Publications

Scavenger receptor endocytosis controls apical membrane morphogenesis in the Drosophila airways.
Pinheiro A S, Tsarouhas V, Senti K, Arefin B, Samakovlis C.
eLife (2023).

Patient-associated mutations in Drosophila Alk perturb neuronal differentiation and promote survival.
Pfeifer K, Wolfstetter G*, Anthonydhason V*, Masudi T, Arefin B, Bemark M, Mendoza-Garcia P, Palmer RH.
Disease Models & Mechanisms (2022).
* equal contribution

ATR inhibition enables complete tumour regression in ALK-driven NB mouse models.
Szydzik J*, Lind DE*, Arefin B, Kurhe Y, Umapathy G, Siaw JT, Claeys A, Gabre JL, Eynden JVD, Hallberg B, Palmer RH.
Nature Communications (2021).
* equal contribution

DamID transcriptional profiling identifies the Snail/Scratch transcription factor Kahuli as Alk target in the Drosophila visceral mesoderm.
Mendoza-Garcia P, Basu S, Sukumar SK, Arefin B, Wolfstetter G, Anthonydhason V, Molander L, Uckun E, Lindehell H, Lebrero-Fernandez C, Larsson J, Larsson E, Bemark M, Palmer RH.
Development (2021).

ALK ligand ALKAL2 potentiates MYCN-driven neuroblastoma in the absence of ALK mutation.
Borenäs M, Umapathy G, Lai WY, Lind DE, Witek B, Guan J, Mendoza-Garcia P, Masudi T, Claeys A, Chuang TP, Wakil AE, Arefin B, Fransson S, Koster J, Johansson M, Gaarder J, Eynden JVD, Hallberg B, Palmer RH.
EMBO J (2021).

Drosophila Neuroblast Selection Is Gated by Notch, Snail, SoxB, and EMT Gene Interplay.
Arefin B, Parvin F, Bahrampour S, Stadler CB, Thor S.
Cell Reports (2019).

Data on Drosophila clots and hemocyte morphologies using GFP-tagged secretory proteins: Prophenoloxidase and transglutaminase.
Dziedziech A, Schmid M, Arefin B, Kienzle T, Krautz R, Theopold U.
Data Brief (2019).

PIP degron-stabilized Dacapo/p21Cip1 and mutations in ago act in an anti- versus pro-proliferative manner, yet both trigger an increase in Cyclin E levels.
Bivik Stadler C*, Arefin B*, Ekman H, Thor S.
Development (2019).
* equal contribution

Insect hemolymph coagulation: Kinetics of classically and non-classically secreted clotting factors.
Schmid MR*, Dziedziech A*, Arefin B*, Kienzle T, Wang Z, Akhter M, Berka J, Theopold U.
Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2019).
* equal contribution

Expression of the Shrimp wap gene in Drosophila elicits defense responses and protease inhibitory activity.
Li D*, Luan Y*, Wang L*, Qi M*, Wang J, Xu J, Arefin B, Li M.
Scientific Reports (2018).
* equal contribution

Monitoring the effect of pathogenic nematodes on locomotion of Drosophila larvae.
Kunc M, Arefin B, Hyrsl P, Theopold U.
Fly (2017).

The Immune Phenotype of Three Drosophila Leukemia Models.
Arefin B, Kunc M, Krautz R, Theopold U.
G3: Genes, Genome, Genetics (2017).

The Drosophila Chitinase-Like Protein IDGF3 Is Involved in Protection against Nematodes and in Wound Healing.
Kucerova L, Broz V, Arefin B, Maaroufi HO, Hurychova J, Strnad H, Zurovec M, Theopold U.
J Innate Immun (2016).(Journal cover page)

Apoptosis in Hemocytes Induces a Shift in Effector Mechanisms in the Drosophila Immune System and Leads to a Pro-Inflammatory State.
Arefin B, Kucerova L, Krautz R, Kranenburg H, Parvin F, Theopold U.
PLoS One (2015).

Damage signals in the insect immune response.
Krautz R, Arefin B, Theopold U.
Front Plant Sci (2014).

Genome-wide transcriptional analysis of Drosophila larvae infected by entomopathogenic nematodes shows involvement of complement, recognition and extracellular matrix proteins.
Arefin B*, Kucerova L*, Dobes P, Markus R, Strnad H, Wang Z, Hyrsl P, Zurovec M, Theopold U.
J Innate Immun (2014). (Journal cover page)
* equal contribution

Invited Book Chapter

Development of the Drosophila embryonic CNS: From neuroectoderm to unique neurons and glia.
Arefin B., Bahrampour S., Cobeta I.M., Curt J.R., Yaghmaeian B.S., Baumgardt M., Benito-Sipos J., and Thor S.
Book: Patterning and Cell Type Specification in the Developing CNS and PNS, 2nd Edition (2020).

(Edited by John Rubenstein, Bin Chen, Pasko Rakic and Kenneth Y. Kwan)