Publications of Nils C. Gassen

Hartmann, J.; Bajaj, T.; Otten, J.; Klengel, C.; Ebert, T.; Gellner, A.-K.; Junglas, E.; Hafner, K.; Anderzhanova, E. A.; Tang, F. et al.; Missig, G.; Rexrode, L.; Trussell, D. T.; Li, K. X.; Pohlmann, M. L.; Mackert, S.; Geiger, T. M.; Heinz, D. E.; Lardenoije, R.; Dedic, N.; McCullough, K. M.; Prochnicki, T.; Rhomberg, T.; Martinelli, S.; Payton, A.; Robinson, A. C.; Stein, V.; Latz, E.; Carlezon Jr., W. A.; Hausch, F.; Schmidt, M. V.; Murgatroyd, C.; Berretta, S.; Klengel, T.; Pantazopoulos, H.; Ressler, K. J.; Gassen, N. C.: SKA2 regulated hyperactive secretory autophagy drives neuroinflammation-induced neurodegeneration. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 15 (1), 2635 (2024)

Hartmann, J.; Klengel, C.; Dillmann, L. J.; Hisey, E. E.; Hafner, K.; Shukla, R.; Estruch, M. S.; Bajaj, T.; Ebert, T.; Mabbott, K. G. et al.; Rostin, L.; Philipsen, A.; Carlezon Jr, W. A.; Gisabella, B.; Mccullumsmith, R. E.; Vergis, J. M.; Klengel, T.; Daskalakis, N. P.; Pantazopoulos, H.; Gassen, N. C.; Ressler, K. J.: SKA2 enhances stress- related glucocorticoid receptor signaling through FKBP4-FKBP5 interactions in neurons. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 121 (52), e2417728121 (2024)

Martinelli, S.; Hafner, K.; Ködel, M.; Knauer-Arloth, J.; Gassen, N. C.; Binder, E. B.: Differential Dynamics and Roles of FKBP51 Isoforms and Their Implications for Targeted Therapies. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES 25 (22), 12318 (2024)

Stepan, J.; Heinz, D. E.; Dethloff, F.; Wiechmann , S.; Martinelli, S.; Hafner, K.; Ebert, T.; Junglas, E.; Haeusl, A. S.; Poehlmann, M. L. et al.; Jakovcevski, M.; Pape, J. C.; Zannas, A. S.; Bajaj , T.; Hermann, A.; Ma, X.; Pavenstaedt, H.; Schmidt, M. V.; Philipsen, A.; Turck, C. W.; Deussing, J. M.; Rammes, G.; Robinson, A. C.; Payton, A.; Wehr, M. C.; Stein, V.; Murgatroyd, C.; Kremerskothen, J.; Kuster, B.; Wotjak, C. T.; Gassen, N. C.: Inhibiting Hippo pathway kinases releases WWC1 to promote AMPAR-dependent synaptic plasticity and long-term memory in mice. SCIENCE SIGNALING 17 (834), eadj6603 (2024)

Matosin, N.; Arloth, J.; Czamara, D.; Edmond, K. Z.; Maitra, M.; Froehlich, A. S.; Martinelli, S.; Kaul, D.; Bartlett, R.; Curry, A. R. et al.; Gassen, N. C.; Hafner, K.; Mueller, N. S.; Worf, K.; Rehawi, G.; Nagy, C.; Halldorsdottir, T.; Cruceanu, C.; Gagliardi, M.; Gerstner, N.; Ködel, M.; Murek, V.; Ziller, M. J.; Scarr, E.; Tao, R.; Jaffe, A. E.; Arzberger, T.; Falkai, P.; Kleinmann, J. E.; Weinberger, D. R.; Mechawar, N.; Schmitt, A.; Dean, B.; Turecki, G.; Hyde, T. M.; Binder, E. B.: Associations of psychiatric disease and ageing with FKBP5 expression converge on superficial layer neurons of the neocortex. ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA 145 (4), pp. 439 - 459 (2023)

Budzinski, M. L.; Sokn, C.; Gobbini, R.; Ugo, B.; Antunica-Noguerol, M.; Senin, S.; Bajaj, T.; Gassen, N. C.; Rein, T.; Schmidt, M. V. et al.; Binder, E. B.; Arzt, E.; Liberman, A. C.: Tricyclic antidepressants target FKBP51 SUMOylation to restore glucocorticoid receptor activity. MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY (2022)

Hausl, A. S.; Bajaj, T.; Brix, L.; Pohlmann, M. L.; Hafner, K.; De Angelis, M.; Nagler, J.; Dethloff, F.; Balsevich, G.; Schramm, K.-W. et al.; Giavalisco, P.; Chen, A.; Schmidt, M. V.; Gassen, N. C.: Mediobasal hypothalamic FKBP51 acts as a molecular switch linking autophagy to whole-body metabolism. SCIENCE ADVANCES 8 (10), eabi4797 (2022)

Stepan, J.; Heinz, D. E.; Dethloff, F.; Bajaj, T.; Zellner, A.; Hafner, K.; Wiechmann, S.; Mackert, S.; Mecdad, Y.; Rabenstein, M. et al.; Ebert, T.; Martinelli, S.; Haeusl, A. S.; Poehlmann, M. L.; Hermann, A.; Ma, X.; Pavenstaedt, H.; Schmidt, M. V.; Philipsen, A.; Turck, C. W.; Deussing, J. M.; Kuster, B.; Wehr, M. C.; Stein, V.; Kremerskothen, J.; Wotjak, C. T.; Gassen, N. C.: Hippo-released WWC1 facilitates AMPA receptor regulatory complexes for hippocampal learning. CELL REPORTS 41 (10), 111766 (2022)

Hausl, A. S.; Brix, L.; Hartmann, J.; Poehlmann, M. L.; Lopez, J. P.; Menegaz, D.; Brivio, E.; Engelhardt, C.; Roeh, S.; Bajaj, T. et al.; Rudolph, L.; Stoffel, R.; Hafner, K.; Goss, H. M.; Reul, J. M. H. M.; Deussing, J. M.; Eder, M.; Ressler, K. J.; Gassen, N. C.; Chen, A.; Schmidt, M. V.: The co-chaperone Fkbp5 shapes the acute stress response in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus of male mice. MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY (2021)

Ebert, T.; Heinz, D. E.; Almeida-Correa, S.; Cruz, R.; Dethloff, F.; Stark, T.; Bajaj, T.; Maurel, O. M.; Ribeiro, F. M.; Calcagnini, S. et al.; Hafner, K.; Gassen, N. C.; Turck, C. W.; Boulat, B.; Czisch, M.; Wotjak, C. T.: Myo-Inositol Levels in the Dorsal Hippocampus Serve as Glial Prognostic Marker of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Mice. FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE 13, 731603 (2021)

Herrmann, L.; Ebert, T.; Rosen, H.; Novak, B.; Philipsen, A.; Touma, C.; Schreckenbach, M.; Gassen, N. C.; Rein, T.; Schmidt, U.: Analysis of the cerebellar molecular stress response led to first evidence of a role for FKBP51 in brain FKBP52 expression in mice and humans. NEUROBIOLOGY OF STRESS 15, 100401 (2021)

Martinelli, S.; Anderzhanova, E.; Bajaj, T.; Wiechmann, S.; Dethloff, F.; Weckmann, K.; Heinz, D. E.; Ebert, T.; Hartmann, J.; Geiger, T. M. et al.; Doengi, M.; Hafner, K.; Poehlmann, M. L.; Jollans, L.; Philipsen, A.; Schmidt, S. V.; Schmidt, U.; Maccarrone, G.; Stein, V.; Hausch, F.; Turck, C. W.; Schmidt, M. V.; Gellner, A.-K.; Kuster, B.; Gassen, N. C.: Stress-primed secretory autophagy promotes extracellular BDNF maturation by enhancing MMP9 secretion. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 12 (1), 4643 (2021)

Moosecker, S.; Pissioti, A.; Leidmaa, E.; Harb, M. R.; Dioli, C.; Gassen, N. C.; Yu, S.; Gazea, M.; Catania, C.; Anderzhanova, E. et al.; Patchev, A. V.; Kuhne, C.; Stoffel, R.; Sotiropoulos, I.; Almeida, O. F. X.: Brain Expression, Physiological Regulation and Role in Motivation and Associative Learning of Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor y. NEUROSCIENCE 479, pp. 91 - 106 (2021)

Schraut, K.-G.; Kalnytska, O.; Lamp, D.; Jastroch, M.; Eder, M.; Hausch, F.; Gassen, N. C.; Moore, S.; Nagaraj, N.; Lopez, J. P. et al.; Chen, A.; Schmidt, M. V.: Loss of the psychiatric risk factor SLC6A15 is associated with increased metabolic functions in primary hippocampal neurons. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 53 (2), pp. 390 - 401 (2021)

Leidmaa, E.; Gazea, M.; Patchev, A. V.; Pissioti, A.; Gassen, N. C.; Kimura, M.; Liposits, Z.; Kallo, I.; Almeida, O. F. X.: Blunted leptin sensitivity during hedonic overeating can be reinstated by activating galanin 2 receptors (Gal2R) in the lateral hypothalamus. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA 228 (2), e13345 (2020)

Gassen, N. C.; Niemeyer, D.; Muth, D.; Corman, V. M.; Martinelli, S.; Gassen, A.; Hafner, K.; Papies, J.; Moesbauer, K.; Zellner, A. et al.; Zannas, A. S.; Herrmann, A.; Holsboer, F.; Brack-Werner, R.; Boshart, M.; Mueller-Myhsok, B.; Drosten, C.; Mueller, M. A.; Rein, T.: SKP2 attenuates autophagy through Beclin1-ubiquitination and its inhibition reduces MERS-Coronavirus infection. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 10, 5770 (2019)

Zannas, A. S.; Jia, M.; Hafner, K.; Baumert, J.; Wiechmann, T.; Pape, J. C.; Arloth, J.; Koedel, M.; Martinelli, S.; Roitman, M. et al.; Roeh, S.; Haehle, A.; Emeny, R. T.; Iurato, S.; Carrillo-Roa, T.; Lahti, J.; Raikkonen, K.; Eriksson, J. G.; Drake, A. J.; Waldenberger, M.; Wahl, S.; Kunze, S.; Lucae, S.; Bradley, B.; Gieger, C.; Hausch, F.; Smith, A. K.; Ressler, K. J.; Mueller-Myhsok, B.; Ladwig, K.-H.; Rein, T.; Gassen, N. C.; Binder, E. B.: Epigenetic upregulation of FKBP5 by aging and stress contributes to NF-kappa B-driven inflammation and cardiovascular risk. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 116 (23), pp. 11370 - 11379 (2019)

Gassen, N. C.; Hartmann, J.; Zannas, A. S.; Kretzschmar, A.; Zschocke, J.; Maccarrone, G.; Hafner, K.; Zellner, A.; Kollmannsberger, L. K.; Wag, K. V. et al.; Mehta, D.; Kloiber, S.; Turck, C. W.; Lucae, S.; Chrousos, G. P.; Holsboer, F.; Binder, E. B.; Ising, M.; Schmidt, M. V.; Rein, T.: FKBP51 inhibits GSK3 beta and augments the effects of distinct psychotropic medications. MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY 21 (2), pp. 277 - 289 (2016)

Zannas, A.; Jia, M.; Baumert, J.; Hafner, K.; Ködel, M.; Hähle, A.; Iurato, S.; Carrillo Roa, T.; Emeny, R.; Lathi, J. et al.; Raikkonen, K.; Eriksson, J.; Drake, A.; Waldenberger, M.; Wahl, S.; Kunze, S.; Lucae, S.; Bradley, B.; Gieger, C.; Hausch, F.; Smith, A.; Ressler, K.; Müller-Myhsok, B.; Ladwig, K.-H.; Rein, T.; Gassen, N.; Binder, E.: Aging- and Stress-Related Epigenetic Disinhibition of FKBP5 Contributes to NF-KB-Driven Inflammation and Cardiovascular Risk. 56th Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), Palm Springs, CA, December 03, 2017 - December 07, 2017. NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 42 (Suppl. 1), T26, pp. S310 - S311 (2017)

Martinelli, S.; Wiechmann, T.; Kathrin, H.; Meinhold, L.; Roeh, S.; Sauer, S.; Gassen, N.; Binder, E. B.: Unravelling the differential role of FKBP51 (FK506 Binding Protein 5) isoforms in different cellular pathways. In European Neuropsychopharmacology, 29, pp. S652 - S653. ECNP Workshop on Early Career Scientists in Europe, Nice, FRANCE, March 07, 2019 - March 10, 2019. Elsevier, Amsterdam (2019)