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Anna Rizakou

Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

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Physiology· 2 Immunology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Assay:scRNA-seq· 3 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 2 Assay:flow cytometry· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1

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Alma ZerneckeiD· 3 shared Antoine‐Emmanuel SalibaiD· 3 shared Clément CochainiD· 3 shared Ecem T. SakalliiD· 3 shared Giuseppe RizzoiD· 3 shared Marie PiolletiD· 3 shared Sourish Reddy BandiiD· 3 shared Tobias KrammeriD· 3 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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TREM2 drives accumulation of pro-scarring monocyte-derived macrophages in the infarcted myocardium

Giuseppe Rizzo, Marie Piollet, Tobias Krammer, Ecem T. Sakalli, Alexander Michael Leipold, Julius Gropper, Paul Alayrac, Adrien Tin-Kim-Wang, Manuel Gendre, Thomas A Prohaska, Paula-Anahi Arias-Loza, Ludovica Timperi, Anna Rizakou, Sourish Reddy Bandi, D. Schulz, , Clément Cochain

This study shows TREM2 drives pro-scarring macrophage accumulation in infarcted myocardium, leading to fibrosis and reduced cardiac repair.

bioRxiv · Aug 21, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Neutrophil terminal programming in the ischemic heart drives fibrosis after myocardial infarction

Marie Piollet, Giuseppe Rizzo, Ecem T. Sakalli, Jasmin El-Khabbaz, Mathis Gautier, Manuel Gendre, Ludovica Timperi, Anna Rizakou, Sourish Reddy Bandi, Tobias Krammer, Alexander M. Leipold, Jean‐Sébastien Silvestre, Antoine‐Emmanuel Saliba, Alma Zernecke, Clément Cochain

This study shows that neutrophils in the ischemic heart undergo terminal programming to drive fibrosis after myocardial infarction.

bioRxiv · Jan 15, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology

Targeting platelet GPVI or GPIIb/IIIa only minimally affect acute inflammation and cardiac repair in experimental permanent myocardial infarction

Anna Rizakou, Lukas Johannes Weiss, Ecem T. Sakalli, Giuseppe Rizzo, Sarah Beck, Philipp Burkard, Stefano Navarro, Annabelle Rosa, Sourish Reddy Bandi, Marie Piollet, Vanessa Göb, Tobias Krammer, Antoine‐Emmanuel Saliba, David Stegner, Alma Zernecke, , Bernhard Nieswandt

bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2025 · PreprintPhysiology