Publications

Mukherjee, D.; Larcher, V.; Winter, H.; Sachs, N.; Andriani, F.; Chiesa, M.; Perrucci, G. L.; Rega, S.; Gunther, S.; Kuenne, C. et al.; Martin, J. C.; Gu, Y.; Pelisek, J.; Fischer, A.; Peruzzo, S.; Pizzo, E.; Peterson, K. L.; Dimmeler, S.; Maegdefessel, L.; Cattaneo, P.; Evans, S. M.; Guimaraes-Camboa, N.: Transcription regulation by TBX18 in smooth muscle cells is essential for normal aortic development and homeostasis. CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (2025)

Waechter, C.; Wilkens, J.-N.; Fehse, L.; Heider, D.; Sassani, K.; Chatzis, G.; Weyand, S.; Pankuweit, S.; Luesebrink, U.; Soufi, M. et al.; Poling, J.; Braun, T.; Ausbuettel, F.; Ruppert, V.: Comparative analysis of full-length 16s ribosomal RNA gene sequencing in human oropharyngeal swabs using primer sets with different degrees of degeneracy. FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY 15, 1658615 (2025)

Huber, L. S.; Merline, R.; Zeng-Brouwers, J.; Vutukuri, R.; Kraus, N.; Ortiz, C.; Guenther, S.; Buhl, E. M.; Hahnefeld, L.; Gurke, R. et al.; Bein, J.; Karimova, M.; Wurzel, P.; Boor, P.; Welsch, C.; Wild, P.; Pfeilschifter, J.; Kogel, D.; Wygrecka, M.; Trebicka, J.; Bartoszewski, R.; Dikic, I.; Schaefer, L.: Deletion of ABIN1-LIR motifs impairs hepatic lipid homeostasis and mitophagy via AMPK-TFEB axis in mice. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY 329 (5), pp. C1360 - C1379 (2025)

Goody, P. R.; Christmann, D.; Goody, D.; Hildebrand, S.; Billig, H.; Nehl, D.; Chennupati, R.; Gladka, M.; Wilhelm-Jungling, K.; Uchida, S. et al.; Iris-Bibli, S.; Moore, J. B.; Hamdani, N.; Paneni, F.; Pullamsetti, S. S.; Zimmer, S.; Jansen, F.; Bakhtiary, F.; Aikawa, E.; Pfeifer, A.; Nickenig, G.; Hosen, M. R.: Calcific aortic valve disease augments vesicular microRNA-145-5p to regulate the calcification of valvular interstitial cells via cellular crosstalk. BASIC RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY 120 (5), pp. 991 - 1010 (2025)

Georgieva, A. M.; Sreenivasan, K.; Ding, D.; Villeneuve, C.; Wickstrom, S. A.; Gunther, S.; Kuenne, C.; Gartner, U.; Guo, X.; Zhou, Y. et al.; Yuan, X.; Braun, T.: Regulation of NSL by TAF4A is critical for genome stability and quiescence of muscle stem cells. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 16 (1), 8726 (2025)

Yin, Q.; Christelle, L.; Boettger, T.; Braun, T.: Enlargement of the muscle stem cell pool in linc-MYH-deficient mice does not prevent sarcopenia during aging. FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 13, 1667437 (2025)

Wang, T.; Bonnavion, R.; Piesker, J.; Guenther, S.; Wettschureck, N.: GPRC5B preserves a mature j3 cell state in obesity by controlling MafA expression. JCI INSIGHT 10 (20), e194115 (2025)

Langschied, F.; Leisegang, M. S.; Guenther, S.; Hahner, F.; Brandes, R. P.; Ebersberger, I.: Loss of multiple micro-RNAs uncovers multi-level restructuring of gene regulation in rodents. BMC GENOMICS 26 (1), 800 (2025)

Shao, J.; Kwon, J.; Wang, T.; Guenther, S.; Tombor, L. S.; Warwick, T.; Shaheryar, Z.; Brandes, R. P.; Dimmeler, S.; Wenzel, J. et al.; Offermanns, S.; Schwaninger, M.; Wettschureck, N.: Orphan receptor GPR153 facilitates vascular damage responses by modulating cAMP levels, YAP/TAZ signaling, and NF-κB activation. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 16 (1), 6232 (2025)

Jafari, L.; Wiedenroth, C. B.; Kriechbaum, S. D.; Gruen, D.; Chelladurai, P.; Guenther, S.; Kuenne, C.; Spaeth, A. M.; Cherian, A. V.; Troidl, C. et al.; Wilhelm, J.; Keranov, S.; Keller, T.; Kojonazarov, B.; Schermuly, R. T.; Guth, S.; Doerr, O.; Nef, H.; Boehm, M.; Spiekerkoetter, E.; Leszek, P.; Varga, Z. V.; Ferdinandy, P.; Ghofrani, H. A.; Dorfmueller, P.; Weissmann, N.; Hamm, C. W.; Mayer, E.; Seeger, W.; Liebetrau, C.; Pullamsetti, S. S.: Transcriptional changes of the extracellular matrix in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension govern right ventricle remodeling and recovery. NATURE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH 4 (7) (2025)

Rodriguez-Pulido, M.; Sanz, M. A.; Camacho, L.; Ramos, R.; Saiz, M.: Dicer is cleaved by the Leader protease encoded by foot-and-mouth disease virus to promote infection in mammalian cells. SCIENCE ADVANCES 11 (27), eadt3751 (2025)

Gajawada, P.; Guenther, S.; Rolf, A.; Nabhanizadeh, J.; Savai, R.; Choi, Y.-H.; Richter, M.: Transcriptomic profiling of granuloma in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis. THERANOSTICS 15 (13), pp. 6044 - 6057 (2025)

Constanty, F.; Wu, B.; Wei, K.-H.; Lin, I.-T.; Dallmann, J.; Guenther, S.; Lautenschlaeger, T.; Priya, R.; Lai, S.-L.; Stainier, D. Y. R. et al.; Beisaw, A.: Border-zone cardiomyocytes and macrophages regulate extracellular matrix remodeling to promote cardiomyocyte protrusion during cardiac regeneration. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 16 (1), 3823 (2025)

Panza, P.; Kim, H.-T.; Lautenschlaeger, T.; Piesker, J.; Guenther, S.; Alayoubi, Y.; Cleaver, O.; Looso, M.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: The lung microvasculature promotes alveolar type 2 cell differentiation via secreted SPARCL1. STEM CELL REPORTS 20 (4), 102451 (2025)

Ianni, A.; Vaquero, A.; Braun, T.: Fibroblastic niches in action: CCL19⁺ reticular cells drive anti-tumor immunity in lung cancer. SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION AND TARGETED THERAPY 10 (1), 96 (2025)

Manickam, N.; Sultan, I.; Panthel, J.; Kujundzic, H.; Fischer, A.; Schmitz, K.; Jurado, M. R.; Morales, D. R.; John, D.; Glaser, S.-F. et al.; Stilz, K. A.; Malacarne, P. F.; Brandes, R. P.; Braun, T.; Lerchenmueller, C.; Betge, F.; Abplanalp, W. T.; Alitalo, K.; Dimmeler, S.; Wagner, J. U. G.: Beneficial effects of vascular endothelial growth factor B gene transfer in the aged heart. CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (2025)

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)

Khadim, A.; Kiliaris, G.; Vazquez-Armendariz, A. I.; Procida-Kowalski, T.; Glaser, D.; Bartkuhn, M.; Malik, T.; Chu, X.; Moiseenko, A.; Kuznetsova, I. et al.; Ahmadvand, N.; Lingampally, A.; Hadzic, S.; Alexopoulos, I.; Chen, Y.; Gueunther, A.; Behr, J.; Neumann, J.; Schiller, H. B.; Li, X.; Weissmann, N.; Braun, T.; Seeger, W.; Wygrecka, M.; Morty, R. E.; Herold, S.; El Agha, E.: Myofibroblasts emerge during alveolar regeneration following influenza-virus-induced lung injury. CELL REPORTS 44 (2), 115248 (2025)

Gupta, S.; Bajwa, G. K.; El-Sammak, H.; Mattonet, K.; Guenther, S.; Looso, M.; Stainier, D. Y. R.; Marin-Juez, R.: The transmembrane glycoprotein Gpnmb is required for the immune and fibrotic responses during zebrafish heart regeneration. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 521, pp. 153 - 162 (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)