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 Meissner Lab
Preprints
2024
Cohesin-mediated 3D contacts tune enhancer-promoter regulation. bioRxiv (2024)
Published
2025
26 (1), pp. 7 - 30 (2025)
DNA methylation in mammalian development and disease. Nature Reviews Genetics 2024
15 (1), Article 10631 (2024)
X-linked deletion of Crossfirre, Firre, and Dxz4 in vivo uncovers diverse phenotypes and combinatorial effects on autosomes. Nature Communications 31 (10), pp. 1625 - 1639 (2024)
TET activity safeguards pluripotency throughout embryonic dormancy. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Cohesin-mediated 3D contacts tune enhancer-promoter regulation. bioRxiv (2024)
26 (6), pp. 868 - 877 (2024)
Extraembryonic gut endoderm cells undergo programmed cell death during development. Nature Cell Biology 59 (12), pp. 1489 - 1505 (2024)
Reconstructing axial progenitor field dynamics in mouse stem cell-derived embryoids. Developmental Cell 59 (10), pp. 1252 - 1268 (2024)
Basal delamination during mouse gastrulation primes pluripotent cells for differentiation. Developmental Cell 40 (3), Article btae097 (2024)
Lambda3: homology search for protein, nucleotide, and bisulfite-converted sequences. Bioinformatics 84 (Suppl. 1), Article B008, (2024)
KDM4C histone demethylase connects redox balance to chromatin remodeling via histone H3 tail clipping. AACR Special Conference on Cancer Research - Advances in Breast Cancer Research, San Diego, CA, October 19, 2023 - October 22, 2023. Cancer Research 2023
7 (21), pp. 6520 - 6531 (2023)
AML with complex karyotype: extreme genomic complexity revealed by combined long-read sequencing and Hi-C technology. Blood Advances 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 25, pp. 1121 - 1134 (2023)
H3K36 methylation maintains cell identity by regulating opposing lineage programmes. Nature Cell Biology 55 (7), pp. 1176 - 1185 (2023)
Spatiotemporal transcriptomic maps of whole mouse embryos at the onset of organogenesis. Nature Genetics 186 (13), pp. 2765 - 2782 (2023)
DNA hypomethylation silences anti-tumor immune genes in early prostate cancer and CTCs. Cell 25 (4), pp. 579 - 591 (2023)
Dynamic antagonism between key repressive pathways maintains the placental epigenome. Nature Cell Biology 12, Article e83077 (2023)
T-REX17 is a transiently expressed non-coding RNA essential for human endoderm formation. eLife 83 (2), pp. 264 - 284 (2023)
JAK-STAT signaling in inflammatory breast cancer enables chemotherapy-resistant cell states. Cancer research: an official organ of the American Association for Cancer Research 2022
54, pp. 1664 - 1674 (2022)
Molecular map of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and its impact on outcome. Nature Genetics 24, Suppl. 7 Ed., pp. 160 - 161 (2022)
INTRAEPIGLIOM - RAPID SEQUENCING-BASED DIAGNOSIS OF BRAIN TUMORS. 27th Annual Scientific Meeting and Education Day of the Society-for-Neuro-Oncology (SNO), Tampa, FL, November 16, 2022 - November 20, 2022. Neuro-Oncology: official journal of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology 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 25 (8), pp. 1049 - 1058 (2022)
Temporally divergent regulatory mechanisms govern neuronal diversification and maturation in the mouse and marmoset neocortex. Nature Neuroscience 76, 101947 (2022)
Single-cell technologies: a new lens into epigenetic regulation in development. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 38 (7), pp. 676 - 707 (2022)
DNA methylation: a historical perspective. Trends in Genetics 3 (6), pp. 768 - 782 (2022)
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia displays a distinct highly methylated genome. Nature Cancer 25 (1), 103556 (2022)
Emergence and patterning dynamics of mouse-definitive endoderm. iScience 12 (1), pp. 220 - 235 (2022)
Systematic profiling of DNMT3A variants reveals protein instability mediated by the DCAF8 E3 ubiquitin ligase adaptor. Cancer Discovery 2021
81 (24), pp. 6117 - 6130 (2021)
Activation of Notch and Myc Signaling via B-cell-Restricted Depletion of Dnmt3a Generates a Consistent Murine Model of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Cancer Research 37 (6), 109967 (2021)
Chromatin-state barriers enforce an irreversible mammalian cell fate decision. Cell Reports 56 (21), pp. 2995 - 3005 (2021)
Diverse epigenetic mechanisms maintain parental imprints within the embryonic and extraembryonic lineages. Developmental Cell 37 (21), pp. 3934 - 3935 (2021)
RLM: Fast and simplified extraction of Read-Level Methylation metrics from bisulfite sequencing data. Bioinformatics 16, pp. 4004 - 4030 (2021)
Smart-RRBS for single-cell methylome and transcriptome analysis. Nature Protocols 35 (17-18), pp. 1209 - 1228 (2021)
Dissecting dual roles of MyoD during lineage conversion to mature myocytes and myogenic stem cells. Genes and Development 12 (1), Article 4897 (2021)
Topological isolation of developmental regulators in mammalian genomes. Nature Communications 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 372 (6543), pp. 716 - 721 (2021)
Cell-specific transcriptional control of mitochondrial metabolism by TIF1γ drives erythropoiesis. Science 11 (9), pp. 2266 - 2281 (2021)
Discovery of candidate DNA methylation cancer driver genes. Cancer Discovery 2 (1), pp. 54 - 69 (2021)
Pre-neoplastic alterations define CLL DNA methylome and persist through disease progression and therapy. Blood Cancer Discovery 2020
370 (6522), eaba4937 (2020)
Mouse embryonic stem cells self-organize into trunk-like structures with neural tube and somites. Science 159, pp. S109 - S110 (2020)
iPSC differentiating into renal proximal tubular cells are vulnerable to oxidative stress. 27th Annual Conference of the Society-for-Redox-Biology-and-Medicine (SfRBM) (Virtual meeting), November 18, 2020 - November 20, 2020. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 136, Article 28, (2020)
Integration of Hi-C and Nanopore Sequencing for Structural Variant Analysis in AML with a Complex Karyotype: (Chromothripsis)². 62nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) (Virtual meeting), December 05, 2020 - December 08, 2020. Blood 136, Article 3, (2020)
The CLL-1100 Project: Towards Complete Genomic Characterization and Improved Prognostics for CLL. 62nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH) (Virtual meeting), December 05, 2020 - December 08, 2020. Blood 136, pp. 33 - 34 (2020)
Robust Discovery of Candidate DNA Methylation Cancer Drivers. 62nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) (Virtual meeting), December 05, 2020 - December 08, 2020. Blood 21 (10), pp. 581 - 596 (2020)
The road ahead in genetics and genomics. Nature Reviews Genetics 584 (7819), pp. 102 - 108 (2020)
Epigenetic regulator function through mouse gastrulation. Nature 52 (8), pp. 819 - 827 (2020)
TETs compete with DNMT3 activity in pluripotent cells at thousands of methylated somatic enhancers. Nature Genetics 88, S35, (2020)
Transcriptional regulation of mitochondrial metabolism by TIF1γ drives erythroid progenitor differentiation. 49th Annual Scientific Meeting of the ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology (Virtual Meeting), New York City, USA, August 19, 2020 - August 21, 2020. Experimental Hematology 583, pp. 693 - 698 (2020)
Perspectives on ENCODE. Nature 11, 3199 (2020)
Identification of distinct loci for de novo DNA methylation by DNMT3A and DNMT3B during mammalian development. Nature Communications 181 (5), pp. 1062 - 1079 (2020)
Unblending of Transcriptional Condensates in Human Repeat Expansion Disease. Cell 22 (4), pp. 389 - 400 (2020)
Netrin-1 promotes naive pluripotency through Neo1 and Unc5b co-regulation of Wnt and MAPK signalling. Nature Cell Biology 11, 1189 (2020)
Differential DNA methylation of vocal and facial anatomy genes in modern humans. Nature Communications 26 (1), pp. 108 - 122 (2020)
Circadian Entrainment Triggers Maturation of Human In Vitro Islets. Cell Stem Cell 2019
37 (12), pp. 1478 - 1481 (2019)
Analysis of short tandem repeat expansions and their methylation state with nanopore sequencing. Nature Biotechnology 575 (7783), E5 (2019)
Author Correction: LKB1 loss links serine metabolism to DNA methylation and tumorigenesis. Nature 8, e47214 (2019)
In vivo Firre and Dxz4 deletion elucidates roles for autosomal gene regulation. eLife 134 (Suppl. 1), p. 1737 - 1737 (2019)
Deciphering the Role of Locally Disordered DNA Methylation on CLL Development In Vivo. Blood 25 (5), pp. 622 - 638 (2019)
The RNA Helicase DDX6 Controls Cellular Plasticity by Modulating P-Body Homeostasis. Cell Stem Cell 21 (11), pp. 1449 - 1461 (2019)
Inducible histone K-to-M mutations are dynamic tools to probe the physiological role of site-specific histone methylation in vitro and in vivo. Nature Cell Biology 10, 4444 (2019)
Differential regulation of OCT4 targets facilitates reacquisition of pluripotency. Nature Communications 146 (19), dev174722 (2019)
Loss of DNA methyltransferase activity in primed human ES cells triggers increased cell-cell variability and transcriptional repression. Development 10, 3182 (2019)
Activation of neuronal genes via LINE-1 elements upon global DNA demethylation in human neural progenitors. Nature Communications 35 (22), pp. 4770 - 4772 (2019)
Nanopype: A modular and scalable nanopore data processing pipeline. Bioinformatics 74 (5), pp. 951 - 965 (2019)
Cross-Regulation between TDP-43 and Paraspeckles Promotes Pluripotency-Differentiation Transition. Molecular Cell 570 (7759), pp. 77 - 82 (2019)
Molecular recording of mammalian Embryogenesis. Nature 569 (7757), pp. 576 - 580 (2019)
Epigenetic evolution and lineage histories of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Nature 10 (1), 1874 (2019)
Corrupted coordination of epigenetic modifications leads to diverging chromatin states and transcriptional heterogeneity in CLL. Nature Communications 35 (2), pp. 330 - 332 (2019)
KDM5 Histone Demethylase Activity Links Cellular Transcriptomic Heterogeneity to Therapeutic Resistance. Cancer Cell 22 (1), pp. 37 - 46 (2019)
Epigenome-wide study uncovers large-scale changes in histone acetylation driven by tau pathology in aging and Alzheimer's human brains. Nature Neuroscience 2018
7, e40757 (2018)
Targets and genomic constraints of ectopic Dnmt3b expression. eLife 145 (22), pii: dev168617 (2018)
Comparative genomic analysis of embryonic, lineage-converted and stem cell-derived motor neurons. Development 563 (7731), p. 325 (2018)
Paying PIs from grants blocks talent and diversity. Nature 46 (17), pp. 9044 - 9056 (2018)
Chromatin-dependent allosteric regulation of DNMT3A activity by MeCP2. Nucleic Acids Research (London) 7 (3), pp. 258 - 268 (2018)
Aligning Single-Cell Developmental and Reprogramming Trajectories Identifies Molecular Determinants of Myogenic Reprogramming Outcome. Cell Systems 15 (9), pp. 732 - 740 (2018)
Reduced MEK inhibition preserves genomic stability in naive human embryonic stem cells. Nature methods 23 (2), pp. 289 - 305 (2018)
Prospective Isolation of Poised iPSC Intermediates Reveals Principles of Cellular Reprogramming. Cell Stem Cell 23 (8), pp. 2509 - 2523 (2018)
Combining NGN2 Programming with Developmental Patterning Generates Human Excitatory Neurons with NMDAR-Mediated Synaptic Transmission. Cell Reports 10 (5), pp. 1537 - 1550 (2018)
X Chromosome Dosage Influences DNA Methylation Dynamics during Reprogramming to Mouse iPSCs. Stem Cell Reports 173 (3), pp. 624 - 633 (2018)
Cancer-Germline Antigen Expression Discriminates Clinical Outcome to CTLA-4 Blockade. Cell 22 (4), pp. 575 - 588 (2018)
A CLK3-HMGA2 Alternative Splicing Axis Impacts Human Hematopoietic Stem Cell Molecular Identity throughout Development. Cell Stem Cell 22, pp. 1 - 16 (2018)
Dissecting the Functional Consequences of De Novo DNA Methylation Dynamics in Human Motor Neuron Differentiation and Physiology. Cell Stem Cell 25 (4), pp. 327 - 332 (2018)
Global delay in nascent strand DNA methylation. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 25 (4), p. 355 (2018)
Author Correction: Global delay in nascent strand DNA methylation. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 9, 597 (2018)
Genome-wide tracking of dCas9-methyltransferase footprints. Nature Communications 3 (1), e00219-17 (2018)
Zika Virus Alters DNA Methylation of Neural Genes in an Organoid Model of the Developing Human Brain. mSystems 50 (2), pp. 250 - 258 (2018)
Genetic determinants and epigenetic effects of pioneer-factor occupancy. Nature Genetics 22 (6), pp. 851 - 864 (2018)
An Intermediate Pluripotent State Controlled by MicroRNAs Is Required for the Naive-to-Primed Stem Cell Transition. Cell Stem Cell 2017
549 (7673), pp. 543 - 547 (2017)
Epigenetic restriction of extraembryonic lineages mirrors the somatic transition to cancer. Nature 548 (7666), pp. 219 - 223 (2017)
Prolonged Mek1/2 suppression impairs the developmental potential of embryonic stem cells. Nature 20 (5), pp. 706 - 719 (2017)
DUSP9 Modulates DNA Hypomethylation in Female Mouse Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell Stem Cell 20 (4), pp. 547 - 557 (2017)
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation Enables Functional Validation of GWAS Variants in Metabolic Disease. Cell Stem Cell 168 (5), pp. 944 - 945 (2017)
Correction: Epigenetic Memory Underlies Cell-Autonomous Heterogeneous Behavior of Hematopoietic Stem Cells. Cell 2016
17 (12), pp. 3395 - 3406 (2016)
Probabilistic Modeling of Reprogramming to Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell Reports 9, 9:55 (2016)
Targeted bisulfite sequencing of the dynamic DNA methylome. Epigenetics & Chromatin 539 (7629), pp. 390 - 395 (2016)
LKB1 loss links serine metabolism to DNA methylation and tumorigenesis. Nature 7 (5), pp. 983 - 997 (2016)
Transcriptional and Chromatin Dynamics of Muscle Regeneration after Severe Trauma. Stem Cell Reports 34 (7), pp. 691 - 693 (2016)
Saturation analysis for whole-genome bisulfite sequencing data. Nature Biotechnology 2016, 7:11306 (2016)
Information recovery from low coverage whole-genome bisulfite sequencing. Nature Communications