SKINTEGRITY.CH Principal Investigators are in bold

Agarwal, R., Dittmar, T., Beer, H.D., Kunz, M., Müller, S., Kappos, E.A., Contassot, E. & Navarini, A.A. (2023). Human epidermis organotypic cultures, a reproducible system recapitulating the epidermis in vitro. Exp Dermatol, 32(7), 1143-1155. DOI 10.1111/exd.14823

Bader, J., Narayanan, H., Arosio, P. & Leroux, J.C. (2023). Improving extracellular vesicles production through a Bayesian optimization-based experimental design. Eur J Pharm Biopharm, 182, 103-114. DOI 10.1016/j.ejpb.2022.12.004

Bertschi, N.L., Steck, O., Luther, F., Bazzini, C., von Meyenn, L., Schärli, S., Vallone, A., Felser, A., Keller, I., Friedli, O., Freigang, S., Begré, N., Radonjic-Hoesli, S., Lamos, C., Gabutti, M.P., Benzaquen, M., Laimer, M., Simon, D., Nuoffer, J.M. & Schlapbach, C. (2023). PPAR-γ regulates the effector function of human T helper 9 cells by promoting glycolysis. Nat Commun, 14(1), 2471. DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-38233-x

Blanchard, G., Amarov, B., Fratti, M., Salamin, K., Bontems, O., Chang, Y.T., Sabou, A.M., Künzle, N., Monod, M. & Guenova, E. (2023). Reliable and rapid identification of terbinafine resistance in dermatophytic nail and skin infections. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol, 37(10), 2080-2089. DOI 10.1111/jdv.19253

Brunner, L.M., He, Y., Cousin, N., Scholl, J., Albin, L.K., Schmucki, B., Supersaxo, S., Restivo, G., Hafner, J., Neri, D., Werner, S. & Detmar, M. (2023). Promotion of lymphangiogenesis by targeted delivery of VEGF-C improves diabetic wound healing. Cells, 12(3), p.472. DOI 10.3390/cells12030472

Dudaryeva, O.Y., Bernhard, S., Tibbitt, M.W. & Labouesse, C. (2023). Implications of cellular mechanical memory in bioengineering. ACS Biomater Sci Eng, 9(11), 5985-5998. DOI 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c01007

Ettinger, M., Burner, T., Sharma, A., Chang, Y.T., Lackner, A., Prompsy, P., Deli, I.M., Traxler, J., Wahl, G., Altrichter, S., Langer, R., Tsai, Y.C., Varkhande, S.R., Schoeftner, L.C., Iselin, C., Gratz, I.K., Kimeswenger, S., Guenova, E. & Hoetzenecker, W. (2023). Th17-associated cytokines IL-17 and IL-23 in inflamed skin of Darier disease patients as potential therapeutic targets. Nat Commun, 14(1), 7470. DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-43210-5

Gurri, S., Siegenthaler, B., Cangkrama, M., Restivo, G., Huber, M., Saliba, J., Dummer, R., Blank, V., Hohl, D. & Werner S. (2023). NRF3 suppresses squamous carcinogenesis, involving the unfolded protein response regulator HSPA5. EMBO Mol Med, 15(11), e17761. DOI 10.15252/emmm.202317761

Junker, H.J., Thumm, B., Halvachizadeh, S. & Mazza, E. (2023). A quantitative comparison of devices for in vivo biomechanical characterization of human skin. Mech Soft Mater, 5(1), 5. DOI 10.1007/s42558-023-00053-w

Kallergi, E., Siva Sankar, D., Matera, A., Kolaxi, A., Paolicelli, R.C., Dengjel, J. & Nikoletopoulou, V. (2023). Profiling of purified autophagic vesicle degradome in the maturing and aging brain. Neuron, 111(15), 2329-2347.e7. DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.05.011

Kourouklis, A.P., Wahlsten, A., Stracuzzi, A., Martyts, A., Paganella, L.G., Labouesse, C., Al-Nuaimi, D., Giampietro, C., Ehret, A.E., Tibbitt, M.W. & Mazza, E. (2023). Control of hydrostatic pressure and osmotic stress in 3D cell culture for mechanobiological studies. Biomater Adv, 145(213241). DOI 10.1016/j.bioadv.2022.213241

Krivitsky, V., Krivitsky, A., Mantella, V., Greenwald, M.B., Sankar, D.S., Betschmann, J., Bader, J., Zoratto, N., Schreier, K., Feiss, S., Walker, D., Dengjel, J., Werner, S. & Leroux, J.C. (2023). Ultra-fast and controlled capturing, loading, and release of extracellular vesicles by a portable microstructured electrochemical fluidic device. Adv Mater, 35(44), e2212000. DOI 10.1002/adma.202212000

Lauinger, M., Christen, D., Klar, R.F.U., Roubaty, C., Heilig, C.E., Stumpe, M., Knox, J.J., Radulovich, N., Tamblyn, L., Xie, I.Y., Horak, P., Forschner, A., Bitzer, M., Wittel, U.A., Boerries, M., Ball, C.R., Heining, C., Glimm, H., Fröhlich, M., Hübschmann, D., Gallinger, S., Fritsch, R., Fröhling, S., O'Kane, G.M., Dengjel, J. & Brummer, T. (2023). BRAFΔβ3-αC in-frame deletion mutants differ in their dimerization propensity, HSP90 dependence, and druggability. Sci Adv, 9(35), eade7486. DOI 10.1126/sciadv.ade7486

Lehmann, J., Caduff, N., Krzywinska, E., Stierli, S., Salas-Bastos, A., Loos, B., Levesque, M.P., Dummer, R., Stockmann, C., Münz, C., Diener, J. & Sommer, L. (2023). Escape from NK cell tumor surveillance by NGFR-induced lipid remodeling in melanoma. Sci Adv, 9(2), 1-17. DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adc8825

Mitamura, Y., Reiger, M., Kim, J., Xiao, Y., Zhakparov, D., Tan, G., Rückert, B., Rinaldi, A.O., Baerenfaller, K., Akdis, M., Brüggen, M.C., Nadeau, K.C., Brunner, P.M., Roqueiro, D., Traidl-Hoffmann, C. & Akdis, C.A. (2023). Spatial transcriptomics combined with single-cell RNA-sequencing unravels the complex inflammatory cell network in atopic dermatitis. Allergy, 78(8), 2215-2231. DOI 10.1111/all.15781

Nivoit, P., Mathivet, T., Wu, J., Salemkour, Y., Sankar, D.S., Baudrie, V., Bourreau, J., Guihot, A.L., Vessieres, E., Lemitre, M., Bocca, C., Teillon, J., Le Gall, M., Chipont, A., Robidel, E., Dhaun, N., Camerer, E., Reynier, P., Roux, E., Couffinhal, T., Hadoke, P.W.F., Silvestre, J.S., Guillonneau, X., Bonnin, P., Henrion, D., Dengjel, J., Tharaux, P.L. & Lenoir, O. (2023). Autophagy protein 5 controls flow-dependent endothelial functions. Cell Mol Life Sci, 80(8), 210. DOI 10.1007/s00018-023-04859-9

Pelletier, A., Nelius, E., Fan, Z., Khatchatourova, E., Alvarado-Diaz, A., He, J., Krzywinska, E., Sobecki, M., Nagarajan, S., Kerdiles, Y., Fandrey, J., Gotthardt, D., Sexl, V., de Bock, K. & Stockmann, C. (2023). Resting natural killer cell homeostasis relies on tryptophan/NAD+ metabolism and HIF-1α. EMBO Rep, 24(6), e56156. DOI 10.15252/embr.202256156

Pich-Bavastro, C., Yerly, L., Di Domizio, J., Tissot-Renaud, S., Gilliet, M. & Kuonen, F. (2023). Activin A-mediated polarization of cancer-associated fibroblasts and macrophages confers resistance to checkpoint immunotherapy in skin cancer. Clin Cancer Res, 29(17), 3498-3513. DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-0219

Samarkina, A., Youssef, M.K., Ostano, P., Ghosh, S., Ma, M., Tassone, B., Proust, T., Chiorino, G., Levesque, M.P., Goruppi, S. & Dotto, G.P. (2023). Androgen receptor is a determinant of melanoma targeted drug resistance. Nat Commun, 14(1), 6498. DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-42239-w

Sänger, C.S., Cernakova, M., Wietecha, M.S., Garau Paganella, L., Labouesse, C., Dudaryeva, O.Y., Roubaty, C., Stumpe, M., Mazza, E., Tibbitt, M.W., Dengjel, J. & Werner, S. (2023). Serine protease 35 regulates the fibroblast matrisome in response to hyperosmotic stress. Sci Adv, 9(35). DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adh9219

Slaufova, M., Karakaya, T., Di Filippo, M., Hennig, P. & Beer H.D. (2023). The gasdermins: a pore-forming protein family expressed in the epidermis. Front Immunol, 14, 1254150. DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1254150

Wahlsten, A., Stracuzzi, A., Lüchtefeld, I., Restivo, G., Lindenblatt, N., Giampietro, C., Ehret, A.E. & Mazza, E. (2023). Multiscale mechanical analysis of the elastic modulus of skin. Acta Biomater, 170, 155-168. DOI 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.08.030

Wietecha, M.S., Lauenstein, D., Rion, S., Jin, J., Goppelt, A., Claassen, M., Levesque, M.P., Dummer, R. & Werner, S. (2023) Phase-specific signatures of wound fibroblasts and extracellular matrix patterns define cancer-associated fibroblast subtypes and predict cancer outcome. Matrix Biol, 119, 19-56. DOI 10.1016/j.matbio.2023.03.003

Zhou, J., Rasmussen, N.L., Olsvik, H.L., Akimov, V., Hu, Z., Evjen, G., Kaeser-Pebernard, S., Sankar, D.S., Roubaty, C., Verlhac, P., van de Beek, N., Reggiori, F., Abudu, Y.P., Blagoev, B., Lamark, T., Johansen, T. & Dengjel, J. (2023). TBK1 phosphorylation activates LIR-dependent degradation of the inflammation repressor TNIP1. J Cell Biol, 222(2), e202108144. DOI 10.1083/jcb.202108144

Ben-Yehuda Greenwald, M., Liu, Y.H., Li, W., Hiebert, P., Zubair, M., Tenor, H., Braun, T., Naef, R., Razansky, D. & Werner, S. (2022). Topical wound treatment with a nitric oxide-releasing PDE5 inhibitor formulation enhances blood perfusion and promotes healing in mice. Pharmaceutics, 14(11), 2358. DOI 10.3390/pharmaceutics14112358

Cangkrama, M., Liu, H., Whipman, J., Zubair, M., Matsushita Azuma, M., Kopf, M., Innocenti, M. & Werner, S. (2022). A pro-tumorigenic mDia2-MIRO1 axis controls mitochondrial positioning and function in cancer-associated fibroblasts. Cancer Res, 82(20), 3701-17. DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-22-0162

Di Filippo, M., Hennig, P., Karakaya, T., Slaufova, M. & Beer, H. D. (2022). NLRP1 in Cutaneous SCCs: An Example of the Complex Roles of Inflammasomes in Cancer Development. Int J Mol Sci, 23(20), 12308. DOI 10.3390/ijms232012308

Fenini, G., Karakaya, T., Hennig, P., Di Filippo, M., Slaufova, M. & Beer, H. D. (2022). NLRP1 inflammasome activation in keratinocytes: increasing evidence of important roles in inflammatory skin diseases and immunity. J Invest Dermatol, 142(9), 2313. DOI 10.1016/j.jid.2022.04.004

Guendisch, U., Loos, B., Cheng, P. F., Dummer, R., Levesque, M. P., Varum, S. & Sommer, L. (2022). Loss of YY1, a Regulator of Metabolism in Melanoma, Drives Melanoma Cell Invasiveness and Metastasis Formation. Front Cell Dev Biol, 10(916033), 1152. DOI 10.3389/fcell.2022.916033

He, Y., Kim, J., Tacconi, C., Moody, J., Dieterich, L. C., Anzengruber, F., Maul, J.-T., Gousopoulos, E., Restivo, G., Levesque, M.P., Lindenblatt, N., Shin, J.W., Hon, C.-C. & Detmar, M. (2022). Mediators of capillary-to-venule conversion in the chronic inflammatory skin disease psoriasis. J Invest Dermatol, 142(12), 3313-3326.e13. DOI 10.1016/j.jid.2022.05.1089

He,Y., Tacconi, C., Dieterich, L.C., Kim, J., Restivo, G., Gousopoulos, E., Lindenblatt, N., Levesque, M.P., Claassen, M. & Detmar, M. (2022). Novel blood vascular endothelial subtype-specific markers in human skin unearthed by single-cell transcriptomic profiling. Cells, 11(7), 1111. DOI 10.3390/cells11071111

Hennig, P., Di Filippo, M., Bilfeld, G., Mellett, M. & Beer, H.D. (2022). High p62 expression suppresses the NLRP1 inflammasome and increases stress resistance in cutaneous SCC cells. Cell Death Dis, 13(12), 1077. DOI 10.1038/s41419-022-05530-0

Hiebert, P., Martyts, A., Schwestermann, J., Janke, K., Hafner, J., Boukamp, P., Mazza, E. & Werner, S. (2022). Nrf2 promotes skin fragility via mRNA-mediated collagen targeting and activation of the aging matrisome. Matrix Biol, 113, 39. DOI 10.1016/j.matbio.2022.09.002

Kaeser-Pebernard, S., Vionnet, C., Mari, M., Sankar, D. S., Hu, Z., Roubaty, C., Martínez-Martínez, E., Zhao, H., Spuch-Calvar, M., Petri-Fink, A., Rainer, G., Steinberg, F., Reggiori, F. & Dengjel, J. (2022). mTORC1 controls Golgi architecture and vesicle secretion by phosphorylation of SCYL1. Nat Commun, 13(4685), 1-21. DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-32487-7

Kim, J., He, Y., Tormen, S., Kleindienst, P., Restivo, G., Drach, M., Levesque, M.P., Navarini, A.A., Tacconi, C. & Detmar, M. (2022). The p300/CBP inhibitor A485 normalizes psoriatic fibroblast gene expression in vitro and reduces psoriasis-like skin inflammation in vivo. J Invest Dermatol, 143(3), 431-443.e19. DOI 10.1016/j.jid.2022.09.004

Koch, M., Kockmann, T., Rodriguez, E., Wehkamp, U., Hiebert, P., Ben-Yehuda Greenwald, M., Stölzl, D., Beer, H.-D., Tschachler, E., Weidinger, S., Werner, S. & auf dem Keller, U. (2022). Quantitative proteomics identifies reduced NRF2 activity and mitochondrial dysfunction in Atopic Dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol, 143(2), 220-231.e7. DOI 10.1016/j.jid.2022.08.048

Krzywinska, E., Sobecki, M., Nagarajan, S., Zacharjasz, J., Tambuwala, M. M., Pelletier, A., Cummins, E., Gotthardt, D., Fandrey, J., Kerdiles, Y.M., Peyssonnaux, C., Taylor, C.T., Sexl, V. & Stockmann, C. (2022). The transcription factor HIF-1α mediates plasticity of NKp46+ innate lymphoid cells in the gut. J Exp Med, 219(2), e20210909. DOI 10.1084/jem.20210909

Liu, Y.H., Brunner, L.M., Rebling, J., Ben-Yehuda Greenwald, M., Werner, S., Detmar, M. & Razansky, D. (2022). Non-invasive longitudinal imaging of VEGF-induced microvascular alterations in skin wounds. Theranostics, 12(2), 558-573. DOI 10.7150/thno.65287

Luo, X.G., Kuipers, J. & Beerenwinkel, N. (2022). Joint inference of repeated evolutionary trajectories and patterns of clonal exclusivity or co-occurrence from tumor mutation trees. Preprint, DOI 10.1101/2021.11.04.467347

Martínez-Martínez, E., Atzei, P., Vionnet, C., Roubaty, C., Kaeser-Pebernard, S., Naef, R. & Dengjel, J. (2022). A Dual-Acting Nitric Oxide Donor and Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitor Activates Autophagy in Primary Skin Fibroblasts. Int J Mol Sci, 23(12), 6860. DOI 10.3390/ijms23126860

Pontiggia, L., Ahuja, A. K., Yosef, H. K., Rütsche, D., Reichmann, E., Moehrlen, U. & Biedermann, T. (2022). Human basal and suprabasal keratinocytes are both able to generate and maintain dermo–epidermal skin substitutes in long-term in vivo experiments. Cells, 11(14), 2156. DOI 10.3390/cells11142156

Pontiggia, L., Van Hengel, I. A., Klar, A., Rütsche, D., Nanni, M., Scheidegger, A., Figi, S., Reichmann, E., Moehrlen, U. & Biedermann, T. (2022). Bioprinting and plastic compression of large pigmented and vascularized human dermo-epidermal skin substitutes by means of a new robotic platform. J Tissue Eng, 13(20417314221088513). DOI 10.1177/20417314221088513

Restivo , G., Tastanova, A., Balázs, Z., Panebianco, F., Diepenbruck, M., Ercan, C., Preca, B.T., Hafner, J., Weber, W.P., Kurzeder, C., Vetter, M., Münst Soysal, S., Beisel, C., Bentires-Alj, M., Piscuoglio, S., Krauthammer, M. & Levesque, M.P. (2022). Live slow-frozen human tumor tissues viable for 2D, 3D, ex vivo cultures and single-cell RNAseq. Commun biol, 5(1), 1-12. DOI 10.1038/s42003-022-04025-0

Sanchez-Macedo, N., McLuckie M., Grünherz, L. & Lindenblatt, N. (2022). Protein profiling of mechanically processed lipoaspirates: discovering wound healing and anti-fibrotic biomarkers in nanofat. Plast Reconstr Surg, 10.1097(9345). DOI 10.1097/prs.0000000000009345

Sobecki, M., Chen, J., Krzywinska, E., Nagarajan, S., Fan, Z., Nelius, E., Monné Rodriguez, J.M., Seehusen, F., Hussein, A., Moschini, G., Hajam, E.Y., Kiran, R., Gotthardt, D., Debbache, J., Badoual, C., Sato, T., Isagawa, T., Norihiko, T., Tanchot, C., Tartour, E., Weber, A., Werner, S., Loffing, J., Sommer, L., Sexl, V., Münz, C., Feghali-Bostwick, C., Pachera, E., Distler, O., Snedeker, J., Jamora, C.,  & Stockmann, C. (2022). Vaccination-based immunotherapy to target profibrotic cells in liver and lung. Cell Stem Cell, 29, 1459. DOI 10.1016/j.stem.2022.08.012

Yan, S., Ripamonti, R., Kawabe, H., Ben-Yehuda Greenwald, M. B. Y. & Werner, S. (2022). NEDD4-1 Is a Key Regulator of Epidermal Homeostasis and Wound Repair. J Invest Dermatol, 142(6), 1703-1713. DOI 10.1016/j.jid.2021.09.033

Yerly, L., Pich-Bavastro, C., Di Domizio, J., Wyss, T., Tissot, S., Cangkrama, M., Gilliet, M., Werner, S. & Kuonen, F. (2022). Integrated multi-omics reveals the cellular and molecular interactions governing the invasive niche in skin cancer. Nat Commun, 13(1), 4897. DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-32670-w

Zhou, J., Rasmussen, N.L., Olsvik, H.L., Akimov, V., Hu, Z., Evjen, G., Kaeser-Pebernard, S., Sankar, D.S., Roubaty, C., Verlhac, P., van de Beck, N., Reggiori, F., Abudu, Y.P., Blagoev, B., Lamark, T., Johansen, T. & Dengjel, J. (2022). TBK1 phosphorylation activates LIR-dependent degradation of the inflammation repressor TNIP1. J Cell Biol, 222(2), p.e202108144. DOI 10.1083/jcb.202108144

Aronoff, M. R., Hiebert, P., Hentzen, N. B., Werner, S. & Wennemers, H. (2021). Imaging and targeting LOX-mediated tissue remodeling with a reactive collagen peptide. Nat Chem Biol, 17, 865-871. DOI 10.1038/s41589-021-00830-6

Bernasconi, R., Thriene, K., Romero‐Fernández, E., Gretzmeier, C., Kühl, T., Maler, M., Nauroy, P., Kleiser, S., Rühl-Muth, A.-C., Stumpe, M., Kiritsi, D., Martin, S.F., Hinz, B., Bruckner-Tuderman, L., Dengjel, J. & Nyström, A. (2021). Pro‐inflammatory immunity supports fibrosis advancement in epidermolysis bullosa: intervention with Ang‐(1‐7). EMBO Mol Med, e14392. DOI 10.15252/emmm.202114392

De Pieri, A., Korman, B. D., Jüngel, A. & Wuertz‐Kozak, K. (2021). Engineering advanced in vitro models of systemic sclerosis for drug discovery and development. Adv Biology, 5(4), 2000168. DOI 10.1002/adbi.202000168

Dudaryeva, O.Y., Bucciarelli, A., Bovone, G., Huwyler, F., Jaydev, S., Broguiere, N., al Bayati, M., Lütolf, M. & Tibbitt, M.W. (2021). 3D confinement regulates cell life and death. Adv Funct Mater, 31, 2104098. DOI 10.1002/adfm.2021040

Hennig, P., Fenini, G., Di Filippo, M., Karakaya, T. & Beer, H.-D. (2021). The pathways underlying the multiple roles of p62 in inflammation and cancer. Biomedicines, 9(7), 707. DOI 10.3390/biomedicines9070707

Hu, Z., Sankar, D.S., Vu, B., Leytens, A., Vionnet, C., Wu, W., Stumpe, M., Martínez-Martínez, E., Stork, B. & Dengjel, J. (2021). ULK1 phosphorylation of striatin activates protein phosphatase 2A and autophagy. Cell Rep, 36(13), 109762. DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109762

Martínez-Martínez, E., Tölle, R., Donauer, J., Gretzmeier, C., Bruckner-Tuderman, L. & Dengjel, J. (2021). Increased abundance of Cbl E3 ligases alters PDGFR signaling in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Matrix Biol, 1698. DOI 10.1016/j.matbio.2021.10.004

Meier-Schiesser, B., Mellett, M., Ramirez-Fort, M. K., Maul, J.-T., Klug, A., Winkelbeiner, N., Fenini, G., Schafer, P., Contassot, E. & French, L.E. (2021). Phosphodiesterase-4 inhibition reduces cutaneous inflammation and IL-1β expression in a psoriasiform mouse model but does not inhibit inflammasome activation. Int J Mol Sci, 22(23):12878. DOI 10.3390/ijms222312878

Mitamura, Y., Schulz, D., Oro, S., Li, N., Kolm, I., Lang, C.V., Ziadlou, R., Tan, G., Bodenmiller, B., Steiger, P., Marzano, A., Prost, N. de, Caudin, O., Levesque, M., Stoffel, C., Schmid-Grendelmeier, P., Maverakis, E., Akdis, C.A. & Brüggen MC (2021). Cutaneous and systemic hyperinflammation drives maculopapular drug exanthema in severely ill COVID-19 patients. Allergy, 2021;00:1-14. DOI 10.1111/all.14983

Müller, B., Elrod, J., Distler, O., Schiestl, C. & Mazza, E. (2021). On the reliability of suction measurements for skin characterization. J Biomech Eng, 143(2), 021002. DOI 10.1115/1.4047661

Müller, B., Mazza, E., Schiestl, C. & Elrod, J. (2021). Longitudinal monitoring and prediction of long-term outcome of scar stiffness on pediatric patients. Burns & trauma, 9, tkab028. DOI 10.1093/burnst/tkab028

Polomska, A., Gousopoulos, E., Fehr, D., Bachmann, A., Bonmarin, M., Detmar, M. & Lindenblatt, N. (2021). Development and Clinical Validation of the LymphMonitor Technology to Quantitatively Assess Lymphatic Function. Diagnostics, 11(1873), 1-14. DOI 10.3390/diagnostics11101873

Ramelyte, E., Tastanova, A., Balázs, Z., Ignatova, D., Turko, P., Menzel, U., Guenova, E., Beisel, C., Krauthammer, M., Levesque, M. P. & Dummer, R. (2021). Oncolytic virotherapy-mediated anti-tumor response: a single-cell perspective. Cancer Cell, 39(3), 394-406. DOI 10.1016/j.ccell.2020.12.022

Rebling, J., Ben-Yehuda Greenwald, M., Wietecha, M., Werner, S. & Razansky, D. (2021). Long‐term imaging of wound angiogenesis with large-scale optoacoustic microscopy. Adv Sci, 8(13), 2004226. DOI 10.1002/advs.202004226

Sachs, D., Wahlsten, A., Kozerke, S., Restivo, G. & Mazza, E. (2021). A biphasic multilayer computational model of human skin. Biomech Model Mechan, 20(3), 969-982. DOI 10.1007/s10237-021-01424-w

Sobecki, M., Krzywinska, E., Nagarajan, S., Audigé, A., Huỳnh, K., Zacharjasz, J., Debbache, J., Kerdiles, Y., Gotthardt, D., Takeda, N., Fandrey, J., Sommer, L., Sexl, V. & Stockmann, C. (2021). NK cells in hypoxic skin mediate a trade-off between wound healing and antibacterial defence. Nat Commun, 12(1), 4700. DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-25065-w

Tastanova, A., Ramelyte, E., Balázs, Z., Menzel, U., Beisel, C., Krauthammer, M., Dummer, R. & Levesque, M. P. (2021). Collection and preprocessing of fine needle aspirate patient samples for single cell profiling and data analysis. STAR protocols, 2(2), 100581. DOI 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100581

Vu, B., Souza, G. R. & Dengjel, J. (2021). Scaffold-free 3D cell culture of primary skin fibroblasts induces profound changes of the matrisome. Matrix Biol Plus, 11, 100066. DOI 10.1016/j.mbplus.2021.100066

Wahlsten, A., Rütsche, D., Nanni, M., Giampietro, C., Biedermann, T., Reichmann, E. & Mazza, E. (2021). Mechanical stimulation induces rapid fibroblast proliferation and accelerates the early maturation of human skin substitutes. Biomaterials, 273, 120779. DOI 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120779

Zwicky, P., Ingelfinger, F., Silva de Melo, B. M., Ruchti, F., Schärli, S., Puertas, N., Lutz, M., Phan, T.S., Kündig, T.M., Levesque, M.P., Maul, J.-T., Schlapbach, C., Leibundgut-Landmann, S., Mundt, S. & Becher, B. (2021). IL-12 regulates type 3 immunity through interfollicular keratinocytes in psoriasiform inflammation. Sci Immunol, 6(64), eabg9012. DOI 10.1126/sciimmunol.abg9012

Babity, S., Polomska, A. K., Couture, F., Bonmarin, M., Fehr, D., Detmar, M. & Brambilla, D. (2020). Rational design of a fluorescent microneedle tattoo for minimally invasive monitoring of lymphatic function. J Control Release, 327, 350-359. DOI 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.08.017

Bircher, K., Merluzzi, R., Wahlsten, A., Spiess, D., Simoes-Wust, A. P., Ochsenbein-Kolble, N., Deprest, R. & Mazza, E. (2020). Influence of osmolarity and hydration on the tear resistance of the human amniotic membrane. J Biomech, 98, 109419. DOI 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.109419

Cangkrama, M., Wietecha, M., Mathis, N., Okumura, R., Ferrarese, L., Al-Nuaimi, D., Antsiferova, M., Dummer, R., Innocenti, M. & Werner, S. (2020). A paracrine activin A-mDia2 axis promotes squamous carcinogenesis via fibroblast reprogramming. EMBO Mol Med, 12(4), e11466. DOI 10.15252/emmm.201911466

Hennig, P., Fenini, G., Di Filippo, M. & Beer, H.-D. (2020). Electrophiles Against (Skin) Diseases: More Than Nrf2. Biomolecules, 10(2). DOI 10.3390/biom10020271

Hettich, B. F., Ben-Yehuda Greenwald, M., Werner, S. & Leroux, J.-C. (2020). Exosomes for Wound Healing: Purification Optimization and Identification of Bioactive Components. Adv Sci, 7(23), 2002596. DOI 10.1002/advs.202002596

Lautenbach, G., Dobrota, R., Mihai, C., Distler, O., Calcagni, M. & Maurer, B. (2020). Evaluation of botulinum toxin A injections for the treatment of refractory chronic digital ulcers in patients with systemic sclerosis. Clin Exp Rheumatol, 38 Suppl 125(3), 154-160.

McLuckie, M., Robotti, F., Sanchez-Macedo, N., Enderlin, D., Frese, L., Cheng, P. F., Levesque, M. P., Egaña, J. T., Poulikakos, D., Ferrari, A. & Lindenblatt, N. (2020). Lipoconstruct surface topography grating size influences vascularization onset in the dorsal skinfold chamber model. Acta Biomater, 106, 136-144. DOI 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.01.050

Moser, T., Lohmeyer, Q., Meboldt, M., Distler, O. & Becker, M. O. (2020). Visual assessment of digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis analysed by eye tracking: implications for wound assessment. Clin Exp Rheumatol, 38 Suppl 125(3), 137-139. clinexprheumatol.org article 15763

Müller, B., Ruby, L., Jordan, S., Rominger, M. B., Mazza, E. & Distler, O. (2020). Validation of the suction device Nimble for the assessment of skin fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Res Ther, 22(1), 128. DOI 10.1186/s13075-020-02214-y

Pachera, E., Assassi, S., Salazar, G. A., Stellato, M., Renoux, F., Wunderlin, A., Blyszczuk, P., Lafyatis, R., Kurreeman, F., De Vries-Bouwstra, J., Messemaker, T., Feghali-Bostwick, C. A., Rogler, G., Van Haaften, W. T., Dijkstra, G., Oakley, F., Calcagni, M., Schniering, J., Maurer, B., Distler, J. H. W., Kania, G., Frank-Bertoncelj, M. & Distler, O. (2020). Long noncoding RNA H19X is a key mediator of TGF-beta-driven fibrosis. J Clin Invest, 130(9), 4888-4905. DOI 10.1172/JCI135439

Renoux, F., Stellato, M., Haftmann, C., Vogetseder, A., Huang, R., Subramaniam, A., Becker, M. O., Blyszczuk, P., Becher, B., Distler, J. H. W., Kania, G., Boyman, O. & Distler, O. (2020). The AP1 Transcription Factor Fosl2 Promotes Systemic Autoimmunity and Inflammation by Repressing Treg Development. Cell Rep, 31(13), 107826. DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107826

Satoh, T. K., Mellett, M., Meier-Schiesser, B., Fenini, G., Otsuka, A., Beer, H.-D., Rordorf, T., Maul, J.-T., Hafner, J., Navarini, A. A., Contassot, E. & French, L. E. (2020). IL-36γ drives skin toxicity induced by EGFR/MEK inhibition and commensal Cutibacterium acnes. J Clin Invest, 130(3), 1417-1430. DOI 10.1172/JCI128678

Wietecha, M. S., Pensalfini, M., Cangkrama, M., Mueller, B., Jin, J., Brinckmann, J., Mazza, E. & Werner, S. (2020). Activin-mediated alterations of the fibroblast transcriptome and matrisome control the biomechanical properties of skin wounds. Nat Commun, 11(1), 2604. DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-16409-z

Elrod, J., Müller, B., Mohr, C., Meuli, M., Mazza, E. & Schiestl, C. (2019). An effective procedure for skin stiffness measurement to improve Paediatric Burn Care. Burns, 45(5), 1102-1111. DOI 10.1016/j.burns.2019.02.004

Fox, S. C., Biedermann, T., Polak, J., Reichmann, E., Daners, M. S. & Meboldt, M. (2019). A simplified fabrication technique for cellularized high-collagen dermal equivalents. Biomed Mater, 14(4), 041001. DOI 10.1088/1748-605X/ab09c5

Fox, S. C., Polak, J., Schmid Daners, M. & Meboldt, M. (2019). Fabrication of Bioengineered Skin by Injection Molding: A Feasibility Study on Automation. SLAS Technol, 24(5), 506-514. DOI 10.1177/2472630319857966

Fox, S. C., Siallagan, D., Schmid Daners, M. & Meboldt, M. (2019). Rethinking automated skin fabrication for regeneration: adapting to commercial challenges. Curr Opin Biomed Eng, 10, 165-173. DOI 10.1016/j.cobme.2019.07.001

Matei, A. E., Chen, C. W., Kiesewetter, L., Gyorfi, A. H., Li, Y. N., Trinh-Minh, T., Xu, X., Tran Manh, C., van Kuppevelt, T., Hansmann, J., Jüngel, A., Schett, G., Groeber-Becker, F. & Distler, J. H. W. (2019). Vascularised human skin equivalents as a novel in vitro model of skin fibrosis and platform for testing of antifibrotic drugs. Ann Rheum Dis, 78(12), 1686-1692. DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216108

Michalak-Micka, K., Klar, A. S., Bottcher-Haberzeth, S., Reichmann, E., Meuli, M. & Biedermann, T. (2019). Impact of human mesenchymal cells of different body site origins on the maturation of dermo-epidermal skin substitutes. Pediatr Surg Int, 35(1), 121-127. DOI 10.1007/s00383-018-4383-5

Morel, A., Oberle, S. C., Ulrich, S., Yazgan, G., Spano, F., Ferguson, S. J., Fortunato, G. & Rossi, R. M. (2019). Revealing non-crystalline polymer superstructures within electrospun fibers through solvent-induced phase rearrangements. Nanoscale, 11(36), 16788-16800. DOI 10.1039/c9nr04432a

Polomska, A. K., Proulx, S. T., Brambilla, D., Fehr, D., Bonmarin, M., Brandli, S., Meboldt, M., Steuer, C, Vasileva T., Reinke, N., Leroux, J.-C. & Detmar, M. (2019). Minimally invasive method for the point-of-care quantification of lymphatic vessel function. JCI Insight, 4(4). DOI 10.1172/jci.insight.126515

Tuncer, E., Calçada, R. C., Zingg, D., Varum, S., Cheng, P., Freiberger, S. N., Deng, C.-X., Kleiter, I., Levesque, M. P., Dummer, R. & Sommer, L. (2019). SMAD signaling promotes melanoma metastasis independently of phenotype switching. J Clin Invest, 129(7), 2702-2716. DOI 10.1172/JCI94295

Varum, S., Baggiolini, A., Zurkirchen, L., Kalender Atak, Z., Cantù, C., Marzorati, E., Bossart, R., Wouters, J., Häusel, J., Tuncer, E., Zingg, D., Veen, D., John, N., Balz, M., Levesque, M. P., Basler, K., Aerts, S., Zamboni, N., Dummer, R. & Sommer, L. (2019). Yin Yang 1 orchestrates a metabolic program required for both neural crest development and melanoma formation. Cell Stem Cell, 24(4), 637-653.e9. DOI 10.1016/j.stem.2019.03.011

Wahlsten, A., Pensalfini, M., Stracuzzi, A., Restivo, G., Hopf, R. & Mazza, E. (2019). On the compressibility and poroelasticity of human and murine skin. Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 18(4), 1079-1093. DOI 10.1007/s10237-019-01129-1

Müller, B., Elrod, J., Pensalfini, M., Hopf, R., Distler, O., Schiestl, C. & Mazza, E. (2018). A novel ultra-light suction device for mechanical characterization of skin. PLoS One, 13(8), e0201440. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0201440

Parfejevs, V., Debbache, J., Shakhova, O., Schaefer, S. M., Glausch, M., Wegner, M., Suter, U., Riekstina, U., Werner, S. & Sommer, L. (2018). Injury-activated glial cells promote wound healing of the adult skin in mice. Nat Commun, 9(1), 236. DOI 10.1038/s41467-017-01488-2

Pensalfini, M., Meneghello, S., Lintas, V., Bircher, K., Ehret, A. E. & Mazza, E. (2018). The suture retention test, revisited and revised. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater, 77, 711-717. DOI 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.08.021

Pensalfini, M., Weickenmeier, J., Rominger, M., Santoprete, R., Distler, O. & Mazza, E. (2018). Location-specific mechanical response and morphology of facial soft tissues. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater, 78, 108-115. DOI 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.10.021

Randall, M. J., Jungel, A., Rimann, M. & Wuertz-Kozak, K. (2018). Advances in the Biofabrication of 3D Skin in vitro: Healthy and Pathological Models. Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 6, 154. DOI 10.3389/fbioe.2018.00154

Zimmerli, D., Cecconi, V., Valenta, T., Hausmann, G., Cantu, C., Restivo, G., Hafner, J., Basler, K. & Van den Broek, M. (2018). WNT ligands control initiation and progression of human papillomavirus-driven squamous cell carcinoma. Oncogene, 37(27), 3753-3762. DOI 10.1038/s41388-018-0244-x

Zingg D, Debbache J, Peña-Hernández R, Antunes AT, Schaefer SM, Cheng PF, Zimmerli D, Haeusel J, Calçada RR, Tuncer E, Zhang Y, Bossart R, Wong KK, Basler K, Dummer R, Santoro R, Levesque MP & Sommer L (2018). EZH2-mediated primary cilium deconstruction drives metastatic melanoma formation. Cancer Cell 34: 69-84. DOI 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.06.00

Klar, A. S., Biedermann, T., Michalak, K., Michalczyk, T., Meuli-Simmen, C., Scherberich, A., Meuli, M. & Reichmann, E. (2017). Human Adipose Mesenchymal Cells Inhibit Melanocyte Differentiation and the Pigmentation of Human Skin via Increased Expression of TGF-beta1. J Invest Dermatol, 137(12), 2560-2569. DOI 10.1016/j.jid.2017.06.027

Pensalfini, M., Ehret, A. E., Stüdeli, S., Marino, D., Kaech, A., Reichmann, E. & Mazza, E. (2017). Factors affecting the mechanical behavior of collagen hydrogels for skin tissue engineering. J Mech Behav Biomed, 69, 85-97. DOI 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.12.004

Pensalfini, M., Haertel, E., Hopf, R., Wietecha, M., Werner, S. & Mazza, E. (2017). The mechanical fingerprint of murine excisional wounds. Acta Biomater, 1-11. DOI 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.10.021