Michael Ferns - Publications

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McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada 
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Neuroscience Biology

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2021 Ferns M. An Inside Job: Molecular Determinants for Postsynaptic Localization of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland). 26. PMID 34063759 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26113065  0.397
2020 Rudell JC, Borges LS, Yarov-Yarovoy V, Ferns M. The MX-Helix of Muscle nAChR Subunits Regulates Receptor Assembly and Surface Trafficking. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 13: 48. PMID 32265653 DOI: 10.3389/Fnmol.2020.00048  0.694
2020 Maselli RA, van der Linden H, Ferns M. Recessive congenital myasthenic syndrome caused by a homozygous mutation in SYT2 altering a highly conserved C-terminal amino acid sequence. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. PMID 32250532 DOI: 10.1002/Ajmg.A.61579  0.317
2014 Rudell JC, Borges LS, Rudell JB, Beck KA, Ferns MJ. Determinants in the β and δ subunit cytoplasmic loop regulate Golgi trafficking and surface expression of the muscle acetylcholine receptor Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289: 203-214. PMID 24240098 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M113.502328  0.685
2013 Rudell JB, Ferns MJ. Regulation of muscle acetylcholine receptor turnover by β subunit tyrosine phosphorylation. Developmental Neurobiology. 73: 399-410. PMID 23325468 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22070  0.416
2012 Maselli RA, Fernandez JM, Arredondo J, Navarro C, Ngo M, Beeson D, Cagney O, Williams DC, Wollmann RL, Yarov-Yarovoy V, Ferns MJ. LG2 agrin mutation causing severe congenital myasthenic syndrome mimics functional characteristics of non-neural (z-) agrin. Human Genetics. 131: 1123-35. PMID 22205389 DOI: 10.1007/S00439-011-1132-4  0.376
2009 Lee Y, Rudell J, Ferns M. Rapsyn interacts with the muscle acetylcholine receptor via α-helical domains in the α, β, and ε subunit intracellular loops Neuroscience. 163: 222-232. PMID 19482062 DOI: 10.1016/J.Neuroscience.2009.05.057  0.512
2008 Borges LS, Yechikhov S, Lee YI, Rudell JB, Friese MB, Burden SJ, Ferns MJ. Identification of a motif in the acetylcholine receptor beta subunit whose phosphorylation regulates rapsyn association and postsynaptic receptor localization. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 28: 11468-76. PMID 18987183 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.2508-08.2008  0.716
2008 Lee Y, Rudell J, Yechikhov S, Taylor R, Swope S, Ferns M. Rapsyn carboxyl terminal domains mediate muscle specific kinase-induced phosphorylation of the muscle acetylcholine receptor. Neuroscience. 153: 997-1007. PMID 18436384 DOI: 10.1016/J.Neuroscience.2008.03.009  0.493
2003 Moransard M, Borges LS, Willmann R, Marangi PA, Brenner HR, Ferns MJ, Fuhrer C. Agrin regulates rapsyn interaction with surface acetylcholine receptors, and this underlies cytoskeletal anchoring and clustering. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278: 7350-9. PMID 12486121 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M210865200  0.686
2002 Borges LS, Lee Y, Ferns M. Dual role for calcium in agrin signaling and acetylcholine receptor clustering. Journal of Neurobiology. 50: 69-79. PMID 11748634 DOI: 10.1002/Neu.10020  0.684
2001 Borges LS, Ferns M. Agrin-induced phosphorylation of the acetylcholine receptor regulates cytoskeletal anchoring and clustering. The Journal of Cell Biology. 153: 1-12. PMID 11285269 DOI: 10.1083/Jcb.153.1.1  0.716
2000 Grow WA, Ferns M, Gordon H. A mechanism for acetylcholine receptor clustering distinct from agrin signaling Developmental Neuroscience. 21: 435-443.  0.474
1999 Grow WA, Ferns M, Gordon H. Agrin-independent activation of the agrin signal transduction pathway Journal of Neurobiology. 40: 356-365. PMID 10440735 DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19990905)40:3<356::AID-NEU7>3.0.CO;2-F  0.35
1998 Jacobson C, Montanaro F, Lindenbaum M, Carbonetto S, Ferns M. α-Dystroglycan functions in acetylcholine receptor aggregation but is not a coreceptor for agrin-MuSK signaling Journal of Neuroscience. 18: 6340-6348. PMID 9698325 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.18-16-06340.1998  0.41
1996 Wang ZZ, Fuhrer C, Shtrom S, Sugiyama JE, Ferns MJ, Hall ZW. The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at the neuromuscular junction: assembly and tyrosine phosphorylation. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia On Quantitative Biology. 61: 363-71. PMID 9246465 DOI: 10.1101/Sqb.1996.061.01.039  0.338
1996 Bowen DC, Sugiyama J, Ferns M, Hall ZW. Neural agrin activates a high-affinity receptor in C2 muscle cells that is unresponsive to muscle agrin. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 16: 3791-7. PMID 8656273 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.16-12-03791.1996  0.331
1996 Ferns M, Deiner M, Hall Z. Agrin-induced acetylcholine receptor clustering in mammalian muscle requires tyrosine phosphorylation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 132: 937-44. PMID 8603924 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.132.5.937  0.508
1993 Ferns MJ, Campanelli JT, Hoch W, Scheller RH, Hall Z. The ability of agrin to cluster AChRs depends on alternative splicing and on cell surface proteoglycans. Neuron. 11: 491-502. PMID 8398142 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(93)90153-I  0.326
1992 Ferns M, Hoch W, Campanelli JT, Rupp F, Hall ZW, Scheller RH. RNA splicing regulates agrin-mediated acetylcholine receptor clustering activity on cultured myotubes. Neuron. 8: 1079-86. PMID 1319184 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(92)90129-2  0.402
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2006 Kumar P, Ferns MJ, Meizel S. Identification of agrinSN isoform and muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK) [corrected] in sperm. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 342: 522-8. PMID 16487930 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.01.161  0.286
1993 Hoch W, Ferns M, Campanelli JT, Hall ZW, Scheller RH. Developmental regulation of highly active alternatively spliced forms of agrin. Neuron. 11: 479-90. PMID 8398141 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(93)90152-H  0.285
2006 Kumar P, Ferns MJ, Meizel S. Erratum to “Identification of agrinSN isoform and muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK) in sperm” [Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 342 (2006) 522–528] Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 344: 453. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.03.100  0.262
2001 Gingras J, Ferns M. Expression and localization of agrin during sympathetic synapse formation in vitro. Journal of Neurobiology. 48: 228-42. PMID 11466709 DOI: 10.1002/neu.1053  0.238
2019 Rudell JB, Maselli RA, Yarov-Yarovoy V, Ferns MJ. Pathogenic effects of agrin V1727F mutation are isoform-specific and decrease its expression and affinity for HSPGs and LRP4. Human Molecular Genetics. PMID 30994901 DOI: 10.1093/Hmg/Ddz081  0.22
2012 Maselli RA, Arredondo J, Ferns MJ, Wollmann RL. Synaptic basal lamina-associated congenital myasthenic syndromes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1275: 36-48. PMID 23278576 DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-6632.2012.06807.X  0.218
1998 Gramolini AO, Burton EA, Tinsley JM, Ferns MJ, Cartaud A, Cartaud J, Davies KE, Lunde JA, Jasmin BJ. Muscle and neural isoforms of agrin increase utrophin expression in cultured myotubes via a transcriptional regulatory mechanism. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273: 736-43. PMID 9422725 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.273.2.736  0.217
2012 Richman DP, Nishi K, Morell SW, Chang JM, Ferns MJ, Wollmann RL, Maselli RA, Schnier J, Agius MA. Acute severe animal model of anti-muscle-specific kinase myasthenia: combined postsynaptic and presynaptic changes. Archives of Neurology. 69: 453-60. PMID 22158720 DOI: 10.1001/Archneurol.2011.2200  0.208
2024 Ferns M, van der List D, Vierra NC, Lacey T, Murray K, Kirmiz M, Stewart RG, Sack JT, Trimmer JS. Electrically silent KvS subunits associate with native Kv2 channels in brain and impact diverse properties of channel function. Biorxiv : the Preprint Server For Biology. PMID 38328147 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.25.577135  0.19
2012 Richman DP, Nishi K, Ferns MJ, Schnier J, Pytel P, Maselli RA, Agius MA. Animal models of antimuscle-specific kinase myasthenia. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1274: 140-7. PMID 23252909 DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-6632.2012.06782.X  0.19
1992 Campanelli JT, Ferns M, Hoch W, Rupp F, von Zastrow M, Hall Z, Scheller RH. Agrin: a synaptic basal lamina protein that regulates development of the neuromuscular junction. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia On Quantitative Biology. 57: 461-72. PMID 1339682 DOI: 10.1101/Sqb.1992.057.01.051  0.181
2005 Gingras J, Spicer J, Altares M, Zhu Q, Kuchel GA, Ferns M. Agrin becomes concentrated at neuroeffector junctions in developing rodent urinary bladder. Cell and Tissue Research. 320: 115-25. PMID 15711988 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-004-1045-9  0.175
2001 Rensen PCN, Sliedregt LAJM, Ferns M, Kieviet E, Van Rossenberg SMW, Van Leeuwen SH, Van Berkel TJC, Biessen EAL. Determination of the Upper Size Limit for Uptake and Processing of Ligands by the Asialoglycoprotein Receptor on Hepatocytes in Vitro and in Vivo Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276: 37577-37584. PMID 11479285 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M101786200  0.165
2002 Gingras J, Rassadi S, Cooper E, Ferns M. Agrin plays an organizing role in the formation of sympathetic synapses. The Journal of Cell Biology. 158: 1109-18. PMID 12221070 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200203012  0.164
2000 Graf RA, Kater SB, Gordon H, Heaton MB, Kidd K, Bradley D, Paiva M, Mitchell J, Walker DW, Nunnari JN, Nadon NL, Wolf MK, Sasagasako N, Ohno M, Quarles RH, ... ... Ferns M, et al. Subject Index Vol. 21, 1999 Developmental Neuroscience. 21: 507-508. DOI: 10.1159/000017418  0.163
2007 Gingras J, Rassadi S, Cooper E, Ferns M. Synaptic transmission is impaired at neuronal autonomic synapses in agrin-null mice. Developmental Neurobiology. 67: 521-34. PMID 17443806 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20304  0.156
2000 Graf RA, Kater SB, Gordon H, Heaton MB, Kidd K, Bradley D, Paiva M, Mitchell J, Walker DW, Nunnari JN, Nadon NL, Wolf MK, Sasagasako N, Ohno M, Quarles RH, ... ... Ferns M, et al. Contents Vol. 21, 1999 Developmental Neuroscience. 21: 509-510. DOI: 10.1159/000017419  0.154
2024 Stewart RG, Marquis MJ, Jo S, Ferns M, Sack JT. KvS regulatory subunits confer drug resistance to Kv2 channels. Biorxiv : the Preprint Server For Biology. PMID 38352561 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.31.578214  0.147
2018 Maselli RA, Vázquez J, Schrumpf L, Arredondo J, Lara M, Strober JB, Pytel P, Wollmann RL, Ferns M. Presynaptic congenital myasthenic syndrome with altered synaptic vesicle homeostasis linked to compound heterozygous sequence variants in RPH3A. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. PMID 29441694 DOI: 10.1002/Mgg3.370  0.128
2001 Ferns M, Carbonetto S. Challenging the neurocentric view of neuromuscular synapse formation Neuron. 30: 311-314. PMID 11394994 DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(01)00311-7  0.125
1992 Ferns MJ, Hall ZW. How many agrins does it take to make a synapse? Cell. 70: 1-3. PMID 1320460 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(92)90525-H  0.108
2006 Rensen PCN, Sliedregt LAJM, Van Santbrink PJ, Ferns M, Schifferstein HNJ, Van Leeuwen SH, Souverijn JHM, Van Berkel TJC, Biessen EAL. Stimulation of liver-directed cholesterol flux in mice by novel N-acetylgalactosamine-terminated glycolipids with high affinity for the asialoglycoprotein receptor Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 26: 169-175. PMID 16254203 DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000193620.98587.40  0.101
2021 Maselli RA, Wei DT, Hodgson TS, Sampson J, Vazquez J, Smith HL, Pytel P, Ferns M. Dominant and Recessive Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes Caused by SYT2 Mutations. Muscle & Nerve. PMID 34037996 DOI: 10.1002/mus.27332  0.083
1993 Ferns MJ, Hollyday M. Motor innervation of dorsoventrally reversed wings in chick/quail chimeric embryos. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 13: 2463-76. PMID 8501518  0.067
2018 Rudell JC, Cabrera MT, Gandhi N, O'Hara M, Froehner S, Ferns MJ. Characterization of the neuromuscular junction in patients with strabismus Journal of American Association For Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 22: e19. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2018.07.062  0.056
1989 Lamb AH, Ferns MJ, Klose K. Peripheral competition in the control of sensory neuron numbers in Xenopus frogs reared with a single bilaterally innervated hindlimb Developmental Brain Research. 45: 149-153. PMID 2917408 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(89)90016-3  0.047
1984 Ferns ML, Ramp L, Brooks HC, Gray JJ. OREGON Mining Engineering. 36: 454-455.  0.046
1995 Ferns MJ, Hollyday M. Chick wing innervation. III. Formation of axon collaterals in developing peripheral nerves. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 357: 272-80. PMID 7665729 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903570207  0.038
1995 Ferns ML, Brooks HC. The Bourne and Greenhorn subterranes of the Baker Terrane, northeastern Oregon: implications for the evolution of the Blue Mountains island-arc system Us Geological Survey Professional Paper. 1438: 331-358.  0.038
2015 Streck MJ, Ferns ML, McIntosh W. Large, persistent rhyolitic magma reservoirs above Columbia River Basalt storage sites: The Dinner Creek Tuff Eruptive Center, eastern Oregon Geosphere. 11: 226-235. DOI: 10.1130/GES01086.1  0.035
2013 Ferns ML, McClaughry JD. Stratigraphy and volcanic evolution of the middle Miocene to Pliocene la Grande-Owyhee eruptive axis in eastern Oregon Special Paper of the Geological Society of America. 497: 401-427. DOI: 10.1130/2013.2497(16)  0.02
1977 Purvis IW, Ferns MS, Mackay BH. 17—the prediction of the commercial carbonizing yield of wool Journal of the Textile Institute. 68: 133-142. DOI: 10.1080/00405007708631368  0.02
2000 Ferns M. Processing recycled materials at a northeast facility Ncasi Proceedings. 1: 81-86.  0.017
1977 Purvis IW, Ferns MS, Mackay BH. Prediction of the commercial carbonizing yield of wool 0.01
1975 Ferns MS. Preliminary results of a carbonizing-yield trial . DOI: 10.1080/00405007508630533  0.01
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