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Prof. Dr. Dr. Pierluigi Nicotera

Member, Alumnus / Alumna

German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)

Venusberg-Campus 1/99, 53127 Bonn

office-nicotera@dzne.de

+49 228 43302602

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Prof. Nicotera’s main research focus is on molecular mechanisms of cell death and neurodegeneration.

Pierluigi Nicotera

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Recent publications

  • Microglia activation by derepression of endogenous retroviruses drives inflammation and cellular senescence.

    Nature neuroscience

    Authors: Xin Yan, Christina Georgopoulou, Hang-Mao Lee, Ala Ahrari, Jenny Russ, Vijay Chandrasekar, Tim Ducksch, Giuliano Crispatzu, Valentina Talevi, Liang Qiao, Shobhit Agrawal, Sophie Crux, Andrew W Daman, Lena Wischhof, Miriam Stork, Margit Zweyer, Emma Dorotea Zanfi, Manon Chevallot-Beroux, Yunxiao Li, Elena De-Domenico, Dina Hüsson, Lorenzo Bonaguro, Yuanfang Li, Jonas Schulte-Schrepping, Qingyi Liang, Ketty Kessler, Dan Ehninger, Shahin Rafii, Jiankai Luo, Andreas Hermann, Annett Halle, Ying Liu, Elvira Mass, Melania Capasso, Hiroki Kato, Joachim L Schultze, Pierluigi Nicotera, Daniele Bano, Steven Zvi Josefowicz, Martin Fuhrmann, Thomas Ulas, Marc Beyer, Juntang Lin, Monique M B Breteler, N Ahmad Aziz, Paolo Salomoni

  • HTZ-1/H2A.Z expression sustains transcriptional programs that regulate Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan.

    Mechanisms of ageing and development

    Authors: Beijia Xie, Enzo Scifo, Ioanna-Maria Menegatou, Rossella Erminia Ciliberti, Mrityunjoy Mondal, Yiru Wang, Antonia Piazzesi, Jialu Hu, Elena De Domenico, Stefan Paulusch, Diego De Stefani, Matthias Schmid, Dagmar Wachten, Marc D Beyer, Pierluigi Nicotera, Nasir Ahmad Aziz, Dan Ehninger, Daniele Bano

  • BCL-11 enables adaptive stress responses to environmental challenges.

    iScience

    Authors: Patrizia Niedworok, Rossella Erminia Ciliberti, Beijia Xie, Amal John Mathew, Benjamin Jussila, Jennifer A Lawson, Elena De Domenico, Stefan Paulusch, Marc Beyer, Pierluigi Nicotera, N Ahmad Aziz, Dan Ehninger, Sandra Blaess, Daniele Bano

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