* Equal contributions
¶ Last and/or corresponding authors

1. Bornhorst D., Hejjaji A., Steuter L., Woodhead NM., Maier P., Gentile A., Alhajkadour A., Santais Larrain O., Weber M., Guenther S., Kikhi K., Huisken J., Tamplin OJ., Stainier D., Gunawan F. ¶ (accepted in Nature Communications) 
The heart is a resident tissue for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in zebrafish.

2. Albu M., Affolter E., Gentile A., Xu Y., Kikhi K., Howard S., Priya R., Gunawan F., Stainier D. (accepted in Nature Communications) 
Distinct mechanisms regulate ventricular and atrial chamber wall formation.

3. Gentile A.*, Albu M.*, Xu Y., Mortazavi N., Ribeiro da Silva A., Stainier D. ¶, Gunawan F. ¶ (2024) 
Mechanical forces remodel the cardiac extracellular matrix during zebrafish development. 
Jul 1;151(13):dev202310. doi: 10.1242/dev.202310.
Selected cover image for issue 151(13)

4. Ribeiro da Silva A., Gunawan F., Boezio G., Faure E., Théron A., Aveirinos JF., Lim S., Jha S., Ramadass R., Guenther S., Looso M., Zaffran S., Juan T., Stainier D. (2024) 
egr3 is a mechanosensitive transcription factor gene required for cardiac valve morphogenesis. 
Science Advances May 15;10(20): eadl0633.

5. Boezio G., Gollin J., Zhao S., Singh S., Priya, R., Fukuda N., Gunawan F., Stainier DYR. (2022) 
The developing epicardium regulates cardiac chamber morphogenesis by promoting cardiomyocyte growth. 
Disease Models and Mechanisms: dmm.049571. 

6. Gentile A., Bensimon-Brito A., Priya R., Maischein HMM., Piesker J., Günther S., Gunawan F. *, ¶, Stainier DYR.*,¶ (2021) 
The EMT transcription factor Snai1 maintains myocardial wall integrity by repressing intermediate filament gene expression. 
eLife: Jun 21;10:e66143. 

7. Gunawan F. *, ¶, Priya R.*, ¶, Stainier DYR¶. (2021) 
Sculpting the heart: cellular mechanisms shaping valves and trabeculae. 
Current Opinion in Cell Biology Jun 17;73:26-34. 

8. Gunawan F.*, ¶, Gentile A.*, Gauvrit S., Stainier DYR.¶, Bensimon-Brito A.*,¶ (2020) 
Nfatc1 mediates interstitial cell formation during heart valve development. 
Circulation Research Apr 10:126(8):968-984. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.119.315992. 

9. Fukuda R., Gunawan F., Ramadass R., Beisaw A., Konzer A., Mullapudi S.T., Gentile A., Graumann J., Maischein H.M., and Stainier D. (2019) 
Mechanical forces regulate cardiomyocyte myofilament maturation via the VCL-SSH1-CFL axis. 
Developmental Cell Oct 21; 51, 1–16. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.08.006. 

10. Gunawan F.¶, Gentile A., Fukuda R., Tsedeke AT., Jimenez-Amilburu V., Ramadass R., Iida A., Sehara-Fujisawa A., Stainier D.¶ (2019) 
Focal adhesions are essential to drive zebrafish heart valve morphogenesis. 
Journal of Cell Biology Mar 4; 218(3):1039-1054. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201807175 (Faculty1000 Recommendation by Guido Serini). 

11. Yin W., Kim HT, Wang S., Gunawan F., Li R., Buettner C., Grohmann B., Sengle G., Sinner D., Offermanns S., and Stainier DY (2019) 
The glycoprotein gene fibrillin-2 is a key mediator of smooth muscle extracellular matrix homeostasis during mouse tracheal tubulogenesis. 
European Respiratory Journal. Mar 7;53(3). pii: 1800840. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00840-2018. 

12. Kim HT., Yin W., Jin YJ., Panza P., Gunawan F., Grohmann B., Buettner C., Sokol AM., Preussner J., Guenther S., Kostin S., Ruppert C., Bhagwat AM., Ma X., Graumann J., Looso M., Guenther A., Adelstein RS., Offermanns S., Stainier DY. (2018) 
Myh10 deficiency leads to defective ECM remodeling and pulmonary disease. 
Nature Communications Nov 2; 9(1):4600. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06833-7. 

13. Uribe V., Ramadass R., Dogra D., Rasouli SJ., Gunawan F., Nakajima H., Chiba A., Reischauer S., Mochizuki N., Stainier DY. (2018) 
In vivo analysis of cardiomyocyte proliferation during ventricular trabeculation.
Development Jul 30; 145(14). pii: dev164194. doi: 10.1242/dev.164194. 

14. Yin W., Kim HT., Wang S., Gunawan F., Wang L., Kishimoto K., Zhong H., Roman D., Preussner J., Guenther S., Graef V., Buettner C., Grohmann B., Looso M., Morimoto M., Mardon G., Offermanns S., Stainier DY. (2018) 
The potassium channel Kcnj13 is essential for smooth muscle cytoskeletal organization during mouse tracheal tubulogenesis. 
Nature Communications Jul 19; 9(1):2815. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05043-5. 

15. Fukuda R., Gunawan F., Beisaw A., Jimenez-Amilburu V., Maischein HM., Kostin S., Kawakami K., and Stainier DY. (2017) 
Proteolysis regulates cardiomyocyte maturation and tissue integration. 
Nature Communications Feb 17; 8:14495. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14495. 

16. Gunawan F., Arandjelovic M., and Godt D. (2013) 
The Maf factor Traffic Jam both enables and inhibits collective cell migration during Drosophila oogenesis. 
Development Jul; 140(13):2808-17. doi: 10.1242/dev.089896.


Pre-prints

1. Srivastava S., Gunawan F., Gentile A., Petersen S., Stainier D., Engel F. (bioRxiv 2022.05.27.493401) 
Adgrg6/Gpr126 is required for myocardial Notch activity and N-cadherin localization to attain trabecular identity. 
doi: doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.27.493401.

2. Golbach L., Saha T., Odenthal-Schnittler M., Lücking J., Akmeric E.B., Gunawan F., Gerhardt H., Macek B., Trappmann B., Schnittler H.J., Galic M., and Matis M. (bioRxiv 2024.06. 25.600357) 
Mechanical Strain Activates Planar Cell Polarity Signaling to Coordinate Vascular Cell Dynamics. 
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.25.600357.