Selected Publications

Lobb-Rabe M, DeLong K, Salazar RJ, Zhang R, Wang Y, Carrillo RA. Dpr10 and Nocte are required for Drosophila motor axon pathfinding. Neural Dev. 2022 Oct 21;17(1):10. (Pubmed)

Wang Y., Lobb-Rabe M, Ashley J, Chatterjee P, Anand V, Bellen H, Kanca O, Carrillo R.A. Systematic expression profiling of dprs and DIPs reveals cell surface codes in Drosophila larval motor and sensory neurons. Development, 2022, 149 (10): dev200355.

Meng JL, Wang Y, Carrillo RA, Heckscher ES. Temporal transcription factors determine circuit membership by permanently altering motor neuron-to-muscle synaptic partnerships. eLife. 2020 May 11;9:e56898. (Pubmed)

Politano SF, Salemme RR, Ashley J, Lopez-Rivera JA, Bakula TA, Puhalla KA, Quinn JP, Juszczak MJ, Phillip LK, Carrillo RA, Vanderzalm PJ. Tao negatively regulates BMP signaling during neuromuscular junction development in Drosophila. Dev Neurobiol. 2019 Apr 19;79(4):335-349. (PubMed)

Ashley J, Sorrentino V, Lobb-Rabe M, Nagarkar-Jaiswal S, Tan L, Xu S, Xiao Q, Zinn K, Carrillo RA. Transsynaptic interactions between IgSF proteins DIP-α and Dpr10 are required for motor neuron targeting specificity. eLife. 2019 Feb 4;8:e42690. (PubMed) 

Cheng S, Ashley J, Kurleto JD, Lobb-Rabe M, Park YJ, Carrillo RA, Özkan E. Molecular basis of synaptic specificity by immunoglobulin superfamily receptors in Drosophila. eLife. 2019 Jan 28;8:e41028. (PubMed)

Carrillo RA*, Özkan E*, Menon KP*, Nagarkar-Jaiswal S, Lee PT, Jeon M, Birnbaum ME, Bellen HJ, Garcia KC, Zinn K.Control of Synaptic Connectivity by a Network of Drosophila IgSF Cell Surface Proteins. Cell. 2015 Dec 17;163(7):1770-82. (PubMed)

Menon KP*, Carrillo RA*, Zinn K. The translational regulator Cup controls NMJ presynaptic terminal morphology. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2015 Jul;67:126-36. (PubMed)

Özkan E, Carrillo RA, Eastman CL, Weiszmann R, Waghray D, Johnson KG, Zinn K, Celniker SE, Garcia KC. An extracellular interactome of immunoglobulin and LRR proteins reveals receptor-ligand networks. Cell. 2013 Jul 3;154(1):228-39. (PubMed)

Carrillo RA, Menon K, Zinn K. Is instability good for the brain? Neuron. 2013 Feb 20;77(4):599-601. (PubMed)

Menon KP*, Carrillo RA*, Zinn K. Development and plasticity of the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol. 2013 Sep-Oct;2(5):647-70. Review. (PubMed)

Carrillo RA, Olsen DP, Yoon KS, Keshishian H. Presynaptic activity and CaMKII modulate retrograde semaphorin signaling and synaptic refinement. Neuron. 2010 Oct 6;68(1):32-44.(PubMed)

Mosca TJ, Carrillo RA, White BH, Keshishian H. Dissection of synaptic excitability phenotypes by using a dominant-negative Shaker K+ channel subunit.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 1;102(9):3477-82. (PubMed)

*Authors contributed equally to the study.