Selected publications

Sasmita, A. O.; Ong, E. C.; Nazarenko, T.; Mao, S.; Komarek, L.; Thalmann, M.; Hantakova, V.; Spieth, L.; Berghoff, S. A.; Barr, H. J. et al.; Hingerl, M.; Börensen, F.; Hirrlinger, J.; Simons, M.; Stevens, B.; Depp, C.; Nave, K.-A.: Parental origin of transgene modulates amyloid-β plaque burden in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Neuron 113 (6), pp. 838 - 846.e4 (2025)

Asadollahi, E.; Nave, K.-A.: Myelin lipid metabolism can provide energy for starved axons. Nature Neuroscience 27, pp. 1862 - 1863 (2024)

Asadollahi, E.; Trevisiol, A.; Saab, A. S.; Looser, Z. J.; Dibaj, P.; Ebrahimi, R.; Kusch, K.; Ruhwedel, T.; Möbius, W.; Jahn, O. et al.; Lee, J. Y.; Don, A. S.; Khalil, M.-A.; Hiller, K.; Baes, M.; Weber, B.; Abel, E. D.; Ballabio, A.; Popko, B.; Kassmann, C. M.; Ehrenreich, H.; Hirrlinger, J.; Nave, K.-A.: Oligodendroglial fatty acid metabolism as a central nervous system energy reserve. Nature Neuroscience 27, pp. 1934 - 1944 (2024)

Sasmita, A. O.; Depp, C.; Nazarenko, T.; Sun, T.; Siems, S. B.; Ong, E. C.; Nkeh, Y. B.; Böhler, C.; Yu, X.; Bues, B. et al.; Evangelista, L.; Mao, S.; Morgado, B.; Wu, Z.; Ruhwedel, T.; Subramanian, S.; Börensen, F.; Overhoff, K.; Spieth, L.; Berghoff, S. A.; Sadleir, K. R.; Vassar, R.; Eggert, S.; Goebbels, S.; Saito, T.; Saido, T.; Saher, G.; Möbius, W.; Castelo-Branco, G.; Klafki, H.-W.; Wirths, O.; Wiltfang, J.; Jäkel, S.; Yan, R.; Nave, K.-A.: Oligodendrocytes produce amyloid-β and contribute to plaque formation alongside neurons in Alzheimer’s disease model mice. Nature Neuroscience 27, pp. 1668 - 1674 (2024)

Nave, K.-A.; Asadollahi, E.; Sasmita, A. O.: Expanding the function of oligodendrocytes to brain energy metabolism. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 83, 102782 (2023)

Singh, M.; Zhao, Y.; Daguano Gastaldi, V.; Wojcik, S. M.; Curto, Y.; Kawaguchi, R.; Merino, R.M.; Garcia-Agudo, L. F.; Taschenberger, H.; Brose, N. et al.; Geschwind, D.; Nave, K.-A.; Ehrenreich, H.: Erythropoietin re-wires cognition-associated transcriptional networks. Nature Communications 14, 4777 (2023)

Schäffner, E.; Bosch-Queralt, M.; Edgar, J. M.; Lehning, M.; Strauß, J.; Fleischer, N.; Kungl, T.; Wieghofer, P.; Berghoff, S. A.; Reinert, T. et al.; Krueger, M.; Morawski, M.; Möbius, W.; Barrantes-Freer, A.; Stieler, J.; Sun, T.; Saher, G.; Schwab, M. H.; Wrede, C.; Frosch, M.; Prinz, M.; Reich, D. S.; Flügel, A.; Stadelmann, C.; Fledrich, R.; Nave, K.-A.; Stassart, R. M.: Myelin insulation as a risk factor for axonal degeneration in autoimmune demyelinating disease. Nature Neuroscience 26, pp. 1218 - 1228 (2023)

Depp, C.; Sun, T.; Sasmita, A. O.; Spieth, L.; Berghoff, S. A.; Nazarenko, T.; Overhoff, K.; Steixner-Kumar, A. A.; Subramanian, S.; Arinrad, S. et al.; Ruhwedel, T.; Möbius, W.; Göbbels, S.; Saher, G.; Werner, H. B.; Damkou, A.; Zampar, S.; Wirths, O.; Thalmann, M.; Simons, M.; Saito, T.; Saido, T.; Krueger-Burg, D.; Kawaguchi, R.; Willem, M.; Haass, C.; Geschwind, D.; Ehrenreich, H.; Stassart, R. M.; Nave, K.-A.: Myelin dysfunction drives amyloid-β deposition in models of Alzheimer's disease. Nature 618, pp. 349 - 357 (2023)

Arinrad, S.; Depp, C.; Siems, S. B.; Sasmita, A. O.; Eichel, M. A.; Ronnenberg, A.; Hammerschmidt, K.; Lüders, K. A.; Werner, H. B.; Ehrenreich, H. et al.; Nave, K.-A.: Isolated catatonia-like executive dysfunction in mice with forebrain-specific loss of myelin integrity. eLife 12, e70792 (2023)

Buscham, T. J.; Eichel-Vogel, M. A.; Steyer, A. M.; Jahn, O.; Strenzke, N.; Dardawal, R.; Memhave, T. R.; Siems, S. B.; Müller, C.; Meschkat, M. et al.; Sun, T.; Ruhwedel, T.; Möbius, W.; Krämer-Albers, E.-M.; Boretius, S.; Nave, K.-A.; Werner, H. B.: Progressive axonopathy when oligodendrocytes lack the myelin protein CMTM5. eLife 11, e75523 (2022)

Meschkat, M.; Steyer, A. M.; Weil, M.-T.; Kusch, K.; Jahn, O.; Piepkorn, L.; Agüi-Gonzalez, P.; Phan, N. T. N.; Ruhwedel, T.; Sadowski, B. et al.; Rizzoli, S. O.; Werner, H. B.; Ehrenreich, H.; Nave, K.-A.; Möbius, W.: White matter integrity in mice requires continuous myelin synthesis at the inner tongue. Nature Communications 13, 1163 (2022)

Berghoff, S. A.; Spieth, L.; Sun, T.; Hosang, L.; Schlaphoff, L.; Depp, C.; Düking, T.; Winchenbach, J.; Neuber, J.; Ewers, D. et al.; Scholz, P.; van der Meer, F.; Cantuti-Castelvetri, L.; Sasmita, A. O.; Meschkat, M.; Ruhwedel, T.; Möbius, W.; Sankowski, R.; Prinz, M.; Huitinga, I.; Sereda, M. W.; Odoardi, F.; Ischebeck, T.; Simons, M.; Stadelmann-Nessler, C.; Edgar, J. M.; Nave, K.-A.; Saher, G.: Microglia facilitate repair of demyelinated lesions via post-squalene sterol synthesis. Nature Neuroscience 24, pp. 47 - 60 (2021)

Butt, U. J.; Steixner-Kumar, A. A.; Depp, C.; Sun, T.; Hassouna, I.; Wüstefeld, L.; Arinrad, S.; Zillmann, M. R.; Schopf, N.; Fernandez Garcia-Agudo, L. et al.; Mohrmann, L.; Bode, U.; Ronnenberg, A.; Hindermann, M.; Goebbels, S.; Bonn, S.; Katschinski, D. M.; Miskowiak, K. W.; Nave, K.-A.; Ehrenreich, H.: Hippocampal neurons respond to brain activity with functional hypoxia. Molecular Psychiatry 26, pp. 1790 - 1807 (2021)

Nave, K.-A.; Werner, H. B.: Ensheathment and Myelination of Axons: Evolution of Glial Functions. Annual Review of Neuroscience 44, pp. 197 - 219 (2021)

Trevisiol, A.; Kusch, K.; Steyer, A. M.; Gregor, I.; Nardis, C.; Winkler, U.; Köhler, S.; Restrepo, A.; Möbius, W.; Werner, H. B. et al.; Nave, K.-A.; Hirrlinger, J.: Structural myelin defects are associated with low axonal ATP levels but rapid recovery from energy deprivation in a mouse model of spastic paraplegia. PLoS Biology 18 (11), e3000943 (2020)

Moore, S.; Meschkat, M.; Ruhwedel, T.; Trevisiol, A.; Tzvetanova, I.; Battefeld, A.; Kusch, K.; Kole, M. H. P.; Strenzke, N.; Möbius, W. et al.; de Hoz, L.; Nave, K.-A.: A role of oligodendrocytes in information processing. Nature Communications 11 (1), 5497 (2020)

Werner, H. B.; Nave, K. A.: Enhanced actin dynamics: A therapeutic strategy for axonal regeneration? Neuron 103 (6), pp. 949 - 950 (2019)

Janova, H.; Arinrad, S.; Balmuth, E.; Mitjans, M.; Hertel, J.; Habes, M.; Bittner, R. A.; Pan, H.; Goebbels, S.; Begemann, M. et al.; Gerwig, U. C.; Langner, S.; Werner, H. B.; Kittel-Schneider, S.; Homuth, G.; Davatzikos, C.; Völzke, H.; West, B. L.; Reif, A.; Grabe, H. J.; Boretius, S.; Ehrenreich, H.; Nave, K.-A.: Microglia ablation alleviates myelin-associated catatonic signs in mice. The Journal of Clinical Investigation 128 (2), pp. 734 - 745 (2018)

Saab, A. S.; Nave, K.-A.: Myelin dynamics: protecting and shaping neuronal functions. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 47, pp. 104 - 112 (2017)

Trevisiol, A.; Saab, A. S.; Winkler, U.; Marx, G.; Imamura, H.; Möbius, W.; Kusch, K.; Nave, K.-A.; Hirrlinger, J.: Monitoring ATP dynamics in electrically active white matter tracts. eLife 6, e24241 (2017)