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Lou Martha Wackerbarth

Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Physiologie und Pathophysiologie

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1

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Development of circadian immune regulation in early life

Xia Li, Andrew Kwon, Zeynep Melis Gül, Paula Rothämel, Florian Seytter, Lou Martha Wackerbarth, Sarah Kim-Hellmuth, Claudia Nußbaum, Shaon Sengupta, Markus Sperandio, Christoph Scheiermann

This study investigates how circadian immune regulation develops during postnatal life, finding that leukocyte rhythmicity and peripheral clocks mature progressively through development.

bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Preimplantation factor (PIF) is an endogenous inhibitor of potassium channel KV1.3 regulating neutrophil function during pregnancy

Roland Immler, Wiebke Nadolni, Johanna M Franz, Annika Bertsch, Sebastian Baasch, Vasilios Aris Morikis, Aleksandra Kurova, Marco Borsò, Ignasi Forné, Ericka C M Itang, Johannes Müller, Monika Pruenster, Lou Martha Wackerbarth, Matteo Napoli, Ina Rohwedder, , Markus Sperandio

The paper identifies PIF as a placenta-derived peptide that inhibits KV1.3 channels in neutrophils, altering their function during pregnancy.

bioRxiv · Mar 23, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Neutrophils are critical for placental and fetal infection with the human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes

Myriam Ripphahn, Nikita Raj, Hellen Cristina Ishikawa-Ankerhold, Zhouyi Rong, Bastian Popper, Bianca Portugal Tavares de Moraes, Xia Li, Ying Chen, Anne Kathrin Lößlein, Lou Martha Wackerbarth, Dominic Adam van den Heuvel, Barbara Schmidinger, Rainer Haas, Udo Jeschke, Sven Kehl, , Markus Sperandio

The paper identifies maternal neutrophils as a survival niche for Listeria monocytogenes, facilitating placental and fetal infection during pregnancy.

bioRxiv · Mar 18, 2026 · PreprintImmunology