Publications of IMPRS students

Falcucci, L.; Dooley, C. M.; Adamoski, D.; Juan, T.; Martinez, J.; Georgieva, A. M.; Mamchaoui, K.; Cirzi, C.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: Transcriptional adaptation upregulates utrophin in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. NATURE (639(8054)), pp. 493 - 502 (2025)

Nawn, D.; Hassan, S. S.; Hromic-Jahjefendic, A.; Bhattacharya, T.; Basu, P.; Redwan, E. M.; Barh, D.; Andrade, B. S.; Aljabali, A. A.; Serrano-Aroca, A. et al.; Lundstrom, K.; Tambuwala, M. M.; Uversky, V. N.: Molecular genomic insights into melanoma associated proteins PRAME and BAP1. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS (2025)

Kwon, J.; Haruya, K.; Mattonet, K.; Guenther, S.; Hahnefeld, L.; Shamsara, J.; Heering, J.; Kurz, M.; Kirchhofer, S.; Krasel, C. et al.; Ulrich, M.; Persechino, M.; Murthy, S.; Orlandi, C.; Sadik, C. D.; Geisslinger, G.; Buenemann, M.; Kolb, P.; Offermanns, S.; Wettschureck, N.: Orphan G protein-coupled receptor GPRC5B controls macrophage function by facilitating prostaglandin E receptor 2 signaling. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 16 (1), 1448 (2025)

Juvik, B.; Falcucci, L.; Lundegaard, P. R.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: A new hypothesis to explain disease dominance. TRENDS IN GENETICS 41 (3), pp. 187 - 193 (2025)

Xu, Y.; Gehlot, R.; Capon, S. J.; Albu, P. M.; Gretz, J.; Bloomekatz, J.; Mattonet, K.; Vucicevic, D.; Talyan, S.; Kikhi, K. et al.; Guenther, S.; Looso, M.; Firulli, B. A.; Sanda, M.; Firulli, A. B.; Lacadie, S. A.; Yelon, D.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: PDGFRA is a conserved HAND2 effector during early cardiac development. NATURE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH 3 (12) (2024)

Teichmann, T.; Pflueger-Mueller, B.; Gimenez, V. M. M.; Sailer, F.; Dirks, H.; Zehr, S.; Warwick, T.; Brettner, F.; Munoz-Tello, P.; Zimmer, A. et al.; Tegeder, I.; Thomas, D.; Gurke, R.; Guenther, S.; Heering, J.; Proschak, E.; Geisslinger, G.; Bibli, I.-S.; zu Heringdorf, D. M.; Manucha, W.; Windbergs, M.; Knapp, S.; Weigert, A.; Leisegang, M. S.; Kojetin, D.; Brandes, R. P.: The endocannabinoid anandamide mediates anti-inflammatory effects through activation of NR4A nuclear receptors. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY (2024)

Prieto-Garcia, C.; Matkovic, V.; Mosler, T.; Li, C.; Liang, J.; Oo, J. A.; Haidle, F.; Macinkovic, I.; Cabrera-Orefice, A.; Berkane, R. et al.; Giuliani, G.; Xu, F.; Jacomin, A.-C.; Tomaskovic, I.; Basoglu, M.; Hoffmann, M. E.; Rathore, R.; Cetin, R.; Boutguetait, D.; Bozkurt, S.; Canas, M. C. H.; Keller, M.; Busam, J.; Shah, V. J.; Wittig, I.; Kaulich, M.; Beli, P.; Galej, W. P.; Ebersberger, I.; Wang, L.; Muench, C.; Stolz, A.; Brandes, R. P.; Tse, W. K. F.; Eimer, S.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Legewie, S.; Zarnack, K.; Mueller-McNicoll, M.; Dikic, I.: Pathogenic proteotoxicity of cryptic splicing is alleviated by ubiquitination and ER-phagy. SCIENCE 386 (6723), pp. 768 - 776 (2024)

Alnouri, M. W.; Roquid, K. A.; Bonnavion, R.; Cho, H.; Heering, J.; Kwon, J.; Jaeger, Y.; Wang, S.; Guenther, S.; Wettschureck, N. et al.; Geisslingerb, G.; Gurke, R.; Mueller, C. E.; Proschak, E.; Offermanns, S.: SPMs exert anti- inflammatory and pro- resolving effects through positive allosteric modulation of the prostaglandin EP4 receptor. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 121 (41), e2407130121 (2024)

Weiss, L. M.; Warwick, T.; Zehr, S.; Guenther, S.; Wolf, S.; Schmachtel, T.; Ponce, J. I.; Palfi, K.; Teichmann, T.; Schneider, A. et al.; Stoetzel, J.; Knapp, S.; Weigert, A.; Savai, R.; Rieger, M. A.; Oellerich, T.; Wittig, I.; Oo, J. A.; Brandes, R. P.; Leisegang, M. S.: RUNX1 interacts with lncRNA SMANTIS to regulate monocytic cell functions. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY 7 (1), 1131 (2024)

Ozaki, K.; Kato, R.; Yasuhara, T.; Uchihara, Y.; Hirakawa, M.; Abe, Y.; Shibata, H.; Kawabata-Iwakawa, R.; Shakayeva, A.; Kot, P. et al.; Miyagawa, K.; Suzuki, K.; Matsuda, N.; Shibata, A.; Yamauchi, M.: Involvement of the splicing factor SART1 in the BRCA1-dependent homologous recombination repair of DNA double-strand breaks. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 14 (1), 18455 (2024)

Maroli, G.; Scha, A.; Guenther, S.; -Gonzalez, C. G.; Rupp, S.; Schlierbach, H.; Chen, Y.; Graumann, J.; Wietelmann, A.; Kim, J. et al.; Braun, T.: Inhibition of autophagy prevents cardiac dysfunction at early stages of cardiomyopathy in Bag3-deficient hearts. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY 193, pp. 53 - 66 (2024)

Peng, Y.; Du, J.; Li, R.; Guenther, S.; Wettschureck, N.; Offermanns, S.; Wang, Y.; Schneider, A.; Braun, T.: RhoA-mediated G₁₂-G₁₃ signaling maintains muscle stem cell quiescence and prevents stem cell loss. CELL DISCOVERY 10 (1), 76 (2024)

Gentile, A.; Albu, P. M.; Xu, Y.; Mortazavi , N.; da Silva, A.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Gunawan, F.: Mechanical forces remodel the cardiac extracellular matrix during zebrafish development. DEVELOPMENT 151 (13), dev202310 (2024)

Kumari, P.; Tarighi, S.; Fuchshuber, E.; Li, L.; Fernandez-Duran, I.; Wang, M.; Ayoson, J.; Castello-Garcia, J. M.; Gamez-Garcia, A.; Espinosa-Alcantud, M. et al.; Sreenivasan, K.; Guenther, S.; Olivella, M.; Savai, R.; Yue, S.; Vaquero, A.; Braun, T.; Ianni, A.: SIRT7 promotes lung cancer progression by destabilizing the tumor suppressor ARF. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 121 (25), e2409269121 (2024)

Zhu, Y.; Ackers-Johnson, M.; Shanmugam, M. K.; Pakkiri, L. S.; Drum, C. L.; Chen, Y.; Kim, J.; Paltzer, W. G.; Mahmoud, A. I.; Tan, W. L. W. et al.; Lee, M. C. J.; Jiang, J.; Luu, D. A. T.; Ng, S. L.; Li, P. Y. Q.; Wang, A.; Qi, R.; Ong, G. J. X.; Ng, T. Y.; Haigh, J. J.; Tiang, Z.; Richards, A. M.; Foo, R. S. Y.: Asparagine Synthetase Marks a Distinct Dependency Threshold for Cardiomyocyte Dedifferentiation. CIRCULATION 149 (23), pp. 1833 - 1851 (2024)

Gauvrit, S.; Zhao, S.; Rothbauer, U.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: A β-catenin chromobody-based probe highlights endothelial maturation during vascular morphogenesis in vivo. DEVELOPMENT 151 (11), dev202122 (2024)

Brunnberg, J.; Barends, M.; Fruehschulz, S.; Winter, C.; Battin, C.; de Wet, B.; Cole, D. K.; Steinberger, P.; Tampe, R.: Dual role of the peptide- loading complex as proofreader and limiter of MHC- I presentation. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 121 (22), e2321600121 (2024)

Ribeiro da Silva, A.; Gunawan, F.; Boezio, G. L. M.; Faure , E.; Theron , A.; Avierinos , J.-F.; Lim, S.; Shivam, G. J.; Ramadass, R.; Guenther, S. et al.; Looso, M.; Zaffran, S.; Juan, T.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: egr3 is a mechanosensitive transcription factor gene required for cardiac valve morphogenesis. SCIENCE ADVANCES 10 (20), eadl0633 (2024)

Tamiato, A.; Tombor, L. S.; Fischer, A.; Muhly-Reinholz, M.; Vanicek, L. R.; Togru, B. N.; Neitz, J.; Glaser, S. F.; Merten, M.; Morales, D. R. et al.; Kwon, J.; Klatt, S.; Schumacher, B.; Guenther, S.; Abplanalp, W. T.; John, D.; Fleming, I.; Wettschureck, N.; Dimmeler, S.; Luxaen, G.: Age-Dependent RGS5 Loss in Pericytes Induces Cardiac Dysfunction and Fibrosis. CIRCULATION RESEARCH 134 (10), pp. 1240 - 1255 (2024)

Wang, T.; Shao, J.; Shamit, K.; Alnouri, M. W.; Carvalho, J.; Guenther, S.; Krasel , C.; Murphy, K. T.; Buenemann, M.; Offermanns, S. et al.; Wettschureck, N.: Orphan GPCR GPRC5C Facilitates Angiotensin II-Induced Smooth Muscle Contraction. CIRCULATION RESEARCH 134 (10), pp. 1259 - 1275 (2024)

Vega-Sendino, M.; Luettmann, F. F.; Olbrich, T.; Chen, Y.; Kuenne, C.; Stein, P.; Tillo, D.; Carey, G. I.; Zhong, J.; Savy, V. et al.; Radonova, L.; Lu, T.; Saykali, B.; Kim, K.-P.; Domingo, C. N.; Schueler, L.; Guenther, S.; Bentsen, M.; Bosnakovski, D.; Schoeler, H.; Kyba, M.; Maity, T. K.; Jenkins, L. M.; Looso, M.; Williams, C. J.; Kim, J.; Ruiz, S.: The homeobox transcription factor DUXBL controls exit from totipotency. NATURE GENETICS (56), pp. 697 - 709 (2024)

Teichmann, T.; Malacarne, P.; Zehr, S.; Guenther, S.; Pflueger-Mueller, B.; Warwick, T.; Brandes, R. P.: NCoR1 limits angiogenic capacity by altering Notch signaling. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY 188, pp. 65 - 78 (2024)

Ianni, A.; Kumari, P.; Tarighi, S.; Braun, T.; Vaquero, A.: SIRT7: a novel molecular target for personalized cancer treatment? ONCOGENE (2024)

Vazquez, B. N.; Fernandez-Duran, I.; Hernandez, Y.; Tarighi, S.; Thackray, J. K.; Espinosa-Alcantud, M.; Kumari, P.; Ianni, A.; Cesaire, L.; Braun, T. et al.; Esteller, M.; Tischfield, J.; Vaquero, A.; Serrano, L.: SIRT7 and p53 interaction in embryonic development and tumorigenesis. FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 11, 1281730 (2024)

Weiss, M.; Hettrich, S.; Hofmann, T.; Hachim, S.; Guenther, S.; Braun, T.; Boettger, T.: Mitolnc controls cardiac BCAA metabolism and heart hypertrophy by allosteric activation of BCKDH. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH (2024)