Vezina Lab

Publications

Complete list of publications

Publications Authored or Co-Authored By Vezina Lab Members

2022.
2022. Peterson NT, Vezina CM. Male lower urinary tract dysfunction: an overlooked endpoint in toxicology research. Toxics10: 89.
2022. Sheftel C, Sartori L, Hunt E, Manuel R, Bell A, Domingues R, Wake L, Scharpf B, Vezina C, Hernandez L. Peripartal treatment with low dose sertraline accelerates mammary gland involution and has minimal effects on maternal and offspring bone. Physiol Rep 10: e15204.
2022. Sheftel CM, Liu L, Field SL, Weaver SR, Vezina CM, Penagaricano F, Hernandez LL. Impact of fluoxetine treatment and folic acid supplementation on the mammary gland transcriptome during peak lactation. Front Pharmacol 13: 828735
2021.
2021. Popovics P, Jain A, Skalitzky KO, Schroeder E, Ruetten H, Cadena M, Uchtmann KS, Vezina CM, Ricke WA. Osteopontin deficiency leads to the resolution of prostatic fibrosis and inflammation. Int J Mol Sci. 22:12461.
2021. Ruetten HM, Wehber M, Murphy M, Cole C, Sandhu S, Oakes R, Bjorling DE, Waller K, Viviano K, Vezina CM. A Retrospective Medical Record Review of Dogs with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia ± Concurrent Urinary Tract Bacterial Infection: 37 Cases (2014-2018).  Clin Theroigenol. 13: 360-366.
2021. Joseph DB, Henry GH, Malewska A, Reese JC, Mauk RJ, Gahan JC, Hutchinson RC, Roehrborn CG, Vezina CM, Strand DW. Single cell analysis of mouse and human prostate reveals novel fibroblasts with specialized distribution and microenvironment interactions. J Pathol. 255:141-154.
2021. Turco AE, Oakes SR, Keil Stietz KP, Dunham CL, Joseph DB, Chathurvedula TS, Girardi NM, Schneider AJ, Gawdzik J, Sheftel CM, Wang P, Wang Z, Bjorling DB, Ricke WA, Tang W, Hernandez LL, Keast JR, Bonev AD, Grimes MD, Strand DW, Tykocki N, Tanguay RL, Peterson RE, Vezina CM. A new mechanism linking fetal chemical exposure to lower urinary tract dysfunction in adulthood. Dis Model Mech. 14: dmm049068.
Ruetten H, Henry G, Liu T, Spratt H, Ricke WA, Strand DW, Vezina CM. A NEW Approach for Characterizing Mouse Urinary Pathophysiologies. Physiol Rep. 9(15):e14964.
2021. Abler LL, O’Driscoll CA, Colopy SA, Keil Stietz KP, Wang P, Wang Z, Hartmann F, Crader-Smith SM, Oellete JN, Mass L, Mehta V, Oakes S, Grims MD, Mitchell GS, Wathen B, Davis DB, Baan M, Kimple ME, Gallagher SJ, Bjorling DE, Watters JJ, Vezina CM. Influence of intermittent hypoxia, obesity and diabetes on male genitourinary anatomy and voiding physiology. Amer J Physiol Renal Physiol 321(1):F82-F92
2021. Kyle A. Wegner, Hannah Ruetten, Nicholas M. Girardi, Chelsea A. O’Driscoll, Jaskiran K. Sandhu, Anne E. Turco, Lisa L. Abler, Peiqing Wang, Zunyi Wang, Dale E. Bjorling, Rita Malinowski, Richard E. Peterson, Douglas W. Strand, Paul C. Marker, Chad M. Vezina. Genetic Background Influences Susceptibility of Male Mice to Testosterone and Estradiol-Induced Urinary Dysfunction. Amer J Clin Exp Urol. 9:121-131.
2021. Thomas S, Dunn CD, Campbell LJ, Strand DW, Vezina CM, Bjorling DE, Penniston K, Li L, Ricke WA, Goldberg TL. JC virus and male lower urinary tract symptoms: a multi-omic approach. PLOS One. 16(2): e0246266.
2021.  Joseph DB, Turco AE, Vezina CM, Strand DW. Progenitors in prostate development and disease. Dev Biol.  3: 50-58.
2021. Ruetten H, Sanhu J, Mueller B, Wang P, Zhang HL, Wegner KA, Cadena M, Sandhu S, Abler LL, Zhu J, O’Driscoll CA, Chelgren B, Wang Z, Shen T, Barash J, Bjorling DE, Vezina CM. A Uropathogenic E. coli UTI189 model of prostatic inflammation and collagen accumulation for use in studying aberrant collagen production in the prostate.  Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 320(1): F31-F46.
2020.
2020. Ruetten H, Cole C, Wehber M, Wegner KA, Girardi NM, Peterson NT, Scharpf BR, Romero MF, Wood MW, Colopy SA, Bjorling DE, Vezina CM. An immunohistochemical prostate cell type identification key demonstrates that aging shifts procollagen 1A1 production from myofibroblasts to fibroblasts in dogs prone to prostate-related urinary dysfunction. PLOS One. 15: e0232564.
2020. Joseph DB, Henry GH, Malewska A, Iqbal NS, Ruetten HM, Turco AE, Abler LL, Sandhu SK, Cadena MT, Malladi VS, Reese JC, Mauck RJ, Gahan JC, Hutchinson RC, Roehrborn CG, Baker LA, Vezina CM, Strand DW. Urethral luminal epithelia are castration-insensitive cells of the proximal prostate. Prostate. 80:872-884.
2020. Kothandapani A, Lewis SR, Muszynski JL, Zacharski A, Krellwitz K, Baines A, Winske S, Vezina CM, Kaftanovskaya EM, Agoulnik A, Mertin EM, Cohn MJ, Jorgensen JS. GLI3 resides at the intersection 1 of hedgehog and androgen action to promote male sex differentiation PLoS Genet. 16: e1008810.
2020. Popovics P, Awadallah WN, Kohrt S, Case TC, Miller NL, Ricke E, Huang W, Ramirez-Solano M, Liu Q, Vezina CM, Matusik RJ, Ricke WA, Grabowska MM. Prostatic osteopontin expression is associated with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia. The Prostate. 80: 731-741.
2020. Thomas S, Hao L, DeLaney K, McLean D, Steinke L, Marker PC, Vezina CM, Li L, Ricke W. Spatiotemporal proteomics reveals the molecular consequences of hormone treatment in a mouse model of lower urinary tract dysfunction. J Proteome Res. 19: 1375-1382.
2020. Zwaans BMM, Wegner KA, Bartolone SN, Vezina CM, Chancellor MB, Lamb LE. 2019. Radiation cystitis modeling: a comparative study of bladder fibrosis radio-sensitivity in different mouse strains. Physiol Rep 8:14377.
2020. Maguire M, Vezina CM, Quadro L, Kim Y-K, Campaigne Larsen M, Jefcoate CR. Cyp1b1 directs Srebp-mediated cholesterol and retinoid synthesis in perinatal liver; Association with retinoic acid activity during fetal development. Plos One 5: e0228436.
2020. Turco AE, Thomas S, Peterson RE, Li L, Ricke WA, Vezina CM. In utero and lactational 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin exposure causes lasting changes to prostatic inflammatory, muscle, antioxidant, and collagen proteins in control mice and in mice susceptible to prostate-related urinary dysfunction. Amer J Clin Exp Urol. 8: 59-72.
2020. Wua H, Liua B, Yanga K, Winston-McPherson G, Leistena ED, Vezina CM, Ricke WA, Peterson RE, Tang W. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of FICZ Analogues as Agonists of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 30: 126959.
2020. Ruetten H, Wegner KA, Kennedy CL, Turco A, Zhang HL, Wang P, Sandhu J, Morkrid J, Wang Z, Macoska J, Peterson RE, Bjorling DE, Ricke WA, Marker PC, Vezina CM. Impact of Sex, Androgens, and Prostate Size on C57BL/6J Mouse Urinary Physiology: Urethral Histology. Amer J Physiol-Renal 318: F617-F627.
2020. Hughes J, Alkhunaizi E, Kruszka P, Pyle L, Grange D, Berger SI, Payne K, Masser-Frye K, Hu T, Christie M, Clegg N, Everson JL, Martinez AF, Walsh L, Jones M, Riedhammer K, Lipinski RJ, Vezina CM, Muenke M, Chitaya D. Loss of Function Variants in PPP1R12A Cause Holoprosencephaly Spectrum and Urogenital Malformations. Amer J Hum Genet 106:121-128.
2020. Ruetten H, Cole C, Wehber M, Wegner KA, Girardi NM, Peterson NT, Scharpf BR, Romero MF, Wood MW, Colopy SA, Bjorling DE, Vezina CM. An immunohistochemical prostate cell type identification key demonstrates that aging shifts procollagen 1A1 production from myofibroblasts to fibroblasts in dogs prone to prostate-related urinary dysfunction. PLOS One. 15: e0232564.
2020. Joseph DB, Henry GH, Malewska A, Iqbal NS, Ruetten HM, Turco AE, Abler LL, Sandhu SK, Cadena MT, Malladi VS, Reese JC, Mauck RJ, Gahan JC, Hutchinson RC, Roehrborn CG, Baker LA, Vezina CM, Strand DW. Urethral luminal epithelia are castration-insensitive cells of the proximal prostate. Prostate. 80:872-884.
2020. Kothandapani A, Lewis SR, Muszynski JL, Zacharski A, Krellwitz K, Baines A, Winske S, Vezina CM, Kaftanovskaya EM, Agoulnik A, Mertin EM, Cohn MJ, Jorgensen JS. GLI3 resides at the intersection 1 of hedgehog and androgen action to promote male sex differentiation PLoS Genet. 16: e1008810.
2020. Popovics P, Awadallah WN, Kohrt S, Case TC, Miller NL, Ricke E, Huang W, Ramirez-Solano M, Liu Q, Vezina CM, Matusik RJ, Ricke WA, Grabowska MM. Prostatic osteopontin expression is associated with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia. The Prostate. 80: 731-741.
2020. Thomas S, Hao L, DeLaney K, McLean D, Steinke L, Marker PC, Vezina CM, Li L, Ricke W. Spatiotemporal proteomics reveals the molecular consequences of hormone treatment in a mouse model of lower urinary tract dysfunction. J Proteome Res. 19: 1375-1382.
2020. Zwaans BMM, Wegner KA, Bartolone SN, Vezina CM, Chancellor MB, Lamb LE. 2019. Radiation cystitis modeling: a comparative study of bladder fibrosis radio-sensitivity in different mouse strains. Physiol Rep 8:14377.
2020. Maguire M, Vezina CM, Quadro L, Kim Y-K, Campaigne Larsen M, Jefcoate CR. Cyp1b1 directs Srebp-mediated cholesterol and retinoid synthesis in perinatal liver; Association with retinoic acid activity during fetal development. Plos One 5: e0228436.
2020. Turco AE, Thomas S, Peterson RE, Li L, Ricke WA, Vezina CM. In utero and lactational 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin exposure causes lasting changes to prostatic inflammatory, muscle, antioxidant, and collagen proteins in control mice and in mice susceptible to prostate-related urinary dysfunction. Amer J Clin Exp Urol. 8: 59-72.
2020. Wua H, Liua B, Yanga K, Winston-McPherson G, Leistena ED, Vezina CM, Ricke WA, Peterson RE, Tang W. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of FICZ Analogues as Agonists of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 30: 126959.
2020. Ruetten H, Wegner KA, Kennedy CL, Turco A, Zhang HL, Wang P, Sandhu J, Morkrid J, Wang Z, Macoska J, Peterson RE, Bjorling DE, Ricke WA, Marker PC, Vezina CM. Impact of Sex, Androgens, and Prostate Size on C57BL/6J Mouse Urinary Physiology: Urethral Histology. Amer J Physiol-Renal 318: F617-F627.
2020. Hughes J, Alkhunaizi E, Kruszka P, Pyle L, Grange D, Berger SI, Payne K, Masser-Frye K, Hu T, Christie M, Clegg N, Everson JL, Martinez AF, Walsh L, Jones M, Riedhammer K, Lipinski RJ, Vezina CM, Muenke M, Chitaya D. Loss of Function Variants in PPP1R12A Cause Holoprosencephaly Spectrum and Urogenital Malformations. Amer J Hum Genet 106:121-128.
2020. Wegner KA, Mueller BR, Unterberger CJ, Avila EJ, Ruetten H, Turco AE, Oakes SR, Girardi NM, Hallberg RB, Swanson SM, Marker PC, Vezina CM. Prostate epithelial-specific expression of activated PI3K drives stromal collagen production and accumulation. J Pathol 250: 231-242.

2019.

2019. Ruetten H, Wegner KA, Zhang HL, Wang P, Sandhu J, Sandhu S, Morkrid J, Mueller B, Wang Z, Macoska J, Peterson RE, Bjorling DE, Ricke WA, Marker PC, Vezina CM. Insight and Resources from a Study of the “Impact of Sex, Androgens, and Prostate Size on C57BL/6J Mouse Urinary Physiology.” Toxicol Pathol 7:1038-1042.
2019. Schneider AJ, Gawdzik J, Vezina CM, Baker TR, Peterson RE. Sox9 in mouse urogenital sinus epithelium mediates elongation of prostatic buds and expression of genes involved in epithelial cell migration. Gene Expr Patterns. Gene Expr Patterns. 34:119075.
2019. Ruetten H, Wegner KA, Zhang HL, Wang P, Sandhu J, Sandhu S, Mueller B, Wang Z-Y, Macoska JA, Peterson RE, Bjorling DE, Ricke WA, Marker PC, Vezina CM. Impact of sex, androgens, and prostate size on C57BL/6J mouse urinary physiology: functional assessment. Amer J Physiol-Renal 317: F996-F1009.

2019. Wang Z-Y, Guzman EC, Nimunkar A, Keil KP, Vezina CM, Ricke WA, Macoska J, Bjorling DE. Void Sorcerer: an Open Source, Open Access Framework for Mouse Uroflowmetry. Amer J Clin Exp Urol. 7:170-177.
2019. Hao L, Thomas S, Greer T, Vezina CM, Bajpai S, Ashok A, Bieberich C, Ricke WA, Li L. Quantitative proteomic analysis of a genetically induced prostate inflammation mouse model via custom 4-plex DiLeu isobaric labeling. Amer J Physiol-Renal. 316: F1236-F1243.
2019. Turco AE, Cadena MT, Zhang HL, Sandhu JK, Oakes SR, Chathurvedula T, Peterson RE, Keast JR, Vezina CM. 2019. A Temporal and Spatial Map of Axons in Developing Mouse Prostate. J Histol Cell Biol 152:35-45.
2019. Liu TT, Rodgers AC, Nicholson TM, Macoska JA, Marker PC, Vezina CM, Bjorling DE, Roldan-Alzate A, Hernando D, Lloyd GL, Hacker TA, Ricke WAUltrasonography of the Adult Male Urinary Tract for Urinary Functional Testing. J Vis Exp. 150.
2019. Joseph DB, Chandrashekar AS, Abler LL, Chu L-F, Thomson JA, Vezina CM. Epithelial DNA methyltransferase-1 regulates cell survival, growth and differentiation in developing prostate buds. Dev Biol 447:157-169.
2019. Joseph DB, Chanrashekar AS, Chu L-F, Thomson JA, Vezina CM. A folic acid-enriched diet attenuates prostate involution in response to androgen deprivation. The Prostate 7:183-194.
2019. Wegner KA, Mehta V, Johansson JA, Mueller BR, Keil KP, Abler LL, Marker PC, Taketa MM, Headon DJ, Vezina CM. Edar is a downstream target of beta-catenin and drives collagen accumulation in the mouse prostate. Biol Open 8(3).

2018.

2018. Hao L, Thomas S, Ashok a, Bajpai S, Vezina CM, Shi Y, Ricke W, Bieberich C. Comprehensive urinary metabolomic characterization of a genetically induced mouse model of prostatic inflammation. Int J Mass Spectrom 434:185-192.
2018. Cunha GR, Timms B, Cao M, Isaacson D, Vezina CM, Baskin L, Ricke WR, Franco O. Development of the human prostate. Differentiation 103: 24-45.
2018. Hill WG, Zeidel ML, Bjorling DE, Vezina CM. The Void Spot Assay: Recommendations on the Use of a Simple Micturition Assay for Mice. Amer J Physiol-Renal 315: F1422-F1429.
2018. Henry GH, Malewska A, Joseph DB, Malladi VS, Lee J, Torrealba J, Mauck RJ, Gahan JC, Raj GV, Roehrborn CG, Hon GC, MacConmar MP, Reese JC, Hutchinson RC, Vezina CM, Strand DW. A cellular anatomy of the normal human prostate. Cell Rep 25: 3530-3542
2018. Joseph DB, Strand DW, Vezina CM. DNA methylation in development and disease: An overview for prostate researchers. Am J Clin Exp Urol 6:197-218.
2018. Wegner KA, Abler LL, Oakes SR, Mehta Gs, Ritter E, Hill WG, Zwaans BMM, Lamb LE, Wang Z, Bjorling DE, Ricke WA, Macoska J, Marker PC, Southard-Smith EM, Eliceiri KW, Vezina CM. Void spot assay procedural optimization and software for rapid and objective quantification of rodent voiding function, including overlapping urine spots. Amer J Physiol-Renal 315: 1067-1080.
2018. Joseph DB, Chandrashekar AS, Abler LL, Mendelsohn C, Vezina CM. In vivo replacement of damaged bladder urothelium by Wolffian duct epithelial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115: 8394-8399.
2018. Weaver SR, Fricke HP, Xie C, Lipinski RJ, Vezina CM, Charles JF, Hernandez LL. Peripartum fluoxetine increases mammary PTHrP synthesis and reduces trabecular bone. Endocrinol 159: 2850-2862.
2018. Shea MP, O’Leary KA, Wegner KA, Vezina CM, Schuler LA High collagen density augments mTOR-dependent cancer stem cells in ERα+ mammary carcinomas, and increases mTOR-independent lung metastases. Cancer Lett 433: 1–9.
2018. Ruetten H, Wegner K, Colopy S, Zhang H, Sandu S, Romero M, Vezina C. Collagen Architecture of the Prostate in Neutered and Intact Canines. The Prostate 78: 839-848.
2018. Abler LA, Vezina CM. Links between lower urinary tract symptoms, intermittent hypoxia and diabetes: Causes or cures? Respiratory Physiol. 256: 87-96.

2017.

2017. Ritter E, Wang Z, Vezina CM, Bjorling DB, Southard-Smith EM. Serotonin receptor 5-HT3A affects development and function of urinary bladder innervation. Front Neurosci 11:690.
2017. Wegner KA, Cadena MT, Trevena R, Turco AE, Gottschalk A, Halberg RB, McMahon AP, Vezina CM. An immunohistochemical identification key for cell types in adult mouse prostatic and urethral tissue sections. Plos One 12: e0188413.
2017. McAuley E, Mustafi D, Simons B, Valek R, Zamora M, Markiewicz E, Lamperis S, Williams A, Roman B, Vezina CM, Karczmar G, Oto A, Vander Griend D. Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Molecular Characterization of a Hormone-Mediated Murine Model of Prostate Enlargement and Bladder Outlet Obstruction. Amer J Pathol. 187: 2378-2387.
2017. Wegner KA, Keikhosravi A, Eliceiri KW, Vezina CM. Fluorescence of picrosirius red multiplexed with immunohistochemistry for quantitative assessment of collagen in tissue sections. J Histochem Cytochem 65:479-490.
2017. Mulligan WA, Wegner KA, Keil KP, Mehta V, Taketo MM, Vezina CM. Beta-catenin and estrogen signaling collaborate to drive cyclin D1 expression in developing mouse prostate. Differentiation 93:66-71.

2016.

2016. Hao L, Greer T, Page D, Shi Y, Vezina CM, Macoska JA, Marker PC, Bjorling DE, Bushman W, Ricke WA, Li L. In-Depth Characterization and Validation of Human Urine Metabolomes Reveal Novel Metabolic Signatures of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. Sci Rep 6: 30869.
2016. Bauman TM, Vezina CM, Huang W, Ricke WA. 2016. Expression and colocalization of β-catenin and lymphoid enhancing factor-1 in prostate cancer progression. Human Pathol 51:124-33.
2016. Ricke WA, Lee CW, Clapper TR, Schneider AJ, Moore RW, Keil KP, Abler LL, Wynder JL, López Alvarado A, Beaubrun I, Vo J, Bauman TM, Ricke EA, Peterson RE, and Vezina CM. In utero and lactational TCDD exposure increases susceptibility to lower urinary tract dysfunction in adulthood. Toxicol Sci 150: 429–440.
2016. Keil KP, Abler LL, Altmann HM, Bushman W, Marker PC, Ricke WA, Bjorling DE, Vezina CM. Influence of animal husbandry practices on void spot assay outcomes in C57BL/6J male mice. Neurourol Urodyn 35:192-198.

2015.

2015. Keil KP, Altmann, HM, Abler LL, Hernandez LL, Vezina CM. Histone acetylation regulates prostate ductal morphogenesis through a BMP dependent mechanism. Dev Dyn. 244:1404-1414.
2015. Greer T, Hao L, Nechyporenko A, Lee S, Vezina CM, Ricke WA, Marker PC, Bjorling DE, Bushman W, Li L. Custom 4-Plex DiLeu Isobaric Labels Enable Relative Quantification of Urinary Proteins in Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS). PLoS One. 10: e0135415.
2015. Keil KP and Vezina CM. DNA Methylation as a Dynamic Regulator of Development and Disease Processes: Spotlight on the Prostate. Epigenomics 7: 413-425.
2015. Keil KP, Abler LL, Altmann HM, Wang Z, Wang P, Ricke WA, Bjorling DE, Vezina CM. Impact of a folic acid-enriched diet on urinary tract function in mice treated with testosterone and estradiol. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 308:F1431-43.
2015. Georgas KM, Armstrong J, Keast J, Larkins CE, McHugh KM, Southard-Smith M, Cohn M, Batourina E, Baldock R, Brennan J, Buehler DP, Hanbin D, Davies J, Harding S, Richardson E, Schneider K, Weise CB, Little MH, Vezina CM, and Mendelsohn C. An illustrated anatomical ontology of the developing mouse lower urogenital tract. Development 142: 1893-1908.
2015. Nicholson TM, Moses M, Uchtmann K, Keil KP, Bjorling DE, Vezina CM, Wood RW, Ricke WA. Estrogen receptor-alpha is a key mediator and therapeutic target for bladder complications of benign prostatic hyperplasia. J Urol 193: 722-729.

2014.

2014. Bjorling DE, Wang Z, Vezina CM, Ricke WA, Keil KP, Yu W, Guo L, Zeidel ML, Hill WG. Evaluation of Voiding Assays in Mice: Impact of Genetic Strains, Gender and Testing Site. Amer J Physiol-Renal 308: F1369-1378.

·   Commentary in Amer J Phsiol-Renal, Chai TC. “Continence and Micturition – Physiologic Mechanisms under Behavioral Control” 309: F33–F34, 2015.
2014. Becker Semanas N, Commers TW, Dennison KL, Kurz SG, Lachel CM, Leland Wavrin K, Eckert QA, Bowler M, Warren CL, Nijman IJ, Guryev V, Cuppen E, Flister MJ, Jacob HJ, Hubner N, Sullivan R, Vezina CM, and Shull JD. Genetic Etiology of Renal Agenesis: Fine Mapping of Renag1 and Identification of Kit as the Functional Candidate Gene. PLoS One 10: e0118147.
2014. Keil KP, Peterson RE, Vezina CM. A maternal methyl donor diet, capable of altering fetal DNA methylation, does not prevent fetal prostate development from inhibition by TCDD. Organohal Comp 76: 592-595.
2014. Bauman TM, Huang W, Peterson RE, Marker PC, Vezina CM, Ricke WA. Beta-catenin is elevated in human benign prostatic hyperplasia specimens compared to histologically normal prostate tissue. Amer J Clin Exp Urol. 2:313-322.
2014. Keil KP, Abler LL, Laporta J, Altmann HM, Mehta VJ, Hernandez L, Vezina CM. Androgen receptor DNA methylation regulates the timing and androgen sensitivity of mouse prostate ductal development. Dev Biol 396: 237-245.
2014. Laporta J, Keil KP, Weaver SR, Cronick C, Prichard A, Crenshaw TD, Henye G, Vezina CM, Lipinski RJ, Hernandez LL. Serotonin regulates calcium homeostasis in lactation by epigenetic activation of hedgehog signaling. 28: 1866-1874.

·   Commentary in UWMadScience. Tyrrell KA. “Milk Fever, and More Cowbell Won’t Do.” Published February 18, 2015. https://uwmadscience.news.wisc.edu/agriculture/milk-fever-and-more-cowbell-wont-do
2014. Schneider AJ, Moore RW, Branam AM, Abler LL, Keil KP, Mehta V, Vezina CM, Peterson RE. In Utero exposure to TCDD alters Wnt signaling during mouse prostate development: linking ventral prostate agenesis to downregulated β-catenin signaling. Toxicol Sci 141:176-187.
2014. Wong L, Gipp J, Carr J, Loftus C, Bench M, Lee S-H, Mehta V, Vezina CM, Bushman W. Prostate angiogenesis in development and inflammation. The Prostate 74:346-58.
2014. Keil KP, Abler LL, Mehta V, Altmann HM, Laporta J, Plisch EH, Suresh M, Hernandez LL, Vezina CM. DNA methylation of E-cadherin is a priming mechanism for prostate development. Dev Biol 387: 142-153 (Cover).
2014. Bauman TM, Nicholson TM, Abler LL, Eliceiri KW, Huang W, Vezina CM, Ricke WA. Characterization of fibrillar collagens and extracellular matrix of glandular benign prostatic hyperplasia nodules. PLoS One 9:e109102
2014. Laporta J, Keil KP, Vezina CM, Hernandez LL. Peripheral serotonin regulates maternal calcium trafficking in mammary epithelial cells during lactation in mice. PLoS One 9:e110190.

2013.

2013. Keil KP, Altmann H, Mehta V, Abler LL, Joshi PJ, Elton E and Vezina CM. Expression Catalog of DNA methylatating and demethylating genes in developing mouse lower urinary tract. Gene Expr Patterns 13: 413-424.
2013. Gharaee-Kermani M, Rodriguez-Nieves JA, Mehra R, Vezina CM, Sarma AV, Macoska JA. Obesity-induced diabetes and lower urinary tract fibrosis promote urinary voiding dysfunction in a mouse model. The Prostate 73:1123-1133.
2013. Mehta V, Schmitz CT, Keil KP, Joshi PS, Abler LL, Lin T-M, Taketo MM, Sun X, Vezina CM. Beta-catenin (CTNNB1) induces Bmp expression in urogenital sinus epithelium and participates in prostatic bud initiation and patterning. Dev Biol 376: 125-135. (Cover).
2013. Laporta J, Peters TL, Merriman K, Vezina CM, Hernandez LL. Serotonin (5-HT) affects expression of liver metabolic enzymes and mammary gland glucose transporters during the transition from pregnancy to lactation. Plos One 8: e57847.

2012.

2012. Keil KP, Mehta V, Branam AM, Abler LL, Buresh-Stiemke RA, Joshi PS, Schmitz CT, Marker PC, Vezina CM. Wnt inhibitory factor 1 (Wif1) is regulated by androgens and enhances androgen-dependent prostate development. Endocrinol 153: 6091-6103. (Cover).
2012. Buresh-Stiemke RA, Malinowski RL, Keil KP, Vezina CM, Oosterhof A, van Kuppeveltc TH, and Marker PC. Distinct expression patterns of Sulf1 and Hs6st1 spatially regulate heparan sulfate sulfation during prostate development. Dev Dyn 241:2005-2013.
2012. Keil KP, Mehta V, Abler LL, Joshi PS, Schmitz CT, Vezina CM. Visualization and quantification of mouse prostate development by in situ hybridization. Differentiation 84: 232–239.
2012. Wiltbank MC, Salih SM, Atli MO, Luo W, Bormann CL, Ottobre JS, Vezina CM, Mehta V, Diaz FJ, Tsai SJ, Sartori R. Comparison of endocrine and cellular mechanisms regulating the corpus luteum of primates and ruminants. Anim Reprod 9: 242-259.

2011.

2011. Atli MO, Bender RW, Mehta V, Luo W, Vezina CM, Wiltbank MC. Patterns of gene expression in the bovine corpus luteum following repeated intrauterine infusions of low doses of prostaglandin F2alpha. Biol Reprod 86: 1–13.
2011. Mehta V, Abler LL, Keil KP, Schmitz CT, Joshi PS and Vezina CM. Atlas of Wnt and R-Spondin Gene Expression in the Developing Male Mouse Lower Urinary Tract. Dev Dyn 240: 2548–2560.
2011. Mehta V and Vezina CM. 2011. Potential protective mechanisms of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) signaling in benign prostatic hyperplasia. Differentiation 82: 211–219.
2011. Abler LL, Keil KP, Mehta V, Joshi PS, Schmitz CT and Vezina CM A High Resolution Molecular Atlas of the Fetal Mouse Lower Urogenital Tract. Dev Dyn 240: 2364-2377.
2011. Abler LL, Mehta V, Keil KP, Joshi PS, Flucus C-L, Hardin HA, Schmitz CT, Vezina CM. A high throughput in situ hybridization method to characterize mRNA expression patterns in the fetal mouse lower urogenital tract. J Vis Exp 54: e2912.