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Publications
2024
Hamid Keshmiri*, Domagoj Cikes*, Marketa Samalova, Lukas Schindler, Lisa-Marie Appel, Michal Urbanek, Ivan Yudushkin, Dea Slade, Wolfgang J. Weninger, Alexis Peaucelle, Josef Penninger & Kareem Elsayad. Nature Photonics 2024 (Equal contribution)
Cikes D, Leutner M, Cronin SJF, Novatchkova M, Pfleger L, Klepochová R, Lair B, Lac M, Bergoglio C, Viguerie N, Dürnberger G, Roitinger E, Grivej M, Rullman E, Gustafsson T, Hagelkruys A, Tavernier G, Bourlier V, Knauf C, Krebs M, Kautzky-Willer A, Moro C, Krssak M, Orthofer M, Penninger JM. Nat Aging. 2024
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- Highlited in Shimona Starling (2024) Metabolism. Dysfunctional lipid metabolism in ageing muscle: effects on glucose tolerance. Nature Reviews Endocrinology
2023
Vietor I*, Cikes D*, Piironen K*, Vasakou T*, Heimdörfer D, Gstir R, Erlacher MD, Tancevski I, Eller P, Demetz E, Hess MW, Kuhn V, Degenhart G, Rozman J, Klingenspor M, Hrabe de Angelis M, Valovka T, Huber LA. Elife. 2023 (Equal contribution)
Cronin SJF, Tejada MA, Song R, Laval K, Cikes D, Ji M, Brai A, Stadlmann J, Novatchikova M, Perlot T, Ali OH, Botta L, Decker T, Lazovic J, Hagelkruys A, Enquist L, Rao S, Koyuncu OO, Penninger JM. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023
Crucial neuroprotective roles of the metabolite BH4 in dopaminergic neurons.
Cronin SJF, Yu W, Hale A, Licht-Mayer S, Crabtree MJ, Korecka JA, Tretiakov EO, Sealey-Cardona M, Somlyay M, Onji M, An M, Fox JD, Turnes BL, Gomez-Diaz C, da Luz Scheffer D, Cikes D, Nagy V, Weidinger A, Wolf A, Reither H, Chabloz A, Kavirayani A, Rao S, Andrews N, Latremoliere A, Costigan M, Douglas G, Freitas FC, Pifl C, Walz R, Konrat R, Mahad DJ, Koslov AV, Latini A, Isacson O, Harkany T, Hallett PJ, Bagby S, Woolf CJ, Channon KM, Je HS, Penninger JM. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023
PCYT2-regulated lipid biosynthesis is critical to muscle health and ageing.
Cikes D, Elsayad K, Sezgin E, Koitai E, Torma F, Orthofer M, Yarwood R, Heinz LX, Sedlyarov V, Miranda ND, Taylor A, Grapentine S, Al-Murshedi F, Abot A, Weidinger A, Kutchukian C, Sanchez C, Cronin SJF, Novatchkova M, Kavirayani A, Schuetz T, Haubner B, Haas L, Hagelkruys A, Jackowski S, Kozlov AV, Jacquemond V, Knauf C, Superti-Furga G, Rullman E, Gustafsson T, McDermot J, Lowe M, Radak Z, Chamberlain JS, Bakovic M, Banka S, Penninger JM. Nat Metab. 2023
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Highlited in Bianca Nogrady (2023) Enzyme loss linked to age related muscle wasting. Nature Middle East
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Featured in Science News (2023) Muscle health depends on lipid synthesis. ScienceDaily
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Featured in Research Briefing (2023) A conserved role for PCYT2-regulated lipid biosynthesis in muscle health and
ageing. Nature Metabolism
2022
The HUSH complex controls brain architecture and protocadherin fidelity.
Hagelkruys A, Horrer M, Taubenschmid-Stowers J, Kavirayani A, Novatchkova M, Orthofer M, Pai TP, Cikes D, Zhuk S, Balmaña M, Esk C, Koglgruber R, Moeseneder P, Lazovic J, Zopf LM, Cronin SJF, Elling U, Knoblich JA, Penninger JM. Sci Adv. 2022
Cikes D, Atanes P, Cronin SJF, Hagelkrüys A, Huang GC, Persaud SJ, Penninger JM. Sci Rep. 2022 022-13060-0.
Gawish R, Starkl P, Pimenov L, Hladik A, Lakovits K, Oberndorfer F, Cronin SJ, Ohradanova-Repic A, Wirnsberger G, Agerer B, Endler L, Capraz T, Perthold JW, Cikes D, Koglgruber R, Hagelkruys A, Montserrat N, Mirazimi A, Boon L, Stockinger H, Bergthaler A, Oostenbrink C, Penninger JM, Knapp S. Elife. 2022
2020
Cytoskeletal disorganization underlies PABPN1-mediated myogenic disability.
Olie CS, van der Wal E, Cikes D, Maton L, de Greef JC, Lin IH, Chen YF, Kareem E, Penninger JM, Kessler BM, Raz V. Sci Rep. 2020
HACE1 Prevents Lung Carcinogenesis via Inhibition of RAC-Family GTPases.
Kogler M, Tortola L, Negri GL, Leopoldi A, El-Naggar AM, Mereiter S, Gomez-Diaz C, Nitsch R, Tortora D, Kavirayani AM, Gapp BV, Rao S, Uribesalgo I, Hoffmann D, Cikes D, Novatchkova M, Williams DA, Trent JM, Ikeda F, Daugaard M, Hagelkruys A, Sorensen PH, Penninger JM. Cancer Res. 2020 -2270. Epub 2020 May 4.
Identification of ALK in Thinness.
Orthofer M, Valsesia A, Mägi R, Wang QP, Kaczanowska J, Kozieradzki I, Leopoldi A, Cikes D, Zopf LM, Tretiakov EO, Demetz E, Hilbe R, Boehm A, Ticevic M, Nõukas M, Jais A, Spirk K, Clark T, Amann S, Lepamets M, Neumayr C, Arnold C, Dou Z, Kuhn V, Novatchkova M, Cronin SJF, Tietge UJF, Müller S, Pospisilik JA, Nagy V, Hui CC, Lazovic J, Esterbauer H, Hagelkruys A, Tancevski I, Kiefer FW, Harkany T, Haubensak W, Neely GG, Metspalu A, Hager J, Gheldof N, Penninger JM. Cell. 2020
2019
Bravo-Caparrós I, Perazzoli G, Yeste S, Cikes D, Baeyens JM, Cobos EJ, Nieto FR. Front Pharmacol. 2019
2018
The metabolite BH4 controls T cell proliferation in autoimmunity and cancer.
Cronin SJF, Seehus C, Weidinger A, Talbot S, Reissig S, Seifert M, Pierson Y, McNeill E, Longhi MS, Turnes BL, Kreslavsky T, Kogler M, Hoffmann D, Ticevic M, da Luz Scheffer D, Tortola L, Cikes D, Jais A, Rangachari M, Rao S, Paolino M, Novatchkova M, Aichinger M, Barrett L, Latremoliere A, Wirnsberger G, Lametschwandtner G, Busslinger M, Zicha S, Latini A, Robson SC, Waisman A, Andrews N, Costigan M, Channon KM, Weiss G, Kozlov AV, Tebbe M, Johnsson K, Woolf CJ, Penninger JM. Nature. 2018
2017
Sigma-1 receptors control immune-driven peripheral opioid analgesia during inflammation in mice.
Tejada MA, Montilla-García A, Cronin SJ, Cikes D, Sánchez-Fernández C, González-Cano R, Ruiz-Cantero MC, Penninger JM, Vela JM, Baeyens JM, Cobos EJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017
2015
Compromising the 19S proteasome complex protects cells from reduced flux through the proteasome.
Tsvetkov P, Mendillo ML, Zhao J, Carette JE, Merrill PH, Cikes D, Varadarajan M, van Diemen FR, Penninger JM, Goldberg AL, Brummelkamp TR, Santagata S, Lindquist S. Elife. 2015
Nagy V, Cole T, Van Campenhout C, Khoung TM, Leung C, Vermeiren S, Novatchkova M, Wenzel D, Cikes D, Polyansky AA, Kozieradzki I, Meixner A, Bellefroid EJ, Neely GG, Penninger JM. Cell Cycle. 2015
2010
Yu C, Jiang S, Lu J, Coughlin CC, Wang Y, Swietlicki EA, Wang L, Vietor I, Huber LA, Cikes D, Coleman T, Xie Y, Semenkovich CF, Davidson NO, Levin MS, Rubin DC. J Nutr. 2010