Engineering neurogenesis

2024

Marichal N, Péron S, Beltrán Arranz A, Galante C, Franco Scarante F, Wiffen R, Schuurmans C, Karow M, Gascón S, Berninger B (2024) Reprogramming astroglia into neurons with hallmarks of fast-spiking parvalbumin-positive interneurons by phospho-site-deficient Ascl1. Sci Adv

2023

Péron S, Miyakoshi LM, Brill MS, Manzano-Franco D, Serrano-López J, Fan W, Marichal N, Ghanem A, Conzelmann KK, Karow M, Ortega F, Gascón S, Berninger B (2023) Programming of neural progenitors of the adult subependymal zone towards a glutamatergic neuron lineage by neurogenin 2. Stem Cell Reports
Beltrán Arranz A, Berninger B (2023) Seizing hope: Advancing cell therapy for pharmaco-resistant epilepsy toward the clinic. Cell Stem Cell

Felske T, Tocco C, Péron S, Harb K, Alfano C, Galante C, Berninger B, Studer M (2023) Lmo4 synergizes with Fezf2 to promote direct in vivo reprogramming of upper layer cortical neurons and cortical glia towards deep-layer neuron identities. PLoS Biol

Fan W, Jurado-Arjona J, Alanis-Lobato G, Péron S, Berger C, Andrade-Navarro MA, Falk S, Berninger B (2023) The transcriptional co-activator Yap1 promotes adult hippocampal neural stem cell activation. EMBO J

2022

Galante C, Marichal N, Scarante FF, Ghayad LM, Shi Y, Schuurmans C, Berninger B, Péron S (2022) Enhanced proliferation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells following retrovirus mediated Achaete-scute complex-like 1 overexpression in the postnatal cerebral cortex in vivo. Front Neurosci
Cooper A, Berninger B (2022) Gatekeeping astrocyte identity. Elife
Leschik J, Gentile A, Cicek C, Péron S, Tevosian M, Beer A, Radyushkin K, Bludau A, Ebner K, Neumann I, Singewald N, Berninger B, Lessmann V, Lutz B (2022) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in serotonergic neurons improves stress resilience and promotes adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Prog Neurobiol
Leaman S, Marichal N, Berninger B (2022) Reprogramming cellular identity in vivo. Development

2021

Herrero-Navarro Á, Puche-Aroca L, Moreno-Juan V, Sempere-Ferràndez A, Espinosa A, Susín R, Torres-Masjoan L, Leyva-Díaz E, Karow M, Figueres-Oñate M, López-Mascaraque L, López-Atalaya JP, Berninger B, López-Bendito G (2021) Astrocytes and neurons share region-specific transcriptional signatures that confer regional identity to neuronal reprogramming. Sci Adv
Lattke M, Goldstone R, Ellis JK, Boeing S, Jurado-Arjona J, Marichal N, MacRae JI, Berninger B, Guillemot F (2021) Extensive transcriptional and chromatin changes underlie astrocyte maturation in vivo and in culture. Nat Commun
Sharif N, Calzolari F, Berninger B (2021) Direct In Vitro Reprogramming of Astrocytes into Induced Neurons. Methods Mol Biol
Stricker SH, Berninger B, Götz M (2021) Editorial overview: Fluidity of cell fates - from reprogramming to repair. Curr Opin Genet Dev
Calzolari F, Berninger B (2021) cAAVe phaenomena: Beware of appearances! Cell
Lentini C, d'Orange M, Marichal N, Trottmann MM, Vignoles R, Foucault L, Verrier C, Massera C, Raineteau O, Conzelmann KK, Rival-Gervier S, Depaulis A, Berninger B, Heinrich C (2021) Reprogramming reactive glia into interneurons reduces chronic seizure activity in a mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Cell Stem Cell

2019

Pérez-Brangulí F, Buchsbaum IY, Pozner T, Regensburger M, Fan W, Schray A, Börstler T, Mishra H, Gräf D, Kohl Z, Winkler J, Berninger B, Cappello S, Winner B (2019) Human SPG11 cerebral organoids reveal cortical neurogenesis impairment. Hum Mol Genet
Kalamakis G, Brüne D, Ravichandran S, Bolz J, Fan W, Ziebell F, Stiehl T, Catalá-Martinez F, Kupke J, Zhao S, Llorens-Bobadilla E, Bauer K, Limpert S, Berger B, Christen U, Schmezer P, Mallm JP, Berninger B, Anders S, Del Sol A, Marciniak-Czochra A, Martin-Villalba A (2019) Quiescence Modulates Stem Cell Maintenance and Regenerative Capacity in the Aging Brain. Cell
Kang E, Song J, Lin Y, Park J, Lee JH, Hussani Q, Gu Y, Ge S, Li W, Hsu KS, Berninger B, Christian KM, Song H, Ming GL (2019) Interplay between a Mental Disorder Risk Gene and Developmental Polarity Switch of GABA Action Leads to Excitation-Inhibition Imbalance. Cell Rep
Bragado Alonso S, Reinert JK, Marichal N, Massalini S, Berninger B, Kuner T, Calegari F (2019) An increase in neural stem cells and olfactory bulb adult neurogenesis improves discrimination of highly similar odorants. EMBO J

2018

Karow M, Camp JG, Falk S, Gerber T, Pataskar A, Gac-Santel M, Kageyama J, Brazovskaja A, Garding A, Fan W, Riedemann T, Casamassa A, Smiyakin A, Schichor C, Götz M, Tiwari VK, Treutlein B, Berninger B (2018) Direct pericyte-to-neuron reprogramming via unfolding of a neural stem cell-like program. Nat Neurosci
Tiwari N, Pataskar A, Péron S, Thakurela S, Sahu SK, Figueres-Oñate M, Marichal N, López-Mascaraque L, Tiwari VK, Berninger B (2018) Stage-Specific Transcription Factors Drive Astrogliogenesis by Remodeling Gene Regulatory Landscapes. Cell Stem Cell