The following provides a supplemental list of recent publications and contributions that have emerged since the submission of the PILOT funding application in April 2026.
These updates are provided to offer a current view of PILOT's progress and the project leaders' ongoing research productivity.
We ask that the linked manuscripts are treated as confidential until the papers are publically available.
Newly published, accepted, and accepted in principle papers
New paper accepted in Science Immunology
Authors: Gres, V., Lohrmann, F., Fuchs, V., Bosch, L. F. P., Lösslein, A., Neuber, J., Moghadam, Z. M., Martins, T., Baasch, S., Henschel, J., Freudenhammer, M., Prinz, M., Kierdorf, K., Kolter, J., Erny, D., & Henneke, P.
Title: Bacterial infection reshapes monocyte and macrophage ontogeny at the CNS borders.
Journal: Accepted at Science Immunology; earlier version available as a preprint on BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.27.582183
Link to manuscript (confidential): https://www.perinatal-immunity.de/system/files/2026-06/2026%20Gres%20et%20al%20manuscript.pdf
New paper published in Development
Authors: Petzold, T., Lutes, L. K., Batista, K. N. I., Konle, A., Baechler, B., Jemelin, S., Gerhardt, H., Golub, R., Scheiermann, C.*, & Bertrand, J. Y.*
Title: BMAL1 modulates glutamine supply to control haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell expansion.
Journal: Development, 153(8), dev204726. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204726
New paper accepted in principle in Science Advances
Authors: Obwegs, D., Oschwald, A., Koetter, L. M., Crisand, C., Doerr, S., Bruder, K., Runge, S., Ghanem, N., Fuchs, V., Eckert, M., Koengeter, C., Schaffer, A.-M., Amann, L., Papaioannou, S., Rollenske, T., Kolter, J., Erny, D., Prinz, M., Minguet, S., Schamel, W. W., Henneke, P., Rosshart, S. P., Kierdorf, K., & Sagar.
Title: Distinct postnatal trajectories of mouse dendritic epidermal T cells and Langerhans cells independent of microbiota.
Journal: Accepted in principle at Science Advances; earlier version available as a preprint on BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.05.716534
Link to manuscript (confidential): https://www.perinatal-immunity.de/system/files/2026-06/Obwegs_etal_ScienceAdvances.pdf
New paper provisionally accepted in Nature Genetics
Authors: Vilarrasa-Blasi, R., Kim, S., Korzhenevich, J., Schmidt, F.M., Pett, J.P., Cakir, B., Svaton, M., Suo, C., Nashchekina, O., Wong, F.C.K., Zhou, D., Sancho-Serra, C., Colligan, R., Michaels, Y.S., Zimmerman, C., Troule, K., Chang, Y., Sakata, R., Aliee, H., Lorenzi, V., Moullet, M., Carra, D., Morsut, L., Prigmore, E., Prete, M., Mayr, M., Schmal, H. Shoumariyeh, K., Müller, A. M. S., Zajc, C. U., Kelava, I., Teichmann, S. A., Warnatz, K., Javierre, B. M., Garcia-Alonso, L., Zandstra, P. W., Rizzi, M.*, Roser Vento-Tormo, R.*
Title: Multiomics of human bone marrow decodes B cell ontogeny across the lifespan and guides in vitro B lymphopoiesis.
Journal: Provisionally accepted at Nature Genetics
Link to manuscript (confidential): https://www.perinatal-immunity.de/system/files/2026-06/Villarasa_Blasi_etal_NatGenetics_manuscript.pdf
The paper is also available as a preprint on BioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.31.672613
New paper accepted in principle in Nature Communications
Title: Periweaning diet-induced activation of an IFNψ-mediated regulatory circuit promotes the homeostasis of cytotoxic CD8+ T Cells.
Authors: Altunöz, D., Shakiba, R., Rengarajan, K. R., Narasimhan, H., Papaioannou, N. E., Nasrah, S., Vetters, J., Richter, M. L., Reyes, M. P., Nuschele, N., Messerer, D., Schwamberger, S., Goschin, A., Starfas, D., Schmid, M., Straub, T., Proietti, M., Böttcher, K., Colomé-Tatché, M., Haller, D., Böttcher, J. P., Ganal-Vonarburg, S., Janssens, S., Schulz, C., Krug, A. B., & Schraml, B. U.
Journal: Accepted in principle at Nature Communications; earlier version available as a preprint on BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.29.714815
New paper accepted in Nature Communications
Authors: Diab, N., Yong, C.H., Stange, E.-L., Birk, M., Schmnitz, M., Düsterhöft, S., Pes, J., Ferle, K. N., Karkossa, I., Schubert, K., Deiwick, J., Vucur, M., Luedde, T., Torow, N., Ludwig, A., Dupont, A., Selkrig, J., von Bergen, M., Hensel, M., Zhag, K.*, Hornef, M.W.*
Title: Salmonella SopB suppresses post-transcriptionally regulated cytokine release to reduce early dissue inflammation and delay disease progression.
Journal: Accepted at Nature Communications.
Link to manuscript (confidential): https://www.perinatal-immunity.de/system/files/2026-06/Diab_etal_NatComm.pdf
New preprints
New preprint
Authors: Shakiba, R., Altunöz, D., Ravi Rengarajan, K., Cho, S. X., Zhang, Y., Meydanci, M., Owen, J. C., Narasimhan, H., Papaioannou, N. E., Symeonidi, A., Oberknapp, S., Schwamberger, S., Kiu, R., Hall, L. J., Colomé-Tatché, M., Haller, D., Böttcher, J. P., Nold-Petry, C. A., Krug, A. B., Nold, M. F., & Schraml, B. U.
Title: A transient CD87-centred axis enhances the Th17 potential of cDC2 in neonates.
Repository: BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.06.12.731823
New preprint
Authors: Li, X., Kwon, A., Gül, Z. M., Rothämel, P., Seytter, F., Wackerbarth, L. M., Kim-Hellmuth, S., Nussbaum, C., Sengupta, S., Sperandio, M., & Scheiermann, C.
Title: Development of circadian immune regulation in early life.
Repository: BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.06.04.730046