2023
Haghani A, Li CZ, Robeck TR, Zhang J, Lu AT, Ablaeva J, Acosta-Rodríguez VA, Adams DM, Alagaili AN, Almunia J, Aloysius A, Amor NMS, Ardehali R, Arneson A, Baker CS, Banks G, Belov K, Bennett NC, Black P, Blumstein DT, Bors EK, Breeze CE, Brooke RT, Brown JL, Carter G, Caulton A, Cavin JM, Chakrabarti L, Chatzistamou I, Chavez AS, Chen H, Cheng K, Chiavellini P, Choi O-W, Clarke S, Cook JA, Cooper LN, Cossette M-L, Day J, DeYoung J, Dirocco S, Dold C, Dunnum JL, Ehmke EE, Emmons CK, Emmrich S, Erbay E, Erlacher-Reid C, Faulkes CG, Fei Z, Ferguson SH, Finno CJ, Flower JE, Gaillard J-M, Garde E, Gerber L, Gladyshev VN, Goya RG, Grant MJ, Green CB, Hanson MB, Hart DW, Haulena M, Herrick K, Hogan AN, Hogg CJ, Hore TA, Huang T, Izpisua Belmonte JC, Jasinska AJ, Jones G, Jourdain E, Kashpur O, Katcher H, Katsumata E, Kaza V, Kiaris H, Kobor MS, Kordowitzki P, Koski WR, Krützen M, Kwon S Bin, Larison B, Lee S-G, Lehmann M, Lemaître J-F, Levine AJ, Li X, Li C, Lim AR, Lin DTS, Lindemann DM, Liphardt SW, Little TJ, Macoretta N, Maddox D, Matkin CO, … Horvath S (2023) DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits. Science (80- ), doi: 10.1126/science.abq5693 Link
Lu AT, Fei Z, Haghani A, Robeck TR, Zoller JA, Li CZ, Lowe R, Yan Q, Zhang J, Vu H, Ablaeva J, Acosta-Rodriguez VA, Adams DM, Almunia J, Aloysius A, Ardehali R, Arneson A, Baker CS, Banks G, Belov K, Bennett NC, Black P, Blumstein DT, Bors EK, Breeze CE, Brooke RT, Brown JL, Carter GG, Caulton A, Cavin JM, Chakrabarti L, Chatzistamou I, Chen H, Cheng K, Chiavellini P, Choi OW, Clarke SM, Cooper LN, Cossette ML, Day J, DeYoung J, DiRocco S, Dold C, Ehmke EE, Emmons CK, Emmrich S, Erbay E, Erlacher-Reid C, Faulkes CG, Ferguson SH, Finno CJ, Flower JE, Gaillard JM, Garde E, Gerber L, Gladyshev VN, Gorbunova V, Goya RG, Grant MJ, Green CB, Hales EN, Hanson MB, Hart DW, Haulena M, Herrick K, Hogan AN, Hogg CJ, Hore TA, Huang T, Izpisua Belmonte JC, Jasinska AJ, Jones G, Jourdain E, Kashpur O, Katcher H, Katsumata E, Kaza V, Kiaris H, Kobor MS, Kordowitzki P, Koski WR, Krützen M, Kwon SB, Larison B, Lee SG, Lehmann M, Lemaitre JF, Levine AJ, Li C, Li X, Lim AR, Lin DTS, Lindemann DM, Little TJ, Macoretta N, Maddox D, Matkin CO, … Horvath S (2023) Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues. Nat Aging, doi: 10.1038/s43587-023-00462-6 Link
Sun R, Meng Z, Lee H, Offringa R and Niehrs C (2023) ROTACs leverage signaling-incompetent R-spondin for targeted protein degradation. Cell Chem Biol, doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.05.010 Link
Zoller JA, Parasyraki E, Lu AT, Haghani A, Niehrs C and Horvath S (2022) DNA methylation clocks for clawed frogs reveal evolutionary conservation of epigenetic ageing. GeroScience, doi: 10.1007/s11357-023-00840-3 Link
Rücklé C, Körtel N, Basilicata MF, Busch A, Zhou Y, Hoch-Kraft P, Tretow K, Kielisch F, Bertin M, Pradhan M, Musheev M, Schweiger S, Niehrs C, Rausch O, Zarnack K, Keller Valsecchi CI and König J (2023) RNA stability controlled by m6A methylation contributes to X-to-autosome dosage compensation in mammals.Nat Struct Mol Biol, doi: 10.1038/s41594-023-00997-7 Link
Seidl C, Da Silva F, Zhang K, Wohlgemuth K, Omran H and Niehrs C (2023) Mucociliary Wnt signaling promotes cilia biogenesis and beating. Nat Commun, doi: 10.1016/j.cdev.2023.203838 Link
Fatti E, Hirth A, Švorinić A, Günther M, Stier G, Cruciat C-M, Acebrón SP, Papageorgiou D, Sinning I, Krijgsveld J, Höfer T and Niehrs C (2023) DEAD box RNA helicases act as nucleotide exchange factors for casein kinase 2. Sci Signal, doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abp8923 Link
Zhang K, Da Silva F, Seidl C, Wilsch-Bräuninger M, Herbst J, Huttner WB and Niehrs C (2023) Primary cilia are WNT-transducing organelles whose biogenesis is controlled by a WNT-PP1 axis. Dev Cell, doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.12.006 Link
2022
Vit G, Hirth A, Neugebauer N, Kraft BN, Sigismondo G, Cazzola A, Tessmer C, Duro J, Krijgsveld J, Hofmann I, Berger M, Klüter H, Niehrs C, Nilsson J and Krämer A (2022) Human SLFN5 and its Xenopus Laevis ortholog regulate entry into mitosis and oocyte meiotic resumption. Cell Death Discov, doi: 10.1038/s41420-022-01274-0 Link
Nagano K, Yamana K, Saito H, Kiviranta R, Pedroni AC, Raval D, Niehrs C, Gori F and Baron R (2022) R-spondin 3 deletion induces Erk phosphorylation to enhance Wnt signaling and promote bone formation in the appendicular skeleton. Elife, doi: 10.7554/eLife.84171 Link
Musheev MU, Schomacher L, Basu A, Han D, Krebs L, Scholz C and Niehrs C (2022) Mammalian N1-adenosine PARylation is a reversible DNA modification. Nat Commun, doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33731-w Link
Arab K and Niehrs C (2022) In Vitro Binding of GADD45A to RNA:DNA Hybrids. In: Aguilera, A., Ruzov, A. (eds) R-Loops . Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2528. Humana, New York, NY, doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-2477-7_18 Link
He L, Arnold C, Thoma J, Rohde C, Kholmatov M, Garg S, Hsiao C, Viol L, Zhang K, Sun R, Schmidt C, Janssen M, MacRae T, Huber K, Thiede C, Hébert J, Sauvageau G, Spratte J, Fluhr H, Aust G, Müller‐Tidow C, Niehrs C, Pereira G, Hamann J, Tanaka M, Zaugg JB and Pabst C (2022) CDK7/12/13 inhibition targets an oscillating leukemia stem cell network and synergizes with venetoclax in acute myeloid leukemia. EMBO Mol Med, doi: 10.15252/emmm.202114990 Link
Lee H, Sun R and Niehrs C (2022) Uncoupling the BMP receptor antagonist function from the WNT agonist function of R-spondin 2 using the inhibitory peptide dendrimer RWd. J Biol Chem, doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101586 Link
2021
Niehrs C (2022) The role of Xenopus developmental biology in unraveling Wnt signalling and antero-posterior axis formation. Dev Biol, doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.11.006 Link
Kim M, Reinhard C and Niehrs C (2021) A MET-PTPRK kinase-phosphatase rheostat controls ZNRF3 and Wnt signaling. Elife, doi: 10.7554/eLife.70885 Link
Sun R, He L, Lee H, Glinka A, Andresen C, Hübschmann D, Jeremias I, Müller-Decker K, Pabst C and Niehrs C (2021) RSPO2 inhibits BMP signaling to promote self-renewal in acute myeloid leukemia. Cell Rep, doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109559 Link
Da Silva F, Zhang K, Pinson A, Fatti E, Wilsch‐Bräuninger M, Herbst J, Vidal V, Schedl A, Huttner WB and Niehrs C (2021) Mitotic WNT signalling orchestrates neurogenesis in the developing neocortex. EMBO J, doi: 10.15252/embj.2021108041 Link
Körtel N, Rücklé C, Zhou Y, Busch A, Hoch-Kraft P, Sutandy FXR, Haase J, Pradhan M, Musheev M, Ostareck D, Ostareck-Lederer A, Dieterich C, Hüttelmaier S, Niehrs C, Rausch O, Dominissini D, König J and Zarnack K (2021) Deep and accurate detection of m6A RNA modifications using miCLIP2 and m6Aboost machine learning. Nucleic Acids Res, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab485 Link
Lehmann J, Thiele S, Baschant U, Rachner TD, Niehrs C, Hofbauer LC and Rauner M (2021) Mice lacking DKK1 in T cells exhibit high bone mass and are protected from estrogen-deficiency-induced bone loss. iScience, doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102224 Link
2020
Lee H, Seidl C, Sun R, Glinka A and Niehrs C (2020) R-spondins are BMP receptor antagonists in Xenopus early embryonic development. Nat Commun, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19373-w Link
Harshuk-Shabso S, Dressler H, Niehrs C, Aamar E and Enshell-Seijffers D (2020) Fgf and Wnt signaling interaction in the mesenchymal niche regulates the murine hair cycle clock. Nat Commun, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18643-x Link
Leismann J, Spagnuolo M, Pradhan M, Wacheul L, Vu MA, Musheev M, Mier P, Andrade‐Navarro MA, Graille M, Niehrs C, Lafontaine DL and Roignant J (2020) The 18S ribosomal RNA m 6 A methyltransferase Mettl5 is required for normal walking behavior in Drosophila. EMBO Rep, doi: 10.15252/embr.201949443 Link
Musheev MU, Baumgärtner A, Krebs L and Niehrs C (2020) The origin of genomic N6-methyl-deoxyadenosine in mammalian cells. Nat Chem Biol, doi: 10.1038/s41589-020-0504-2 Link
Niehrs C and Luke B (2020) Regulatory R-loops as facilitators of gene expression and genome stability. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol, doi: 10.1038/s41580-019-0206-3 Link
Chang L-S, Kim M, Glinka A, Reinhard C and Niehrs C (2020) The tumor suppressor PTPRK promotes ZNRF3 internalization and is required for Wnt inhibition in the Spemann organizer. Elife, doi: 10.7554/eLife.51248 Link
2019
Niehrs C and Calkhoven CF (2019) Emerging Role of C/EBPβ and Epigenetic DNA Methylation in Ageing. Trends Genet, doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2019.11.005 Link
Han D, Schomacher L, Schüle KM, Mallick M, Musheev MU, Karaulanov E, Krebs L, von Seggern A and Niehrs C (2019) NEIL1 and NEIL2 DNA glycosylases protect neural crest development against mitochondrial oxidative stress. Elife, doi: 10.7554/eLife.49044 Link
Schüle KM, Leichsenring M, Andreani T, Vastolo V, Mallick M, Musheev MU, Karaulanov E and Niehrs C (2019) GADD45 promotes locus-specific DNA demethylation and 2C cycling in embryonic stem cells.Genes Dev, doi: 10.1101/gad.325696.119 Link
Colditz J, Thiele S, Baschant U, Garbe AI, Niehrs C, Hofbauer LC and Rauner M (2019) Osteogenic Dkk1 Mediates Glucocorticoid-Induced but Not Arthritis-Induced Bone Loss. J Bone Miner Res, doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3702 Link
Aparisi Rey A, Karaulanov E, Sharopov S, Arab K, Schäfer A, Gierl M, Guggenhuber S, Brandes C, Pennella L, Gruhn WH, Jelinek R, Maul C, Conrad A, Kilb W, Luhmann HJ, Niehrs C and Lutz B (2019) Gadd45α modulates aversive learning through post‐transcriptional regulation of memory‐related mRNA s . EMBO Rep, doi: 10.15252/embr.201846022 Link
Tsourdi E, Colditz J, Lademann F, Rijntjes E, Köhrle J, Niehrs C, Hofbauer LC and Rauner M (2019) The Role of Dickkopf-1 in Thyroid Hormone-Induced Changes of Bone Remodeling in Male Mice.Endocrinology, doi: 10.1210/en.2018-00998 Link
Arab K, Karaulanov E, Musheev M, Trnka P, Schäfer A, Grummt I and Niehrs C (2019) GADD45A binds R-loops and recruits TET1 to CpG island promoters. Nat Genet, doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0306-6 Link