2011

• Kallifatidis, G., Boros, J., Shin, E., McAvoy, J., Lovicu, F. (2011), The fate of dividing cells during lens morphogenesis, differentiation and growth. Experimental eye research. 92(6), 502-11. [Abstract]
• Lovicu, F., McAvoy, J., de Iongh, R. (2011), Understanding the role of growth factors in embryonic development: insights from the lens. Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions B. Biological Sciences. 366(1568), 1204-1218. [Abstract]
• Sugiyama, Y., Lovicu, F., McAvoy, J. (2011), Planar cell polarity in the mammalian eye lens. Organogenesis. 7(3), 191-201. [Abstract]

2010

• Alibardi, L., Lovicu, F. (2010), Immunolocalization of FGF1 and FGF2 in the regenerating tail of the lizard Lampropholis guichenoti: Implications for FGFs as trophic factors in lizard tail regeneration. Acta histochemica. 112(5), 459-73. [Abstract]
• Newitt, P., Boros, J., Madakashira, B., Robinson, M., Reneker, L., McAvoy, J., Lovicu, F. (2010), Sef is a negative regulator of fiber cell differentiation in the ocular lens. Differentiation; research in biological diversity. 80(1), 53-67. [Abstract]
• Wang, Q., McAvoy, J., Lovicu, F. (2010), Growth factor signaling in vitreous humour-induced lens fiber differentiation. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 51(7), 3599-610. [Abstract]
• Sugiyama, Y., Stump, R., Nguyen, A., Wen, L., Chen, Y., Wang, Y., Murdoch, J., Lovicu, F., McAvoy, J. (2010), Secreted frizzled-related protein disrupts PCP in eye lens fiber cells that have polarised primary cilia. Developmental biology. 338(2), 193-201. [Abstract]
• West-Mays, J., Pino, G., Lovicu, F. (2010), Development and use of the lens epithelial explant system to study lens differentiation and cataractogenesis. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research. 29(2), 135-143. [Abstract]

2009

• Wang, Q., Stump, R., McAvoy, J., Lovicu, F. (2009), MAPK/ERK1/2 and PI3-kinase signalling pathways are required for vitreous-induced lens fibre cell differentiation. Experimental eye research. 88(0), 293-306. [Abstract]
• Iyengar, L., Patkunanathan, B., McAvoy, J., Lovicu, F. (2009), Growth factors involved in aqueous humour-induced lens cell proliferation. Growth factors (Chur, Switzerland). 27(1), 50-62. [Abstract]
• Chong, C., Stump, R., Lovicu, F., McAvoy, J. (2009), TGFbeta promotes Wnt expression during cataract development. Experimental eye research. 88(0), 307-13. [Abstract]

2008

• Chen, Y., Stump, R., Lovicu, F., Shimono, A., McAvoy, J. (2008), Wnt signaling is required for organization of the lens fiber cell cytoskeleton and development of lens three-dimensional architecture. Developmental biology. 324(1), 161-76. [Abstract]
• O'Connor, M., Wederell, E., de Iongh, R., Lovicu, F., McAvoy, J. (2008), Generation of transparency and cellular organization in lens explants. Experimental eye research. 86(5), 734-745. [Abstract]
• Lovicu, F., McAvoy, J. (2008), Epithelial explants and their application to study developmental processes in the lens. In: Animal Models in Eye Research. (pp.0).United States: Academic Press.

2007

• Markus, M., Goy, C., Adams, D., Lovicu, F., Morris, B. (2007), Renin Enhancer Is Crucial for Full Response in Renin Expression to an In Vivo Stimulus. Hypertension. 50, 933-8. [Abstract]
• Jamieson, R., Farrar, N., Stewart, K., Perveen, R., Mihelec, M., Carette, M., Grigg, J., McAvoy, J., Lovicu, F., Tam, P., Scambler, P., Lloyd, I., Donnai, D., Black, G. (2007), Characterization of a familial t(16;22) balanced translocation associated with congenital cataract leads to identification of a novel gene, TMEM114, expressed in the lens and disrupted by the translocation. Human mutation. 28(10), 968-977. [Abstract]
• Iyengar, L., Wang, Q., Rasko, J., McAvoy, J., Lovicu, F. (2007), Duration of ERK1/2 phosphorylation induced by FGF or ocular media determines lens cell fate. Differentiation; research in biological diversity. 75(7), 662-8. [Abstract]
• Lovicu, F., Ziman, M., Thompson, J. (2007), Pax7 and superior collicular polarity: insights from Pax6 (Sey) mutant mice. EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 178, 316-325. [Abstract]
• Sohaskey, M., Lovicu, F., McAvoy, J., Little, M., Kolle, G., Wilkinson, L., Pennisi, D., Gillinder, K., Piper, M. (2007), Crim1(KST264/KST264) mice display a disruption of the Crim1 gene resulting in perinatal lethality with defects in multiple organ systems. DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS. 236(2), 502-511. [Abstract]

2006

• Lovicu, F. (2006), Cell signaling in lens development. Seminars in cell & developmental biology. 17, 675. [Abstract]
• Chen, Y., Stump, R., Lovicu, F., McAvoy, J. (2006), A role for Wnt/planar cell polarity signaling during lens fiber cell differentiation?. Seminars in cell & developmental biology. 17, 712-25. [Abstract]
• Boros, J., Newitt, P., Wang, Q., McAvoy, J., Lovicu, F. (2006), Sef and Sprouty expression in the developing ocular lens: Implications for regulating lens cell proliferation and differentiation. Seminars in cell & developmental biology. 17, 741-52. [Abstract]
• Adams, D., Head, G., Markus, M., Lovicu, F., van der Weyden, L., Köntgen, F., Arends, M., Thiru, S., Mayorov, D., Morris, B. (2006), Renin enhancer is critical for control of renin gene expression and cardiovascular function. The Journal of biological chemistry. 281, 31753-61. [Abstract]
• Symonds, J., Lovicu, F., Chamberlain, C. (2006), Differing effects of dexamethasone and diclofenac on posterior capsule opacification-like changes in a rat lens explant model. Experimental eye research. 83, 771-82. [Abstract]
• Stump, R., Lovicu, F., Ang, S., Pandey, S., McAvoy, J. (2006), Lithium stabilizes the polarized lens epithelial phenotype and inhibits proliferation, migration, and epithelial mesenchymal transition. The Journal of pathology. 210(2), 249-57. [Abstract]
• Iyengar, L., Patkunanathan, B., Lynch, O., McAvoy, J., Rasko, J., Lovicu, F. (2006), Aqueous humour- and growth factor-induced lens cell proliferation is dependent on MAPK/ERK1/2 and Akt/PI3-K signalling. Experimental eye research. 83(3), 667-678. [Abstract]
• Symonds, J., Lovicu, F., Chamberlain, C. (2006), Posterior capsule opacification-like changes in rat lens explants cultured with TGFbeta and FGF: effects of cell coverage and regional differences. Experimental eye research. 82(4), 693-9. [Abstract]