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Shawn M. Ferguson

- Verified email at yale.edu - Cited by 9767

Susan Ferguson

- Verified email at uw.edu - Cited by 2736

The transcription factor TFEB links mTORC1 signaling to transcriptional control of lysosome homeostasis

…, J Ky, B Angarola, TC Walther, SM Ferguson - Science …, 2012 - science.org
… Lysosomal biogenesis requires the transcription factor TFEB, and Roczniak-Ferguson et al.
investigated the mechanisms by which lysosomal status controlled the activity of TFEB. They …

Dynamin, a membrane-remodelling GTPase

SM Ferguson, P De Camilli - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Dynamin, the founding member of a family of dynamin-like proteins (DLPs) implicated in
membrane remodelling, has a critical role in endocytic membrane fission events. The use of …

A selective activity-dependent requirement for dynamin 1 in synaptic vesicle endocytosis

SM Ferguson, G Brasnjo, M Hayashi, M Wölfel… - Science, 2007 - science.org
Dynamin 1 is a neuron-specific guanosine triphosphatase thought to be critically required for
the fission reaction of synaptic vesicle endocytosis. Unexpectedly, mice lacking dynamin 1 …

The ins and outs of the striatum: role in drug addiction

LM Yager, AF Garcia, AM Wunsch, SM Ferguson - Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
Addiction is a chronic relapsing disorder characterized by the loss of control over drug intake,
high motivation to obtain the drug, and a persistent craving for the drug. Accumulating …

Transient neuronal inhibition reveals opposing roles of indirect and direct pathways in sensitization

SM Ferguson, D Eskenazi, M Ishikawa, MJ Wanat… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Dorsal striatum is important for the development of drug addiction; however, a precise
understanding of the roles of striatopallidal (indirect) and striatonigral (direct) pathway neurons in …

Recruitment of folliculin to lysosomes supports the amino acid–dependent activation of Rag GTPases

CS Petit, A Roczniak-Ferguson, SM Ferguson - Journal of Cell Biology, 2013 - rupress.org
… Petit, Agnes Roczniak-Ferguson, Shawn M. Ferguson; Recruitment of folliculin to lysosomes
supports the amino acid–dependent activation of Rag GTPases. J Cell Biol 30 September …

The complex relationship between TFEB transcription factor phosphorylation and subcellular localization

R Puertollano, SM Ferguson, J Brugarolas… - The EMBO …, 2018 - embopress.org
The MiT‐ TFE family of basic helix‐loop‐helix leucine‐zipper transcription factors includes
four members: TFEB , TFE 3, TFEC , and MITF . Originally described as oncogenes, these …

Massive accumulation of luminal protease-deficient axonal lysosomes at Alzheimer's disease amyloid plaques

…, P De Camilli, SM Ferguson - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
… We thank Frank Wilson and Agnes Roczniak-Ferguson for superb management and
maintenance of lab infrastructure; Wendolyn Hill for assistance with illustrations; and Louise Lucast …

[HTML][HTML] One is not enough: understanding and modeling polysubstance use

…, TJ O'Neal, BM Baskin, SM Ferguson - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Substance use disorder (SUD) is a chronic, relapsing disease with a highly multifaceted
pathology that includes (but is not limited to) sensitivity to drug-associated cues, negative affect, …

Dynamin triple knockout cells reveal off target effects of commonly used dynamin inhibitors

…, H Shen, L Liu, X Liu, SM Ferguson… - Journal of cell …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
… The conditional KO (floxed) and KO alleles of dynamin 1, 2 and 3 used in this study were
previously described (Ferguson et al., 2007; Ferguson et al., 2009; Raimondi et al., 2011). …