• The benefits, costs and feasibility of a low incidence COVID-19 strategy 

      Czypionka, Thomas; Iftekhar, Emil; Prainsack, Barbara; Priesemann, Viola; Bauer, Simon; Calero Valdez, Andre; Cuschieri, Sarah; Glaab, Enrico; Grill, Eva; Krutzinna, Jenny; Lionis, Christos; Machado, Helena; Martins, Carlos; Pavlakis, George; Perc, Matjaz; Petelos, Elena; Pickersgill, Martyn; Skupin, Alexander; Schernhammer, Eva; Szczurek, Ewa; Tsiodras, Sotirios; Willeit, Peter; Wilmes, Paul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      In the summer of 2021, European governments removed most NPIs after experiencing prolonged second and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most countries failed to achieve immunization rates high enough to avoid resurgence ...
    • Elucidating tumour-associated microglia/macrophage diversity along glioblastoma progression and under ACOD1 deficiency 

      Pires-Afonso, Yolanda; Muller, Arnaud; Grzyb, Kamil; Oudin, Anaïs; Yabo, Yahaya A.; Sousa, Carole; Scafidi, Andrea; Poli, Aurélie; Cosma, Antonio; Halder, Rashi; Coowar, Djalil; Golebiewska, Anna; Skupin, Alexander; Niclou, Simone Pierrette; Michelucci, Alessandro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      In glioblastoma (GBM), tumour-associated microglia/macrophages (TAMs) represent the major cell type of the stromal compartment and contribute to tumour immune escape mechanisms. Thus, targeting TAMs is emerging as a promising ...
    • Neural Stem Cells of Parkinson's Disease Patients Exhibit Aberrant Mitochondrial Morphology and Functionality. 

      Walter, Jonas; Bolognin, Silvia; Antony, Paul M.A.; Nickels, Sarah L.; Poovathingal, Suresh K.; Salamanca, Luis; Magni, Stefano; Perfeito, Rita; Hoel, Fredrik; Qing, Xiaobin; Jarazo, Javier; Arias-Fuenzalida, Jonathan; Ignac, Tomasz; Monzel, Anna S.; Gonzalez-Cano, Laura; Pereira de Almeida, Luis; Skupin, Alexander; Tronstad, Karl Johan; Schwamborn, Jens C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-11)
      Summary Emerging evidence suggests that Parkinson's disease (PD), besides being an age-associated disorder, might also have a neurodevelopment component. Disruption of mitochondrial homeostasis has been highlighted as a ...
    • New insights into the early mechanisms of epileptogenesis in a zebrafish model of Dravet syndrome 

      Tiraboschi, Ettore; Martina, Silvia; van der Ent, Wietske; Grzyb, Kamil; Gawel, Kinga; Cordero-Maldonado, Maria Lorena; Poovathingal, Suresh K.; Heintz, Sarah; Satheesh, Somisetty Venkata; Brattespe, Jarle; Xu, Ju; Suster, Maximiliano; Skupin, Alexander; Esguerra, Camila V. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Abstract Objective: To pinpoint the earliest cellular defects underlying seizure onset (epileptogenic period) during perinatal brain development in a new zebrafish model of Dravet syndrome (DS) and to investigate potential ...
    • The Parkinson's-disease-associated mutation LRRK2-G2019S alters dopaminergic differentiation dynamics via NR2F1 

      Walter, Jonas; Bolognin, Silvia; Poovathingal, Suresh K.; Magni, Stefano; Gérard, Deborah; Antony, Paul M. A.; Nickels, Sarah L.; Salamanca, Luis; Berger, Emanuel; Smits, Lisa M.; Grzyb, Kamil; Perfeito, Rita; Hoel, Fredrik; Qing, Xiaobing; Ohnmacht, Jochen; Bertacchi, Michele; Jarazo, Javier; Ignac, Tomasz; Monzel, Anna S.; Gonzalez-Cano, Laura; Krüger, Rejko; Sauter, Thomas; Studer, Michèle; Pereira de Almeida, Luis; Tronstad, Karl Johan; Sinkkonen, Lasse; Skupin, Alexander; Schwamborn, Jens C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Increasing evidence suggests that neurodevelopmental alterations might contribute to increase the susceptibility to develop neurodegenerative diseases. We investigate the occurrence of developmental abnormalities in ...
    • Patient-derived organoids and orthotopic xenografts of primary and recurrent gliomas represent relevant patient avatars for precision oncology 

      Golebiewska, Anna; Hau, Ann-Christin; Oudin, Anaïs; Stieber, Daniel; Yabo, Yahaya A.; Baus, Virginie; Barthelemy, Vanessa; Klein, Eliane; Bougnaud, Sébastien; Keunen, Olivier; Wantz, May; Michelucci, Alessandro; Neirinckx, Virginie; Muller, Arnaud; Kaoma, Tony; Nazarov, Petr V.; Azuaje, Francisco; De Falco, Alfonso; Flies, Ben; Richart, Lorraine; Poovathingal, Suresh K; Arns, Thais; Grzyb, Kamil; Mock, Andreas; Herold-Mende, Christel; Steino, Anne; Brown, Dennis; May, Patrick; Miletic, Hrvoje; Malta, Tathiane M.; Noushmehr, Houtan; Kwon, Yong-Jun; Jahn, Winnie; Klink, Barbara; Tanner, Georgette; Stead, Lucy F.; Mittelbronn, Michel; Skupin, Alexander; Hertel, Frank; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, Simone Pierrette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Patient-based cancer models are essential tools for studying tumor biology and for the assessment of drug responses in a translational context. We report the establishment a large cohort of unique organoids and patient-derived ...
    • Stem cell-associated heterogeneity in Glioblastoma results from intrinsic tumor plasticity shaped by the microenvironment 

      Dirkse, Anna; Golebiewska, Anna; Buder, Thomas; Nazarov, Petr V.; Muller, Arnaud; Poovathingal, Suresh K.; Brons, Nicolaas H. C.; Leite, Sonia; Sauvageot, Nicolas; Sarkisjan, Dzjemma; Seyfrid, Mathieu; Fritah, Sabrina; Stieber, Daniel; Michelucci, Alesandro; Hertel, Frank; Herold-Mende, Christel; Azuaje, Francisco; Skupin, Alexander; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Deutsch, Andreas; Voss-Böhme, Anja; Niclou, Simone Pierrette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-16)
      The identity and unique capacity of cancer stem cells (CSC) to drive tumor growth and resistance have been challenged in brain tumors. Here we report that cells expressing CSC-associated cell membrane markers in Glioblastoma ...