| Lgr5+ telocytes are a signaling source at the intestinal villus tip K Bahar Halpern, H Massalha, RK Zwick, AE Moor, D Castillo-Azofeifa, ... Nature communications 11 (1), 1936, 2020 | 170 | 2020 |
| A large pool of actively cycling progenitors orchestrates self-renewal and injury repair of an ectodermal appendage A Sharir, P Marangoni, R Zilionis, M Wan, T Wald, JK Hu, K Kawaguchi, ... Nature cell biology 21 (9), 1102-1112, 2019 | 104 | 2019 |
| Cellular aspect ratio and cell division mechanics underlie the patterning of cell progeny in diverse mammalian epithelia KL McKinley, N Stuurman, LA Royer, C Schartner, D Castillo-Azofeifa, ... Elife 7, e36739, 2018 | 100 | 2018 |
| Atoh1+ secretory progenitors possess renewal capacity independent of Lgr5+ cells during colonic regeneration D Castillo‐Azofeifa, EN Fazio, R Nattiv, HJ Good, T Wald, MA Pest, ... The EMBO journal 38 (4), e99984, 2019 | 93 | 2019 |
| Stress-induced phosphorylation of PACT reduces its interaction with TRBP and leads to PKR activation M Singh, D Castillo, CV Patel, RC Patel Biochemistry 50 (21), 4550-4560, 2011 | 92 | 2011 |
| Induction of ectopic taste buds by SHH reveals the competency and plasticity of adult lingual epithelium D Castillo, K Seidel, E Salcedo, C Ahn, FJ de Sauvage, OD Klein, ... Development 141 (15), 2993-3002, 2014 | 90 | 2014 |
| Sonic hedgehog from both nerves and epithelium is a key trophic factor for taste bud maintenance D Castillo-Azofeifa, JT Losacco, E Salcedo, EJ Golden, TE Finger, ... Development 144 (17), 3054-3065, 2017 | 80 | 2017 |
| Epithelial WNT ligands are essential drivers of intestinal stem cell activation WY Zou, SE Blutt, XL Zeng, MS Chen, YH Lo, D Castillo-Azofeifa, ... Cell reports 22 (4), 1003-1015, 2018 | 73 | 2018 |
| Cellular shape reinforces niche to stem cell signaling in the small intestine N Pentinmikko, R Lozano, S Scharaw, S Andersson, JI Englund, ... Science advances 8 (41), eabm1847, 2022 | 46 | 2022 |
| Tools and concepts for interrogating and defining cellular identity KL McKinley, D Castillo-Azofeifa, OD Klein Cell Stem Cell 26 (5), 632-656, 2020 | 37 | 2020 |
| SOX2 regulation by hedgehog signaling controls adult lingual epithelium homeostasis D Castillo-Azofeifa, K Seidel, L Gross, EJ Golden, B Jacquez, OD Klein, ... Development 145 (14), dev164889, 2018 | 33 | 2018 |
| Intracellular pH dynamics regulates intestinal stem cell lineage specification Y Liu, E Reyes, D Castillo-Azofeifa, OD Klein, T Nystul, DL Barber Nature communications 14 (1), 3745, 2023 | 27 | 2023 |
| Epithelial TNF controls cell differentiation and CFTR activity to maintain intestinal mucin homeostasis EA Reyes, D Castillo-Azofeifa, J Rispal, T Wald, RK Zwick, B Palikuqi, ... The Journal of clinical investigation 133 (20), 2023 | 26 | 2023 |
| A DLG1-ARHGAP31-CDC42 axis is essential for the intestinal stem cell response to fluctuating niche Wnt signaling D Castillo-Azofeifa, T Wald, EA Reyes, A Gallagher, J Schanin, S Vlachos, ... Cell Stem Cell 30 (2), 188-206. e6, 2023 | 17 | 2023 |
| Contribution of the two dsRBM motifs to the double‐stranded RNA binding and protein interactions of PACT E Chukwurah, V Willingham, M Singh, D Castillo‐Azofeifa, RC Patel Journal of cellular biochemistry 119 (4), 3598-3607, 2018 | 14 | 2018 |
| Engineered epithelial curvature controls Paneth cell localization in intestinal organoids FM Yavitt, A Khang, K Bera, DL McNally, MR Blatchley, AP Gallagher, ... Cell Biomaterials 1 (3), 2025 | 10 | 2025 |
| Lgr5+ telocytes are a signaling hub at the intestinal villus tip KB Halpern, H Massalha, RK Zwick, AE Moor, D Castillo-Azofeifa, ... bioRxiv, 850909, 2019 | 6 | 2019 |
| Epithelial-secreted wnt ligands are essential drivers of intestinal stem cell response to virus-induced villus damage WY Zou, SE Blutt, XL Zeng, MS Chen, YH Lo, D Castillo-Azofeifa, OD Kein, ... Gastroenterology 154 (6), S96-S96, 2018 | 2 | 2018 |
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| Selective and Potent Peptide Binders of RNF43 for Wnt Signaling Inhibition S Hwang, PF Salcedo, A Korcari, JM Nicoludis, EM Valdivia, L Peng, ... ACS Central Science 11 (9), 1670-1681, 2025 | | 2025 |
Ophir KleinCedars-Sinai and UCSFVerified email at ucsf.edu
