The University of Sheffield
Department of Biomedical Science

Dr Marcelo Rivolta: Publications

Chen, W; Jongkamonwiwat, N; Abbas, L; Jacob Eshtan, S; Johnson, SL; Kuhn, S; Thurlow, JK; Andrews, PW; Marcotti, W; Moore, HD and Rivolta, MN.
Restoration of auditory evoked responses by human ES cell-derived cochlear progenitors.
Nature, 2012 DOI 10.1038/nature11415

Boddy, SL; Chen, W; Romero-Guevara, R; Kottam, L; Bellantuono, I and Rivolta, MN.
Inner ear progenitor cells can be generated in vitro from human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.
Regenerative Medicine, 2012 in press.

Abbas, L and Rivolta, M.N.
Auditory Progenitors: their biology and applications for therapy.
In Progenitor and stem cell technologies and therapies: Tissue specific progenitors (Atala A ed). Woodhead Publishing, pp 282-308, 2012.

Huisman MA, Rivolta MN.
Neural crest stem cells and their potential application in a therapy for deafness.
Front Biosci (Schol Ed). 2012 Jan 1;4:121-32.

Jongkamonwiwat N, Zine A, Rivolta MN.
Stem cell based therapy in the inner ear: appropriate donor cell types and routes for transplantation.
Curr Drug Targets. 2010 Jul;11(7):888-97.

Rivolta MN.
Stem cells and cell lines from the human auditory organ: applications, hurdles and bottlenecks in the development of regenerative therapies for deafness.
Drug Discov Today. 2010 Apr;15(7-8):283-6. Epub 2010 Feb 25.

Johnson SL, Franz C, Kuhn S, Furness DN, Rüttiger L, Münkner S, Rivolta MN, Seward EP, Herschman HR, Engel J, Knipper M and Marcotti W (2010)
Synaptotagmin IV determines the linear calcium dependence of vesicle fusion at auditory ribbon synapses.
Nature Neurosci 2010 Jan;13(1):45-52.

Objoon, T and Rivolta, M.N.
Neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells and their potential application in a therapy for sensorineural hearing loss.
In Trends in Stem Cell Biology and Technology (Baharvand H ed) Humana Press, pp 261-282, 2009.

Chen W, Johnson SL, Marcotti W, Andrews PW, Moore HD, Rivolta MN.
Human fetal auditory stem cells can be expanded in vitro and differentiate into functional auditory neurons and hair cell-like cells.
Stem Cells. 2009 May;27(5):1196-204.

Rivolta, M.N. and Holley, M.C.
Gene arrays, cell lines, stem cells and sensory regeneration in mammalian ears.
In the Springer Handbook of Auditory Research: Hair cell regeneration, repair and protection. (Salvi RJ, Popper AN & Fay RR eds).
Springer, New York, pp 257-307, 2008.

Rivolta, M.N.
Stem cells in the inner ear: Advancing towards a new therapy for hearing impairment.
In Genes, Hearing and Deafness, from Molecular Biology to Clinical Practice (Martini A, Stephens D & Read A eds). 2007.

Chen W, Cacciabue-Rivolta DI, Moore HD, Rivolta MN.
The human fetal cochlea can be a source for auditory progenitors/stem cells isolation.
Hear Res. 2007 Nov;233(1-2):23-9. Epub 2007 Jun 20.

Helyer R, Cacciabue-Rivolta D, Davies D, Rivolta MN, Kros CJ, Holley MC.
A model for mammalian cochlear hair cell differentiation in vitro: effects of retinoic acid on cytoskeletal proteins and potassium conductances.
Eur J Neurosci. 2007 Feb;25(4):957-73.

Rivolta MN, Li H, Heller S.
Generation of inner ear cell types from embryonic stem cells.
Methods Mol Biol. 2006;330:71-92.

Nicholl AJ, Kneebone A, Davies D, Cacciabue-Rivolta DI, Rivolta MN, Coffey P, Holley MC.
Differentiation of an auditory neuronal cell line suitable for cell transplantation.
Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Jul;22(2):343-53.

Lawoko-Kerali G, Milo M, Davies D, Halsall A, Helyer R, Johnson CM, Rivolta MN, Tones MA, Holley MC.
Ventral otic cell lines as developmental models of auditory epithelial and neural precursors.
Dev Dyn. 2004 Dec;231(4):801-14.

Lawoko-Kerali G, Rivolta MN, Lawlor P, Cacciabue-Rivolta DI, Langton-Hewer C, van Doorninck JH, Holley MC.
GATA3 and NeuroD distinguish auditory and vestibular neurons during development of the mammalian inner ear.
Mech Dev. 2004 Mar;121(3):287-99.

Rivolta MN, Holley MC.
Cell lines in inner ear research.
J Neurobiol. 2002 Nov 5;53(2):306-18. Review.

Hackett L, Davies D, Helyer R, Kennedy H, Kros C, Lawlor P, Rivolta MN, Holley M.
E-cadherin and the differentiation of mammalian vestibular hair cells.
Exp Cell Res. 2002 Aug 1;278(1):19-30.

Rivolta MN, Halsall A, Johnson CM, Tones MA, Holley MC.
Transcript profiling of functionally related groups of genes during conditional differentiation of a mammalian cochlear hair cell line.
Genome Res. 2002 Jul;12(7):1091-9.

Rivolta MN, Holley MC.
Asymmetric segregation of mitochondria and mortalin correlates with the multi-lineage potential of inner ear sensory cell progenitors in vitro.
Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 2002 Jan 31;133(1):49-56.

Lawoko-Kerali G, Rivolta MN, Holley M.
Expression of the transcription factors GATA3 and Pax2 during development of the mammalian inner ear.
J Comp Neurol. 2002 Jan 21;442(4):378-91.

Weir J, Rivolta MN, Holley MC.
Notch signaling and the emergence of auditory hair cells.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000 Oct;126(10):1244-8. Review.

Jagger DJ, Griesinger CB, Rivolta MN, Holley MC, Ashmore JF.
Calcium signalling mediated by the 9 acetylcholine receptor in a cochlear cell line from the immortomouse.
J Physiol. 2000 Aug 15;527 Pt 1:49-54.

Jagger DJ, Griesinger CB, Rivolta MN, Holley MC, Ashmore JF.
Calcium signalling mediated by the 9 acetylcholine receptor in a cochlear cell line from the Immortomouse.
J Physiol. 2000 Aug 15;527(Pt 1):49-54.

Lawlor P, Marcotti W, Rivolta MN, Kros CJ, Holley MC.
Differentiation of mammalian vestibular hair cells from conditionally immortal, postnatal supporting cells.
J Neurosci. 1999 Nov 1;19(21):9445-58.

Rivolta MN, Holley MC.
GATA3 is downregulated during hair cell differentiation in the mouse cochlea.
J Neurocytol. 1998 Sep;27(9):637-47.

Rivolta MN, Grix N, Lawlor P, Ashmore JF, Jagger DJ, Holley MC.
Auditory hair cell precursors immortalized from the mammalian inner ear.
Proc Biol Sci. 1998 Sep 7;265(1406):1595-603.

Nishida Y, Rivolta MN, Holley MC.
Timed markers for the differentiation of the cuticular plate and stereocilia in hair cells from the mouse inner ear.
J Comp Neurol. 1998 May 25;395(1):18-28.

Rivolta MN.
Transcription factors in the ear: molecular switches for development and differentiation.
Audiol Neurootol. 1997 Jan-Apr;2(1-2):36-49. Review.

Holley MC, Rivolta MN.
Research in otology.
Audiol Neurootol. 1997 Jan-Apr;2(1-2):1-2. No abstract available.

Rivolta MN, Negrini C, Wilcox ER.
A novel zinc finger gene preferentially expressed in the retina and the organ of Corti localizes to human chromosome 12q24.3.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1996 May 2;1306(2-3):127-32.

Rivolta MN, Urrutia R, Kachar B.
A soluble motor from the alga Nitella supports fast movement of actin filaments in vitro.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1995 Nov 21;1232(1-2):1-4.

Rivolta MN, Wilcox ER.
A novel and simple methodology to generate subtracted cDNA libraries.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1995 Jul 11;23(13):2565-6. No abstract available.

Negrini C, Rivolta MN, Kalinec F, Kachar B.
Cloning of an organ of Corti anion exchanger 2 isoform with a truncated C-terminal domain.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1995 May 24;1236(1):207-11.

Tachibana M, Asano T, Wilcox E, Yokotani N, Rivolta MN, Fex J.
G protein Gi2 alpha in the cochlea: cloning and selective occurrence in receptor cells.
Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1994 Feb;21(3-4):355-8.

Kachar B, Urrutia R, Rivolta MN, McNiven MA.
Myosin-mediated vesicular transport in the extruded cytoplasm of characean algae cells.
Methods Cell Biol. 1993;39:179-90. Review. No abstract available.

Wilcox ER, Rivolta MN, Ploplis B, Potterf SB, Fex J.
The PAX3 gene is mapped to human chromosome 2 together with a highly informative CA dinucleotide repeat.
Hum Mol Genet. 1992 Jun;1(3):215. No abstract available.