Publications of Mario Looso

Siragusa, M.; Graumann, J.; Kuenne, C.; Gunther, S.; Jeratsch, S.; Guven, B.; Susser, S.; Talyan, S.; Bezuneh, B.; Matthess, Y. et al.; Cartura, M.; Zhou, X.; Cho, H.; Sachs, N.; Maegdefessel, L.; Muller, O. J.; Troidl, C.; Nef, H. M.; Looso, M.; Kaulich, M.; Offermanns, S.; Fleming, I.: Identification of unannotated microproteins involved in endothelial cell homeostasis, dysfunction, and vascular disease. CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (2026)

Kawase, H.; Liu, S.; Kurz, S.; Bengelsdorff, V.; Bonnavion, R.; Jin, Y.-J.; Roquid, K. A.; Cho, H.; Liang, G.; Banicevic, M. et al.; Shiva, N.; Yunes-Leites, P. S.; Gunther, S.; Tombor, L.; Dimmeler, S.; Looso, M.; Mattonet, K.; Wettschureck, N.; Muller, U. C.; Offermanns, S.: Endothelial soluble APP/APLP2 promote heart repair through KIT-mediated angiogenesis. SCIENCE ADVANCES 12 (21), eaeh0301 (2026)

Tarasco, M.; Juan, T.; Alayoubi, Y.; Kulkarni, R.; Schumann, A.; da Silva, A. R.; Albu, M.; Dwari, M.; Dlnija, M.; Gunther, S. et al.; Looso, M.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: Time-resolved single-cell transcriptomics maps zebrafish heart development. CELL REPORTS 45 (4), 117249 (2026)

Malainou, C.; Peteranderl, C.; Ferrero, M. R.; Vazquez-Armendariz, A. I.; Alexopoulos, I.; Franz, K.; Knippenberg, K.; Better, J.; Estiri, M.; Wu, C.-Y. et al.; Schultheis, H.; Bushe, J.; del Rio, M.-L.; Rodriguez-Barbosa, J. I.; Pfeffer, K.; Gunther, S.; Looso, M.; Gruber, A. D.; Vadasz, I.; Matt, U.; Herold, S.: TNF superfamily member 14 drives post-influenza depletion of alveolar macrophages, enabling secondary pneumococcal pneumonia. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION 136 (2), e185390 (2026)

Roquid, K. A.; Vucetic, A.; Dyukova, E.; Hanssen , M. J.; Cho, H.; Bonnavion, R.; Mattonet, K.; Looso, M.; Sanda, M.; Strilic, B. et al.; Offermanns, S.: Lung endothelial PEAR1 induces tumor cell dormancy. MOLECULAR CANCER 24 (1), 278 (2025)

Jan, D.; Brenton, B.; Bentsen, M.; Kuenne, C.; Looso, M.: PEAKQC: periodicity evaluation in single-cell ATAC-seq data for quality assessment. BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS 26 (5), bbaf465 (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)

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)

Cho, H.; Lai, C.-C.; Bonnavion, R.; Alnouri, M. W.; Wang, S.; Roquid, K. A.; Kawase, H.; Campos, D.; Chen, M.; Weinstein, L. S. et al.; Martinez, A.; Looso, M.; Sanda, M.; Offermanns, S.: Endothelial insulin resistance induced by adrenomedullin mediates obesity-associated diabetes. SCIENCE 387 (6734), pp. 674 - 682 (2025)

Cho, H.; Lai, C.-C.; Bonnavion, R.; Alnouri, M. W.; Wang, S.; Roquid, K. A.; Kawase, H.; Campos, D.; Chen, M.; Weinstein, L. S. et al.; Martinez, A.; Looso, M.; Sanda, M.; Offermanns, S.: Endothelial insulin resistance induced by adrenomedullin mediates obesity-associated diabetes. SCIENCE 387 (6734), pp. 674 - 682 (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)

Xu, Y.; Gehlot, R.; Capon, S. J.; Albu, 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)

Wang, Z.-Y.; Mehra, A.; Wang, Q.-C.; Gupta, S.; da Silva, A. R.; Juan, T.; Guenther, S.; Looso, M.; Detleffsen, J.; Stainier, D. Y. R. et al.; Marin-Juez, R.: flt1 inactivation promotes zebrafish cardiac regeneration by enhancing endothelial activity and limiting the fibrotic response. DEVELOPMENT 151 (23), dev203028 (2024)

Zhou, L.; Pereiro, M. T.; Li, Y.; Derigs, M.; Kuenne, C.; Hielscher, T.; Huang, W.; Kraenzlin, B.; Tian, G.; Kobayashi, K. et al.; Lu, G.-H. N.; Roedl, K.; Schmidt, C.; Guenther, S.; Looso, M.; Huber, J.; Xu, Y.; Wiech, T.; Sperhake, J.-P.; Wichmann, D.; Groene, H.-J.; Worzfeld, T.: Glucocorticoids induce a maladaptive epithelial stress response to aggravate acute kidney injury. SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 16 (767), eadk5005 (2024)

Goumenaki, P.; Guenther, S.; Kikhi, K.; Looso, M.; Marin-Juez, R.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: The innate immune regulator MyD88 dampens fibrosis during zebrafish heart regeneration. NATURE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH 3 (9), pp. 1158 - 1176 (2024)

Alayoubi, Y.; Bentsen, M.; Looso, M.: Scanpro is a tool for robust proportion analysis of single-cell resolution data. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 14 (1), 15581 (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)

Jang, J.; Bentsen, M.; Kim, Y. J.; Kim, E.; Garg, V.; Cai, C.-L.; Looso, M.; Li, D.: Endocardial HDAC3 is required for myocardial trabeculation. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 15 (1), 4166 (2024)

Cardeira-da-Silva, J.; Wang, Q.; Sagvekar, P.; Mintcheva, J.; Latting, S.; Guenther, S.; Ramadass, R.; Yekelchyk, M.; Preussner, J.; Looso, M. et al.; Junker, J. P.; Stainier, D. Y. R.: Antigen presentation plays positive roles in the regenerative response to cardiac injury in zebrafish. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 15 (1), 3637 (2024)

Martin, D.; Roedel, F.; Hehlgans, S.; Looso, M.; Ziegler, P. K.; Fleischmann, M.; Diefenhardt, M.; Fries, L.; Kalinauskaite, G.; Tinhofer, I. et al.; Zips, D.; Gani, C.; Roedel, C.; Fokas, E.: Inflammatory pathways confer resistance to chemoradiotherapy in anal squamous cell carcinoma. NPJ PRECISION ONCOLOGY 8 (1), 93 (2024)