• Duhart JC*, Parsons TT*, Raftery LA. The repertoire of epithelial morphogenesis on display: Progressive elaboration of Drosophila egg structure. Mechanisms of Development 2017. *Denotes Co-First Authors

• Nie Y, Li Q, Amcheslavsky A, Duhart JC, Veraksa A, Stocker H, Raftery LA, Ip Y Tony. Bunched and Madm Function Downstream of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex to Regulate the Growth of Intestinal Stem Cells in Drosophila. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports 2015, 1-13.


• Peterson AJ, Jensen PA, Shimell MJ, Stefancsik R, Wijayatunge R, Herder R, Raftery LA, O'Connor MB. R-Smad competition controls Activin receptor output in Drosophila. PLoS One 2013, 7: e36548

• Brooks AI, Dou W, Pargett M, Brosnan T, Raftery LA, Umulis DM. BMP signaling in development: A critical analysis of imaging and interpretation. FEBS Lett. 2012, 586:1942-1952

• Raftery LA, Umulis, D Generation and interpretation of BMP gradients in Drosophila, Cur. Opin. Cell Biol. 2012, 24:1-8

• Miles WO, Jaffray E, Campbell SG, Takeda S, Bayston LJ, Basu SP, Li M, Raftery LA, Ashe MP, Hay RT, Ashe HL. Medea SUMOylation restricts the signaling range of the Dpp morphogen in the Drosophila embryo.  Genes Dev. 2008; 22:2578-2590.

• Batut J, Schmierer B, Howell M, Cao J, Raftery LA, Hill CS. Two highly related regulatory subunits of PP2A exert opposite effects on TGFbeta signaling.  Development 2008: 135:2927-2937

• Bilenca A, Cao J, Colice M, Ozcan A, Bouma B, Raftery L, Tearney G. Fluorescence interferometry: principles and applications in biology. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 2008; 1130:68-77.

• Wu X, Yamada-Mabuchi M, Morris EJ, Gluderer S, Tanwar P, Dobens L, Cao J, Stocker H, Hafen E, Dyson NJ, Raftery LA.  The Drosophila homolog of human tumor suppressor TSC-22 promotes cellular growth, proliferation and survival. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2008; 105:5414-5419.

• Wu X, Tanwar PS, Raftery LA, Drosophila follicle cells: morphogenesis in an eggshell.  Seminars Cell Dev. Biol. 2008; 19:271-282.

• Gluderer S, Köhler K, Oldham S, Rintelen F, Sulzer A, Schütt C, Wu X, Raftery L, Hafen E, Stocker H.  Bunched, the Drosophila homolog of the mammalian tumor suppressor TSC-22, promotes cellular growth.  BMC Dev. Biol. 2008 8:10.

• Cao J, Pellock BJ, White K, Raftery LA. A commercial phospho-Smad antibody detects endogenous BMP signaling in Drosophila tissues. Drosophila Information Service 2006: 89:131-135

• Raftery LA, Korochkina S, Cao J. “Smads in Drosophila – interpretation of graded signals in vivo.” in , C-H Heldin, P ten Dijke, eds. Springer, 2006, 55-73.

• Dobens L, Jaeger A, Peterson JS, Raftery LA. bunched sets a boundary for Notch signaling to pattern anterior eggshell structures during Drosophila oogenesis. Dev. Biol. 2005: 287:425-437.

• Whitman M, Raftery LA. TGRbeta at the summit. Development 2005; 132(19): 4205-4210.

• Raftery LA, Sutherland, DJ Gradients and Thresholds: BMP response gradients unveiled in Drosophila embryos. Trends Genet 2003; 19:667-724.

• Sutherland DJ, Li M, Liu X, Stefancsik R, Raftery LA. Stepwise formation of a Smad activity gradient during dorsal-ventral patterning of the Drosophila embryo. Development 2003; 130:5705- 5716.

• Soma T, Dohrmann CE, Hibino T, Raftery LA. Profile of TGFbeta responses in the murine hair cycle. J Inv Derm: 2003; 121:969-975.

• Gupta RA, Sarraf P, Brockman JA, Shappell SB, Willson TM, Raftery LA, DuBois, RN. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor g and transforming growth factor-b pathways inhibit intestinal epithelial cell growth by regulating levels of TSC-22.  J Biol Chem  2003; 278:7431-7438

• Dohrmann CE, Noramly S, Raftery LA, Morgan, B.  Opposing effects on TSC-22 expression by BMP and receptor tyrosine kinase signals in the developing feather field.  Dev. Dyn. 2002; 223:85-95.

• Dobens LL, Martin-Blanco E, Martinez-Arias A, Kafatos FC, Raftery LA. Drosophila puckered regulates Fos/Jun levels during follicle cell morphogenesis.  Development 2001; 128:1845-1856.

• Dai H, Hogan C, Gopalkrishnan B, Torres-Vasquez J, Nguyen M., Park S, Raftery LA, Warrior R, Arora K. The zinc finger protein Schnurri acts as a Smad partner in mediating the transcriptional response to Dpp.  Dev. Biol. 2000; 227:373-387.

• Dobens LL, Raftery LA.  Integration of epithelial patterning and morphogenesis in Drosophila ovarian follicle cells.  Dev Dyn 2000; 218:80-93.

• Dobens LL, Peterson J, Treisman J, Raftery LA.  Drosophila bunched integrates opposing DPP and EGF signals to set the operculum boundary.  Development 2000; 127:745-754.

• Raftery LA, Sutherland, DJ.  From Mad to Smads: TGFb signal transduction in Drosophila development.  Dev Biol 1999; 210:251-268.

• Dohrmann CE, Belaoussoff M, Raftery LA. Dynamic expression of TSC-22 at sites of epithelial-mesenchymal interactions during mouse development.  Mech Dev 1999; 84:147-151.

• Brummel T, Abdollah S, Haerry TE, Shimell MJ, Merriam J, Raftery L, Wrana J, O’Connor MB. The Drosophila Activin receptor Baboon signals through dSmad2 and controls cell proliferation but not patterning during larval development.  Genes Dev 1999; 13:98-111.

• Wisotzkey RG, Mehra A, Sutherland D, Dobens LL, Liu X, Dohrmann C, Attisano L, Raftery LA.  Medeais a Drosophila SMAD4 homolog that is differentially required to potentiate DPP responses. Development 1998; 125:1433-144

• Dobens L, Raftery LA. Drosophila oogenesis: a model system to understand TGFbeta/Dpp directed cell morphogenesis. Ann NY Acad Sci 1998; 857:245-247

• Dobens LL, Hsu T, Twombly V, Gelbart WM, Raftery LA, Kafatos FC. The Drosophila bunched gene is a homologue of the growth factor stimulated mammalian TSC22 sequence and is required for proper follicle cell patterning during oogenesis.  Mech Dev  1997; 65:197-208.

• Raftery LA, Wisotzkey RG. Characterization of Medea, a gene required for maximal function of the Drosophila BMP homolog, decapentaplegic. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 1996; 785:318-320.

• Baden H, Kollias N, Anderson RR, Hopkins T, Raftery LA. Drosophila melanogaster larvae detect low doses of UVC radiation as manifested by a writhing response.  Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 1996; 32:187-96.

• Sekelsky JJ, Newfeld SJ, Raftery LA, Chartoff EH, Gelbart WM. Genetic characterization and cloning of Mothers against dpp, a gene required for decapentaplegic function in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 1995; 139:1347-58.

• Raftery LA, Twombly V, Wharton K, Gelbart WM. Genetic screens to identify elements of the decapentaplegic signaling pathway in Drosophila. Genetics 1995; 139:241-54.

• Raftery LA, Sanicola M, Blackman RK, Gelbart WM. The relationship of decapentaplegic and engrailed expression in Drosophila imaginal disks: do these genes mark the anterior-posterior compartment boundary? Development 1991; 113:27-33.

• Blackman RK, Sanicola M, Raftery LA, Gillevet T, Gelbart WM. An extensive 3' cis-regulatory region directs the imaginal disk expression of decapentaplegic, a member of the TGFbeta family in DrosophilaDevelopment 1991; 111:657-65.

• Posakony LG, Raftery LA, Gelbart WM. Wing formation in Drosophila requires decapentaplegic gene function along the anterior-posterior compartment boundary. Mech Dev 1991; 33:69-82.

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