We study how mobile DNA, especially human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) and other transposable elements, shapes gene regulation in health and disease.
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Recent work
- 2026, , , Butt UJ, Bansal V, Kawaguchi R, Geschwind D, Nave KA, Ehrenreich H, , A single-nucleus regulatory atlas links transposable elements to adult hippocampal neurogenesis, bioRxiv (preprint), 2026., , , Fandrey J, Winning S, Ehrenreich H, Schwarzer-Sperber HS, Izsvák Z, Schwarzer R, , HIF1A recruits primate-specific endogenous retroviruses into the human hypoxic and immune responses, bioRxiv (preprint), 2026., Qu Y, Pande A, Zadora J, Herse F, Gauster M, Kong X, Zheng R, Anwar R, Stevanovic K, Dechend R, Cohen M, Molvarec A, Wang J, Konkel MK, Zhang B, Feschotte C, Dveksler G, Blois SM, Hurst LD, Izsvák Z, Endogenous retroviral elements LTR8B and MER65 rewire PSG9 regulation to control trophoblast syncytialization and pre-eclampsia risk, Genome Biology, 2026; 27(1):73.
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