Selected Publications

XPR1 regulates fetal liver macrophage development, identity, and pyrenocyte clearance.
Stifter SA, Bijnen M, Tuzlak S, Petrova E, Häne P, Roussel E, Van Hove H, Asano K, Becher B, Keller A, Greter M. J Exp Med. 2026 Feb 2;223(2):e20241587. doi: 10.1084/jem.20241587. PMID: 41335223

Interleukin-34-dependent perivascular macrophages promote vascular function in the brain.
Van Hove H, Glück C, Mildenberger W, Petrova E, Maheshwari U, Häne P, Kreiner V, Bijnen M, Mussak C, Utz SG, Droux J, Ingelfinger F, Ashworth C, Stifter SA, Roussel E, Lelios I, Vermeer M, Huang SF, Zhou Q, Chen Z, Calvet C, Bourgeois S, Schaffenrath J, Razansky D, Juang JX, Asano K, Pelczar P, Mundt S, Weber B, Wegener S, Tugues S, Stockmann C, Becher B, Keller A, El Amki M, Greter M. Immunity. 2025 May 13;58(5):1289-1305.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2025.04.003. PMID: 40315842

Central Nervous System Macrophages in Health and Disease.
Van Hove H, De Feo D, Greter M, Becher B. Annu Rev Immunol. 2025 Apr;43(1):589-613. doi: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-082423-041334. PMID: 40036702

Brain macrophages in vascular health and dysfunction.
Bijnen M, Sridhar S, Keller A, Greter M. Trends Immunol. 2025 Jan;46(1):46-60. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2024.11.012. PMID: 39732528

Lactation-associated macrophages exist in murine mammary tissue and human milk.
Cansever D, Petrova E, Krishnarajah S, Mussak C, Welsh CA, Mildenberger W, Mulder K, Kreiner V, Roussel E, Stifter SA, Andreadou M, Zwicky P, Jurado NP, Rehrauer H, Tan G, Liu Z, Blériot C, Ronchi F, Macpherson AJ, Ginhoux F, Natalucci G, Becher B, Greter M. Nat Immunol. 2023 Jul;24(7):1098-1109. doi: 10.1038/s41590-023-01530-0. PMID: 37337103

Monocytes promote UV-induced epidermal carcinogenesis.
Lelios I, Stifter SA, Cecconi V, Petrova E, Lutz M, Cansever D, Utz SG, Becher B, van den Broek M, Greter M. Eur J Immunol. 2021 Jul;51(7):1799-1808. doi: 10.1002/eji.202048841. PMID: 33759186

Early Fate Defines Microglia and Non-parenchymal Brain Macrophage Development.
Utz SG, See P, Mildenberger W, Thion MS, Silvin A, Lutz M, Ingelfinger F, Rayan NA, Lelios I, Buttgereit A, Asano K, Prabhakar S, Garel S, Becher B, Ginhoux F, Greter M. Cell. 2020 Apr 30;181(3):557-573.e18. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.021. PMID: 32259484

The Cytokine TGF-β Promotes the Development and Homeostasis of Alveolar Macrophages.
Yu X, Buttgereit A, Lelios I, Utz SG, Cansever D, Becher B, Greter M. Immunity. 2017 Nov 21;47(5):903-912.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2017.10.007. PMID: 29126797

Sall1 is a transcriptional regulator defining microglia identity and function.
Buttgereit A, Lelios I, Yu X, Vrohlings M, Krakoski NR, Gautier EL, Nishinakamura R, Becher B, Greter M. Nat Immunol. 2016 Dec;17(12):1397-1406. doi: 10.1038/ni.3585. PMID: 27776109