GDNF AND p75 NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR IN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE

LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS

This thesis is based on the following original articles, which are referred to in the text by their Roman numerals, and some unpublished results:

I Durbec P, Marcos-Gutierrez C, Kilkenny C, Grigoriou M, Wartiovaara K, Suvanto P, Smith D, Ponder B, Constatini F, Saarma M, Sariola H and Pachnis V (1996): GDNF signalling through the Ret receptor tyrosine kinase. Nature 381:789-793.

II Suvanto P, Wartiovaara K, M Lindahl M, Arumäe U, Moshnyakov M, Horelli-Kuitunen N, Airaksinen MS, Palotie A, Sariola H and Saarma M (1997): Cloning, mRNA distribution and chromosomal localisation of the gene for glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptor -b , a homologue to GDNFR-a . Human Molecular Genetics 6:1267-1273.

III Wartiovaara K, Salo M, Sainio K, Rintala R and Sariola H (1998): Distribution of Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in human colon suggests roles for muscularis mucosae in innervation. Submitted to the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.

IV Sainio K, Suvanto P, Davies J, Wartiovaara J, Wartiovaara K, Saarma M, Arumäe U, Meng X, Lindahl M, Pachnis V and Sariola H (1997): Glial-cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor is required for bud initiation from ureteric epithelium. Development 124: 4077-4087.

V Wartiovaara K, Paavola P, Suvanto P, Paulin L, Saarma M, Palotie L, and Sariola H (1997): Exclusion of the low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor p75 gene as a candidate gene for Meckel syndrome. Clinical Dysmorphology 6: (3) 213-217.

VI Wartiovaara K, Hytönen M, Vuori M, Rinne J, and Sariola H (1998): Mutation analysis of the Glial cell line -derived neurotrophic factor gene in Parkinson's disease. Experimental Neurology, in press.

I	Durbec P, Marcos-Gutierrez C, Kilkenny C, Grigoriou M, Wartiovaara K, Suvanto P, Smith D, Ponder B, Constatini F, Saarma M, Sariola H and Pachnis V (1996): GDNF signalling through the Ret receptor tyrosine kinase. Nature 381:789-793.
II	Suvanto P, Wartiovaara K, M Lindahl M, Arumäe U, Moshnyakov M, Horelli-Kuitunen N, Airaksinen MS, Palotie A, Sariola H and Saarma M (1997): Cloning, mRNA distribution and chromosomal localisation of the gene for glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptor -b , a homologue to GDNFR-a . Human Molecular Genetics 6:1267-1273.
III	Wartiovaara K, Salo M, Sainio K, Rintala R and Sariola H (1998): Distribution of Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in human colon suggests roles for muscularis mucosae in innervation. Submitted to the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
IV	Sainio K, Suvanto P, Davies J, Wartiovaara J, Wartiovaara K, Saarma M, Arumäe U, Meng X, Lindahl M, Pachnis V and Sariola H (1997): Glial-cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor is required for bud initiation from ureteric epithelium. Development 124: 4077-4087.
V	Wartiovaara K, Paavola P, Suvanto P, Paulin L, Saarma M, Palotie L, and Sariola H (1997): Exclusion of the low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor p75 gene as a candidate gene for Meckel syndrome. Clinical Dysmorphology 6: (3) 213-217.
VI	Wartiovaara K, Hytönen M, Vuori M, Rinne J, and Sariola H (1998): Mutation analysis of the Glial cell line -derived neurotrophic factor gene in Parkinson's disease. Experimental Neurology, in press.