Publications
2024
Suppression of toxic transgene expression by optimized artificial miRNAs increases AAV vector yields in HEK-293 cells.
Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 32(3):101280Cancer Evolution: A Multifaceted Affair.
Cancer Discov. 14(1):36-48Cancer cells impair monocyte-mediated T cell stimulation to evade immunity.
Nature.Tumor necrosis factor α promotes clonal dominance of KIT D816V+ cells in mastocytosis: role of survivin and impact on prognosis.
Blood. 143(11):1006-1017Alkylamine-tethered molecules recruit FBXO22 for targeted protein degradation.
Nat Commun. 15(1):5409Murine neonatal cardiac regeneration depends on Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor signaling.
Sci Rep. 14(1):226612023
SBNO2 is a critical mediator of STAT3-driven hematological malignancies.
Blood.X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein represents a promising therapeutic target for relapsed/refractory ALL.
EMBO Mol Med. 15(1):e14557MYC determines lineage commitment in kras driven primary liver cancer development.
J Hepatol.ABCC1 and glutathione metabolism limit the efficacy of BCL-2 inhibitors in acute myeloid leukemia.
Nat Commun. 14(1):5709Precision RNAi using synthetic shRNAmir target sites.
Elife. 12The NCOR-HDAC3 co-repressive complex modulates the leukemogenic potential of the transcription factor ERG.
Nat Commun. 14(1):5871Cooperation between bHLH transcription factors and histones for DNA access.
Nature. 619(7969):385-393CBFA2T3-GLIS2-dependent pediatric acute megakaryoblastic leukemia is driven by GLIS2 and sensitive to navitoclax.
Cell Rep. 42(9):113084EVI1 drives leukemogenesis through aberrant ERG activation.
Blood. 141(5):453-466SPOP targets the immune transcription factor IRF1 for proteasomal degradation.
Elife. 12HUWE1 controls tristetraprolin proteasomal degradation by regulating its phosphorylation.
Corresponding preprint Elife. 122022
DNA sequence and chromatin modifiers cooperate to confer epigenetic bistability at imprinting control regions.
Nat Genet.Dysregulated RNA polyadenylation contributes to metabolic impairment in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Nucleic Acids Res. 50(6):3379-3393A Rapid, Highly Sensitive and Open-Access SARS-CoV-2 Detection Assay for Laboratory and Home Testing.
Corresponding preprint Front Mol Biosci. 9:801309Different Gene Sets Are Associated With Azacitidine Response In Vitro Versus in Myelodysplastic Syndrome Patients.
Hemasphere. 6(11):e792Lysosomal enzyme trafficking factor LYSET enables nutritional usage of extracellular proteins.
Science. 378(6615):eabn5637BRD4 degradation blocks expression of MYC and multiple forms of stem cell resistance in Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia.
Am J Hematol. 97(9):1215-1225Comprehensive CRISPR-Cas9 screen identifies factors which are important for plasmablast development.
Front Immunol. 13:979606Discovery of potent and selective HER2 inhibitors with efficacy against HER2 exon 20 insertion-driven tumors, which preserve wild-type EGFR signaling.
Nat Cancer. 3(7):821-8362021
Functional Analysis of Non-Genetic Resistance to Platinum in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Reveals a Role for the MBD3-NuRD Complex in Resistance Development.
Cancers (Basel). 13(15)AKIRIN2 controls the nuclear import of proteasomes in vertebrates.
Nature. 599(7885):491-496Inhibition of CBP synergizes with the RNA-dependent mechanisms of Azacitidine by limiting protein synthesis.
Nat Commun. 12(1):6060Ubiquitylation of MYC couples transcription elongation with double-strand break repair at active promoters.
Mol Cell. 81(4):830-844.e13Acquired resistance to anti-MAPK targeted therapy confers an immune-evasive tumor microenvironment and cross-resistance to immunotherapy in melanoma
Nature Cancer . 2:693–708Acquired resistance to anti-MAPK targeted therapy confers an immune-evasive tumor microenvironment and cross-resistance to immunotherapy in melanoma.
Nat Cancer. 2(7):693-708Head-to-head comparison of direct-input RT-PCR and RT-LAMP against RT-qPCR on extracted RNA for rapid SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics.
medRxiv. 2021.01.19.21250079Results of WICOVIR Gargle Pool PCR Testing in German Schools Based on the First 100,000 Tests.
Front Pediatr. 9:721518A genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen to identify phagocytosis modulators in monocytic THP-1 cells.
Sci Rep. 11(1):12973A functional LSD1 coregulator screen reveals a novel transcriptional regulatory cascade connecting R-loop homeostasis with epigenetic regulation.
Nucleic Acids Res. 49(8):4350-4370Selective Requirement of MYB for Oncogenic Hyperactivation of a Translocated Enhancer in Leukemia.
Cancer Discov. 11(11):2868-2883Isolating live cell clones from barcoded populations using CRISPRa-inducible reporters.
Nat Biotechnol. 39(2):174-178Precision Medicine in Hematology 2021: Definitions, Tools, Perspectives, and Open Questions.
Hemasphere. 5(3):e536Core-binding factor leukemia hijacks the T-cell-prone PU.1 antisense promoter.
Blood. 138(15):1345-1358Sensitivity and specificity of the antigen-based anterior nasal self-testing programme for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection in schools, Austria, March 2021.
Euro Surveill. 26(34)Prevalence of RT-qPCR-detected SARS-CoV-2 infection at schools: First results from the Austrian School-SARS-CoV-2 prospective cohort study.
Lancet Reg Health Eur. 5:1000862020
Leukemia Cell of Origin Influences Apoptotic Priming and Sensitivity to LSD1 Inhibition.
Cancer Discov. 10(10):1500-1513The EMT modulator SNAI1 contributes to AML pathogenesis via its interaction with LSD1.
Blood. 136(8):957-973A human tissue screen identifies a regulator of ER secretion as a brain-size determinant.
Science. 370(6519):935-941Reduced replication origin licensing selectively kills KRAS-mutant colorectal cancer cells via mitotic catastrophe.
Cell Death Dis. 11(7):499SFPQ Depletion Is Synthetically Lethal with BRAFV600E in Colorectal Cancer Cells.
Cell Rep. 32(12):108184Multilayered VBC score predicts sgRNAs that efficiently generate loss-of-function alleles.
Nat Methods. 17(7):708-716Inducible knock-out of BCL6 in lymphoma cells results in tumor stasis.
Oncotarget. 11(9):875-890CDK6 is an essential direct target of NUP98 fusion proteins in acute myeloid leukemia.
Blood. 136(4):387-400Cohesin-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms Mediate Chromosomal Contacts between Promoters and Enhancers.
Cell Rep. 32(3):107929STAG1 vulnerabilities for exploiting cohesin synthetic lethality in STAG2-deficient cancers.
Life Sci Alliance. 3(7)Parallel PRC2/cPRC1 and vPRC1 pathways silence lineage-specific genes and maintain self-renewal in mouse embryonic stem cells.
Sci Adv. 6(14):eaax56922019
Functional-genetic approaches to understanding drug response and resistance.
Curr Opin Genet Dev. 54:41-47Sequencing cell-type-specific transcriptomes with SLAM-ITseq.
Nat Protoc. 14(8):2261-2278Publisher Correction: Sequencing cell-type-specific transcriptomes with SLAM-ITseq.
Nat Protoc. 14(8):2597Interconversion between Tumorigenic and Differentiated States in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Cell Stem Cell. 25(2):258-272.e9A kinase-independent role for CDK8 in BCR-ABL1+ leukemia.
Nat Commun. 10(1):4741Quantification of experimentally induced nucleotide conversions in high-throughput sequencing datasets.
BMC Bioinformatics. 20(1):258The histone chaperone CAF-1 cooperates with the DNA methyltransferases to maintain Cd4 silencing in cytotoxic T cells.
Genes Dev. 33(11-12):669-683All-trans retinoic acid enhances, and a pan-RAR antagonist counteracts, the stem cell promoting activity of EVI1 in acute myeloid leukemia.
Cell Death Dis. 10(12):944MTHFD1 interaction with BRD4 links folate metabolism to transcriptional regulation.
Nat Genet. 51(6):990-998Apelin inhibition prevents resistance and metastasis associated with anti-angiogenic therapy.
EMBO Mol Med. 11(8):e9266Integrative analysis of pooled CRISPR genetic screens using MAGeCKFlute.
Nat Protoc. 14(3):756-780Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vasculopathy.
Nature. 565(7740):505-5102018
Pooled Generation of Lentiviral Tetracycline-Regulated microRNA Embedded Short Hairpin RNA Libraries.
Hum Gene Ther Methods. 29(1):16-29CDK6 Antagonizes p53-Induced Responses during Tumorigenesis.
Cancer Discov. 8(7):884-897The IAP family member BRUCE regulates autophagosome-lysosome fusion.
Nat Commun. 9(1):599The novel BET bromodomain inhibitor BI 894999 represses super-enhancer-associated transcription and synergizes with CDK9 inhibition in AML.
Oncogene. 37(20):2687-2701Dorsal tegmental dopamine neurons gate associative learning of fear.
Nat Neurosci. 21(7):952-962Mutations in Vps15 perturb neuronal migration in mice and are associated with neurodevelopmental disease in humans.
Nat Neurosci. 21(2):207-217Publisher Correction: Mutations in Vps15 perturb neuronal migration in mice and are associated with neurodevelopmental disease in humans.
Nat Neurosci. 21(8):1139SLAM-ITseq: sequencing cell type-specific transcriptomes without cell sorting.
Development. 145(13)Senescence-associated reprogramming promotes cancer stemness.
Nature. 553(7686):96-100CD44 is a RAS/STAT5-regulated invasion receptor that triggers disease expansion in advanced mastocytosis.
Blood. 132(18):1936-1950SLAM-seq defines direct gene-regulatory functions of the BRD4-MYC axis.
Science. 360(6390):800-805Drug-induced inhibition of phosphorylation of STAT5 overrides drug resistance in neoplastic mast cells.
Leukemia. 32(4):1016-1022Necroptosis microenvironment directs lineage commitment in liver cancer.
Nature. 562(7725):69-75MLL-fusion-driven leukemia requires SETD2 to safeguard genomic integrity.
Nat Commun. 9(1):1983TCEA1 regulates the proliferative potential of mouse myeloid cells.
Exp Cell Res. 370(2):551-5602017
Coupling shRNA screens with single-cell RNA-seq identifies a dual role for mTOR in reprogramming-induced senescence.
Genes Dev. 31(20):2085-2098An optimized lentiviral vector system for conditional RNAi and efficient cloning of microRNA embedded short hairpin RNA libraries.
Biomaterials. 139:102-115CCL2 is a KIT D816V-dependent modulator of the bone marrow microenvironment in systemic mastocytosis.
Blood. 129(3):371-382Inhibition of Pol I transcription treats murine and human AML by targeting the leukemia-initiating cell population.
Blood. 129(21):2882-2895Thiol-linked alkylation of RNA to assess expression dynamics.
Nat Methods. 14(12):1198-1204BET-Bromodomain Inhibitors Engage the Host Immune System and Regulate Expression of the Immune Checkpoint Ligand PD-L1.
Cell Rep. 18(9):2162-2174Loss-of-function genetic tools for animal models: cross-species and cross-platform differences.
Nat Rev Genet. 18(1):24-40Tumor Trp53 status and genotype affect the bone marrow microenvironment in acute myeloid leukemia.
Oncotarget. 8(48):83354-83369STAT3 Regulation of Citrate Synthase Is Essential during the Initiation of Lymphocyte Cell Growth.
Cell Rep. 19(5):910-918Transcription elongation factors represent in vivo cancer dependencies in glioblastoma.
Nature. 547(7663):355-359Polycomb protein RING1A limits hematopoietic differentiation in myelodysplastic syndromes.
Oncotarget. 8(70):115002-115017Prediction of potent shRNAs with a sequential classification algorithm.
Nat Biotechnol. 35(4):350-353DNA Cross-Bridging Shapes a Single Nucleus from a Set of Mitotic Chromosomes.
Cell. 170(5):956-972.e23Molecular role of the PAX5-ETV6 oncoprotein in promoting B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
EMBO J. 36(6):718-735A vital sugar code for ricin toxicity.
Cell Res. 27(11):1351-1364Histone Acetyltransferase Activity of MOF Is Required for MLL-AF9 Leukemogenesis.
Cancer Res. 77(7):1753-1762Synthetic lethality between the cohesin subunits STAG1 and STAG2 in diverse cancer contexts.
Elife. 6Topologically associating domains and chromatin loops depend on cohesin and are regulated by CTCF, WAPL, and PDS5 proteins.
EMBO J. 36(24):3573-35992016
The CDK9 Inhibitor Dinaciclib Exerts Potent Apoptotic and Antitumor Effects in Preclinical Models of MLL-Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Cancer Res. 76(5):1158-69An Inducible Retroviral Expression System for Tandem Affinity Purification Mass-Spectrometry-Based Proteomics Identifies Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-like Protein (MLKL) as an Heat Shock Protein 90 (HSP90) Client.
Mol Cell Proteomics. 15(3):1139-50Id2 and E Proteins Orchestrate the Initiation and Maintenance of MLL-Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Cancer Cell. 30(1):59-74MEK1 is required for the development of NRAS-driven leukemia.
Oncotarget. 7(49):80113-80130Mapping the chemical chromatin reactivation landscape identifies BRD4-TAF1 cross-talk.
Nat Chem Biol. 12(7):504-10SWI/SNF regulates a transcriptional program that induces senescence to prevent liver cancer.
Genes Dev. 30(19):2187-21982015
An inducible retroviral expression system for tandem affinity purification mass-spectrometry-based proteomics identifies MLKL as an HSP90 client.
Mol Cell Proteomics.Direct and indirect targeting of MYC to treat acute myeloid leukemia.
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 76(1):35-46The histone chaperone CAF-1 safeguards somatic cell identity.
Nature. 528(7581):218-24Disruption of STAT3 signalling promotes KRAS-induced lung tumorigenesis.
Nat Commun. 6:6285Erratum: Pharmacological targeting of the Wdr5-MLL interaction in C/EBPα N-terminal leukemia.
Nat Chem Biol. 11(10):815Functional-genetic dissection of HDAC dependencies in mouse lymphoid and myeloid malignancies.
Blood. 126(21):2392-403Control of a neuronal morphology program by an RNA-binding zinc finger protein, Unkempt.
Genes Dev. 29(5):501-12Transcriptional plasticity promotes primary and acquired resistance to BET inhibition.
Nature. 525(7570):543-547Efficacy and mechanism of action of volasertib, a potent and selective inhibitor of Polo-like kinases, in preclinical models of acute myeloid leukemia.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 352(3):579-89Combining the differentiating effect of panobinostat with the apoptotic effect of arsenic trioxide leads to significant survival benefit in a model of t(8;21) acute myeloid leukemia.
Clin Epigenetics. 7:2CDK6 as a key regulator of hematopoietic and leukemic stem cell activation.
Blood. 125(1):90-101Hyperactivation of mTORC1 and mTORC2 by multiple oncogenic events causes addiction to eIF4E-dependent mRNA translation in T-cell leukemia.
Oncogene. 34(27):3593-604Identification of bromodomain-containing protein-4 as a novel marker and epigenetic target in mast cell leukemia.
Leukemia. 29(11):2230-7Cooperative loss of RAS feedback regulation drives myeloid leukemogenesis.
Nat Genet. 47(5):539-432014
Differentiation therapy for the treatment of t(8;21) acute myeloid leukemia using histone deacetylase inhibitors.
Blood. 123(9):1341-52Preclinical efficacy of MEK inhibition in Nras-mutant AML.
Blood. 124(26):3947-55MLL3 is a haploinsufficient 7q tumor suppressor in acute myeloid leukemia.
Cancer Cell. 25(5):652-65ZRF1 controls the retinoic acid pathway and regulates leukemogenic potential in acute myeloid leukemia.
Oncogene. 33(48):5501-10CDK9-mediated transcription elongation is required for MYC addiction in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Genes Dev. 28(16):1800-14Pax5 loss imposes a reversible differentiation block in B-progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Genes Dev. 28(12):1337-50In vivo RNAi screening identifies a mechanism of sorafenib resistance in liver cancer.
Nat Med. 20(10):1138-46Stage-specific control of early B cell development by the transcription factor Ikaros.
Nat Immunol. 15(3):283-93BRD4: a BET(ter) target for the treatment of AML?
Cell Cycle. 13(5):689-90Regulation of NO synthesis, local inflammation, and innate immunity to pathogens by BET family proteins.
Mol Cell Biol. 34(3):415-27Development of siRNA payloads to target KRAS-mutant cancer.
Cancer Discov. 4(10):1182-1197Reversible suppression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) expression in vivo by inducible RNA interference.
PLoS One. 9(7):e101263Downregulation of RUNX1/CBFβ by MLL fusion proteins enhances hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal.
Blood. 123(11):1729-382013
An optimized microRNA backbone for effective single-copy RNAi.
Cell Rep. 5(6):1704-13The Polycomb complex PRC2 supports aberrant self-renewal in a mouse model of MLL-AF9;Nras(G12D) acute myeloid leukemia.
Oncogene. 32(7):930-8Role of SWI/SNF in acute leukemia maintenance and enhancer-mediated Myc regulation.
Genes Dev. 27(24):2648-622012
An insertional mutagenesis screen identifies genes that cooperate with Mll-AF9 in a murine leukemogenesis model.
Blood. 119(19):4512-23A pipeline for the generation of shRNA transgenic mice.
Nat Protoc. 7(2):374-93Anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 is essential for the development and sustained growth of acute myeloid leukemia.
Genes Dev. 26(2):120-5Small-molecule inhibition of BRD4 as a new potent approach to eliminate leukemic stem- and progenitor cells in acute myeloid leukemia AML.
Oncotarget. 3(12):1588-99NKT cell adjuvant-based tumor vaccine for treatment of myc oncogene-driven mouse B-cell lymphoma.
Blood. 120(15):3019-29Cancer stem cell definitions and terminology: the devil is in the details.
Nat Rev Cancer. 12(11):767-75A cluster of cooperating tumor-suppressor gene candidates in chromosomal deletions.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 109(21):8212-72011
Forward and reverse genetics through derivation of haploid mouse embryonic stem cells.
Cell Stem Cell. 9(6):563-74Functional identification of optimized RNAi triggers using a massively parallel sensor assay.
Mol Cell. 41(6):733-46Reversible suppression of an essential gene in adult mice using transgenic RNA interference.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108(17):7113-8Flt3-ITD alters chemotherapy response in vitro and in vivo in a p53-dependent manner.
Exp Hematol. 39(4):473-485.e4A rapid and scalable system for studying gene function in mice using conditional RNA interference.
Cell. 145(1):145-58Toolkit for evaluating genes required for proliferation and survival using tetracycline-regulated RNAi.
Nat Biotechnol. 29(1):79-83An integrated approach to dissecting oncogene addiction implicates a Myb-coordinated self-renewal program as essential for leukemia maintenance.
Genes Dev. 25(15):1628-40RNAi screen identifies Brd4 as a therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukaemia.
Nature. 478(7370):524-82010
Genome-wide RNA-mediated interference screen identifies miR-19 targets in Notch-induced T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Nat Cell Biol. 12(4):372-9p53 loss promotes acute myeloid leukemia by enabling aberrant self-renewal.
Genes Dev. 24(13):1389-4022009
A reconfigured pattern of MLL occupancy within mitotic chromatin promotes rapid transcriptional reactivation following mitotic exit.
Mol Cell. 36(6):970-83Functional identification of tumor-suppressor genes through an in vivo RNA interference screen in a mouse lymphoma model.
Cancer Cell. 16(4):324-35TAp63 induces senescence and suppresses tumorigenesis in vivo.
Nat Cell Biol. 11(12):1451-7Mouse models of human AML accurately predict chemotherapy response.
Genes Dev. 23(7):877-892008
An oncogenomics-based in vivo RNAi screen identifies tumor suppressors in liver cancer.
Cell. 135(5):852-642007
2004
[Cyclosporin A-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in MRI].
Rofo. 176(9):1326-7Transcriptional basis of KRAS oncogene-mediated cellular transformation in ovarian epithelial cells.
Oncogene. 23(26):4536-55Effective use of high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue for relapsed adult Wilms' tumor and a novel alteration in intron 1 of the WT1 gene.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 26(12):820-32003
Squamous cutaneous epithelial cell carcinoma in two CML patients with progressive disease under imatinib treatment.
Eur J Haematol. 70(4):231-4Dissection of signal-regulated transcriptional modules by signaling pathway interference in oncogene-transformed cells.
Adv Enzyme Regul. 43:379-912002
Gene expression profiling in RAS oncogene-transformed cell lines and in solid tumors using subtractive suppression hybridization and cDNA arrays.
Adv Enzyme Regul. 42:63-822000
A genome-wide survey of RAS transformation targets.
Nat Genet. 24(2):144-521999
Gene expression profiling of fibroblasts resistant toward oncogene-mediated transformation reveals preferential transcription of negative growth regulators.
Oncogene. 18(39):5448-54