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2024

Coordinated inheritance of extrachromosomal DNAs in cancer cells.
Hung, K.L., Jones, M.G., Wong, I.T.L., Curtis, E.J., Lange, J.T., He, B.J., Luebeck, J., Schmargon, R., Scanu, E., Brückner, L., Yan, X., Li, R., Gnanasekar, A., Chamorro González, R., Belk, J.A., Liu, Z., Melillo, B., Bafna, V., Dörr, J.R., Werner, B., Huang, W., Cravatt, B.F., Henssen, A.G., Mischel, P.S and Chang, H.Y.
Nature 635 (8037): 201-209. 7 November 2024

The other site of rhabdomyosarcoma.
Kern, L., Henssen, A., Eggert, A. and Scheer, M.
Cancer Medicine 13 (20): e70348. October 2024

Intercellular extrachromosomal DNA copy-number heterogeneity drives neuroblastoma cell state diversity.
Stöber, M.C., Chamorro González, R., Brückner, L., Conrad, T., Wittstruck, N., Szymansky, A., Eggert, A., Schulte, J.H., Koche, R.P., Henssen, A.G., Schwarz, R.F. and Haase, K.
Cell Reports 43 (9): 114711. 24 September 2024

Reconstructing extrachromosomal DNA structural heterogeneity from long-read sequencing data using Decoil.
Giurgiu, M., Wittstruck, N., Rodriguez-Fos, E., Chamorro González, R., Brückner, L., Krienelke-Szymansky, A., Helmsauer, K., Hartebrodt, A., Euskirchen, P., Koche, R.P., Haase, K., Reinert, K. and Henssen, A.G.
Genome Research 34 (9): 1355-1364. September 2024

Decoil: reconstructing extrachromosomal DNA structural heterogeneity from long-read sequencing data.
Giurgiu, M., Wittstruck, N., Rodriguez-Fos, E., Chamorro González, R., Brückner, L., Krienelke-Szymansky, A., Helmsauer, K., Hartebrodt, A., Euskirchen, P., Koche, R.P., Haase, K., Reinert, K. and Henssen, A.G.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 14758 : 406-411. 17 May 2024

Elimusertib has antitumor activity in preclinical patient-derived pediatric solid tumor models.
Pusch, F.F., Dorado Garcia, H., Xu, R., Gürgen, D., Bei, Y., Brückner, L., Röefzaad, C., von Stebut, J., Bardinet, V., Chamorro Gonzalez, R., Eggert, A., Schulte, J.H., Hundsdörfer, P., Seifert, G., Haase, K., Schäfer, B.W., Wachtel, M., Kühl, A.A., Ortiz, M.V., Wengner, A.M., Scheer, M. and Henssen, A.G.
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 23 (4): 507-519. 2 April 2024

Genetic determinants of micronucleus formation in vivo.
Adams, D.J., Barlas, B., McIntyre, R.E., Salguero, I., van der Weyden, L., Barros, A., Vicente, J.R., Karimpour, N., Haider, A., Ranzani, M., Turner, G., Thompson, N.A., Harle, V., Olvera-León, R., Robles-Espinoza, C.D., Speak, A.O., Geisler, N., Weninger, W.J., Geyer, S.H., Hewinson, J., Karp, N.A., Fu, B., Yang, F., Kozik, Z., Choudhary, J., Yu, L., van Ruiten, M.S., Rowland, B.D., Lelliott, C.J., Del Castillo Velasco-Herrera, M., Verstraten, R., Bruckner, L., Henssen, A.G., Rooimans, M.A., de Lange, J., Mohun, T.J., Arends, M.J., Kentistou, K.A., Coelho, P.A., Zhao, Y., Zecchini, H., Perry, J.R.B., Jackson, S.P. and Balmus, G.
Nature 627 (8002): 130-136. 7 March 2024

Passenger gene coamplifications create collateral therapeutic vulnerabilities in cancer.
Bei, Y., Brame, Luca, Kirchner, M., Fritsche-Guenther, R., Kunz, S., Bhattacharya, A., Rusu, M.C., Gürgen, D., Dubois, F.P.B., Köppke, J.K.C., Proba, J., Wittstruck, N., Sidorova, O.A., Chamorro González, R., Dorado Garcia, H., Brückner, L., Xu, R., Giurgiu, M., Rodriguez-Fos, E., Yu, Q., Spanjaard, B., Koche, R.P., Schmitt, C.A., Schulte, J.H., Eggert, A., Haase, K., Kirwan, J., Hagemann, A.I., Mertins, P., Dörr, J.R. and Henssen, A.G.
Cancer Discovery 14 (3): 492-507. 1 March 2024

Targeting MYCN upregulates L1CAM tumor antigen in MYCN-dysregulated neuroblastoma to increase CAR T cell efficacy.
Grunewald, L., Andersch, L., Helmsauer, K., Schwiebert, S., Klaus, A., Henssen, A.G., Straka, T., Lodrini, M., Wicha, S.G., Fuchs, S., Hertwig, F., Westermann, F., Vitali, A., Caramel, C., Büchel, G., Eilers, M., Astrahantseff, K., Eggert, A., Höpken, U.E., Schulte, J.H., Blankenstein, T., Anders, K. and Künkele, A.
bioRxiv : 2024.01.27.576592. 29 January 2024

2023

Refphase: Multi-sample phasing reveals haplotype-specific copy number heterogeneity.
Watkins, T.B.K., Colliver, E.C., Huska, M.R., Kaufmann, T.L., Lim, E.L., Duncan, C.B., Haase, K., Van Loo, P., Swanton, C., McGranahan, N. and Schwarz, R.F.
PLoS Computational Biology 19 (10): e1011379. 23 October 2023

Cancer origin tracing and timing in two high-risk prostate cancers using multisample whole genome analysis: prospects for personalized medicine.
Nurminen, A., Jaatinen, S., Taavitsainen, S., Högnäs, G., Lesluyes, T., Ansari-Pour, N., Tolonen, T., Haase, K., Koskenalho, A., Kankainen, M., Jasu, J., Rauhala, H., Kesäniemi, J., Nikupaavola, T., Kujala, P., Rinta-Kiikka, I., Riikonen, J., Kaipia, A., Murtola, T., Tammela, T.L., Visakorpi, T., Nykter, M., Wedge, D.C., Van Loo, P. and Bova, G.S.
Genome Medicine 15 (1): 82. 12 October 2023

Mutational topography reflects clinical neuroblastoma heterogeneity.
Rodriguez-Fos, E., Planas-Fèlix, M., Burkert, M., Puiggròs, M., Toedling, J., Thiessen, N., Blanc, E., Szymansky, A., Hertwig, F., Ishaque, N., Beule, D., Torrents, D., Eggert, A., Koche, R.P., Schwarz, R.F., Haase, K., Schulte, J.H. and Henssen, A.G.
Cell Genomics 3 (10): 100402. 11 October 2023

Paediatric Strategy Forum for medicinal product development of DNA damage response pathway inhibitors in children and adolescents with cancer: ACCELERATE in collaboration with the European Medicines Agency with participation of the Food and Drug Administration.
Pearson, A.D.J., Federico, S., Gatz, S.A., Ortiz, M., Lesa, G., Scobie, N., Gounaris, I., Weiner, S.L., Weigel, B., Unger, T.J., Stewart, E., Smith, M., Slotkin, E.K., Reaman, G., Pappo, A., Nysom, K., Norga, K., McDonough, J., Marshall, L.V., Ludwinski, D., Ligas, F., Karres, D., Kool, M., Horner, T.J., Henssen, A., Heenen, D., Hawkins, D.S., Gore, L., Bender, J.G., Galluzzo, S., Fox, E., de Rojas, T., Davies, B.R., Chakrabarti, J., Carmichael, J., Bradford, D., Blanc, P., Bernardi, R., Benchetrit, S., Akindele, K. and Vassal, G.
European Journal of Cancer 190 : 112950. September 2023

Doxorubicin changes the spatial organization of the genome around active promoters.
Stefanova, M.E., Ing-Simmons, E., Stefanov, S., Flyamer, I., Dorado Garcia, H., Schöpflin, R., Henssen, A.G., Vaquerizas, J.M. and Mundlos, S.
Cells 12 (15): 2001. 4 August 2023

Defining the landscape of circular RNAs in neuroblastoma unveils a global suppressive function of MYCN.
Fuchs, S., Danßmann, C., Klironomos, F., Winkler, A., Fallmann, J., Kruetzfeldt, L.M., Szymansky, A., Naderi, J., Bernhart, S.H., Grunewald, L., Helmsauer, K., Rodriguez-Fos, E., Kirchner, M., Mertins, P., Astrahantseff, K., Suenkel, C., Toedling, J., Meggetto, F., Remke, M., Stadler, P.F., Hundsdoerfer, P., Deubzer, H.E., Künkele, A., Lang, P., Fuchs, J., Henssen, A.G., Eggert, A., Rajewsky, N., Hertwig, F. and Schulte, J.H.
Nature Communications 14 (1): 3936. 4 July 2023

CRISPR/Cas9 screen in gastric cancer patient-derived organoids reveals KDM1A-NDRG1 axis as a targetable vulnerability.
Mircetic, J., Camgöz, A., Abohawya, M., Ding, L., Dietzel, J., Tobar, S.G., Paszkowski-Rogacz, M., Seidlitz, T., Schmäche, T., Mehnert, M.C., Sidorova, O., Weitz, J., Buchholz, F. and Stange, D.E.
Small Methods 7 (6): e2201605. 20 June 2023

Disentangling extrachromosomal circular DNA heterogeneity in single cells with scEC&T-seq.
Chamorro González, R. and Henssen, A.G.
Nature Genetics 55 (5): 740-741. May 2023

Parallel in-depth analysis of repeat expansions in ataxia patients by long-read sequencing.
Erdmann, H., Schöberl, F., Giurgiu, M., Leal Silva, R.M., Scholz, V., Scharf, F., Wendlandt, M., Kleinle, S., Deschauer, M., Nübling, G., Heide, W., Babacan, S.S., Schneider, C., Neuhann, T., Hahn, K., Schoser, B., Holinski-Feder, E., Wolf, D.A. and Abicht, A.
Brain 146 (5): 1831-1843. May 2023

Parallel sequencing of extrachromosomal circular DNAs and transcriptomes in single cancer cells.
Chamorro González, R., Conrad, T., Stöber, M.C., Xu, R., Giurgiu, M., Rodriguez-Fos, E., Kasack, K., Brückner, L., van Leen, E., Helmsauer, K., Dorado Garcia, H., Stefanova, M.E., Hung, K.L., Bei, Y., Schmelz, K., Lodrini, M., Mundlos, S., Chang, H.Y., Deubzer, H.E., Sauer, S., Eggert, A., Schulte, J.H., Schwarz, R.F., Haase, K., Koche, R.P. and Henssen, A.G.
Nature Genetics 55 (5): 880-890. May 2023

Pre-operative radiotherapy is associated with superior local relapse-free survival in advanced synovial sarcoma.
Scheer, M., Hallmen, E., Vokuhl, C., Fuchs, J., Tunn, P.U., Münter, M., Timmermann, B., Bauer, S., Henssen, A.G., Kazanowska, B., Niggli, F., Ladenstein, R., Ljungman, G., Eggert, A., Klingebiel, T. and Koscielniak, E.
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 149 (5): 1717-1731. May 2023

Long-read sequencing of diagnosis and post-therapy medulloblastoma reveals complex rearrangement patterns and epigenetic signatures.
Rausch, T., Snajder, R., Leger, A., Simovic, M., Giurgiu, M., Villacorta, L., Henssen, A.G., Fröhling, S., Stegle, O., Birney, E., Bonder, M.J., Ernst, A. and Korbel, J.O.
Cell Genomics 3 (4): 100281. 12 April 2023

Single-cell profiling of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma reveals RAS pathway inhibitors as cell-fate hijackers with therapeutic relevance.
Danielli, S.G., Porpiglia, E., De Micheli, A.J., Navarro, N., Zellinger, M.J., Bechtold, I., Kisele, S., Volken, L., Marques, J.G., Kasper, S., Bode, P.K., Henssen, A.G., Gürgen, D., Delattre, O., Surdez, D., Roma, J., Bühlmann, P., Blau, H.M., Wachtel, M. and Schäfer, B.W.
Science Advances 9 (6): eade9238. 10 February 2023

CORUM: the comprehensive resource of mammalian protein complexes-2022.
Tsitsiridis, G., Steinkamp, R., Giurgiu, M., Brauner, B., Fobo, G., Frishman, G., Montrone, C. and Ruepp, A.
Nucleic Acids Research 51 (D1): D539-D545. 6 January 2023

Rituximab therapy after pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation can cause prolonged B cell impairment and increases the risk for infections - a retrospective matched cohort study.
Launspach, M., Temel, D., Ohlendorf, E., Zirngibl, F., Materne, B., Oevermann, L., Deubzer, H.E., Henssen, A.G., Künkele, A., Hundsdörfer, P., von Bernuth, H., Pruß, A., Eggert, A., von Stackelberg, A., Lang, P. and Schulte, J.H.
Haematologica 108 (1): 267-272. January 2023

2022

Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA): an origin of tumor heterogeneity, genomic remodeling, and drug resistance.
Pecorino, L.T., Verhaak, R.G.W., Henssen, A. and Mischel, P.S.
Biochemical Society Transactions 50 (6): 1911-1920. December 2022

Extrachromosomal DNA amplifications in cancer.
Yi, E., Chamorro González, R., Henssen, A.G. and Verhaak, R.G.W.
Nature Reviews Genetics 23 (12): 760-771. December 2022

Targeted profiling of human extrachromosomal DNA by CRISPR-CATCH.
Hung, K.L., Luebeck, J., Dehkordi, S.R., Colón, C.I., Li, R., Wong, I.T.L., Coruh, C., Dharanipragada, P., Lomeli, S.H., Weiser, N.E., Moriceau, G., Zhang, X., Bailey, C., Houlahan, K.E., Yang, W., González, R.C., Swanton, C., Curtis, C., Jamal-Hanjani, M., Henssen, A.G., Law, J.A., Greenleaf, W.J., Lo, R.S., Mischel, P.S., Bafna, V. and Chang, H.Y.
Nature Genetics 54 (11): 1746–1754. November 2022

The evolutionary dynamics of extrachromosomal DNA in human cancers.
Lange, J.T., Rose, J.C., Chen, C.Y., Pichugin, Y., Xie, L., Tang, J., Hung, K.L., Yost, K.E., Shi, Q., Erb, M.L., Rajkumar, U., Wu, S., Taschner-Mandl, S., Bernkopf, M., Swanton, C., Liu, Z., Huang, W., Chang, H.Y., Bafna, V., Henssen, A.G., Werner, B. and Mischel, P.S.
Nature Genetics 54 (10): 1527-1533. October 2022

Therapeutic targeting of ATR in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.
Dorado Garcia, H., Pusch, F., Bei, Y., von Stebut, J., Ibáñez, G., Guillan, K., Imami, K., Gürgen, D., Rolff, J., Helmsauer, K., Meyer-Liesener, S., Timme, N., Bardinet, V., Chamorro González, R., MacArthur, I.C., Chen, C.Y., Schulz, J., Wengner, A.M., Furth, C., Lala, B., Eggert, A., Seifert, G., Hundsoerfer, P., Kirchner, M., Mertins, P., Selbach, M., Lissat, A., Dubois, F., Horst, D., Schulte, J.H., Spuler, S., You, D., Dela Cruz, F., Kung, A.L., Haase, K., Di Virgilio, M., Scheer, M., Ortiz, M.V. and Henssen, A.G.
Nature Communications 13 (1): 4297. 25 July 2022

Target actionability review to evaluate CDK4/6 as a therapeutic target in paediatric solid and brain tumours.
Schubert, N.A., Chen, C.Y., Rodríguez, A., Koster, J., Dowless, M., Pfister, S.M., Shields, D.J., Stancato, L.F., Vassal, G., Caron, H.N., van den Boogaard, M.L., Henssen, A.G. and Molenaar, J.J.
European Journal of Cancer 170 : 196-208. July 2022

Mutations in ALK signaling pathways conferring resistance to ALK inhibitor treatment lead to collateral vulnerabilities in neuroblastoma cells.
Berlak, M., Tucker, E., Dorel, M., Winkler, A., McGearey, A., Rodriguez-Fos, E., da Costa, B.M., Barker, K., Fyle, E., Calton, E., Eising, S., Ober, K., Hughes, D., Koutroumanidou, E., Carter, P., Stankunaite, R., Proszek, P., Jain, N., Rosswog, C., Dorado-Garcia, H., Molenaar, J.J., Hubank, M., Barone, G., Anderson, J., Lang, P., Deubzer, H.E., Künkele, A., Fischer, M., Eggert, A., Kloft, C., Henssen, A.G., Boettcher, M., Hertwig, F., Blüthgen, N., Chesler, L. and Schulte, J.H.
Molecular Cancer 21 (1): 126. 10 June 2022

Detection and validation of circular DNA fragments using nanopore sequencing.
Tüns, A.I., Hartmann, T., Magin, S., Chamorro González, R., Henssen, A.G., Rahmann, S., Schramm, A. and Köster, J.
Frontiers in Genetics 13 : 867018. 30 May 2022

Genomic evolution and personalized therapy of an infantile fibrosarcoma harboring an NTRK oncogenic fusion.
Thorwarth, A., Haase, K., Röefzaad, C., Pajtler, K.W., Schramm, K., Hauptmann, K., Behnke, A., Vokuhl, C., Elgeti, T., Gratopp, A., Schulte, J.H., Scheer, M., Hernáiz Driever, P., Nysom, K., Eggert, A., Henssen, A.G. and Deubzer, H.E.
JCO Precision Oncology 6 : e2100283. 25 May 2022

Shedding light on ecDNA behavior using CRISPR-based live-cell imaging.
Henssen, A.G.
Cancer Discovery 12 (2): 293-295. 9 February 2022

The genomic and spatial mobility of extrachromosomal DNA and its implications for cancer therapy.
van Leen, E., Brückner, L. and Henssen, A.G.
Nature Genetics 54 (2): 107-114. February 2022

2021

ecDNA hubs drive cooperative intermolecular oncogene expression.
Hung, K.L., Yost, K.E., Xie, L., Shi, Q., Helmsauer, K., Luebeck, J., Schöpflin, R., Lange, J.T., Chamorro González, R., Weiser, N.E., Chen, C., Valieva, M.E., Wong, I.T.L., Wu, S., Dehkordi, S.R., Duffy, C.V., Kraft, K., Tang, J., Belk, J.A., Rose, J.C., Corces, M.R., Granja, J.M., Li, R., Rajkumar, U., Friedlein, J., Bagchi, A., Satpathy, A.T., Tjian, R., Mundlos, S., Bafna, V., Henssen, A.G., Mischel, P.S., Liu, Z. and Chang, H.Y.
Nature 600 (7890): 731-736. 23 December 2021

The effect of adjuvant therapies on long-term outcome for primary resected synovial sarcoma in a series of mainly children and adolescents.
Scheer, M., Vokuhl, C., Bauer, S., Fuchs, J., Loff, S., Timmermann, B., Münter, M., Henssen, A.G., Kazanowska, B., Niggli, F., Ladenstein, R., Ljungman, G., Koscielniak, E. and Klingebiel, T.
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 147 (12): 3735-3747. December 2021

Spatial and temporal intratumour heterogeneity has potential consequences for single biopsy-based neuroblastoma treatment decisions.
Schmelz, K., Toedling, J., Huska, M., Cwikla, M.C., Kruetzfeldt, L.M., Proba, J., Ambros, P.F., Ambros, I.M., Boral, S., Lodrini, M., Chen, C.Y., Burkert, M., Guergen, D., Szymansky, A., Astrahantseff, K., Kuenkele, A., Haase, K., Fischer, M., Deubzer, H.E., Hertwig, F., Hundsdoerfer, P., Henssen, A.G., Schwarz, R.F., Schulte, J.H. and Eggert, A.
Nature Communications 12 (1): 6804. 23 November 2021

Inhibiting lysine demethylase 1A improves L1CAM-specific CAR T cell therapy by unleashing antigen-independent killing via the FAS-FASL axis.
Sulejmani, O., Grunewald, L., Andersch, L., Schwiebert, S., Klaus, A., Winkler, A., Astrahantseff, K., Eggert, A., Henssen, A.G., Schulte, J.H., Anders, K. and Künkele, A.
Cancers 13 (21): 5489. 31 October 2021

Class I histone deacetylases (HDAC) critically contribute to Ewing sarcoma pathogenesis.
Schmidt, O., Nehls, N., Prexler, C., von Heyking, K., Groll, T., Pardon, K., Garcia, H.D., Hensel, T., Gürgen, D., Henssen, A.G., Eggert, A., Steiger, K., Burdach, S. and Richter, G.H.S.
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 40 (1): 322. 15 October 2021

Subclone eradication analysis identifies targets for enhanced cancer therapy and reveals L1 retrotransposition as a dynamic source of cancer heterogeneity.
Ketola, K., Kaljunen, H., Taavitsainen, S., Kaarijärvi, R., Järvelä, E., Rodriguez Martin, B., Haase, K., Woodcock, D.J., Tubio, J., Wedge, D.C., Nykter, M. and Bova, G.S.
Cancer Research 81 (19): 4901-4909. October 2021

Negative correlation of single-cell PAX3:FOXO1 expression with tumorigenicity in rhabdomyosarcoma.
Regina, C., Hamed, E., Andrieux, G., Angenendt, S., Schneider, M., Ku, M., Follo, M., Wachtel, M., Ke, E., Kikuchi, K., Henssen, A.G., Schäfer, B.W., Boerries, M., Wagers, A.J., Keller, C. and Hettmer, S.
Life Science Alliance 4 (9): e202001002. September 2021

Neuroblastoma risk assessment and treatment stratification with hybrid capture-based panel sequencing.
Szymansky, A., Kruetzfeldt, L.M., Heukamp, L.C., Hertwig, F., Theissen, J., Deubzer, H.E., Willing, E.M., Menon, R., Fuchs, S., Thole, T., Schulte, S., Schmelz, K., Künkele, A., Lang, P., Fuchs, J., Eggert, A., Eckert, C., Fischer, M., Henssen, A.G., Rodriguez-Fos, E. and Schulte, J.H.
Journal of Personalized Medicine 11 (8): 691. August 2021

A reproducible bioprinted 3D tumor model serves as a preselection tool for CAR T cell therapy optimization.
Grunewald, L., Lam, T., Andersch, L., Klaus, A., Schwiebert, S., Winkler, A., Gauert, A., Heeren-Hagemann, A.I., Astrahantseff, K., Klironomos, F., Thomas, A., Deubzer, H.E., Henssen, A.G., Eggert, A., Schulte, J.H., Anders, K., Kloke, L. and Künkele, A.
Frontiers in Immunology 12 : 689697. 29 June 2021

Principles of ecDNA random inheritance drive rapid genome change and therapy resistance in human cancers.
Lange, J.T., Chen, C.Y., Pichugin, Y., Xie, L., Tang, J., Hung, K.L., Yost, K.E., Shi, Q., Erb, M.L., Rajkumar, U., Wu, S., Swanton, C., Liu, Z., Huang, W., Chang, H.Y., Bafna, V., Henssen, A.G., Werner, B. and Mischel, P.S.
bioRxiv : 10.1101/2021.06.11.447968. 11 June 2021

CD28 co-stimulus achieves superior CAR T cell effector function against solid tumors than 4-1BB co-stimulus.
Textor, A., Grunewald, L., Anders, K., Klaus, A., Schwiebert, S., Winkler, A., Stecklum, M., Rolff, J., Henssen, A.G., Höpken, U.E., Eggert, A., Schulte, J.H., Jensen, M.C., Blankenstein, T. and Künkele, A.
Cancers 13 (5): 1050. 2 March 2021

Combined inhibition of Aurora-A and ATR kinases results in regression of MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma.
Roeschert, I., Poon, E., Henssen, A.G., Dorado Garcia, H., Gatti, M., Giansanti, C., Jamin, Y., Ade, C.P., Gallant, P., Schülein-Völk, C., Beli, P., Richards, M., Rosenfeldt, M., Altmeyer, M., Anderson, J., Eggert, A., Dobbelstein, M., Bayliss, R., Chesler, L., Büchel, G. and Eilers, M.
Nature Cancer 2 (3): 312-326. March 2021

2020

Enhancer hijacking determines extrachromosomal circular MYCN amplicon architecture in neuroblastoma.
Helmsauer, K., Valieva, M.E., Ali, S., Chamorro Gonzalez, R., Schöpflin, R., Röefzaad, C., Bei, Y., Dorado Garcia, H., Rodriguez-Fos, E., Puiggròs, M., Kasack, K., Haase, K., Keskeny, C., Chen, C.Y., Kuschel, L.P., Euskirchen, P., Heinrich, V., Robson, M.I., Rosswog, C., Toedling, J., Szymansky, A., Hertwig, F., Fischer, M., Torrents, D., Eggert, A., Schulte, J.H., Mundlos, S., Henssen, A.G. and Koche, R.P.
Nature Communications 11 (1): 5823. 16 November 2020

Karzinogenese: Big Bang oder kontinuierliche Evolution?
Haase, K. and Schwarz, R.F.
BIOspektrum 26 (7): 718-720. November 2020

Extrachromosomal DNA is associated with oncogene amplification and poor outcome across multiple cancers.
Kim, H., Nguyen, N.P., Turner, K., Wu, S., Gujar, A.D., Luebeck, J., Liu, J., Deshpande, V., Rajkumar, U., Namburi, S., Amin, S.B., Yi, E., Menghi, F., Schulte, J.H., Henssen, A.G., Chang, H.Y., Beck, C.R., Mischel, .S., Bafna, V. and Verhaak, R.G.W.
Nature Genetics 52 (9): 891-897. September 2020

Central memory phenotype drives success of checkpoint inhibition in combination with CAR T cells.
Toews, K., Grunewald, L., Schwiebert, S., Klaus, A., Winkler, A., Ali, S., Zirngibl, F., Astrahantseff, K., Wagner, D.L., Henssen, A.G., Deubzer, H.E., Schulte, J.H., Ochsenreither, S., Eggert, A. and Künkele, A.
Molecular Carcinogenesis 59 (7): 724-273. July 2020

Partner independent fusion gene detection by multiplexed CRISPR-Cas9 enrichment and long read nanopore sequencing.
Stangl, C., de Blank, S., Renkens, I., Westera, L., Verbeek, T., Valle-Inclan, J.E., Chamorro González, R., Henssen, A.G., van Roosmalen, M.J., Stam, R.W., Voest, E.E., Kloosterman, W.P., van Haaften, G. and Monroe, G.R.
Nature Communications 11 (1): 2861. 5 June 2020

What is extrachromosomal circular DNA and what does it do?
Chiu, R.W.K., Dutta, A., Henssen, A.G., Lo, Y.M.D., Mischel, P. and Regenberg, B.
Clinical Chemistry 66 (6): 754-759. June 2020

Oncogenic hijacking of a developmental transcription factor evokes vulnerability toward oxidative stress in Ewing sarcoma.
Marchetto, A., Ohmura, S., Orth, M.F., Knott, M.M.L., Colombo, M.V., Arrigoni, C., Bardinet, V., Saucier, D., Wehweck, F.S., Li, J., Stein, S., Gerke, J.S., Baldauf, M.C., Musa, J., Dallmayer, M., Romero-Pérez, L., Hölting, T.L.B., Amatruda, J.F., Cossarizza, A., Henssen, A.G., Kirchner, T., Moretti, M., Cidre-Aranaz, F., Sannino, G. and Grünewald, T.G.P.
Nature Communications 11 (1): 2423. 15 May 2020

Synovial sarcoma disease characteristics and primary tumor sites differ between patient age groups: a report of the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe (CWS).
Scheer, M., Blank, B., Bauer, S., Vokuhl, C., Stegmaier, S., Feuchtgruber, S., Henssen, A., Sparber-Sauer, M., Eggert, A., Handgretinger, R., Pekrun, A., Rossig, C., Rutkowski, S., Schlegel, P.G., Schrappe, M., Simon, T., Kazanowska, B., Niggli, F., Ladenstein, R., Ljungman, G., Jahnukainen, K., Fuchs, J., Bielack, S.S., Koscielniak, E. and Klingebiel, T.
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 146 (4): 953-960. April 2020

Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles impair CD171-specific CD4(+) CAR T cell efficacy.
Ali, S., Toews, K., Schwiebert, S., Klaus, A., Winkler, A., Grunewald, L., Oevermann, L., Deubzer, H.E., Tüns, A., Jensen, M.C., Henssen, A.G., Eggert, A., Schulte, J.H., Schwich, E., Rebmann, V., Schramm, A. and Künkele, A.
Frontiers in Immunology 11 : 531. 31 March 2020

High specificity of BCL11B and GLG1 for EWSR1-FLI1 and EWSR1-ERG positive Ewing sarcoma.
Orth, M.F., Hölting, T.L.B., Dallmayer, M., Wehweck, F.S., Paul, T., Musa, J., Baldauf, M.C., Surdez, D., Delattre, O., Knott, M.M.L., Romero-Pérez, L., Kasan, M., Cidre-Aranaz, F., Gerke, J.S., Ohmura, S., Li, J., Marchetto, A., Henssen, A.G., Özen, Ö., Sugita, S., Hasegawa, T., Kanaseki, T., Bertram, S., Dirksen, U., Hartmann, W., Kirchner, T. and Grünewald, T.G.P.
Cancers 12 (3): 644. 10 March 2020

Reflection of neuroblastoma intratumor heterogeneity in the new OHC-NB1 disease model.
Thole, T.M., Toedling, J., Sprüssel, A., Pfeil, S., Savelyeva, L., Capper, D., Messerschmidt, C., Beule, D., Groeneveld-Krentz, S., Eckert, C., Gambara, G., Henssen, A.G., Finkler, S., Schulte, J.H., Sieber, A., Bluethgen, N., Regenbrecht, C.R.A., Künkele, A., Lodrini, M., Eggert, A. and Deubzer, H.E.
International Journal of Cancer 146 (4): 1031-1041. 15 February 2020

Small-molecule dual PLK1 and BRD4 inhibitors are active against preclinical models of pediatric solid tumors.
Timme, N., Han, Y., Liu, S., Yosief, H.O., García, H.D., Bei, Y., Klironomos, F., MacArthur, I.C., Szymansky, A., von Stebut, J., Bardinet, V., Dohna, C., Künkele, A., Rolff, J., Hundsdörfer, P., Lissat, A., Seifert, G., Eggert, A., Schulte, J.H., Zhang, W. and Henssen, A.G.
Translational Oncology 13 (2): 221-232. February 2020

Extrachromosomal circular DNA drives oncogenic genome remodeling in neuroblastoma.
Koche, R.P., Rodriguez-Fos, E., Helmsauer, K., Burkert, M., MacArthur, I.C., Maag, J., Chamorro, R., Munoz-Perez, N., Puiggròs, M., Dorado Garcia, H., Bei, Y., Röefzaad, C., Bardinet, V., Szymansky, A., Winkler, A., Thole, T., Timme, N., Kasack, K., Fuchs, S., Klironomos, F., Thiessen, N., Blanc, E., Schmelz, K., Künkele, A., Hundsdörfer, P., Rosswog, C., Theissen, J., Beule, D., Deubzer, H., Sauer, S., Toedling, J., Fischer, M., Hertwig, F., Schwarz, R.F., Eggert, A., Torrents, D., Schulte, J.H. and Henssen, A.G.
Nature Genetics 52 (1): 29-34. January 2020

Exploiting a PAX3-FOXO1-induced synthetic lethal ATR dependency for rhabdomyosarcoma therapy.
García, H.D., Bei, Y., von Stebut, J., Ibáñez, G., Imami, K., Gürgen, D., Rolff, J., Helmsauer, K., Timme, N., Bardinet, V., Chamorro González, R., MacArthur, I.C., Pusch, F.F., Chen, C.Y., Schulz, J., Wengner, A.M., Furth, C., Lala, B., Eggert, A., Seifert, G., Hundsoerfer, P., Kirchner, M., Mertins, P., Selbach, M., Lissat, A., Schulte, J.H., Haase, K., Scheer, M., Ortiz, M.V. and Henssen, A.G.
bioRxiv : 2020.12.04.411413. 2020

2019

Current and future treatment strategies for rhabdomyosarcoma.
Chen, C., Dorado-Garcia, H., Scheer, M. and Henssen, A.G.
Frontiers in Oncology 9 : 1458. 20 December 2019

CD171- and GD2-specific CAR-T cells potently target retinoblastoma cells in preclinical in vitro testing.
Andersch, L., Radke, J., Klaus, A., Schwiebert, S., Winkler, A., Schumann, E., Grunewald, L., Zirngibl, F., Flemmig, C., Jensen, M.C., Rossig, C., Joussen, A., Henssen, A., Eggert, A., Schulte, J.H. and Künkele, A.
BMC Cancer 19 (1): 895. 9 September 2019

Prohibitin is a prognostic marker and therapeutic target to block chemotherapy resistance in Wilms' tumor.
Ortiz, M.V., Ahmed, S., Burns, M., Henssen, A.G., Hollmann, T.J., MacArthur, I., Gunasekera, S., Gaewsky, L., Bradwin, G., Ryan, J., Letai, A., He, Y., Naranjo, A., Chi, Y.Y., LaQuaglia, M., Heaton, T., Cifani, P., Dome, J.S., Gadd, S., Perlman, E., Mullen, E., Steen, H. and Kentsis, A.
JCI Insight 4 (15): e127098. 8 August 2019

Prohibitin promotes dedifferentiation and is a potential therapeutic target in neuroblastoma.
MacArthur, I.C., Bei, Y., Garcia, H.D., Ortiz, M.V., Toedling, J., Klironomos, F., Rolff, J., Eggert, A., Schulte, J.H., Kentsis, A. and Henssen, A.G.
JCI Insight 4 (10): e127130. 16 May 2019

Synergistic activity of BET inhibitor MK-8628 and PLK inhibitor Volasertib in preclinical models of medulloblastoma.
Han, Y., Lindner, S., Bei, Y., Garcia, H.D., Timme, N., Althoff, K., Odersky, A., Schramm, A., Lissat, A., Künkele, A., Deubzer, H.E., Eggert, A., Schulte, J.H. and Henssen, A.G.
Cancer Letters 445 : 24-33. 31 March 2019

2018

TBX2 is a neuroblastoma core regulatory circuitry component enhancing MYCN/FOXM1 reactivation of DREAM targets.
Decaesteker, B., Denecker, G., Van Neste, C., Dolman, E.M., Van Loocke, W., Gartlgruber, M., Nunes, C., De Vloed, F., Depuydt, P., Verboom, K., Rombaut, D., Loontiens, S., De Wyn, J., Kholosy, W.M., Koopmans, B., Essing, A.H.W., Herrmann, C., Dreidax, D., Durinck, K., Deforce, D., van Nieuwerburgh, F., Henssen, A., Versteeg, R., Boeva, V., Schleiermacher, G., van Nes, J., Mestdagh, P., Vanhauwaert, S., Schulte, J.H., Westermann, F., Molenaar, J.J., De Preter, K. and Speleman, F.
Nature Communications 9 (1): 4866. 19 November 2018

Emerging functions of DNA transposases and oncogenic mutators in childhood cancer development.
Henssen, A.G. and Kentsis, A.
JCI Insight 3 (20): 123172. 18 October 2018

2017

Therapeutic targeting of PGBD5-induced DNA repair dependency in pediatric solid tumors.
Henssen, A.G., Reed, C., Jiang, E., Garcia, H.D., von Stebut, J., MacArthur, I.C., Hundsdoerfer, P., Kim, J.H., de Stanchina, E., Kuwahara, Y., Hosoi, H., Ganem, N.J., Dela Cruz, F., Kung, A.L., Schulte, J.H., Petrini, J.H. and Kentsis, A.
Science Translational Medicine 9 (414): eaam9078. 1 November 2017

PGBD5 promotes site-specific oncogenic mutations in human tumors.
Henssen, A.G., Koche, R., Zhuang, J., Jiang, E., Reed, C., Eisenberg, A., Still, E., MacArthur, I.C., Rodriguez-Fos, E., Gonzalez, S., Puiggròs, M., Blackford, A.N., Mason, C.E., de Stanchina, E., Gönen, M., Emde, A.K., Shah, M., Arora, K., Reeves, C., Socci, N.D., Perlman, E., Antonescu, C.R., Roberts, C.W.M., Steen, H., Mullen, E., Jackson, S.P., Torrents, D., Weng, Z., Armstrong, S.A. and Kentsis, A.
Nature Genetics 49 (7): 1005-1014. July 2017

Targeting tachykinin receptors in neuroblastoma.
Henssen, A.G., Odersky, A., Szymansky, A., Seiler, M., Althoff, K., Beckers, A., Speleman, F., Schäfers, S., De Preter, K., Astrahanseff, K., Struck, J., Schramm, A., Eggert, A., Bergmann, A. and Schulte, J.H.
Oncotarget 8 (1): 430-443. 3 January 2017

2016

Forward genetic screen of human transposase genomic rearrangements.
Henssen, A.G., Jiang, E., Zhuang, J., Pinello, L., Socci, N.D., Koche, R., Gonen, M., Villasante, C.M., Armstrong, S.A., Bauer, D.E., Weng, Z. and Kentsis, A.
BMC Genomics 17 : 548. 4 August 2016

Targeting MYCN-driven transcription by BET-bromodomain inhibition.
Henssen, A., Althoff, K., Odersky, A., Beckers, A., Koche, R., Speleman, F., Schäfers, S., Bell, E., Nortmeyer, M., Westermann, F., De Preter, K., Florin, A., Heukamp, L., Spruessel, A., Astrahanseff, K., Lindner, S., Sadowski, N., Schramm, A., Astorgues-Xerri, L., Riveiro, M.E., Eggert, A., Cvitkovic, E. and Schulte, J.H.
Clinical Cancer Research 22 (10): 2470-2481. May 2016

Cytoarchitecture and probability maps of the human medial orbitofrontal cortex.
Henssen, A., Zilles, K., Palomero-Gallagher, N., Schleicher, A., Mohlberg, H., Gerboga, F., Eickhoff, S.B., Bludau, S. and Amunts, K.
Cortex 75 : 87-112. February 2016

2015

Genomic DNA transposition induced by human PGBD5.
Henssen, A.G., Henaff, E., Jiang, E., Eisenberg, A.R., Carson, J.R., Villasante, C.M., Ray, M., Still, E., Burns, M., Gandara, J., Feschotte, C., Mason, C.E. and Kentsis, A.
eLife 4 : e10565. 25 September 2015

Mutational dynamics between primary and relapse neuroblastomas.
Schramm, A., Köster, J., Assenov, Y., Althoff, K., Peifer, M., Mahlow, E., Odersky, A., Beisser, D., Ernst, C., Henssen, A.G., Stephan, H., Schröder, C., Heukamp, L., Engesser, A., Kahlert, Y., Theissen, J., Hero, B., Roels, F., Altmüller, J., Nürnberg, P., Astrahantseff, K., Gloeckner, C., De Preter, K., Plass, C., Lee, S., Lode, H.N., Henrich, K.O., Gartlgruber, M., Speleman, F., Schmezer, P., Westermann, F., Rahmann, S., Fischer, M., Eggert, A. and Schulte, J.H.
Nature Genetics 47 (8): 872-877. August 2015

2014

ALK pERKs up MYCN in neuroblastoma.
Lindner, S., Henssen, A., Astrahantseff, K. and Schulte, J.H.
Science Signaling 7 (349): pe27. 28 October 2014

2013

BET bromodomain protein inhibition is a therapeutic option for medulloblastoma.
Henssen, A., Thor, T., Odersky, A., Heukamp, L., El-Hindy, N., Beckers, A., Speleman, F., Althoff, K., Schäfers, S., Schramm, A., Sure, U., Fleischhack, G., Eggert, A. and Schulte, J.H.
Oncotarget 4 (11): 2080-2095. November 2013