Publications

Sison S.L., Zampa F., Kofman E.R., Choi S.Y., Jagannatha P., Nguyen G.G., Naritomi J.T., Shin A., Khorgade A., Jin W., Chen C.-Y., Sievert D.M., Mukhopadhyay S., Mizrahi O., Blue S.M., Marina R.J., Yang D., Wang C.C., Pang Z., Brannan K.W., Ye L., Al’Khafaji A.M., Yeo G.W.*, Lippi G.* (2026) Single-cell and isoform-specific translational profiling of the mouse brain. Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-10118-1. *corresponding author

Liu M., Ferrero Restelli F., Micoli E., Barbiera G., Moors R., Nouboers E., Reverendo M., Du J.X., Bertels H., Konstantopoulos D., Wierd K., Takeoka A., Lippi G., Lim L. (2025) Single-cell transcriptome of developing inhibitory neurons reveals expanding and contracting modes of diversification. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2025.02.19.636192.

Zolboot N., Xiao Y., Du J.X., Ghanem M.M., Choi S.Y., Junn M.J., Zampa F., Huang Z., MacRae I.J.*, Lippi G.* (2025) MicroRNA mechanisms instructing Purkinje cell specification. Neuron, 113(10):1629-1646.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.03.009. *corresponding author

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Throesch B.T., Bin Imtiaz M.K., Muñoz-Castañeda R., Sakurai M., Hartzell A.L., James K.N., Rodriguez A.R., Martin G., Lippi G., Kupriyanov S., Wu Z., Osten P., Izpisua Belmonte J.C., Wu J., Baldwin K.K. (2024) Functional sensory circuits built from neurons of two species. Cell. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.03.058.

Taylor, S. R., Kobayashi, M., Vilella, A., Tiwari, D., Zolboot, N., Du, J. X., Spencer, K. R., Hartzell, A., Girgiss, C., Abaci, Y. T., Shao, Y., De Sanctis, C., Bellenchi, G. C., Darnell, R. B., Gross, C., Zoli, M., Berg, D. K., & Lippi, G. (2023). MicroRNA-218 instructs proper assembly of hippocampal networks. eLife, 12, e82729. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82729

Zolboot, N., Du, J. X., Zampa, F., & Lippi, G. (2021). MicroRNAs Instruct and Maintain Cell Type Diversity in the Nervous System. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 14, 69. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2021.646072

Zampa F., Hartzell A.L., Zolboot N., Lippi G. (2019) Non-coding RNAs: the gatekeepers of neural network excitability. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 57:54-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2019.01.006.

Dulcis D.*, Lippi G.*, Stark C.J., Do L.H., Berg D.K., Spitzer N.C. (2017) Neurotransmitter switching regulated by miRNAs controls changes in social preference. Neuron. 95 (6): 1319-1333. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.08.023. *first author

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Lippi G., Fernandes C.C., Ewell L.A., John D., Romoli B., Curia G., Taylor S.R., Frady E.B., Jensen A.B., Liu, J.C., Chaabane M.M., Belal C., Nathanson J.L., Zoli M., Leutgeb J.K., Biagini G., Yeo G.W., Berg D.K. (2016) MicroRNA-101 regulates multiple developmental programs to constrain excitation in adult neural networks. Neuron. 92 (6): 1337-1351. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.11.017.

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Wang X., Lippi G., Carlson D.M., Berg D.K. (2013) Activation of a7-containing nicotinic receptors on astrocytes triggers AMPA receptor recruitment to glutamatergic synapses. J Neurochem. 27, 632–643. DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12436.

Saba R., Störchel P., Aksel A.A., Kepura F., Lippi G., Plant T.D., Schratt G.M. (2012) The dopamine-regulated microRNA, miR-181, controls GluA2 surface expression in hippocampal neurons. Mol Cell Biol. 32 (3): 619-32. DOI: 10.1128/MCB.05896-11.

Ziviani E.*, Lippi G.*, Bano D., Munarriz E., Guiducci S., Zoli M., Young K.W., Nicotera P. (2011) Ryanodine receptor-2 upregulation and nicotine-mediated plasticity. EMBO J. 30 (1):1 94-204. DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.279. *first author

Bano D., Munarriz E., Chen H.L., Ziviani E., Lippi G., Young K.W., Nicotera P. (2007) The plasma membrane Na+/Ca2+ exchanger is cleaved by distinct protease families in neuronal cell death. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1099, pp. 451-455. DOI: 10.1196/annals.1387.006.

Moretti M., Vailati S., Zoli M., Lippi G., Riganti L., Longhi R., Viegi A., Clementi F., Gotti C. (2004) Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes expression during rat retina development and their regulation by visual experience. Mol Pharmacol. 66: 85-96. DOI: 10.1124/mol.66.1.85.