Publications of Lars Wittler

Tsaytler, P.; Blaess, G.; Scholze-Wittler, M.; Meierhofer, D.; Wittler, L.; Koch, F.; Herrmann, B. G.: SRF promotes long-range chromatin loop formation and stem cell pluripotency. Cell Reports 43 (10), 114846 (2024)

Batki, J.; Hetzel, S.; Schifferl, D.; Bolondi, A.; Walther, M.; Wittler, L.; Grosswendt, S.; Herrmann, B. G.; Meissner, A.: Extraembryonic gut endoderm cells undergo programmed cell death during development. Nature Cell Biology 26 (6), pp. 868 - 877 (2024)

Iyer, D. P.; Moyon, L.; Ringeling, F. R.; Cheng, C.-Y.; Wittler, L.; Canzar, S.; Marsico, A.; Bulut-Karslioglu, A.: Combinatorial microRNA activity is essential for the transition of pluripotent cells from proliferation into dormancy. Genome Research 34 (4), p. 589 - 589 (2024)

Huang, X.; Henck, J.; Qiu, C.; Sreenivasan, V. K. A.; Balachandran, S.; Amarie, O. V.; de Angelis, M. H.; Behncke, R. Y.; Chan, W.-L.; Despang, A. et al.; Dickel, D. E.; Duran, M.; Feuchtinger, A.; Fuchs, H.; Gailus-Durner, V.; Haag, N.; Hägerling, R.; Hansmeier, N.; Hennig, F.; Marshall, C.; Rajderkar, S.; Ringel, A.; Robson, M. I.; Saunders, L. M.; da Silva-Buttkus, P.; Spielmann, N.; Srivatsan, S. R.; Ulferts, S.; Wittler, L.; Zhu, Y.; Kalscheuer, V. M.; Ibrahim, D. M.; Kurth, I.; Kornak, U.; Visel, A.; Pennacchio, L. A.; Beier, D. R.; Trapnell, C.; Cao, J.; Shendure, J.; Spielmann, M.: Single-cell, whole-embryo phenotyping of mammalian developmental disorders. Nature 623 (7988), pp. 772 - 781 (2023)

Schifferl, D.; Scholze-Wittler, M.; Villaronga Luque, A.; Pustet , M.; Wittler, L.; Veenvliet, J. V.; Koch, F.; Herrmann, B. G.: Genome-wide identification of notochord enhancers comprising the regulatory landscape of the Brachyury (T) locus in mouse. Development 150 (22), dev202111 (2023)

Ravid Lustig, L.; Sampath Kumar, A.; Schwämmle, T.; Dunkel, I.; Noviello, G.; Limberg, E.; Weigert, R.; Pacini, G.; Buschow, R.; Ghauri, A. et al.; Stötzel, M.; Wittler, L.; Meissner, A.; Schulz, E. G.: GATA transcription factors drive initial Xist upregulation after fertilization through direct activation of long-range enhancers. Nature Cell Biology 25 (11), pp. 1704 - 1715 (2023)

Sampath Kumar, A.; Tian, L.; Bolondi, A.; Aragonés Hernández, A.; Stickels, R.; Kretzmer, H.; Murray, E.; Wittler, L.; Walther, M.; Barakat, G. et al.; Haut, L.; Elkabetz, Y.; Macosko, E. Z.; Guignard, L.; Chen, F.; Meissner, A.: Spatiotemporal transcriptomic maps of whole mouse embryos at the onset of organogenesis. Nature Genetics 55 (7), pp. 1176 - 1185 (2023)

Tsaytler, P.; Liu, J.; Blaess, G.; Schifferl, D.; Veenvliet, J. V.; Wittler, L.; Timmermann, B.; Herrmann, B. G.; Koch, F.: BMP4 triggers regulatory circuits specifying the cardiac mesoderm lineage. Development 150 (10), Article dev.201450 (2023)

Cova, G.; Glaser, J.; Schöpflin, R.; Ali, S.; Prada-Medina, C. A.; Franke, M.; Falcone, R.; Federer, M.; Ponzi, E.; Ficarella, R. et al.; Novara, F.; Wittler, L.; Timmermann, B.; Gentile, M.; Zuffardi, O.; Spielmann, M.; Mundlos, S.: Combinatorial effects on gene expression at the Lbx1/Fgf8 locus resolve Split-Hand/Foot Malformation type 3. Nature Communications 14 (1), Article 1475 (2023)

Schindler, M.; Osterwalder, M.; Harabula, I.; Wittler, L.; Tzika, A. C.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Vingron, M.; Visel, A.; Haas, S.; Real, F. M.: Induction of kidney-related gene programs through co-option of SALL1 in mole ovotestes. Development 150 (17), dev201562 (2023)

Schindler, M.; Osterwalder, M.; Harabula, I.; Wittler, L.; Tzika, A. C.; Dechmann, D.; Vingron, M.; Visel, A.; Haas, S.; Real, F. M.: Co-option of the transcription factor SALL1 in mole ovotestis formation. bioRxiv, 514220 (2022)

Ringel, A.; Szabo, Q.; Chiariello, A. M.; Chudzik, K.; Schöpflin, R.; Rothe, P.; Mattei, A. L.; Zehnder, T.; Harnett, D.; Laupert, V. et al.; Bianco, S.; Hetzel, S.; Glaser, J.; Phan, M. H. Q.; Schindler, M.; Ibrahim, D. M.; Paliou, C.; Esposito, A.; Prada-Medina, C. A.; Haas, S. A.; Giere, P.; Vingron, M.; Wittler, L.; Meissner, A.; Nicodemi, M.; Cavalli, G.; Bantignies, F.; Mundlos, S.; Robson, M. I.: Repression and 3D-restructuring resolves regulatory conflicts in evolutionarily rearranged genomes. Cell 185 (20), pp. 3689 - 3704 (2022)

Asimi, V.; Sampath Kumar, A.; Niskanen, H.; Riemenschneider, C.; Hetzel, S.; Naderi, J.; Fasching, N.; Popitsch, N.; Du, M.; Kretzmer, H. et al.; Smith, Z. D.; Weigert, R.; Walther, M.; Mamde, S.; Meierhofer, D.; Wittler, L.; Buschow, R.; Timmermann, B.; Cisse, I. I.; Ameres, S. L.; Meissner, A.; Hnisz, D.: Hijacking of transcriptional condensates by endogenous retroviruses. Nature Genetics 54 (8), pp. 1238 - 1247 (2022)

Zywitza, V.; Rusha, E.; Shaposhnikov, D.; Ruiz-Orera, J.; Telugu, N.; Rishko, V.; Hayashi, M.; Michel, G.; Wittler, L.; Stejskal, J. et al.; Holtze, S.; Göritz, F.; Hermes, R.; Wang, J.; Izsvák, Z.; Colleoni, S.; Lazzari, G.; Galli, C.; Hildebrandt, T. B.; Hayashi, K.; Diecke, S.; Drukker, M.: Naïve-like pluripotency to pave the way for saving the northern white rhinoceros from extinction. Scientific Reports 12 (1), Article 3100 (2022)

Pour, M.; Sampath Kumar, A.; Farag, N.; Bolondi, A.; Kretzmer, H.; Walther, M.; Wittler, L.; Meissner, A.; Nachman, I.: Emergence and patterning dynamics of mouse-definitive endoderm. iScience 25 (1), 103556 (2022)

Schifferl, D.; Scholze-Wittler, M.; Wittler, L.; Veenvliet, J. V.; Koch, F.; Herrmann, B. G.: A 37 kb region upstream of brachyury comprising a notochord enhancer is essential for notochord and tail development. Development 148 (23), dev200059 (2021)

Haggerty, C.; Kretzmer, H.; Riemenschneider, C.; Sampath Kumar, A.; Mattei, A. L.; Bailly, N.; Gottfreund, J.; Giesselmann, P.; Weigert, R.; Brändl, B. et al.; Giehr, P.; Buschow, R.; Galonska, C.; von Meyenn, F.; Pappalardi, M. B.; McCabe, M. T.; Wittler, L.; Giesecke-Thiel, C.; Mielke, T.; Meierhofer, D.; Timmermann, B.; Müller, F.-J.; Walter, J.; Meissner, A.: Dnmt1 has de novo activity targeted to transposable elements. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 28 (7), pp. 594 - 603 (2021)

Allou, L.; Balzano, S.; Magg, A.; Quinodoz, M.; Royer-Bertrand, B.; Schöpflin, R.; Chan, W.-L.; Speck-Martins, C. E.; Rocha Carvalho, D.; Farage, L. et al.; Marques Lourenço, C.; Albuquerque, R.; Rajagopal, S.; Nampoothiri, S.; Campos-Xavier, B.; Chiesa, C.; Niel-Bütschi, F.; Wittler, L.; Timmermann, B.; Spielmann, M.; Robson, M.; Ringel, A.; Heinrich, V.; Cova, G.; Andrey , G.; Prada-Medina, C. A.; Pescini-Gobert, R.; Unger, S.; Bonafé, L.; Grote, P.; Rivolta, C.; Mundlos, S.; Superti-Furga, A.: Non-coding deletions identify Maenli lncRNA as a limb-specific En1 regulator. Nature 592 (7852), pp. 93 - 98 (2021)

de Los Santos, M. R.; Rivalan, M.; David, F. S.; Stumpf, A.; Pitsch, J.; Tsortouktzidis, D.; Moreno Velasquez, L.; Voigt, A.; Schilling, K.; Mattei, D. et al.; Long, M.; Vogt, G.; Knaus, A.; Fischer-Zirnsak, B.; Wittler, L.; Timmermann, B.; Robinson , P. N.; Horn, D.; Mundlos, S.; Kornak, U.; Becker, A. J.; Schmitz , D.; Winter, Y.; Krawitz, P. M.: 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 118 (2), e2014481118 (2021)

Veenvliet, J. V.; Bolondi, A.; Kretzmer, H.; Haut, L.; Scholze-Wittler, M.; Schifferl, D.; Koch, F.; Guignard, L.; Sampath Kumar, A.; Pustet, M. et al.; Heimann, S.; Buschow, R.; Wittler, L.; Timmermann, B.; Meissner, A.; Herrmann, B. G.: Mouse embryonic stem cells self-organize into trunk-like structures with neural tube and somites. Science 370 (6522), eaba4937 (2020)