Publications
ALLISON RESEARCH LAB
NeuroDegeneration & Functional Regeneration
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Pillay LM, LG Selland, VC Fleisch, PLA Leighton, CS Cheng, JK Famulski, RG Ritzel, LD March, H Wang, WT Allison*, AJ Waskiewicz*. Evaluating the mutagenic activity of targeted endonucleases containing a Sharkey FokI cleavage domain variant in zebrafish. Zebrafish. Published online June 19th, 2013. *corresponding authors. DOI:10.1089/zeb.2012.0832 [PubMed]
Asai-Coakwell M, L March, XH Dai, MG DuVal, I Lopez, CR French, RK Mateo, E DeBaere, PJ Francis, P Sundaresan, Y Sauve, RK Koenekoop, FB Berry, WT Allison, AJ Waskiewicz and OJ Lehmann. 2013. Contribution of Growth Differentiation Factor 6 dependent cell survival to early onset retinal dystrophies. Human Molecular Genetics. [Asai-Coakwell et al 2013.pdf] [PubMed].
2012
Kaiser DM1, M Acharya1, PLA Leighton1, H Wang, N Daude, S Wohgelmuth, B Shi, WT Allison*. 2012. Amyloid β Precursor Protein and Prion Protein have a conserved interaction affecting cell adhesion and CNS development. PLoS ONE. 7(12): e51305. 1equal contributors. [PubMed].
Free download: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051305 or PDF
Owens GL, Rennison DJ, Allison WT, Taylor JS. 2012. In the four-eyed fish (Anableps anableps), the regions of the retina exposed to aquatic and aerial light do not express the same set of opsin genes. Biology Letters. 8(1):86-9. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
2011
Rennison DJ, GL Owens, WT Allison, JS Taylor. 2011. Intra-retinal variation of opsin gene expression in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Journal of Experimental Biology. 214:3248-54. [Pubmed] [Free Full Text]
2010
WT Allison, LK Barthel, KM Skebo, M Takechi, S Kawamura, PA Raymond. 2010. Ontogeny of cone photoreceptor mosaics in zebrafish. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 518:4182-95. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
M Ye, KM Berry-Wynne, M Asai-Coakwell, P Sundaresan, T Footz , CR French, M Abitbol, VC Fleisch, N Corbett, WT Allison, G Drummond, MA Walter, TM Underhill, AJ Waskiewicz and OJ Lehmann. 2010. Mutation of the bone morphogenetic protein GDF3 causes ocular and skeletal anomalies. Human Molecular Genetics 19: 287-298. [PubMed] [Free Full Text]
Earlier
K Veldhoen, WT Allison, N Veldhoen, BR Anholt, CC Helbing and CW Hawryshyn. 2006. Spatio-temporal characterization of retinal opsin gene expression during thyroid hormone-induced and natural development of rainbow trout. Visual Neuroscience. 23:169-179. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
WT Allison, TJ Haimberger, CW Hawryshyn and SE Temple. 2004. Visual pigment shifting in zebrafish: Evidence for a rhodopsin-porphyropsin interchange system. Visual Neuroscience. 21: 945-952. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
SG Dann, WT Allison, K Veldhoen, T Johnson and CW Hawryshyn. 2004. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay on the rainbow trout opsin proximal promoters illustrates binding of NF-κB and c-jun to the SWS1 promoter in the retina. Experimental Eye Research 78:1015-1024. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
SG Dann, WT Allison, DB Levin, JS Taylor and CW Hawryshyn. 2004. Salmonid opsin sequences undergo positive selection and indicate an alternate evolutionary relationship in Oncorhynchus." Journal of Molecular Evolution. 58:400-412. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
CW Hawryshyn, HD Moyer, WT Allison, TJ Haimberger and WN McFarland. 2003. Multidimensional polarization sensitivity in damselfishes. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 189:213-220. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
CW Hawryshyn, G Martens, WT Allison and BR Anholt. 2003. Regeneration of ultraviolet-sensitive cones in the retinal cone mosaic of thyroxin-challenged post-juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of Experimental Biology. 206:2665-2673. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
SG Dann, WT Allison, DB Levin and CW Hawryshyn. 2003. Identification of a unique transcript down-regulated in the retina of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) at smoltification. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B. 136:849-860. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
WT Allison, SG Dann, JV Helvik, C Bradley, HD Moyer and CW Hawryshyn. 2003. Ontogeny of ultraviolet-sensitive cones in the retina of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of Comparative Neurology. 461:294-306. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
EM Plate, BA Adams, WT Allison, G Martens, CW Hawryshyn and JG Eales. 2002. The effects of thyroxine or a GnRH analogue on thyroid hormone deiodination in the olfactory epithelium and retina of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 127:59-65. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
2013
Fraser B, MG DuVal, H Wang, WT Allison*. 2013. Regeneration of cone photoreceptors when cell ablation is primarily restricted to a particular cone subtype. PLoS ONE. 8(1):e55410.
Fleisch VC1, PLA Leighton1, H Wang, LM Pillay, G Ritzel, G Bhinder, B Roy, DW Ali, KB Tierney, AJ Waskiewicz, WT Allison*. 2013. Targeted mutation of the gene encoding prion protein in zebrafish reveals a conserved role in modulating neuron excitability. Neurobiology of Disease. doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2013.03.007 1equal contributors. [PubMed].
MA Acharya, L Huang, VC Fleisch, WT Allison, MA Walter. 2011. A Complex Regulatory Network Of Transcription Factors Critical For Ocular Development And Disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(8):1610-24. [PubMed] [Free Full Text]
VC Fleisch, IB Fraser, WT Allison. 2011. Investigating regeneration and functional integration of CNS neurons: Lessons from zebrafish genetics and other fish species. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Basis of Disease. Invited Review. 1812(2011):364-80. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
WT Allison. 2011. Zebrafish models of neurology. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Basis of Disease. Cover photo. 1812(2011):333-4. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
WT Allison, SG Dann, KM Veldhoen and CW Hawryshyn. 2006. Degeneration and regeneration of ultraviolet cone photoreceptors during development in rainbow trout. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 499: 702-715. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
WT Allison, TE Hallows, T Johnson, CW Hawryshyn and DM Allen. 2006. Photic history modifies susceptibility to retinal damage in albino trout. Visual Neuroscience. 23:25-34. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]
WT Allison, KM Veldhoen and CW Hawryshyn. 2006. Proteomic analysis of opsins and thyroid hormone-induced retinal development using isotope-coded affinity tags (ICAT) and mass spectrometry. Molecular Vision. 12:655-672. [PubMed] [Free Full Text]
Duval MG, H Cheung, OJ Lehmann, WT Allison*. 2013. Longitudinal fluorescent observation of retinal degeneration and regeneration in zebrafish using fundus lens imaging. Molecular Vision. 19:1082-1095. [Free Download]
Lab members are underlined. *Corresponding Author(s)
2016
JW Kim1, HJ Yang1, AP Oel1, MJ Brooks, L Jia, DC Plachetzki, W Li, WT Allison*, A Swaroop* 2016. Recruitment of Rod Photoreceptors from Short-Wavelength-Sensitive Cones during the Evolution of Nocturnal Vision in Mammals. Developmental Cell. Jun 20;37(6):520-32. 1shared first authorship
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.05.023. [Free Download] [Comment in Nature]
Leighton PLA, WT Allison*. 2016. Protein Misfolding in Prion and Prion-Like Diseases: Reconsidering a Required Role for Protein Loss-of-Function. J Alzheimers Disease. 54(1):3-29. doi: 10.3233/JAD-160361. [Pubmed] [Leighton & Allison 2016.pdf]
Hagerman GF1, NCL Noel1, SY Cao1, MG DuVal, AP Oel, WT Allison*. 2016. Rapid Recovery of Visual Function Associated with Blue Cone Ablation in Zebrafish. PLoS ONE 11:e0166932. [Free Download]
Hanwell D, Hutchinson SA, Collymore C, Bruce AE, Louis R, Ghalami A, Allison WT, Ekker M, Eames BF, Childs S, Kurrasch DM, Gerlai R, Thiele T, Scott I, Ciruna B, Dowling JJ, McFarlane S, Huang P, Wen XY, Akimenko MA, Waskiewicz AJ, Drapeau P, Babiuk LA, Dragon D, Smida A, Buret AG, O'Grady E, Wilson J, Sowden-Plunkett L, Tropepe V. 2016. Restrictions on the importation of zebrafish into Canada associated with spring viremia of carp virus. Zebrafish. 2016 Jul;13 Suppl 1:S153-63. doi: 10.1089/zeb.2016.1286. [Pubmed]
2014
Duval MG, AP Oel, WT Allison*. gdf6a is required for cone photoreceptor subtype differentiation and for the actions of tbx2b in determining rod versus cone photoreceptor fate. PLoS ONE 9(3): e92991. [Free Download]
Duval MG, MJH Gilbert, DE Watson, TC Zerulla, KB Tierney, WT Allison*. 2014. Growth Differentiation Factor 6 as a putative risk factor in neuromuscular degeneration. PLoS ONE 9(2): e89183. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089183. [Free Download]
Yoshimatsu T, PR Williams, FD D'Orazi, SC Suzuki, JM Fadool, WT Allison, PA Raymond, RO Wong. 2014. Transmission from the dominant input shapes the stereotypic ratio of photoreceptor inputs onto horizontal cells. Nature Communications 5:3699. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4699. [Pubmed]
Huc-Brandt S, N Hieu, T Imberdis, N Cubedo, M Silhol, PLA Leighton, T Domachke, WT Allison, V Perrier, M Rossel. 2014. Zebrafish prion PrP2 controls collective migration process during lateral line sensory system development. PLoS ONE 9(12): e113331. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113331 [Free download]