Biography and Research Interest

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

Tammaro S, Simoniello P, Ristoratore F, Coppola U, Scudiero R, Motta CM. (2017) Expression of caspase 3 in ovarian follicle cells of the lizard Podarcis sicula. Cell Tissue Res. Feb;367(2):397-404. doi: 10.1007/s00441-016-2506-7. Epub 2016 Oct 7. PMID: 27718023
Racioppi C, Valoroso MC, Coppola U. et al. Evolutionary loss of melanogenesis in the tunicate Molgula occulta . EvoDevo 8, 11 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-017-0074-x
Coppola U, Caccavale F, Scelzo M, Holland ND, Ristoratore F, D'Aniello S. (2018) Ran GTPase, an eukaryotic gene novelty, is involved in amphioxus mitosis. PLoS One. Oct 9;13(10):e0196930. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196930. eCollection 2018. PMID: 30300344 (shared first authorship)
Coppola U (2018). Evolutionary and Developmental Survey of Genes Involved in Chordate Pigmentation. PhD thesis The Open University. (PhD thesis published online by Open University, available on Google Scholar).
Racioppi C, Coppola U, Christiaen L, Ristoratore F. (2019) Transcriptional regulation of Rab32/38, a specific marker of pigment cell formation in Ciona robusta. Dev Biol. Apr 15;448(2):111-118. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.11.013. Epub 2018 Nov 22. PMID: 30471267
Coppola U, Ristoratore F, Albalat R, D'Aniello S. (2019) The evolutionary landscape of the Rab family in chordates.Cell Mol Life Sci. Apr 26. doi: 10.1007/s00018-019-03103-7. PMID: 31028425
Coppola U, Olivo P, D'Aniello E, Johnson CJ, Stolfi A, Ristoratore F. Rimbp, a New Marker for the Nervous System of the Tunicate Ciona robusta. Genes (Basel). 2020 Aug 27;11(9):E1006. doi: 10.3390/genes11091006. PMID: 32867148. (shared first authorship)
Coppola U, Kamal AK, Stolfi A, Ristoratore F. The Cis-Regulatory Code for Kelch-like 21/30 Specific Expression in Ciona robusta Sensory Organs. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020 Sep 11;8:569601. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.569601. PMID: 33043001; PMCID: PMC7517041.
Caccavale F, Coppola U, Vassalli QA, La Vecchia C, Palumbo A, D'Aniello E, Locascio A, Ristoratore F, D'Aniello S. (2020) Transphyletic conservation of nitric oxide synthase regulation in cephalochordates and tunicates. Dev Genes Evol. Aug 24. doi: 10.1007/s00427-020-00668-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32839880.
Coppola U, Franco D. New trends in cardiovascular development, evolution and disease. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 12, 1392713.