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October 2018 - It's official! The Rao Lab has moved from Columbia University to the GI Division at Boston Children's Hospital. Enjoying a summer lab happy hour in NYC before our move. November 2018 - Congrats to all the speakers for a highly successful mini-symposium at the annual meeting of the...

The Villin1 Gene Promoter Drives Cre Recombinase Expression in Extraintestinal Tissues

Publication: Journal Article

Rutlin, Michael, Daniella Rastelli, Wei Ting Kuo, Jason Estep, Adriell Louis, Martin Riccomagno, Jerrold Turner, and Meenakshi Rao. 2020. “The Villin1 Gene Promoter Drives Cre Recombinase Expression in Extraintestinal Tissues”. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol.

Enteric glia express proteolipid protein 1 and are a transcriptionally unique population of glia in the mammalian nervous system

Publication: Journal Article

Rao, Meenakshi, Bradlee Nelms, Lauren Dong, Viviana Salinas-Rios, Michael Rutlin, Michael Gershon, and Gabriel Corfas. 2015. “Enteric Glia Express Proteolipid Protein 1 and Are a Transcriptionally Unique Population of Glia in the Mammalian Nervous System”. Glia 63 (11): 2040-57.

Neurogastroenterology: The dynamic cycle of life in the enteric nervous system

Publication: Journal Article

Rao, Meenakshi, and Michael Gershon. 2017. “Neurogastroenterology: The Dynamic Cycle of Life in the Enteric Nervous System”. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 14 (8): 453-54.

RET Signaling Persists in the Adult Intestine and Stimulates Motility by Limiting PYY Release From Enteroendocrine Cells.

Publication: Journal Article

Shepherd, Amy, Laurence Feinstein, Svetlana Sabel, Daniella Rastelli, Esther Mezhibovsky, Lynley Matthews, Anoohya Muppirala, et al. 2024. “RET Signaling Persists in the Adult Intestine and Stimulates Motility by Limiting PYY Release From Enteroendocrine Cells.”. Gastroenterology 166 (3): 437-49.

Interleukin-6 produced by enteric neurons regulates the number and phenotype of microbe-responsive regulatory T cells in the gut

Publication: Journal Article

Yan, Yiqing, Deepshika Ramanan, Milena Rozenberg, Kelly McGovern, Daniella Rastelli, Brinda Vijaykumar, Omar Yaghi, et al. 2021. “Interleukin-6 Produced by Enteric Neurons Regulates the Number and Phenotype of Microbe-Responsive Regulatory T cells in the Gut”. Immunity 54 (3): 499-513.e5.

Diminished androgen levels are linked to irritable bowel syndrome and cause bowel dysfunction in mice

Publication: Journal Article

Rastelli, Daniella, Ariel Robinson, Valentina Lagomarsino, Lynley Matthews, Rafla Hassan, Kristina Perez, William Dan, et al. 2022. “Diminished Androgen Levels Are Linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Cause Bowel Dysfunction in Mice”. J Clin Invest 132 (2).

Light-Mediated Inhibition of Colonic Smooth Muscle Constriction and Colonic MotilityOpsin 3

Publication: Journal Article

Dan, William, Ga Hyun Park, Shruti Vemaraju, Amy Wu, Kristina Perez, Meenakshi Rao, Dan Berkowitz, Richard Lang, and Peter Yim. 2021. “Light-Mediated Inhibition of Colonic Smooth Muscle Constriction and Colonic MotilityOpsin 3”. Front Physiol 12: 744294.

A gut-wrenching tale of neuronal distress.

Publication: Journal Article

Duarte-Silva, Murillo, and Meenakshi Rao. 2025. “A Gut-Wrenching Tale of Neuronal Distress.”. Neuron 113 (9): 1291-93.

Tachykinin signaling defines distinct populations of glia in the enteric nervous system.

Publication: Journal Article

Muppirala, Anoohya N, Perry E Mitchell, Elise Courtney, Sushmita Debnath, Lia R D’Alessandro, Neha Mani, Maryam Dadabhoy, et al. 2026. “Tachykinin Signaling Defines Distinct Populations of Glia in the Enteric Nervous System.”. Neuron.