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Finja Berger

Helmholtz Munich

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:ATAC-seq· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1

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Hmgb2 improves astrocyte to neuron conversion by increasing the chromatin accessibility of genes associated with neuronal maturation in a proneuronal factor-dependent manner

Priya Maddhesiya, Tjaša Lepko, Andrea Steiner-Mezzardi, Júlia Schneider, Veronika Schwarz, Juliane Merl‐Pham, Finja Berger, Stefanie M. Hauck, Lorenza Ronfani, Marco Emilio Bianchi, Tatiana Simon, Anthodesmi Krontira, Giacomo Masserdotti, Magdalena Götz, Jovica Ninkovic

The paper shows that Hmgb2 enhances astrocyte-to-neuron conversion by regulating chromatin accessibility of neuronal maturation genes in response to growth factors.

Genome biology · Apr 17, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Stab Wound Injury Elicits Transit Amplifying Progenitor-like Phenotype in Parenchymal Astrocytes

Priya Maddhesiya, Finja Berger, Christina Koupourtidou, Alessandro Zambusi, Klara Tereza Novoselc, Judith Fischer-Sternjak, Tatiana Simon, Cora Olpe, Sebastian Jessberger, Magdalena Götz, Jovica Ninkovic

This study identifies injury-induced plastic astrocytes in mice that exhibit self-renewal and neurosphere-forming capabilities, resembling transit-amplifying progenitors in transcriptional profile.

bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience