4): 311–318 PUBMED

2009

Twinfilin 2 regulates actin filament lengths in cochlear stereocilia (2009)
Peng, A. W., Belyantseva, I. A., Hsu, P. D., Friedman, T. B., Heller, S.
Journal of Neuroscience; 29 (48): 15083-15088 PUBMED

The tissue-specific expression of TRPML2 (MCOLN-2) gene is influenced by the presence of TRPML1 (2009)
Samie, M. A., Grimm, C., Evans, J. A., Curcio-Morelli, C., Heller, S., Slaugenhaupt, S. A., Cuajungco, M. P.
Pflugers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology; 459 (1): 79-91 PUBMED

Campaign to identify agonists of transient receptor potential channels 3 and 2 (TRPML3 & TRPML2) (2009)
Saldanha, S. A., Grimm, C., Mercer, B. A., Choi, J. Y., Allais, C. Roush, W. R., Heller, S., Hodder, P.
Probe Reports from the NIH Molecular Libraries Program [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Center for Biotechnology Information (US); PUBMED

Differentiation of neurons from neural precursors generated in floating spheres from embryonic stem cells  (2009)
Li, H., Liu, H., Corrales, C. E., Risner, J. R., Forrester, J., Holt, J. R., Heller, S., Edge, A. S.
BMC Neuroscience; 10: 122 PUBMED

Quo vadis, hair cell regeneration?  (2009)
Brigande, J. V., Heller, S.
Nature Neuroscience; 12 (6): 679-685 PUBMED

Stem/progenitor cells derived from the cochlear sensory epithelium give rise to spheres with distinct morphologies and features (2009)
Diensthuber, M., Oshima, K., Heller, S.
JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; 10 (2): 173-190 PUBMED

Isolation of sphere-forming stem cells from the mouse inner ear (2009)
Oshima, K., Senn, P., Heller, S.
Methods in Molecular Biology; 493: 141-162 PUBMED

Life and death of sensory hair cells expressing constitutively active TRPML3 (2009)
Grimm, C., Joers, S., Heller, S.
Journal of Biological Chemistry; 284 (20): 13823-13831 PUBMED

Rethinking how hearing happens (2009)
Xu, Z., Ricci, A. J., Heller, S.
Neuron; 62 (3): 305-307 PUBMED

2008

MAGI-1, a candidate stereociliary scaffolding protein, associates with the tip-link component cadherin 23 (2008)
Xu, Z., Peng, A. W., Oshima, K., Heller, S.
Journal of Neuroscience; 28 (44): 11269-11276 PUBMED

Diverse expression patterns of LIM-homeodomain transcription factors (LIM-HDs) in mammalian inner ear development (2008)
Huang, M., Sage, C., Li, H., Xiang, M., Heller, S., Chen, Z.
Developmental Dynamics; 237 (11): 3305-3312 PUBMED

Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 deficiency suppresses unloading-induced bone loss (2008)
Mizoguchi, F., Mizuno, A., Hayata, T., Nakashima, K., Heller, S., Ushida, T., Sokabe, M., Miyasaka, N., Suzuki, M., Ezurai, Y., Noda, M.
Journal of Cellular Physiology; 216 (1): 47-53 PUBMED

Stimulus-specific modulation of the cation channel TRPV4 by PACSIN 3 (2008)
D'hoedt, D., Owsianik, G., Prenen, J., Cuajungco, M. P., Grimm, C., Heller, S., Voets, T., Nilius, B.
Journal of Biological Chemistry; 283 (10): 6272-6280 PUBMED

Stem-cell-based approaches for treating inner ear diseases (2008)
Senn, P., Heller, S.
HNO; 56 (1): 21-26 PUBMED

Emerging strategies for restoring the cochlea (2008)
Heller, S., Raphael, Y.
Auditory Trauma, Protection, and Repair: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research; 31: 321–338 DOI

2007

A helix-breaking mutation in TRPML3 leads to constitutive activity underlying deafness in the varitint-waddler mouse (2007)
Grimm, C., Cuajungco, M. P., van Aken, A. F., Schnee, M., Jors, S., Kros, C. J., Ricci, A. J., Heller, S.
PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 104 (49): 19583-19588 PUBMED

Differential distribution of stem cells in the auditory and vestibular organs of the inner ear (2007)
Oshima, K., Grimm, C. M., Corrales, C. E., Senn, P., Moneder, R. M., Geleoc, G. S., Edge, A., Holt, J. R., Heller, S.
JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; 8 (1): 18-31 PUBMED

Robust postmortem survival of murine vestibular and cochlear stem cells (2007)
Senn, P., Oshima, K., Teo, D., Grimm, C., Heller, S.
JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; 8 (2): 194-204 PUBMED

LIF promotes neurogenesis and maintains neural precursors in cell populations derived from spiral ganglion stem cells (2007)
Oshima, K., Teo, D. T., Senn, P., Starlinger, V., Heller, S.
BMC Developmental Biology; 7: 112 PUBMED

Dual role of the TRPV4 channel as a sensor of flow and osmolality in renal epithelial cells (2007)
Wu, L., Gao, X., Brown, R. C., Heller, S., O'Neil, R. G.
American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology; 293 (5): F1699-F1713 PUBMED

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells are progenitors in vitro for inner ear hair cells (2007)
Jeon, S., Oshima, K., Heller, S., Edge, A. S.
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience; 34 (1): 59-68 PUBMED

TRP channels as candidates for hearing and balance abnormalities in vertebrates (2007)
Cuajungco, M. P., Grimm, C., Heller, S.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease; 1772 (8): 1022-1027 PUBMED

The potential role of endogenous stem cells in regeneration of the inner ear (2007)
Martinez-Monedero, R., Oshima, K., Heller, S., Edge, A. S.
Hearing Research; 227 (1-2): 48–52 PUBMED

2006

PACSINs bind to the TRPV4 cation channel - PACSIN 3 modulates the subcellular localization of TRPV4 (2006)
Cuajungco, M. P., Grimm, C., Oshima, K., D'hoedt, D., Nilius, B., Mensenkamp, A. R., Bindels, R. J., Plomann, M., Heller, S.
Journal of Biological Chemistry; 281 (27): 18753-18762 PUBMED

Reinnervation of hair cells by auditory neurons after selective removal of spiral ganglion neurons  (2006)
Martinez-Monedero, R., Corrales, C. E., Cuajungco, M. P., Heller, S., Edge, A. S.
Journal of Neurobiology; 66 (4): 319-331 PUBMED

Sonic hedgehog promotes mouse inner ear progenitor cell proliferation and hair cell generation in vitro (2006)
Zhao, Y. L., Wang, Y. C., Wang, Z. M., Liu, H., SHEN, Y. Z., Li, W., Heller, S., Li, H. W.
Neuroreport; 17 (2): 121-124 PUBMED

Generation of inner ear cell types from embryonic stem cells (2006)
Rivolta, M. N., Li, H., Heller, S.
Methods in Molecular Biology; 330: 71-92 PUBMED

2005

The mechanosensitive nature of TRPV channels (2005)
O'Neil, R. G., Heller, S.
Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology; 451 (1): 193-203 PUBMED

BMP4 signaling is involved in the generation of inner ear sensory epithelia (2005)
Li, H. W., Corrales, C. E., Wang, Z. M., Zhao, Y. L., Wang, Y. C., Liu, H., Heller, S.
BMC Developmental Biology; 5: 16 PUBMED

Identification of chicken transmembrane channel-like (TMC) genes: Expression analysis in the cochlea (2005)
Mutai, H., Mann, S., Heller, S.
Neuroscience; 132 (4): 1115-1122 PUBMED

Sound from silence (2005)
Oshima, K., Heller, S.
Nature Medicine; 11 (3): 249-250 PUBMED

2004

Islet-1 expression in the developing chicken inner ear (2004)
 Li, H. W., Liu, H., Sage, C., Huang, M. Q., Chen, Z. Y., Heller, S.
Journal of Comparative Neurology; 477 (1): 1-10 PUBMED

Stem cells as therapy for hearing loss (2004)
Li, H. W., Corrales, C. E., Edge, A., Heller, S.
Trends in Molecular Medicine; 10 (7): 309-315 PUBMED

Correlation of Pax-2 expression with cell proliferation in the developing chicken inner ear (2004)
Li, H. W., Liu, H., Corrales, C. E., Mutai, H., Heller, S.
Journal of Neurobiology; 60 (1): 61-70 PUBMED

Absence of the RGS9•Gß5 GTPase-activating complex in photoreceptors of the R9AP knockout mouse  (2004)
Keresztes, G., Martemyanov, K. A., Krispel, C. M., Mutai, H., Yoo, P. J., Maison, S. F., Burns, M. E., Arshavsky, V. Y., Heller, S.
Journal of Biological Chemistry; 279 (3): 1581-1584 PUBMED

Correlation of expression of the actin filament-bundling protein espin with stereociliary bundle formation in the developing inner ear (2004)
Li, H. W., Liu, H., Balt, S., Mann, S., Corrales, C. E., Heller, S.
Journal of Comparative Neurology; 468 (1): 125-134 PUBMED

2003

Generation of hair cells by stepwise differentiation of embryonic stem cells (2003)
Li, H. W., Roblin, G., Liu, H., Heller, S.
PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 100 (23): 13495-13500 PUBMED

Pluripotent stem cells from the adult mouse inner ear  (2003)
Li, H. W., Liu, H., Heller, S.
Nature Medicine; 9 (10): 1293-1299 PUBMED

Expression patterns of the RGS9-1 anchoring protein R9AP in the chicken and mouse suggest multiple roles in the nervous system (2003)
Keresztes, G., Mutai, H., Hibino, H., Hudspeth, A. J., Heller, S.
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience; 24 (3): 687-695 PUBMED

The DEP domain determines subcellular targeting of the GTPase activating protein RGS9 in vivo (2003)
Martemyanov, K. A., Lishko, P. V., Calero, N., Keresztes, G., Sokolov, M., Strissel, K. J., Leskov, I. B., Hopp, J. A., Kolesnikov, A. V., Chen, C. K., Lem, J., Heller, S., Burns, M. E., Arshavsky, V. Y.
Journal of Neuroscience; 23 (32): 10175-10181 PUBMED

Vertebrate and invertebrate TRPV-like mechanoreceptors (2003)
Mutai, H., Heller, S.
Cell Calcium; 33 (5-6): 471-478 PUBMED

Expression of Frizzled genes in the developing chick eye  (2003)
Fuhrmann, S., Stark, M. R., Heller, S.
Gene Expression Patterns; 3 (5): 659-662 PUBMED

TMC and EVER genes belong to a larger novel family, the TMC gene family encoding transmembrane proteins (2003)
Keresztes, G., Mutai, H., Heller, S.
BMC Genomics; 4 (1): 24 PUBMED

2002

Parvalbumin 3 is an abundant Ca2+ buffer in hair cells (2002)
Heller, S., Bell, A. M., Denis, C. S., Choe, Y., Hudspeth, A. J.
JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; 3 (4): 488-498 PUBMED

Molecular screens for inner ear genes (2002)
Heller, S.
Journal of Neurobiology; 53 (2): 265-275 PUBMED

Application of physiological genomics to the study of hearing disorders (2002)
Heller, S.
Journal of Physiology; 543 (1): 3-12 PUBMED

A unified nomenclature for the superfamily of TRP cation channels (2002)
Montell, C., Birnbaumer, L., Flockerzi, V., Bindels, R. J., Brudorf, E. A., Caterina, M. J., Clapham, D. E., Harteneck, C., Heller, S., Julius, D., Kojima, I., Mori, Y., Penner, R., Prawitt, D., Scharenberg, A. M., Schultz, G., Shimizu, N., Zhu, M. X.
Molecular Cell; 9 (2): 229-231 PUBMED

2000

Vanilloid receptor-related osmotically activated channel (VR-OAC), a candidate vertebrate osmoreceptor (2000)
Liedtke, W., Choe, Y., Marti-Renom, M. A., Bell, A. M., Denis, C. S., Sali, A., Hudspeth, A. J., Friedman, J. M., Heller, S.
Cell; 103 (3): 525-535 PUBMED

A novel conserved cochlear gene, OTOR: Identification, expression analysis, and chromosomal mapping (2000)
Robertson, N. G., Heller, S., Lin, J. S., Resendes, B. L., Weremowicz, S., Denis, C. S., Bell, A. M., Hudspeth, A. J., Morton, C. C.
Genomics; 66 (3): 242-248 PUBMED

1998

Molecular markers for cell types of the inner ear and candidate genes for hearing disorders (1998)
Heller, S., Sheane, C. A., Javed, Z., Hudspeth, A. J.
PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 95 (19): 11400-11405 PUBMED

Two deaf mice, two deaf mice ...  (1998)
Heller, S., Hudspeth, A. J.
Nature Medicine; 4 (5): 560-561 PUBMED

Mutations in a novel cochlear gene cause DFNA9, a human nonsyndromic deafness with vestibular dysfunction(1998)
Robertson, N. G., Lu, L., Heller, S., Merchant, S. N., Eavey, R. D., McKenna, M., Nadol, J. B., Miyamoto, R. T., Linthicum, F. H., Neto, J. F., Hudspeth, A. J., Seidman, C. E., Morton, C. C., Seidman, J. G.
Nature Genetics; 20 (3): 299-303 PUBMED

A transient role for ciliary neurotrophic factor in chick photoreceptor development (1998)
Fuhrmann, S., Heller, S., Rohrer, H., Hofmann, H. D.
Journal of Neurobiology; 37 (4): 672-683 PUBMED

The specification of sympathetic neurotransmitter phenotype depends on gp130 cytokine receptor signaling  (1998)
Geissen, M., Heller, S., Pennica, D., Ernsberger, U., Rohrer, H.
Development; 125 (23): 4791-4802 PUBMED

Differential regulation of ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor-alpha expression in all major neuronal cell classes during development of the chick retina  (1998)
Fuhrmann, S., Kirsch, M., Heller, S., Rohrer, H., Hofmann, H. D.
Journal of Comparative Neurology; 400 (2): 244-254 PUBMED

1997

Distribution of Ca2+-activated K+ channel isoforms along the tonotopic gradient of the chicken's cochlea (1997)
Rosenblatt, K. P., Sun, Z. P., Heller, S., Hudspeth, A. J.
Neuron; 19 (5): 1061-1075 PUBMED

Onset of CNTFR alpha expression and signal transduction during neurogenesis in chick sensory dorsal root ganglia (1997)
Von Holst, A., Heller, S., Junghans, D., Geissen, M., Ernsberger, U., Rohrer, H.
Developmental Biology; 191 (1): 1-13 PUBMED

1996

Extrinsic signals in the developing nervous system: The role of neurokines during neurogenesis (1996)
Heller, S., Ernsberger, U., Rohrer, H.
Perspectives on Developmental Neurobiology; 4 (1): 19-34 PUBMED

1995

Analysis of function and expression of the chick GPA receptor (GPAR-alpha) suggests multiple roles in neuronal development (1995)
Heller, S., Finn, T. P., Huber, J., Nishi, R., Geissen, M., Puschel, A. W., Rohrer, H.
Development; 121 (8): 2681-2693 PUBMED

1993

GPA and CNTF produce similar effects in sympathetic neurons but differ in receptor-binding (1993)
Heller, S., Huber, J., Finn, T. P., Nishi, R., Rohrer, H.
Neuroreport; 5 (3): 357-360 PUBMED

1992

Bioluminescence-based detection of genetically engineered microorganisms in nonsterile river water (1992)
Heller, S., Bühler, S., Kilz, S., Mieschendahl, M.
Microbial Releases : Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi; 1 (1): 35-39 PUBMED