Microglial cathepsin B is necessary for neuronal efferocytosis in zebrafish and mice during brain development.
Silva, N.J., Anderson, S.R., Mula, S.A, Escoubas, C.C, Nakajo, H, and Molofsky, A.V.. Nature Communications [PubMed]

Extracellular matrix proteolysis maintains synapse plasticity during brain development.
Nakajo H, Cao R, Mula S.A., Mcketney J, Silva N.J., Li K.H., Chalkley R.J., Randolph L, Shah M, Rose I.V.L., Kampmann M, Swaney D.L., Kirst C, Molofsky A.V.. Nature Neuroscience [PubMed]

A type I interferon response defines a conserved microglial state required for effective neuronal phagocytosis.
Escoubas C.C., Dorman L.C., Nguyen P.T., Lagares-Linares C, Nakajo H, Anderson S.R., Barron J.J., Wade S.D., Cuevas B, Vainchtein ID, Silva NJ, Guajardo R, Xiao Y, Lidsky P.V., Wang E.Y., Rivera B.M., Taloma S.E., Kim D.K., Kaminskaya E, Nakao-Inoue H, Schwer B, Arnold T.D., Molofsky A.B., Condello C, Andino R, Nowakowski T.J., Molofsky A.V.. Cell 187 (8):1936-1954 [PubMed]

Common and divergent gene regulatory networks control injury-induced and developmental neurogenesis in zebrafish retina.
Lyu P, Iribarne M, Serjanov D, Zhai Y, Hoang T, Campbell L, Boyd P, Palazzo I, Nagashima M, Silva N.J, Hitchcock P, Qian J, Hyde D, Blackshaw S. Nature Communications 14 (1): 8477 [PubMed]

In situ and transcriptomic identification of microglia in synapse rich regions of the developing zebrafish brain.
Silva N.J., Dorman L.C., Vainchtein I.D., Horneck N.C., Molofsky A.V.. Nature Communications 12 (1):5916 [PubMed]

Inflammation and matrix metalloproteinase 9 (Mmp-9) regulate photoreceptor regeneration in adult zebrafish.
Silva N.J., Nagashima M, Li J, M, Ashrafzadeh, M, Kakuk-Atkins L, Hyde D, Hitchcock P.F.. Glia 68(7):1445-1465 [PubMed]

Divergent mechanisms for regulation of growth and development after imaginal disc damage in the tobacco hornworm.
Rosero M.A, Abdon B, Silva N.J, Cisneros B, Makunts, T, Zavaleta J.A, Miry O, Ramos L.S, Bashar J, Moffatt A.C, Fuse M. Journal of Experimental Biology 222(pt 20):jeb200352 [PubMed]