Selected Publications

Biswas U, Stevense M, Jessberger R. (2018)
SMC1a substitutes for many meiotic functions of SMC1ß but cannot protect telomeres from damage. Curr Biol. 28(2):249-261.

Ocaña-Morgner C, Sales S, Rothe M, Shevchenko A, Jessberger R. (2017)
Tolerogenic versus Immunogenic Lipidomic Profiles of CD11c(+) Immune Cells and Control of Immunogenic Dendritic Cell Ceramide Dynamics. J Immunol. 198(11):4360-4372.

Akpınar M, Lesche M, Fanourgakis G, Fu J, Anasstasiadis K, Dahl A, Jessberger
R. (2017)
TDRD6 mediates early steps of spliceosome maturation in primary spermatocytes.
PLoS Genet. 13(3):e1006660.

Stevense M, Jessberger R, Tóth A.(2017) 
Protein and Chromosome Analysis in Mammalian Meiocytes. Methods Mol Biol. 1515:97-111.

Biswas U, Hempel K, Llano E, Pendas A, Jessberger R. (2016)
Distinct Roles of Meiosis-Specific Cohesin Complexes in Mammalian Spermatogenesis. PLoS Genet. 12(10):e1006389.

Fanourgakis G, Lesche M, Akpinar M, Dahl A, Jessberger R. (2016)
Chromatoid Body Protein TDRD6 Supports Long 3' UTR Triggered Nonsense Mediated mRNA Decay. PLoS Genet. 12(5):e1005857.

Toth A, Jessberger R. (2016)
Oogenesis: Ageing Oocyte Chromosomes Rely on Amazing Protein Stability. Curr Biol. 26(8):R329-31.

Marangos P, Stevense M, Niaka K, Lagoudaki M, Nabti I, Jessberger R, Carroll
J. (2015)
DNA damage-induced metaphase I arrest is mediated by the spindle assembly
checkpoint and maternal age. Nat Commun. 6:8706.

T. Winters, F. McNicoll, R. Jessberger (2014)
Meiotic cohesin STAG3 is required for chromosome axis formation and sister chromatid cohesion. EMBO J, 33, 1256-70.

U. Biswas, C. Wetzker, J. Lange, EG. Christodoulou, M. Seifert, A. Beyer, R. Jessberger (2013)
Meitoic cohesin SMC1ß provides prophase I centromeric cohesion and is required for multiple synapsis-associated functions. PLoS Genet, 9, e1003985.

CA. Chacon-Martinez, N. Kiessling, M. Winterhoff, J. Faix, T. Müller-Reichert, R. Jessberger (2013)
The switch-associated protein 70 (SWAP-70) bundles actin filaments and contributes to the regulation of F-actin dynamics. J Biol Chem, 288, 28687-703.

C. Ocana-Morgner, A. Götz, C. Wahren, R. Jessberger (2013)
SWAP-70 restricts spontaneous maturation of dendritic cells. J Immunol, 190, 5545-58.

T. Audzevich, G. Pearce, M. Breucha, G. Günal, R. Jessberger (2013)
Control of the STAT6-BCL6 antagonism by SWAP-70 determines IgE production.
J Immunol, 180, 4946-55.

C. Ocana-Morgner, P. Reichardt, M. Chopin, S. Braungart, C. Wahren, M. Gunzer, R. Jessberger (2011)
Sphingosine 1-Phosphate-induced motility and endocytosis of dendritic cells is regulated by SWAP-70 through RhoA. J Immunol, 186, 5345-55.

G. Pearce, T. Audzevich, R. Jessberger (2011)  
SYK regulates B-cell migration by phosphorylation of the F-actin interacting protein SWAP-70. Blood, 117, 1574-84.

M. Chopin, L. Quemeneur, T. Ripich, R. Jessberger (2010)  
SWAP-70 controls formation of the splenic marginal zone through regulating T1B-cell differentiation. Eur J Immunol, 40, 3544-56.

E. Revenkova, C. Adelfalk, K. Herrmann, and R. Jessberger (2010)
Oocyte cohesin expression restricted to predictyate stages provides full fertility and prevents aneuploidy. Current Biology, 20, 1529-1533.

C. Adelfalk et al., and R. Jessberger (2009)  
Cohesin SMC1b protects telomeres in meiocytes. J. Cell Biol. , 187, 185-199.

A. Vasileva, D. Tiedau, A. Firooznia, T. Müller-Reichert, and R. Jessberger (2009):
Tudor domain protein Tdrd6 is required for spermiogenesis, chromatoid body formation and regulation of miRNA expression.  Current Biology, 19, 630-639.

C. Ocana-Morgner, C. Wahren, and R. Jessberger (2009)
SWAP-70 regulates RhoA/RhoB-dependent MHCII surface localizatio in dendritic cells. Blood, 113, 1474-1482.

L. Quemeneur, V. Angeli, M. Chopin, and R. Jessberger (2008)  
SWAP-70 deficiency causes high-affinity plasma cell generation despite impaired germinal center formation.  Blood, 111, 2714-2724. 

G.J. Pearce, V. Angeli, G.J. Randolph, T. Junt, U.v. Andrian, H.J. Schnittler, and R. Jessberger (2006)
Signaling protein SWAP-70 is required for efficient B cell homing to lymphoid organs. Nature Immunology, 7, 827-834. 

C.A. Hodges, E. Revenkova, R. Jessberger, T.J. Hassold, and P. Hunt (2005)
The SMC1b-deficient female mouse provides evidence that cohesins are a missing link in age-related nondisjunction. Nature Genetics, 37, 1351-1355.

R. R. Sivalenka and R. Jessberger (2004)
SWAP-70 regulates c-kit-induced mast cell activation, cell-cell adhesion, and migration. Mol. Cell. Biol 24, 10277-10288.

E. Revenkova, M. Eijpe, C. Heyting, C. A. Hodges, P. A. Hunt, B. Liebe, H. Scherthan and R. Jessberger (2004)
SMC1b is Required for Meiotic Chromosome Dynamics, Sister Chromatid Cohesion, and DNA Recombination.  Nature Cell Biology, 6, 555-562.

A. Chiu, E. Revenkova, and R. Jessberger (2004)
DNA Interaction and dimerization of eukaryotic SMC hinge domains. J. Biol. Chem. 279, 26233-26242.

P. Schär, M. Fäsi and R. Jessberger (2004)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae SMC1 Interacts with RAD52 in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair and Coordinates Recombinational Processes. Nucl. Acids. Res., 32, 3921-3929.

M. Shinohara, Y. Terada, A. Iwamatsu, A. Shinohara, N. Mochizuki, S. Ihara, S. Nagata, H. Itoh, Y. Fukui, and R. Jessberger (2002)
SWAP-70 is a new type guanine nucleotide exchange factor that mediates signaling of membrane ruffling. Nature, 416, 759-763.

R. Jessberger (2002)
The many functions of SMC proteins in chromosome dynamics. Nature Rev. Mol. Cell Biol., 3, 786-793.

E. Revenkova, M. Eijpe, C. Heyting, B. Gross, and R. Jessberger (2001)
A Novel Meiosis-Specific Isoform of Mammalian SMC1. Mol. Cell. Biol., 21, 6984-6998.

A. Akhmedov, C. Frei, B. Kemper, S. Gasser, M. Tsai-Pflugfelder, and R. Jessberger (1998)
SMC protein C-terminal domains preferentially to DNA with secondary structure. Journ. Biol. Chem., 273, 24088-24094.

T. Borggrefe, M. Wabl, A. T. Akhmedov, and R. Jessberger (1998)
A B-cell-specific DNA recombination complex. Journ. Biol. Chem., 273, 17025-17037.

R. Jessberger, A. T. Akhmedov, and B. Riwar (1996)
SMC Proteins Constitute Two Subunits of the Mammalian Recombination Complex RC-1. EMBO-J. 15, 4061-4068.

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