Publications

Xia Y, Duca S, Perder B, Dündar F, Zumbo P, Qiu M, Yao J, Cao Y, Harrison MRM, Zangi L, Betel D, Cao J. Activation of a transient progenitor state in the epicardium is required for zebrafish heart regeneration. Nat Commun. 2022;13(1):7704.

Cao Y, Cao J. Covering and Re-Covering the Heart: Development and Regeneration of the Epicardium. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2018;6(1).

Cao J, Poss KD. The epicardium as a hub for heart regeneration. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2018;15(10):631-647.

Cao Y, Duca S, Cao J. Epicardium in Heart Development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2020;12(2).

Duca S, Cao J. Ex Vivo Techniques to Study Heart Regeneration in Zebrafish. Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2158:211-222.

Cao J, Poss KD. Explant culture of adult zebrafish hearts for epicardial regeneration studies. Nat Protoc. 2016;11(5):872-81.

Cao Y, Xia Y, Balowski JJ, Ou J, Song L, Safi A, Curtis T, Crawford GE, Poss KD, Cao J. Identification of enhancer regulatory elements that direct epicardial gene expression during zebrafish heart regeneration. Development. 2022;149(4).

Shin K, Begeman IJ, Cao J, Kang J. leptin b and its regeneration enhancer illustrate the regenerative features of zebrafish hearts. Dev Dyn. 2022;.

Bakis I, Sun Y, Elmagid LAbd, Feng X, Garibyan M, Yip J, Yu FZhou, Chowdhary S, Fernandez E, Cao J, McCain M, Lien C-L, Harrison MRm. Methods for dynamic and whole volume imaging of the zebrafish heart. Dev Biol. 2023;.

Foglia MJ, Cao J, Tornini VA, Poss KD. Multicolor mapping of the cardiomyocyte proliferation dynamics that construct the atrium. Development. 2016;143(10):1688-96.

Cao J, Navis A, Cox BD, Dickson AL, Gemberling M, Karra R, Bagnat M, Poss KD. Single epicardial cell transcriptome sequencing identifies Caveolin 1 as an essential factor in zebrafish heart regeneration. Development. 2016;143(2):232-43.

Cao J, Wang J, Jackman CP, Cox AH, Trembley MA, Balowski JJ, Cox BD, De Simone A, Dickson AL, Di Talia S, Small EM, Kiehart DP, Bursac N, Poss KD. Tension Creates an Endoreplication Wavefront that Leads Regeneration of Epicardial Tissue. Dev Cell. 2017;42(6):600-615.e4.

Han Y, Chen A, Umansky K-B, Oonk KA, Choi W-Y, Dickson AL, Ou J, Cigliola V, Yifa O, Cao J, Tornini VA, Cox BD, Tzahor E, Poss KD. Vitamin D Stimulates Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Controls Organ Size and Regeneration in Zebrafish. Dev Cell. 2019;48(6):853-863.e5.