Schifferer, Martina

Dannert A, Schulz N, Klimmt J, Knez L, Groschup B, Gonçalves CC, Carraro C, Schifferer M, Brendel M, Paquet D. A human iPSC model of tauopathies engineered for 4R tau isoform expression endogenously develops late-stage neuronal tau pathology. Sci Transl Med. 2026 Apr 8;18(844):eadu9845. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adu9845. Epub 2026 Apr 8. PMID: 41950304.
Dereddi RR, Djannatian M, Fiore F, Kalita D, Verkest C, Torres FB, Möbius W, Khodaie B, Ruhwedel T, Alhalaseh K, Schifferer M, Wirth A, Hill A, Ottenheijm R, Patrizi A, Kann O, Lechner SG, Freichel M, Agarwal A. Oligodendrocyte mechanotransduction channel TMEM63A regulates myelin sheath geometry. Neuron. 2026 Jan 2:S0896-6273(25)00856-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.11.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41483808.
Heger LM, Gubinelli F, Huber AJ, Cardona-Alberich A, Rovere M, Matti U, Müller SA, Nagaraja SR, Jaschkowitz L, Schifferer M, Wurst W, Lichtenthaler SF, Behrends C, Sambandan S, Burbulla LF. VMAT2 dysfunction impairs vesicular dopamine uptake, driving its oxidation and α-synuclein pathology in DJ-1-linked Parkinson's neurons. Sci Adv. 2026 Feb 13;12(7):eadz5645. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adz5645. Epub 2026 Feb 11. PMID: 41671379; PMCID: PMC12893317.

Bhattacharya D, da Silva-Buttkus P, Nalbach K, Cheng L, Garrett L, Irmler M, Kislinger G, Werner G, Rodde R, Lengger C, Beckers J, Zimprich A, Hölter SM, Gailus-Durner V, Fuchs H, Hrabe de Angelis M, Wefers B, Wurst W, Brill MS, Schifferer M, Lichtenthaler SF, Behrends C. Neuropathy-associated Tecpr2 mutation knock-in mice reveal endolysosomal loss of function phenotypes in neurons and microglia. Cell Death Dis. 2025 Oct 31;16(1):775. doi: 10.1038/s41419-025-08168-w. PMID: 41173829; PMCID: PMC12578842.
González-Gallego J, Todorov-Völgyi K, Müller SA, Antesberger S, Todorov MI, Malik R, Grimalt-Mirada R, Gonçalves CC, Schifferer M, Kislinger G, Weisheit I, Lindner B, Crusius D, Kroeger J, Borri M, Erturk A, Nelson M, Misgeld T, Lichtenthaler SF, Dichgans M, Paquet D. A fully iPS-cell-derived 3D model of the human blood-brain barrier for exploring neurovascular disease mechanisms and therapeutic interventions. Nat Neurosci. 2025 Dec 15. doi: 10.1038/s41593-025-02123-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41398476.
Khalin I, Adarsh N, Schifferer M, Wehn A, Boide-Trujillo VJ, Mamrak U, Shrouder J, Misgeld T, Filser S, Klymchenko AS, Plesnila N. Nanocarrier Drug Release and Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration at Post-Stroke Microthrombi Monitored by Real-Time Förster Resonance Energy Transfer. ACS Nano. 2025 Apr 22;19(15):14780-14794. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.4c17011. Epub 2025 Apr 3. PMID: 40180319; PMCID: PMC12020413.
Simonetti F, Zhong W, Hutten S, Uliana F, Schifferer M, Rezaei A, Ramirez LM, Hochmair J, Sankar R, Gopalan A, Kielisch F, Riemenschneider H, Ruf V, Schmidt C, Simons M, Zweckstetter M, Wegmann S, Lashley T, Polymenidou M, Edbauer D, Dormann D. Direct interaction between TDP-43 and Tau promotes their co- condensation, while suppressing Tau fibril formation and seeding. EMBO J. 2025 Oct 17. doi: 10.1038/s44318- 025-00590-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41107545.
Todorov-Völgyi K, González-Gallego J, Müller SA, Todorov MI, Seker FB, Frerich S, Cernilogar FM, Schröger L, Malik R, Cao J, Llovera G, Roth S, Schillinger U, Schifferer M, Reyahi A, Crusius D, Pedro LD, Simons M, Carlsson P, Ertürk A, Liesz A, Schotta G, Plesnila N, Lichtenthaler SF, Paquet D, Dichgans M. The stroke risk gene Foxf2 maintains brain endothelial cell function via Tie2 signaling. Nat Neurosci. 2025 Dec 15. doi: 10.1038/s41593-025-02136-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41398477.

Ancău M, Tanti GK, Butenschoen VM, Gempt J, Yakushev I, Nekolla S, Mühlau M, Scheunemann C, Heininger S, Löwe B, Löwe E, Baer S, Fischer J, Reiser J, Ayachit SS, Liesche-Starnecker F, Schlegel J, Matiasek K, Schifferer M, Kirschke JS, Misgeld T, Lueth T, Hemmer B. Validating a minipig model of reversible cerebral demyelination using human diagnostic modalities and electron microscopy. EBioMedicine. 2024 Feb 1;100:104982. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.104982. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38306899.
Brenner D, Sieverding K, Srinidhi J, Zellner S, Secker C, Yilmaz R, Dyckow J, Amr S, Ponomarenko A, Tunaboylu E, Douahem Y, Schlag JS, Rodríguez Martínez L, Kislinger G, Niemann C, Nalbach K, Ruf WP, Uhl J, Hollenbeck J, Schirmer L, Catanese A, Lobsiger CS, Danzer KM, Yilmazer-Hanke D, Münch C, Koch P, Freischmidt A, Fetting M, Behrends C, Parlato R, Weishaupt JH. A TBK1 variant causes autophagolysosomal and motoneuron pathology without neuroinflammation in mice. J Exp Med. 2024 May 6;221(5):e20221190. doi: 10.1084/jem.20221190. Epub 2024 Mar 22. PMID: 38517332; PMCID: PMC10959724.
Dinkel L, Hummel S, Zenatti V, Malara M, Tillmann Y, Colombo A, Monasor LS, Suh JH, Logan T, Roth S, Paeger L, Hoffelner P, Bludau O, Schmidt A, Müller SA, Schifferer M, Nuscher B, Njavro JR, Prestel M, Bartos LM, Wind-Mark K, Slemann L, Hoermann L, Kunte ST, Gnörich J, Lindner S, Simons M, Herms J, Paquet D, Lichtenthaler SF, Bartenstein P, Franzmeier N, Liesz A, Grosche A, Bremova-Ertl T, Catarino C, Beblo S, Bergner C, Schneider SA, Strupp M, Di Paolo G, Brendel M, Tahirovic S. Myeloid cell-specific loss of NPC1 in mice recapitulates microgliosis and neurodegeneration in patients with Niemann-Pick type C disease. Sci Transl Med. 2024 Dec 4;16(776):eadl4616. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adl4616. Epub 2024 Dec 4. PMID: 39630885.
Hu Y, Hruscha A, Pan C, Schifferer M, Schmidt MK, Nuscher B, Giera M, Kostidis S, Burhan Ö, van Bebber F, Edbauer D, Arzberger T, Haass C, Schmid B. Mis-localization of endogenous TDP-43 leads to ALS-like early-stage metabolic dysfunction and progressive motor deficits. Mol Neurodegener. 2024 Jun 20;19(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s13024-024-00735-7. PMID: 38902734; PMCID: PMC11188230.
Kaji S, Berghoff SA, Spieth L, Schlaphoff L, Sasmita AO, Vitale S, Büschgens L, Kedia S, Zirngibl M, Nazarenko T, Damkou A, Hosang L, Depp C, Kamp F, Scholz P, Ewers D, Giera M, Ischebeck T, Wurst W, Wefers B, Schifferer M, Willem M, Nave KA, Haass C, Arzberger T, Jäkel S, Wirths O, Saher G, Simons M. Apolipoprotein E aggregation in microglia initiates Alzheimer's disease pathology by seeding β-amyloidosis. Immunity. 2024 Oct 9:S1074-7613(24)00458-8. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.09.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39419029.
Kedia S, Ji H, Feng R, Androvic P, Spieth L, Liu L, Franz J, Zdiarstek H, Anderson KP, Kaboglu C, Liu Q, Mattugini N, Cherif F, Prtvar D, Cantuti-Castelvetri L, Liesz A, Schifferer M, Stadelmann C, Tahirovic S, Gokce O, Simons M. T cell-mediated microglial activation triggers myelin pathology in a mouse model of amyloidosis. Nat Neurosci. 2024 Jun 27. doi: 10.1038/s41593-024-01682-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38937583.
Micheva KD, Burden JJ, Schifferer M. Array tomography: trails to discovery. Methods Microsc. 2024 Jul 17;1(1):9-17. doi: 10.1515/mim-2024-0001. PMID: 39119254; PMCID: PMC11308915.
Todorov-Völgyi K, González-Gallego J, Müller SA, Beaufort N, Malik R, Schifferer M, Todorov MI, Crusius D, Robinson S, Schmidt A, Körbelin J, Bareyre F, Ertürk A, Haass C, Simons M, Paquet D, Lichtenthaler SF, Dichgans M. Proteomics of mouse brain endothelium uncovers dysregulation of vesicular transport pathways during aging. Nat Aging. 2024 Mar 22. doi: 10.1038/s43587-024-00598-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38519806.
Wu J, Kislinger G, Duschek J, Durmaz AD, Wefers B, Feng R, Nalbach K, Wurst W, Behrends C, Schifferer M, Simons M. Nonvesicular lipid transfer drives myelin growth in the central nervous system. Nat Commun. 2024 Nov 11;15(1):9756. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-53511-y. PMID: 39528474; PMCID: PMC11554831.

Androvic P, Schifferer M, Perez Anderson K, Cantuti-Castelvetri L, Jiang H, Ji H, Liu L, Gouna G, Berghoff SA, Besson-Girard S, Knoferle J, Simons M, Gokce O (2023). Spatial Transcriptomics-correlated Electron Microscopy maps transcriptional and ultrastructural responses to brain injury. Nat Commun. 2023 Jul 11;14(1):4115. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39447-9. PMID: 37433806; PMCID: PMC10336148.
Dawkins E, Derks RJE, Schifferer M, Trambauer J, Winkler E, Simons M, Paquet D, Giera M, Kamp F, Steiner H (2023). Membrane lipid remodeling modulates γ-secretase processivity. J Biol Chem. 2023 Feb 15:103027. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.103027. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36805335.
Djannatian M, Radha S, Weikert U, Safaiyan S, Wrede C, Deichsel C, Kislinger G, Rhomberg A, Ruhwedel T, Campbell DS, van Ham T, Schmid B, Hegermann J, Möbius W, Schifferer M, Simons M (2023). Myelination generates aberrant ultrastructure that is resolved by microglia. J Cell Biol. 2023 Mar 6;222(3):e202204010. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202204010. Epub 2023 Jan 13. PMID: 36637807; PMCID: PMC9856851.
Kislinger G, Niemann C, Rodriguez L, Jiang H, Fard MK, Snaidero N, Schumacher AM, Kerschensteiner M, Misgeld T, Schifferer M (2023). Neurons on tape: Automated Tape Collecting Ultramicrotomy-mediated volume EM for targeting neuropathology. Methods Cell Biol. 2023;177:125-170. doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2023.01.012. Epub 2023 Feb 24. PMID: 37451765.
Klein A, Flaskamp M, Berthele A, Held F, Muratovic H, Hemmer B (2023). The impact of disease-modifying therapies on immunoglobulin blood levels in patients with multiple sclerosis: a retrospective cross-sectional study. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2023 Apr 17;16:17562864231162661. doi: 10.1177/17562864231162661. PMID: 37114068; PMCID: PMC10126592.
Kolabas ZI, Kuemmerle LB, Perneczky R, Förstera B, Ulukaya S, Ali M, Kapoor S, Bartos LM, Büttner M, Caliskan OS, Rong Z, Mai H, Höher L, Jeridi D, Molbay M, Khalin I, Deligiannis IK, Negwer M, Roberts K, Simats A, Carofiglio O, Todorov MI, Horvath I, Ozturk F, Hummel S, Biechele G, Zatcepin A, Unterrainer M, Gnörich J, Roodselaar J, Shrouder J, Khosravani P, Tast B, Richter L, Díaz-Marugán L, Kaltenecker D, Lux L, Chen Y, Zhao S, Rauchmann BS, Sterr M, Kunze I, Stanic K, Kan VWY, Besson-Girard S, Katzdobler S, Palleis C, Schädler J, Paetzold JC, Liebscher S, Hauser AE, Gokce O, Lickert H, Steinke H, Benakis C, Braun C, Martinez-Jimenez CP, Buerger K, Albert NL, Höglinger G, Levin J, Haass C, Kopczak A, Dichgans M, Havla J, Kümpfel T, Kerschensteiner M, Schifferer M, Simons M, Liesz A, Krahmer N, Bayraktar OA, Franzmeier N, Plesnila N, Erener S, Puelles VG, Delbridge C, Bhatia HS, Hellal F, Elsner M, Bechmann I, Ondruschka B, Brendel M, Theis FJ, Erturk A (2023). Distinct molecular profiles of skull bone marrow in health and neurological disorders. Cell. 2023 Aug 3:S0092-8674(23)00742-0. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.07.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37562402
Mezydlo A, Treiber N, Ullrich Gavilanes EM, Eichenseer K, Ancău M, Wens A, Ares Carral C, Schifferer M, Snaidero N, Misgeld T, Kerschensteiner M (2023). Remyelination by surviving oligodendrocytes is inefficient in the inflamed mammalian cortex. Neuron. 2023 Apr 13:S0896-6273(23)00227-1. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.03.031. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37071991.
Nalbach K, Schifferer M, Bhattacharya D, Ho-Xuan H, Tseng W, Williams LA, Stolz A, Lichtenthaler SF, Elazar Z, Behrends C (2023). Spatial proteomics reveals secretory pathway disturbances caused by neuropathy-associated TECPR2. Nat Commun. 2023 Feb 16;14(1):870. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36553-6. PMID: 36797266; PMCID: PMC9935918.
Ziegler KA, Ahles A, Dueck A, Esfandyari D, Pichler P, Weber K, Kotschi S, Bartelt A, Sinicina I, Graw M, Leonhardt H, Weckbach LT, Massberg S, Schifferer M, Simons M, Hoeher L, Luo J, Ertürk A, Schiattarella GG, Sassi Y, Misgeld T Engelhardt S (2023). Immune-mediated denervation of the pineal gland underlies sleep disturbance in cardiac disease. Science. 2023 Jul 21;381(6655):285-290. doi: 10.1126/science.abn6366. Epub 2023 Jul 20. PMID: 37471539.

Arends M, Weber M, Papan C, Damm M, Surma MA, Spiegel C, Djannatian M, Li S, Connell L, Johannes L, Schifferer M, Klose C, Simons M (2022). Ganglioside lipidomics of CNS myelination using direct infusion shotgun mass spectrometry. iScience. 2022 Oct 10;25(11):105323. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105323. PMID: 36310581; PMCID: PMC9615322.
Herwerth M, Kenet S, Schifferer M, Winkler A, Weber M, Snaidero N, Wang M, Lohrberg M, Bennett JL, Stadelmann C, Hemmer B, Misgeld T (2022). A new form of axonal pathology in a spinal model of neuromyelitis optica. Brain. 2022 Feb 24:awac079. doi: 10.1093/brain/awac079. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35202467.
Kaya T, Mattugini N, Liu L, Ji H, Cantuti-Castelvetri L, Wu J, Schifferer M, Groh J, Martini R, Besson-Girard S, Kaji S, Liesz A, Gokce O, Simons M (2022). CD8+ T cells induce interferon-responsive oligodendrocytes and microglia in white matter aging. Nat Neurosci. 2022 Nov;25(11):1446-1457. doi: 10.1038/s41593-022-01183-6. Epub 2022 Oct 24. PMID: 36280798; PMCID: PMC9630119.
Liesche-Starnecker F, Schifferer M, Schlegel J, Vollmuth Y, Rubbenstroth D, Delbridge C, Gempt J, Lorenzl S, Schnurbus L, Misgeld T, Rosati M, Beer M, Matiasek K, Wunderlich S, Finck T (2022). Hemorrhagic lesion with detection of infected endothelial cells in human bornavirus encephalitis. Acta Neuropathol. 2022 Jun 3:1–3. doi: 10.1007/s00401-022-02442-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35657496; PMCID: PMC9164175.
Zhou D, Borsa M, Puleston DJ, Zellner S, Capera J, Sanderson S, Schifferer M, Hester SS, Ge X, Fischer R, Jostins L, Behrends C*, Alsaleh G*, Simon AK* (2022). Mapping autophagosome contents identifies interleukin-7 receptor-α as a key cargo modulating CD4+ T cell proliferation. Nat Commun. 2022 Sep 2;13(1):5174. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32718-x. PMID: 36055998; PMCID: PMC9440129..

Bosch-Queralt M, Cantuti-Castelvetri L, Damkou A, Schifferer M, Schlepckow K, Alexopoulos I, Lütjohann D, Klose C, Vaculčiaková L, Masuda T, Prinz M, Monroe KM, Di Paolo G, Lewcock JW, Haass C, Simons M (2021). Diet-dependent regulation of TGFβ impairs reparative innate immune responses after demyelination. Nat Metab. 2021 Feb;3(2):211-227. doi: 10.1038/s42255-021-00341-7. Epub 2021 Feb 18. PMID: 33619376.
Colombo AV, Sadler RK, Llovera G, Singh V, Roth S, Heindl S, Sebastian Monasor L, Verhoeven A, Peters F, Parhizkar S, Kamp F, Gomez de Aguero M, MacPherson AJ, Winkler E, Herms J, Benakis C, Dichgans M, Steiner H, Giera M, Haass C, Tahirovic S, Liesz A (2021). Microbiota-derived short chain fatty acids modulate microglia and promote Aβ plaque deposition. Elife. 2021 Apr 13;10:e59826. doi: 10.7554/eLife.59826. PMID: 33845942.
Gouna G, Klose C, Bosch-Queralt M, Liu L, Gokce O, Schifferer M, Cantuti-Castelvetri L, Simons M (2021). TREM2-dependent lipid droplet biogenesis in phagocytes is required for remyelination. J Exp Med. 2021 Oct 4;218(10):e20210227. doi: 10.1084/jem.20210227. Epub 2021 Aug 23. PMID: 34424266.
Rausch L, Lutz K, Schifferer M, inheim E, Gruber R, Oesterhaus EF, Rinke L, Hellmuth JC, Scherer C, Muenchhoff M, Mandel C, Bergwelt-Baildon M, Simons M, Straub T, Krug AB, Kranich J, Brocker T (2021). Binding of phosphatidylserine-positive microparticles by PBMCs classifies disease severity in COVID-19 patients. J Extracell Vesicles. 2021 Dec;10(14):e12173. doi: 10.1002/jev2.12173. PMID: 34854246; PMCID: PMC8636722.
Safaiyan S, Besson-Girard S, Kaya T, Cantuti-Castelvetri L, Liu L, Ji H, Schifferer M, Gouna G, Usifo F, Kannaiyan N, Fitzner D, Xiang X, Rossner MJ, Brendel M, Gokce O, Simons M (2021). White matter aging drives microglial diversity. Neuron. 2021 Feb 11:S0896-6273(21)00073-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.01.027. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33606969.
Schifferer M, Snaidero N, Djannatian M, Kerschensteiner M, Misgeld T (2021). Niwaki Instead of Random Forests: Targeted Serial Sectioning Scanning Electron Microscopy With Reimaging Capabilities for Exploring Central Nervous System Cell Biology and Pathology. Front Neuroanat. 2021 Oct 13;15:732506. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2021.732506. PMID: 34720890; PMCID: PMC8548362.
Zellner S, Schifferer M, Behrends C (2021). Systematically defining selective autophagy receptor-specific cargo using autophagosome content profiling. Mol Cell. 2021 Jan 28:S1097-2765(21)00009-5. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.01.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33545068.

Cunha MI, Su M, Cantuti-Castelvetri L, Müller SA, Schifferer M, Djannatian M, Alexopoulos I, van der Meer F, Winkler A, van Ham TJ, Schmid B, Lichtenthaler SF, Stadelmann C, Simons M (2020). Pro-inflammatory activation following demyelination is required for myelin clearance and oligodendrogenesis. J Exp Med. 2020 May 4;217(5). pii: e20191390. doi: 10.1084/jem.20191390.
Kislinger G, Gnägi H, Kerschensteiner M, Simons M, Misgeld T, Schifferer M (2020). Multiscale ATUM-FIB Microscopy Enables Targeted Ultrastructural Analysis at Isotropic Resolution. iScience. 2020;23(7):101290. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2020.101290 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 20]
Kranich J, Chlis NK, Rausch L, Latha A, Schifferer M, Kurz T, Foltyn-Arfa Kia A, Simons M, Theis FJ, Brocker T (2020). In vivo identification of apoptotic and extracellular vesicle-bound live cells using image-based deep learning. J Extracell Vesicles. 2020 Jul 16;9(1):1792683. doi: 10.1080/20013078.2020.1792683. PMID: 32944180; PMCID: PMC7480589.
Mondo E, Becker SC, Kautzman AG, Schifferer M, Baer CE, Chen J, Huang EJ, Simons M, Schafer DP (2020). A developmental analysis of juxtavascular microglia dynamics and interactions with the vasculature. J Neurosci. 2020;JN-RM-3006-19. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3006-19.2020 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 13]
Mukherjee C, Kling T, Russo B, Miebach K, Kess E, Schifferer M, Pedro LD, Weikert U, Fard MK, Kannaiyan N, Rossner M, Aicher ML, Goebbels S, Nave KA, Krämer-Albers EM, Schneider A, Simons M (2020). Oligodendrocytes Provide Antioxidant Defense Function for Neurons by Secreting Ferritin Heavy Chain. Cell Metab. 2020;S1550-4131(20)30300-4. doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2020.05.01 9[published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 5]
Snaidero N, Schifferer M, Mezydlo A, Zalc B, Kerschensteiner M, Misgeld T (2020). Myelin replacement triggered by single-cell demyelination in mouse cortex. Nat Commun. 2020 Sep 29;11(1):4901. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18632-0. PMID: 32994410.

Djannatian M, Timmler S, Arends M, Luckner M, Weil MT, Alexopoulos I, Snaidero N, Schmid B, Misgeld T, Möbius W, Schifferer M, Peles E, Simons M (2019). Two adhesive systems cooperatively regulate axon ensheathment and myelin growth in the CNS. Nat Commun. 2019 Oct 22;10(1):4794. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12789-z.
Sigmund F, Pettinger S, Kube M, Schneider F, Schifferer M, Schneider S, Efremova MV, Pujol-Martí J, Aichler M, Walch A, Misgeld T, Dietz H, Westmeyer GG (2019). Iron-Sequestering Nanocompartments as Multiplexed Electron Microscopy Gene Reporters. ACS Nano. 2019 Jun 13. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03140. [Epub ahead of print].

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