Publications
Original Works
Wiegreffe C, Wahl T, Joos NS, Bonnefont J, Liu P, Britsch S (2022) Developmental cell death of cortical projection neurons is controlled by a Bcl11a/Bcl6-dependent pathway EMBO Rep 2022 3;23(8):e54104 doi: 10.15252/embr.202154104. Epub 2022 Jun 29.
Seyfang M, Dreyhaupt J, Wiegreffe, C Rudolph H, Luthardt RG, Kuhn K (2022) Quantification of MRP8 in immunohistologic sections of peri-implant soft tissue: Development of a novel automated computer analysis method and of its validation procedure. Comput Biol Med 2022; 148:105861. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105861.Epub 2022 Jul 19.
Tolve M, Ulusoy A, Patikas N, Islam KUS, Bodea GO, Öztürk E, Broske B, Mentani A, Wagener A, van Loo KMJ, Britsch S, Liu P, Khaled WT, Metzakopian E, Baader SL, Di Monte DA, Blaess S (2021) The transcription factor BCL11A defines distinct subsets of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Cell Reports 2021; 36:109697. doi.10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109697
Bartelt-Kirbach B, Wiegreffe C, Birk S, Baur T, Moron M, Britsch S, Golenhofen N (2021) HspB5/αB-crystalin phosporylation at S45 and S59 is essential for protection of the dendritic tree of rat hippocampal neurons. J Neurochem 2020; (Nov 21). doi: 10.1111/jinc.15247
Baden T, Maina MB, Maia Chagas A, Mohammed YG, Auer TO, Silbering A, von Tobel L, Pertin M, Hartig R, Aleksic J, Akinrinade I, Awadelkareem MA, Koumoundourou A, Jones A, Arieti F, Beale A, Münch D, Salek SC, Yusuf S, Prieto-Godino LL. (2020) TRend in Africa: Toward a Truly Global (Neuro)science Community. Neuron 2020; 107(3): 412-416; doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.06.026.
Simon R, Wiegreffe C, Britsch, S. (2020) Bcl11 Transcription Factors Regulate Cortical Development and Function. Front. Mol. Neurosci. 13:51. 2020 Apr 8; doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.00051.
Panther P, Kuehne M, Voges J, Nullmeier S, Kaufmann J, Hausmann J, Bittner D, Galazky I, Heinze HJ, Kupsch A, Zaehle T. (2019) Electric stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle influences sensorimotor gaiting in humans. BMC Neurosci. 2019 Apr 29;20(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s12868-019-0503-y.
Prozorovski T, Ingwers J, Lukas D, Götze P, Koop B, Graf J, Schneider R, Franke K, Schumacher S, Britsch S, Hartung HP, Kürt P, Berndt C, Aktas O. (2019) Regulation of sirtuin expression in autoimmune neuroinflammation: Induction of SIRT1 in oligodendrocyte progenitor cells Neuroscience Letters, jneulet.2019.04.007.
Lessel D, Gehbauer C, Bramswig NC, Schluth-Bolard C, Venkataramanappa S, van Gassen KLI, Hempel M, Haack TB, Baresic A, Genetti CA, Funari MFA, Lessel I, Kuhlmann L, Simon R, Liu P, Denecke J, Kuechler A, de Kruijff I, Shoukier M, Lek M, Mullen T, Lüdecke HJ, Lerario AM, Kobbe R, Krieger T, Demeer B, Lebrun M, Keren B, Nava C, Buratti J, Afenjar A, Shinawi M, Guillen Sacoto MJ, Gauthier J, Hamdan FF, Laberge AM, Campeau PM, Louie RJ, Cathey SS, Prinz I, Jorge AAL, Terhal PA, Lenhard B, Wieczorek D, Strohm TM, Agrawal PB, Britsch S, Tolosa E, Kubisch C. (2018) BCL11B mutations in patients affected by a neurodevelopmental disorder with reduced type 2 innate lymphoid cells. Brain 2018, 141; 2299-2311.
De Bruyckere E, Simon R, Nestel S, Heimrich B, Kätzel D, Egorov AV, Liu P, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG, Schwegler H, Draguhn A, Britsch S. (2018) Stability and Function of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapses Depend on Bcl11b/Ctip2. Front Mol Neurosc 2018, 11; 103.
Armacki M, Trugenberger AK, Ellwanger AK, Eiseler T, Schwerdt C, Bettac L, Langgartner D, Azoitei N, Halbgebauer R, Groß R, Barth T, Lechel A, Walter BM, Kraus JM, Wiegreffe C, Grimm J, Scheffold A, Schneider MR, Peuker K, Zeißig S, Britsch S, Rose-John S, Vettorazzi S, Wolf E, Tannapfel A, Steinestel K, Reber SO, Walther P, Kestler HA, Radermacher P, Barth TF, Huber-Lang M, Kleger A, Seufferlein T. (2018) Thirthy-eight-negative kinase 1 mediates trauma-induced intestinal injury and multi-organ failure. J Clin Invest 2018, Nov 1;128(11): 5065-5072.
Rich CA, Perera SN, Andratschke J, Stolt CC, Buehler DP, Southard-Smith EM, Wegner M, Britsch S, Baker CVH. (2018) Olfactory ensheathing cells abutting the embryonic olfactory bulb express Frzb, whose deletion disrupts olfactory axon targeting. Glia 2018, 23515.
Wolf R, Dobrowolny H, Nullmeier S, Bogerts B, Schwegler H (2018) Effects of neonatal excitotoxic lesions in ventral thalamus on social interaction in the rat. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2018, Aug; 268(5):461-470.
Simon R, Baumann L, Fischer J, Seigfried FA, De Bruyckere E , Liu P, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG, Schwegler H, Britsch S (2016) Structure-function integrity of the adult hippocampus depends on the transcription factor Bcl11b/Ctip2. Genes Brain Behav 2016, 15; p 405-419.
Wiegreffe C, Simon R, Peschkes K, Kling C, Strehle M, Cheng J, Srivatsa L, Liu P, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG, Tarabykin V, Britsch S (2015) Bcl11a (Ctip1) controls migration of cortical projection neurons through regulation of Sema3c. Neuron 87: 311-325
Venkataramanappa S, Simon R, Britsch S (2015) Ex utero electroporation and oganotypic slice culture of mouse hippocampal tissue. J Vis Exp: e52550
Sagar, Pröls F, Wiegreffe C, Scaal M (2015) Communication between distant epithelial cells by filopodia-like protrusions during embryonic development. Development 142: 665-671
Imhof J, Huber F, Reichelt M, Gershenzon J, Wiegreffe C, Lächler K, Binder S (2014) The small subunit 1 of the Arabidopsis isopropylmalate isomerase is required for development and the early stages of glucosinolate formation. PloS ONE 9: e91071
Del Barrio MG, Bourane S, Grossmann K, Schüle R, Britsch S, O'Leary DD, Goulding M (2013) A transcription factor code defines nine sensory interneuron subtypes in the mechanosensory area of the spinal cord. PLoS ONE 8: e77928
Brand F, Schumacher S, Kant S, Menon MB, Simon R, Turgeon B, Britsch S, Meloche S, Gaestel M, Kotlyarov A (2012) The ERK3 (MAPK6) - MAPKAP kinase 5 signalling complex regulates septin function and dendrite morphology. Mol Cell Biol 32: 2467-2478
Simon R, Brylka H, Schwegler H, Venkataramanappa S, Andratschke J, Wiegreffe C, Liu P, Fuchs E, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG, Birchmeier C, Britsch S (2012) A dual function of Bcl11b/Ctip2 in hippocampal neurogenesis. EMBO J 31: 2922-2936
John A, Brylka H, Wiegreffe C, Simon R, Liu P, Jüttner R, Crenshaw III, EB, Luyten FP, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG, Birchmeier C, Britsch S (2012) Bcl11a is required for neuronal morphogenesis and sensory circuit formation in dorsal spinal cord development. Development 139: 1801-1811
Schmidt C, Reinehr M, Leucht O, Behrendt N, Geiler S, Britsch S (2011) MyMiCROscope-intelligent virtual microscopy in a blended learning model at Ulm University. Ann Anat 193: 395-402
Simon R, Britsch S, Bergemann A (2011) Ablation of Sax2 gene expression prevents diet-induced obesity. FEBS Journal 278: 371-382
Podrygajlo G, Wiegreffe C, Scaal M, Bicker G (2010) Integration of human model neurons (NT2) into embryonic chick nervous system. Dev Dyn 239: 496-504
Wolfram U, Schmitz B, Heuer F, Reinehr M, Wilke H-J (2009) Vertebral trabecular main direction can be determined from clinical CT datasets using the gradient structure tensor and not the inertia tensor-A case study. J Biomech 42: 1390-1396
Schweickert A, Deißler K, Britsch S, Albrecht M, Ehmann H, Mauch V, Gaio U, Blum M (2008) Left-asymmetric expression of Galanin in the linear heart tube of the mouse embryo is independant of the Nodal coreceptor gene cryptic. Dev Dyn 237: 3557-3564
John A, Wildner H, Britsch S (2005) The homeodomain transcription factor Gbx1 identifies a subpopulation of late-born GABAergic interneurons in the developing dorsal spinal cord. Dev Dyn 234: 767-771
Müller T, Anlag K, Wildner H, Britsch S, Treier M, Birchmeier C (2005) The bHLH factor Olig3 coordinates the specification of dorsal neurons in the spinal cord. Genes Dev 19: 733-743
Mukouyama Y, Shin D, Britsch S, Taniguchi M, Anderson DJ (2002) Sensory nerves determine the pattern of arterial differentiation and blood vessel branching in the skin. Cell 109: 693-705
Özcelik C, Erdmann B, Pilz B, Wettschurek N, Britsch S, Hübner N, Chien KR, Birchmeier C, Garratt AN (2002) Conditional mutation of the ErbB2 (HER2) receptor in cardiomyocytes leads to dilated cardiomyopathy. PNAS 99: 8880-8885
Grimm J, Sachs M, Britsch S, Di Cesare S, Schwarz-Romond T, Alitalio K, Birchmeier W (2001) Novel p62dok family members, dok-4 and dok-5, are substrates of the c-Ret receptor tyrosine kinase and mediate neuronal differentiation. J Cell Biol 154: 345-354
Britsch S, Goerich DE, Riethmacher D, Peirano RI, D, Rossner M, Nave KA, Birchmeier C, Wegner M (2001) The transcription factor Sox10 is a key regulator of peripheral glial development. Genes Dev 15: 66-78
Woldeyesus MT, Britsch S, Riethmacher D, Xu L, Sonnenberg-Riethmacher E, Abou-Rebyeh F, Harvey R, Caroni P and Birchmeier C (1999) Peripheral nervous system defects in erbB2 mutants following genetic rescue of heart development. Genes Dev 13: 2538-2548
Britsch S, Li L, Kirchhoff S, Theuring F, Brinkmann, V, Birchmeier C, Riethmacher D (1998) The ErbB2 and ErbB3 receptors and their ligand neuregulin-1 are essential for development of the sympathetic nervous system. Genes Dev 12: 1825-1836
Overviews
Britsch, S (2007) The Neuregulin-1/ErbB signaling system in development and disease. Adv Anat Embryol Cell Biol 190: 1-65
Garratt AN, Britsch S, Birchmeier, C (2000) Neuregulin, a factor with many functions in the life of a Schwann cell. Bioessays 22: 987-996
Book Contributions
Strehle M, Britsch S (2008) Tiermodelle in der biomedizinischen Forschung. In: Ganten D, Ruckpaul K (eds.) Handbuch der Molekularen Medizin, Bd. 1, Grundlagen der Molekularen Medizin. 3. Auflage. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, New York.
Britsch S (2006) Transgenic and Knockout Animals. In: Ganten D, Ruckpaul K (eds.) Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, New York.