Gail A. Cornwall

The paper identifies germ granule-like amyloid/RNA condensates in rat epididymal spermatozoa that exhibit prion-like propagation activity, suggesting a non-Mendelian mechanism for transmitting environmental information to offspring.

This study shows that CRES knockout mice have sex-specific ECM structural changes and learning/memory deficits in males but not females.

This paper shows CRES is present in the mammalian brain and may contribute to ECM structure and function as an amyloid.

The paper identifies the mouse epididymal amyloid matrix as a structural and functional analog of bacterial biofilms, protecting spermatozoa through components like eDNA, eRNA, and mucin-like polysaccharides.