Publications
2026
Human and mouse adrenal glands are characterized by species-specific steroidogenic states and tissue turnover
Maria E Kastriti,
Denis Maksimov,
Julia Krupinova,
Marina Utkina,
Dmitry Beltsevich,
Anna Roslyakova,
Olga Glazova,
Samira Kaziakhmedova,
Alina Ryabova,
Anna Kuznetsova,
Anastasia Shcherbakova,
Ekaterina Bondarenko,
Zoia Antysheva,
Eugene Albert,
Lilia Urusova,
Anastasia Lapshina,
Anastassia Chevais,
Ekaterina Avsievich,
Valentin Trofimov,
Galina Melnichenko,
Natalya Mokrysheva,
Ivan Dedov,
Lukas Englmaier,
Julian Petersen,
Oleg Gusev,
Andreas Heinzel,
Rainer Oberbauer,
Pavel Volchkov,
Peter V Kharchenko,
Igor Adameyko.
Nat Genet. 2026 Sep;58(9):2270-2283. doi: 10.1038/s41588-026-02737-1. Epub 2026 Sep 8.
2026
Methods to study PIDDosome and caspase-2 signalling
Felix Eichin,
Rotraud Hirschberger,
Andreas Villunger,
Valentina C Sladky.
Methods Cell Biol. 2026;210:17-39. doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2026.05.012. Epub 2026 Jun 3.
2026
PIDDosome deficiency impairs bone remodeling by increasing osteoclast ploidy and function
M Leone,
D Obwegs,
N Kinz,
A Maccataio,
G Degenhart,
R Liguori,
P Y Petermann,
V C Sladky,
F Eichin,
J S Riley,
I Dorigatti,
K Watschinger,
D Rizzotto,
F Ferrazzi,
U Steffen,
A Villunger.
Cell Death Differ. 2026 Aug 14. doi: 10.1038/s41418-026-01835-1. Online ahead of print.
2026
Dual function of ERH in primary miRNA biogenesis
Simon Aschenwald,
Aswini K Panda,
Theresa Wurzer,
Sonja Baumgärtner,
Valerie S Ertl,
Jakob Hatzer,
Andreas Villunger,
Sebastian Falk,
Sebastian Herzog.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2026 Jun 22;54(12):gkag601. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkag601.
2026
Comparative insights into the apoptosome, inflammasomes and PIDDosome
Mohamed Lamkanfi,
Lieselotte Vande Walle,
Felix Eichin,
Andreas Villunger.
Nat Rev Immunol. 2026 May 6. doi: 10.1038/s41577-026-01304-3. Online ahead of print.
2026
What does BCL-2 do? From new molecular insights to the clinical implications
Carlo M Croce,
Stephen W G Tait,
Ana J Garcia-Sáez,
Andreas Villunger,
Anthony Letai,
Harriet S Walter,
Martin J S Dyer,
Douglas R Green,
Yufang Shi,
Gerry Melino.
Cell Death Differ. 2026 Apr;33(4):673-693. doi: 10.1038/s41418-025-01607-3. Epub 2026 Feb 19.
2026
The PIDDosome controls cardiomyocyte polyploidization during postnatal heart development
M Leone,
N Kinz,
F Eichin,
D Obwegs,
V C Sladky,
V Z Braun,
R Hirschberger,
D Rizzotto,
L Englmaier,
C Manzl,
K Moos,
J Mergner,
P Giansanti,
N Martinez-Garcia,
M M Marques,
E D Jacotot,
L Eblahed,
R Yousif,
M K Wright,
D Dawood,
L S Maupome,
C Savko,
M Boerries,
M A Sussman,
A Villunger.
Cell Death Differ. 2026 Jun;33(6):1292-1304. doi: 10.1038/s41418-025-01645-x. Epub 2026 Jan 12.
2026
Limited roles of the miR-17-92 cluster in the regulation of T-cell apoptosis
Katharina Hoppe,
Johannes Woelk,
Julia Benz,
Sarah Spoeck,
William J Olson,
Andreas Villunger,
Natascha Hermann-Kleiter,
Verena Labi.
FEBS J. 2026 May;293(10):2845-2861. doi: 10.1111/febs.70387. Epub 2026 Jan 6.
2026
Mitotic errors as triggers of cell death and inflammation
Dario Rizzotto,
Christian Zierhut,
Andreas Villunger.
Nat Cell Biol. 2026 Jan;28(1):21-34. doi: 10.1038/s41556-025-01785-9. Epub 2026 Jan 6.
2025
WEE1 inhibitors synergise with mRNA translation defects via activation of the kinase GCN2
Jordan C J Wilson,
JiaYi Zhu,
Vanesa Vinciauskaite,
Eloise G Lloyd,
Simon Lam,
Alexandra Hart,
Chen Gang Goh,
Fadia Bou-Dagher,
Hlib Razumkov,
Lena Kobel,
Zacharias Kontarakis,
John Fielden,
Moritz F Schlapansky,
Joanna I Loizou,
Andreas Villunger,
Jacob E Corn,
Giulia Biffi,
Glenn R Masson,
Stefan J Marciniak,
Aldo S Bader,
Stephen P Jackson.
Nat Commun. 2025 Oct 9;16(1):8983. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-64050-5.
