Publications

2023
Whole-mouse clearing and imaging at the cellular level with vDISCO. Ruiyao Cai,Zeynep Ilgin Kolabas, Chenchen Pan,Hongcheng Mai, Shan Zhao, Doris Kaltenecker, Fabian F. Voigt, Muge Molbay, Tzu-lun Ohn,Cécile Vincke, Mihail I. Todorov, Fritjof Helmchen, Jo A. Van Ginderachter & Ali Ertürk Nat protoc (Jan 2023)
2022
Spatial proteomics in three-dimensional intact specimens. HS Bhatia, AD Brunner, F Öztürk, S Kapoor, Z Rong…A Ertürk Cell (Dec 2022)
Scalable tissue labeling and clearing of intact human organs. H Mai, Z Rong, S Zhao, R Cai, H Steinke, I Bechmann, A Ertürk. Nature Protocols (2022)
Neuroimmune cardiovascular interfaces control atherosclerosis. SK Mohanta, L Peng, Y Li, S Lu, T Sun, L Carnevale, M Perrotta, Z Ma, ..Ertürk A…Habenicht A. Nature (2022)
2021
Tissue clearing. DS Richardson, W Guan, K Matsumoto, C Pan, K Chung, A Ertürk, …
Nature Reviews Methods Primers (2021)
Obesity-associated hyperleptinemia alters the gliovascular interface of the hypothalamus to promote hypertension. T Gruber, C Pan, RE Contreras, T Wiedemann, DA Morgan, …A Ertürk…C García-Cáceres. Cell metabolism (2021)
A guidebook for DISCO tissue clearing. M Molbay, ZI Kolabas, MI Todorov, TL Ohn, A Ertürk
Molecular Systems Biology (2021)
2020
Wang X, Lou N, Eberhardt A, Yang Y, Kusk P, Xu Q, Förstera B, Peng S, Shi M, Ladrón-de-Guevara A, Delle C,  Sigurdsson B, L. R. Xavier, A, Ertürk A, T. Libby R, Chen L, S. Thrane A, Nedergaard M. An ocular glymphatic clearance system removes β-amyloid from the rodent eye. Science Translational Medicine. 2020 Mar | PDF
Todorov M.I*., Paetzold J.C.*, Schoppe O, Tetteh G, Shit S, Efremov V, Todorov-Völgyi K, Düring M, Dichgans M, Piraud M, Menze B, Ertürk A. Machine learning analysis of whole mouse brain vasculature. Nat Methods. 2020 Mar | PDF
Zhao S, Todorov M.I., Cai R, AI-Maskari R, Steinke H, Kemter E, Mai H, Rong Z. Warmer M, Stanic K, Schoppe O, Paetzold J.C, Gesierich B, Wong M.N, Huber T.B, Duering M, Thomasruns O, Menze B, Ertürk A. Cellular and Molecular Probing of Intact Human Organs. Cell. 2020 | PDF
Ueda H.R, Ertürk A, Chung K, Gradinaru V, Chédotal A, Tomancak P, Keller, P.J. Tissue clearing and its applications in neuroscience. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2020 Feb | PDF
2019
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Pan C*, Schoppe O*, Parra-Damas A*, Cai R, Todorov MI, Gondi G, von Neubeck B, Böğürcü-Seidel N, Seidel S, Sleiman K, Veltkamp C, Förstera B, Mai H, Rong Z, Trompak O, Ghasemigharagoz A, Reimer MA, Cuesta AM, Coronel J, Jeremias I, Saur D, Acker-Palmer A, Acker T, Garvalov BK, Menze B, Zeidler R, Ertürk A. Deep Learning Reveals Cancer Metastasis and Therapeutic Antibody Targeting in the Entire Body. Cell. 2019 Dec | PDF
Cai R*, Pan C*, Ghasemigharagoz A, Todorov MI, Förstera B, Zhao S, Bhatia HS, Parra-Damas A, Mrowka L, Theodorou D, Rempfler M, Xavier ALR, Kress BT, Benakis C, Steinke H, Liebscher S, Bechmann I, Liesz A, Menze B, Kerschensteiner M, Nedergaard M, Ertürk A. Panoptic imaging of transparent mice reveals whole-body neuronal projections and skull-meninges connections. Nat Neurosci. 2019 Feb | PDF
Parhizkar S, Arzberger T, Brendel M, Kleinberger G, Deussing M, Focke C, Nuscher B, Xiong M, Ghasemigharagoz A, Katzmarski N, Krasemann S, Lichtenthaler SF, Müller SA, Colombo A, Monasor LS, Tahirovic S, Herms J, Willem M, Pettkus N, Butovsky O, Bartenstein P, Edbauer D, Rominger A, Ertürk A, Grathwohl SA, Neher JJ, Holtzman DM, Meyer-Luehmann M, Haass C. Loss of TREM2 function increases amyloid seeding but reduces plaque-associated ApoE. Nat Neurosci. 2019 | PDF
2018
von Neubeck B, Gondi G, Riganti C, Pan C, Parra Damas A, Scherb H, Ertürk A, Zeidler R. An inhibitory antibody targeting carbonic anhydrase XII abrogates chemoresistance and significantly reduces lung metastases in an orthotopic breast cancer model in vivo. Int J Cancer. 2018 | PDF
2017
Llovera G, Benakis C, Enzmann G, Cai R, Arzberger T, Ghasemigharagoz A, Mao X, Malik R, Lazarevic I, Liebscher S, Ertürk A, Meissner L, Vivien D, Haffner C, Plesnila N, Montaner J, Engelhardt B, Liesz A. The choroid plexus is a key cerebral invasion route for T cells after stroke. Acta Neuropathol. 2017 Dec | PDF
Garvalov BK, Ertürk A. Seeing whole-tumour heterogeneity. Nat Biomed Eng. 2017 | PDF
2016
Pan C*, Cai R*, Quacquarelli FP*, Ghasemigharagoz A, Lourbopoulos A, Matryba P, Plesnila N, Dichgans M, Hellal F, Ertürk A. Shrinkage-mediated imaging of entire organs and organisms using uDISCO. Nat Methods. 2016 Oct | PDF
Ertürk A, Mentz S, Stout EE, Hedehus M, Dominguez SL, Neumaier L, Krammer F, Llovera G, Srinivasan K, Hansen DV, Liesz A, Scearce-Levie KA, Sheng M. Interfering with the Chronic Immune Response Rescues Chronic Degeneration After Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurosci. 2016 | PDF
2015
Lourbopoulos A*, Ertürk A*, Hellal F*. Microglia in action: how aging and injury can change the brain’s guardians. Front Cell Neurosci. 2015 | PDF
2014
Ertürk A, Wang Y, Sheng M. Local pruning of dendrites and spines by caspase-3-dependent and proteasome-limited mechanisms. J Neurosci. 2014 Jan.
Chen Y, Wang Y, Ertürk A, Kallop D, Jiang Z, Weimer RM, Kaminker J, Sheng M. Activity-induced Nr4a1 regulates spine density and distribution pattern of excitatory synapses in pyramidal neurons. Neuron. 2014 Jul 16.
Ertürk A, Lafkas D, Chalouni C. Imaging cleared intact biological systems at a cellular level by 3DISCO. J Vis Exp. 2014 Jul.
2013
Sheng M, Ertürk A. Long-term depression: a cell biological view. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2013 Dec.
Ertürk A, Bradke F. High-resolution imaging of entire organs by 3-dimensional imaging of solvent cleared organs (3DISCO). Exp Neurol. 2013 Apr.
2012
Ertürk A, Becker K, Jährling N, Mauch CP, Hojer CD, Egen JG, Hellal F, Bradke F, Sheng M, Dodt HU. Three-dimensional imaging of solvent-cleared organs using 3DISCO. Nature Protocols. 2012 Nov.
2011
Ertürk A, Mauch CP, Hellal F, Förstner F, Keck T, Becker K, Jährling N, Steffens H, Richter M, Hübener M, Kramer E, Kirchhoff F, Dodt HU, Bradke F. Three-dimensional imaging of the unsectioned adult spinal cord to assess axon regeneration and glial responses after injury. Nature Medicine2011 Dec.
2010
Usher LC, Johnstone A, Ertürk A, Hu Y, Strikis D, Wanner IB, Moorman S, Lee JW, Min J, Ha HH, Duan Y, Hoffman S, Goldberg JL, Bradke F, Chang YT, Lemmon VP, Bixby JL. A chemical screen identifies novel compounds that overcome glial-mediated inhibition of neuronal regeneration. J Neurosci. 2010 Mar.
2009
Ylera B*, Ertürk A*, Hellal F, Nadrigny F, Hurtado A, Tahirovic S, Oudega M, Kirchhoff F, Bradke F. Chronically CNS-injured adult sensory neurons gain regenerative competence upon a lesion of their peripheral axon. Curr Biol. 2009 Jun.