Original Articles (selected)

Monuki ES, Weinmaster G, Kuhn R, Lemke G. SCIP: a glial POU domain gene regulated by cyclic AMP. Neuron 1989;3:783-793. PubMed Link

Monuki ES, Kuhn R, Weinmaster G, Trapp BD, Lemke G. Expression and activity of the POU transcription factor SCIP. Science 1990;249:1300-1303. PubMed Link

Monuki ES, Kuhn R, Lemke G. Repression of the myelin P0 gene by the POU transcription factor SCIP. Mech Dev 1993;42:15-32. PubMed Link

Monuki ES, Kuhn R, Lemke G. Cell-specific action and mutable structure of a transcription factor effector domain. Proc Natl Acad Sci 1993;90:9978-9982. PubMed Link

Monuki ES, Porter FD, Walsh CA. Patterning of the dorsal telencephalon and cerebral cortex by a roof plate-Lhx2 pathway. Neuron 2001;32:579-589. PubMed Link, Harvard write-up

Chung BG, Flanagan LA, Rhee SW, Schwartz PH, Lee AP, Monuki ES, Jeon NL. Human neural stem cell growth and differentiation in a gradient-generating microfluidic device. Lab Chip 2005;5:401-406. PubMed Link

Currle DS, Hsu CM, Cheng X, Monuki ES. Direct and indirect roles of CNS dorsal midline cells in choroid plexus epithelia formation. Development 2005;132:3549-3559. PubMed Link

Flanagan L, Rebaza L, Derzic S, Schwartz P, Monuki ES. Regulation of human neural precursor cells by laminin and integrins. J Neurosci Res 2006;83:845-856. PubMed Link

Cheng X, Hsu CM, Currle DS, Hu JS, Barkovich AJ, Monuki ES. Central roles of the roof plate in telencephalic development and holoprosencephaly. J Neurosci, 2006;26:7640-7649. PubMed Link

Wang L, Flanagan LA, Jeon NL, Monuki ES, Lee AP. Dielectrophoresis switching with vertical sidewall electrodes for microfluidic flow cytometry. Lab Chip 2007;7:1114-20. PubMed Link

Chung BG, Park JW, Hu JS, Huang C, Monuki ES, Jeon NL. A hybrid microfluidic device for direct interfacing with wet cell culture methods. BMC Biotechnol 2007;7:60. PubMed Link

Flanagan LA, Lu J, Wang L, Marchenko SA, Jeon NL, Lee AP, Monuki ES. Unique dielectric properties distinguish stem cells from their differentiated progeny. Stem Cells, in press (ePub, 2007 Dec 20). PubMed Link (ePub), UCI Press Release

Mangale VS, Hirokawa KE, Satyaki PRV, Gokulchandran N, Chickbire S, Subramanian L, Shetty AS, Martynoga B, Paul J, Mai MV, Li Y, Flanagan LA, Tole S, Monuki ES. Lhx2 selector activity specifies cortical identity and suppresses hippocampal organizer fate. Science 2008;319:304-309. Article (Science Link), Abstract (Science Link), Abstract (PubMed Link), Science Perspectives article, UCI Press Release, Supplemental Material

Hu JS, Doan L, Currle DS, Paff M, Rheem J, Schreyer R, Robert B, Monuki ES. Border formation in a Bmp gradient reduced to single dissociated cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci, in press.

Book Chapters and Reviews

Monuki ES, Lemke G. Molecular biology of myelination. In: Waxman S, Kocsis J, Stys P, editors. The Axon: Structure, Function and Pathophysiology. Oxford University Press, USA; 1995.

Monuki ES, Walsh CA. Proto-mapping the areas of cerebral cortex: transcription factors make the grade. Nat Neurosci 2000;3:640-641. PubMed Link

Monuki ES, Walsh CA. Mechanisms of cerebral cortical patterning in mice and humans. Nat Neurosci 2001;4 Suppl:1199-206. PubMed Link

Monuki ES, Ligon KL. Cerebral heterotopia. In: Golden JA, Harding B, editors. Pathology & Genetics series, volume 4 (Developmental Neuropathology). International Society for Neuropathology (ISN) Neuropath Press, United Kingdom: 2004.

Monuki ES. The Morphogen Signaling Network in Forebrain Development and Holoprosencephaly. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2007;66:566-75. PubMed Link

Monuki ES. Forebrain Patterning: Holoprosencephaly. In Squire L, Albright T, Bloom F, Gage F, Spitzer S, editors. New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 4th edition. Elsevier Press, United Kingdom (in press).