Publications
The following publications were published exclusively under the affiliation of the Max Planck Society. For publications by the principal investigator outside of the Max Planck Society, see the links on the lower left.
Publications by the Herrmann Lab
Preprints
2025
Acquisition of ampliconic sequences marks a selfish mouse t-haplotype. bioRxiv (2025)
2019
Functional dissection of TADs reveals non-essential and instructive roles in regulating gene expression. bioRxiv (2019)
Published
2024
43 (10), 114846 (2024)
SRF promotes long-range chromatin loop formation and stem cell pluripotency. Cell Reports 22, Article 101792 (2024)
Vasorin-deficient mice display disturbed vitamin D and mineral homeostasis in combination with a low bone mass phenotype. Bone Reports 26 (6), pp. 868 - 877 (2024)
Extraembryonic gut endoderm cells undergo programmed cell death during development. Nature Cell Biology 239 (6), Article e31257 (2024)
Vasorin as an actor of bone turnover? Journal of Cellular Physiology 19 (5), pp. 618 - 628 (2024)
Early neural specification of stem cells is mediated by a set of SOX2-dependent neural-associated enhancers. Stem Cell Reports 2023
623 (7988), pp. 772 - 781 (2023)
Single-cell, whole-embryo phenotyping of mammalian developmental disorders. Nature 150 (22), dev202111 (2023)
Genome-wide identification of notochord enhancers comprising the regulatory landscape of the Brachyury (T) locus in mouse. Development 25 (11), pp. 1704 - 1715 (2023)
GATA transcription factors drive initial Xist upregulation after fertilization through direct activation of long-range enhancers. Nature Cell Biology 55 (7), pp. 1176 - 1185 (2023)
Spatiotemporal transcriptomic maps of whole mouse embryos at the onset of organogenesis. Nature Genetics 150 (10), Article dev.201450 (2023)
BMP4 triggers regulatory circuits specifying the cardiac mesoderm lineage. Development 14 (1), Article 1475 (2023)
Combinatorial effects on gene expression at the Lbx1/Fgf8 locus resolve Split-Hand/Foot Malformation type 3. Nature Communications 2022
Co-option of the transcription factor SALL1 in mole ovotestis formation. bioRxiv, 514220 (2022)
149 (20), dev200679 (2022)
Hypoxia induces an early primitive streak signature, enhancing spontaneous elongation and lineage representation in gastruloids. Development 185 (20), pp. 3689 - 3704 (2022)
Repression and 3D-restructuring resolves regulatory conflicts in evolutionarily rearranged genomes. Cell 54 (8), pp. 1238 - 1247 (2022)
Hijacking of transcriptional condensates by endogenous retroviruses. Nature Genetics 237 (10), pp. 3845 - 3859 (2022)
Vasorin plays a critical role in vascular smooth muscle cells and arterial functions. Journal of Cellular Physiology 14 (5), e1569 (2022)
Energy metabolism in mammalian sperm motility. Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: WIREs Mechanisms of Disease 12 (1), Article 3100 (2022)
Naïve-like pluripotency to pave the way for saving the northern white rhinoceros from extinction. Scientific Reports 25 (1), 103556 (2022)
Emergence and patterning dynamics of mouse-definitive endoderm. iScience 2021
148 (23), dev200059 (2021)
A 37 kb region upstream of brachyury comprising a notochord enhancer is essential for notochord and tail development. Development 41 (34), pp. 7171 - 7181 (2021)
Glial-Specific Deletion of Med12 Results in Rapid Hearing Loss via Degradation of the Stria Vascularis. The Journal of Neuroscience 28 (7), pp. 594 - 603 (2021)
Dnmt1 has de novo activity targeted to transposable elements. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 11 (11), e4042 (2021)
Generation of Mouse Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Trunk-like Structures: An in vitro Model of Post-implantation Embryogenesis. Bio-protocol 474, pp. 5 - 15 (2021)
Modeling mammalian trunk development in a dish. Developmental Biology 592 (7852), pp. 93 - 98 (2021)
Non-coding deletions identify Maenli lncRNA as a limb-specific En1 regulator. Nature 17 (2), e1009308 (2021)
RAC1 controls progressive movement and competitiveness of mammalian spermatozoa. PLoS Genetics 118 (2), e2014481118 (2021)
A CRISPR-Cas9-engineered mouse model for GPI-anchor deficiency mirrors human phenotypes and exhibits hippocampal synaptic dysfunctions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 81 (1), pp. 38 - 49 (2021)
PWD/Ph-encoded genetic variants modulate the cellular Wnt/β-Catenin response to suppress ApcMin-triggered intestinal tumor formation. Cancer research: an official organ of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020
370 (6522), eaba4937 (2020)
Mouse embryonic stem cells self-organize into trunk-like structures with neural tube and somites. Science 370 (6513), pp. 208 - 214 (2020)
The mole genome reveals regulatory rearrangements associated with adaptive intersexuality. Science 8, 567 (2020)
SLC20A1 Is Involved in Urinary Tract and Urorectal Development. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 584 (7819), pp. 102 - 108 (2020)
Epigenetic regulator function through mouse gastrulation. Nature 2019
22 (5), pp. 839 - 849 (2019)
Low catalytic activity is insufficient to induce disease pathology in triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) deficiency. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease 51 (8), pp. 1263 - 1271 (2019)
Functional dissection of the Sox9-Kcnj2 locus identifies nonessential and instructive roles of TAD architecture. Nature Genetics 10 (1), 2919 (2019)
Cell type-dependent differential activation of ERK by oncogenic KRAS in colon cancer and intestinal epithelium. Nature Communications 116 (25), pp. 12390 - 12399 (2019)
Preformed Chromatin Topology Assists Transcriptional Robustness of Shh during Limb Development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 21 (3), pp. 305 - 310 (2019)
Serial genomic inversions induce tissue-specific architectural stripes, gene misexpression and congenital malformations. Nature Cell Biology 15 (2), e1007964 (2019)
Two isoforms of the RAC-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor TIAM2 act oppositely on transmission ratio distortion by the mouse t-haplotype. PLOS Genetics 95 (1), pp. 151 - 159 (2019)
Effect of inbreeding on intellectual disability revisited by Trio sequencing. Clinical Genetics: an international journal of genetics in medicine 2018
50 (10), pp. 1463 - 1473 (2018)
Dynamic 3D chromatin architecture determines enhancer specificity and morphogenetic identity in limb development. Nature Genetics 20 (6), pp. 599 - 607 (2018)
Noncoding copy-number variations are associated with congenital limb malformation. GENETICS IN MEDICINE 50 (5), pp. 662 - 667 (2018)
Polymer physics predicts the effects of structural variants on chromatin architecture. Nature Genetics 110 (7), pp. 587 - 597 (2018)
Exome sequencing in syndromic brain malformations identifies novel mutations in ACTB, and SLC9A6, and suggests BAZ1A as a new candidate gene. Birth Defects Research 19 (1), pp. 118 - 134 (2018)
BRACHYURY directs histone acetylation to target loci during mesoderm development. EMBO Reports 2017
49 (10), pp. 1539 - 1545 (2017)
Composition and dosage of a multipartite enhancer cluster control developmental expression of Ihh (Indian hedgehog). Nature Genetics 42, pp. 514 - 526 (2017)
Antagonistic Activities of Sox2 and Brachyury Control the Fate Choice of Neuro-Mesodermal Progenitors. Developmental Cell 2 (14), e91920 (2017)
MED12 regulates a transcriptional network of calcium-handling genes in the heart. JCI Insight 6 (6), pp. 752 - 764 (2017)
Pattering and gastrulation deffects caused by the tw18 lethal are due to loss of Ppp2r1a. Biology Open 216 (6), pp. 1567 - 1577 (2017)
Oncogenic ß-catenin and PIK3CA instruct network states and cancer phenotypes in intestinal organoids. The Journal of Cell Biology: JCB 8 (3), pp. 179 - 184 (2017)
Two possible modes of pioneering associated with combinations of H2A.Z and p300/CBP at nucleosome-occupied enhancers. Transcription 2016
538 (7624), pp. 265 - 269 (2016)
Formation of novel chromatin domains determines pathogenicity of genomic duplications. Nature 11 (9), e0162814 (2016)
The Phospholipase D2 Knock Out Mouse Has Ectopic Purkinje Cells and Suffers from Early Adult-Onset Anosmia. PLoS One 32 (16), pp. 2528 - 2530 (2016)
Pasha: a versatile R package for piling chromatin HTS data. Bioinformatics 73 (13), pp. 2491 - 2509 (2016)
Mechanisms of long noncoding RNA function in development and disease. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 34 (7), pp. 1790 - 800 (2016)
Different Concentrations of FGF Ligands, FGF2 or FGF8 Determine Distinct States of WNT-Induced Presomitic Mesoderm. Stem Cells 36 (6), pp. 1794 - 1796 (2016)
Studying Mesodiencephalic Dopaminergic Neuron Development In Vivo to Improve Stem Cell Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease. The Journal of Neuroscience 26 (2), pp. 183 - 191 (2016)
Exome Sequencing and CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing Identify Mutations of ZAK as a Cause of Limb Defects in Humans and Mice. Genome Research 575 (2 Pt 2), pp. 438 - 451 (2016)
Analysis of the Fam181 gene family during mouse development reveals distinct strain-specific expression patterns, suggesting a role in nervous system development and function. Gene 2015
31 (6), pp. 329 - 335 (2015)
Long noncoding RNAs in organogenesis: Making the difference. Trends in Genetics 161 (5), pp. 1012 - 1025 (2015)
Disruptions of Topological Chromatin Domains Cause Pathogenic Rewiring of Gene-Enhancer Interactions. Cell 112 (20), pp. E2630 - E2639 (2015)
Bestrophin 1 is indispensable for volume regulation in human retinal pigment epithelium cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 10 (5), pp. 833 - 839 (2015)
Deletions, Inversions, Duplications: Engineering of Structural Variants using CRISPR/Cas in Mice. Cell Reports 2014
123 (6), pp. 609 - 624 (2014)
Contrasting behavior of heterochromatic and euchromatic chromosome portions and pericentric genome separation in pre-bouquet spermatocytes of hybrid mice. Chromosoma: Biology of the Nucleus 9 (11), e112112 (2014)
Upk3b is dispensable for development and integrity of urothelium and mesothelium. PLoS One 23 (20), pp. 5536 - 5544 (2014)
Genome-wide association study and mouse expression data identify a highly conserved 32 kb intergenic region between WNT3 and WNT9b as possible susceptibility locus for isolated classic exstrophy of the bladder. Human Molecular Genetics 10 (10), e1003884 (2014)
Reconstruction of the Gene Regulatory Network Involved in the Sonic Hedgehog Pathway with a Potential Role in Early Development of the Mouse Brain. PLoS Computational Biology 9 (9), e108777 (2014)
An Image-Based Genetic Assay Identifies Genes in T1D Susceptibility Loci Controlling Cellular Antiviral Immunity in Mouse. PLoS One 5, Article 4675 (2014)
Immunochip SNP array identifies novel genetic variants conferring susceptibility to candidaemia. Nature Communications 2 (5), pp. 649 - 651 (2014)
The need of continuous focus on improved mentoring of trainees and young investigators in the field of andrology: highlights of current programs and opportunities for the future. Andrology 2014, pp. 1 - 12 (2014)
Transgenic expression of oncogenic BRAF induces loss of stem cells in the mouse intestine, which is antagonized by β-Catenin activity. Oncogene 133, pp. 23 - 35 (2014)
SRF is essential for mesodermal cell migration during elongation of the embryonic body axis. Mechanisms of Development 100 (6), pp. 512 - 517 (2014)
Classic bladder exstrophy: Frequent 22q11.21 duplications and definition of a 414 kb phenocritical region. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology 85 (6), pp. 1310 - 1317 (2014)
Whole-exome resequencing reveals recessive mutations in TRAP1 in individuals with CAKUT and VACTERL association. Kidney International 141 (11), pp. 2325 - 2330 (2014)
The tissue-specific transcriptomic landscape of the mid-gestational mouse embryo. Development 3, e02105 (2014)
Tyrosine phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II CTD is associated with antisense promoter transcription and active enhancers in mammalian cells. eLife 343 (6176), pp. 1264 - 1266 (2014)
Dlk1 promotes a fast motor neuron biophysical signature required for peak force execution. Science 5, 5:48 (2014)
Molecular mechanisms of long ncRNAs in neurological disorders. Frontiers in Genetics 30 (2), pp. 284 - 286 (2014)
MEDIPS: genome-wide differential coverage analysis of sequencing data derived from DNA enrichment experiments. Bioinformatics 30 (2), pp. 284 - 286 (2014)
MEDIPS: genome wide differential coverage analysis of sequencing data derived from DNA enrichment experiments. Bioinformatics 30 (2), pp. 284 - 286 (2014)
MEDIPS: genome-wide differential coverage analysis of sequencing data derived from DNA enrichment experiments. Bioinformatics 2013
21 (12), pp. 1377 - 1382 (2013)
De novo microduplications at 1q41, 2q37.3, and 8q24.3 in patients with VATER/VACTERL association. European journal of human genetics: EJHG ; the official journal of the European Society of Human Genetics 10 (10), pp. 1579 - 1585 (2013)
The long non-coding RNA Fendrr links epigenetic control mechanisms to gene regulatory networks in mammalian embryogenesis. RNA Biology 33 (15), pp. 6679 - 6690 (2013)
Sox10 cooperates with the mediator subunit 12 during terminal differentiation of myelinating glia. The Journal of Neuroscience: the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience 97 (3), pp. 133 - 139 (2013)
Isolated bladder exstrophy associated with a de novo 0.9 Mb microduplication on chromosome 19p13.12. Birth Defects Research, Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology 9 (2), p. e1003250 - e1003250 (2013)
DNA–Methylome Analysis of Mouse Intestinal Adenoma Identifies a Tumour-Specific Signature That Is Partly Conserved in Human Colon Cancer. PLoS Genetics 24 (2), pp. 206 - 214 (2013)
The tissue-specific IncRNA Fendrr is an essential regulator of heart and body wall development in the mouse. Developmental Cell 14 (12), pp. 1113 - 9 (2013)
Tpo1-mediated spermine and spermidine export controls cell cycle delay and times antioxidant protein expression during the oxidative stress response. EMBO Reports 2012
372 (1), pp. 55 - 67 (2012)
In vivo knockdown of Brachyury results in skeletal defects and urorectal malformations resembling caudal regression syndrome. Developmental Biology 131 (10), pp. 2242 - 2252 (2012)
Wnt and BMP signals control intestinal adenoma cell fates. International Journal of Cancer 21 (16), pp. 2987 - 3000 (2012)
FGF inhibition directs BMP4-mediated differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to syncytiotrophoblast. Stem Cells and Development 23, pp. 525 - 538 (2012)
Web-based digital gene expression atlases for the mouse. Mammalian Genome 107, pp. 1761 - 1765 (2012)
Somatic MED12 mutations in uterine leiomyosarcoma and colorectal cancer. British Journal of Cancer 506 (2), pp. 392 - 395 (2012)
Murine expression and mutation analyses of the prostate androgen-regulated mucin-like protein 1 (Parm1) gene, a candidate for human epispadias. Gene 12 (5-6), pp. 167 - 171 (2012)
Expression of vasorin (Vasn) during embryonic development of the mouse. Gene Expression Patterns 287, pp. 21584 - 21598 (2012)
Loss of the mammal-specific tectorial membrane component CEA cell adhesion molecule 16 (CEACAM16) leads to hearing impairment at low and high frequencies. Journal of Biological Chemistry 8 (3), Article e1002567 (2012)
The nucleoside diphosphate kinase gene Nme3 acts as quantitative trait locus promoting non-Mendelian inheritance. PLoS Genetics 27 (2), pp. 429 - 442 (2012)
New insights into the molecular mechanism of multiple synostoses syndrome (SYNS): mutation within the GDF5 knuckle epitope causes noggin-resistance. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
The mouse t-haplotype: a selfish chromosome-genetics molecular mechanism and evollution. In: Evolution of the House Mouse, 1st edition Ed., pp. 297 - 314 (Ed. Macholán , M.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (2012)
2011
5 (4), pp. 297 - 302 (2011)
Spatial assessment of Argentinean genetic admixture with geographical information systems. Forensic Sci Int Genet