Prof. Dr. Julio Vera González
Laboratory of Systems Tumor Immunology / Department of Dermatology

Prof. Dr. Julio Vera González
Laboratory of Systems Tumor Immunology / Department of Dermatology
I am a physicist working in systems and precision medicine applied to cancer and autoimmune diseases. I lead an interdisciplinary team that combines computational modeling, bioinformatics, multi-criteria decision algorithms, and network biology to cancer diagnostics and therapy.
Research projects
- Molecular data-driven engineering of immunotherapy
- Omics, network and machine learning-based classification of skin and prostate cancer patients
- Multi-layered data-based drug repurposing in therapy-resistant cancer patients
No projects found.
2026
- Luan, C., Wessely, A., Zhang, Z., Zhang, L., Weich, A., Lischer, C.,... Lai, X. (2026). Network-based analysis reveals potential microRNA regulation of oncogenic pathways in SOX10-depleted uveal melanoma. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 83(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-026-06239-5
- Rivera Monroy, L.C., Petzold, A., Sari, M., Breininger, K., Maier, A., Vera González, J.,... Heppt, M. (2026). Vision transformer-based diagnosis of psoriasis and eczema in whole-slide histology. Virchows Archiv. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-026-04445-x
- Rivera Monroy, L.C., Petzold, A., Sari, M., Breininger, K., Maier, A., Vera González, J.,... Heppt, M. (2026). Vision transformer-based diagnosis of psoriasis and eczema in whole-slide histology. Virchows Archiv. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-026-04445-x
- Weich, A., Lischer, C., & Vera, J. (2026). esloco: simulation-based estimation of local coverage in long-read DNA sequencing. Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 42(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btag009
2025
- Choudhari, J.K., Vera, J., & Chatterjee, T. (2025). A Network Biology-Guided Investigation of the Long Noncoding RNAs’ Role in Glaucoma. In (pp. 427-453). Humana Press Inc..
- David, P., Kouhestani, D., Hansen, F., Paul, S., Czubayko, F., Karabiber, A.,... Weber, G. (2025). Exosomal CD40, CD25, and Serum CA19-9 as Combinatory Novel Liquid Biopsy Biomarker for the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26041500
- Koch, E., Liguori, R., Castro, A.A., Schliep, S., Petzold, A., Wessely, A.,... Heppt, M. (2025). Checkpoint Blockade Efficacy in Uveal Melanoma Is Linked to Tumor Immunity, CD28, and CCL8. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(20). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26209964
- Kuchenreuther, I., Clausen, F.-N., Mazurié de Keroualin, J., Paul, S., Czubayko, F., Mittelstädt, A.,... David, P. (2025). Increased Herpesvirus Entry Mediator Expression on Circulating Monocytes and Subsets Predicts Poor Outcomes in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Patients. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26072875
- Lai, X., Luan, C., Zhang, Z., Wessely, A., Heppt, M., Berking, C., & Vera, J. (2025). SOX10, MITF, and microRNAs: Decoding their interplay in regulating melanoma plasticity. International Journal of Cancer, 157(7), 1277-1293. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.35499
- Manger, I., Schmitt, C., Berking, C., French, L.E., Vera González, J., & Heinzerling, L. (2025). Association of HLA-A*02:01 type with efficacy and toxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in melanoma patients: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Cancer, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-13857-y
- Musella, L., Afonso Castro, A., Lai, X., Widmann, M., & Vera, J. (2025). ENQUIRE automatically reconstructs, expands, and drives enrichment analysis of gene and Mesh co-occurrence networks from context-specific biomedical literature. PLoS Computational Biology, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012745
- Pesch, G., Piseddu, I., Gaertig, J., Kramer, N., Kramer, R., Schulz, T.U.,... Heinzerling, L. (2025). Deep Immune Phenotyping Reveals Distinct Immunopathogenesis in Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Colitis Compared with Ulcerative Colitis. Cancer Immunology Research, 13(7), 1053-1069. https://doi.org/10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-24-0387
- Petzold, A., Wessely, A., Erdmann, M., Schliep, S., Schreml, S., Rivera Monroy, L.C.,... Heppt, M. (2025). An artificial intelligence model of whole-slide pathology specimens differentiating cutaneous high-grade squamous proliferations. Virchows Archiv, 487, 1047-1058. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-025-04272-6
- Rivera Monroy, L.C., Rist, L., Wilm, F., Ostalecki, C., Baur, A., Vera González, J.,... Maier, A. (2025). Abstract: Multi-level Cancer Profiling through Joint Cell-graph Representations. In Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2025 (pp. 156-156). Regensburg, DE: Springer Link.
- Röckel, M., Musella, L., Preusse, C., Radke, J., Zimmer, L., Thoms, K.M.,... Heinzerling, L. (2025). Gene expression and molecular pathway analyses differentiate immunotherapy-induced myositis from spontaneous dermatomyositis. Scientific Reports, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-11944-5
- Suomela, T., Zhang, L., Vera, J., Bruns, H., & Lai, X. (2025). A Practical Guideline for MicroRNA Sequencing Data Analysis in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. In (pp. 403-426). Humana Press Inc..
2024
- Biedermann, A., Patra-Kneuer, M., Mougiakakos, D., Büttner-Herold, M., Mangelberger-Eberl, D., Berges, J.,... Bruns, H. (2024). Blockade of the CD47/SIRPα checkpoint axis potentiates the macrophage-mediated antitumor efficacy of tafasitamab. Haematologica, 109(12), 3928-3940. https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2023.284795
- Kramer, N., Müller, G., Zierold, S., Röckel, M., Fröhlich, W., Schefzyk, M.,... Heinzerling, L. (2024). Checkpoint inhibitor-induced bullous pemphigoid differs from spontaneous bullous pemphigoid. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.19860
- Lischer, C., Eberhardt, M., Flamann, C., Berges, J., Güse, E., Wessely, A.,... Vera, J. (2024). Gene network-based and ensemble modeling-based selection of tumor-associated antigens with a predicted low risk of tissue damage for targeted immunotherapy. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, 12(5). https://doi.org/10.1136/jitc-2023-008104
- Meier-Schiesser, B., Zecha, C., Zierold, S., Kolm, I., Röckel, M., Fröhlich, W.,... Heinzerling, L. (2024). Checkpoint inhibitor–induced lichen planus differs from spontaneous lichen planus on the clinical, histological, and gene expression level. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 15, 157-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdin.2023.11.013
- Rivera Monroy, L.C., Rist, L., Eberhardt, M., Ostalecki, C., Bauer, A., Vera, J.,... Maier, A. (2024). Comparative Analysis of Radiomic Features and Gene Expression Profiles in Histopathology Data using Graph Neural Networks. In Andreas Maier, Thomas M. Deserno, Heinz Handels, Klaus Maier-Hein, Christoph Palm, Thomas Tolxdorff (Eds.), Proceedings of the Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2024 (pp. 160-165). Erlangen, DE: Springer Link.
- Rivera Monroy, L.C., Rist, L., Ostalecki, C., Bauer, A., Vera, J., Breininger, K., & Maier, A. (2024). Graph neural networks in multi-stained pathological imaging: extended comparative analysis of Radiomic features. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-024-03277-x
- Rivera Monroy, L.C., Rist, L., Wilm, F., Ostalecki, C., Baur, A., Vera González, J.,... Maier, A. (2024). Multi-level cancer profiling through joint cell-graph representations. Smart Health, 32, 100470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhl.2024.100470
- Spitschak, A., Dhar, P., Singh, K.P., Garduño, R.C., Gupta, S.K., Vera, J.,... Pützer, B.M. (2024). E2F1-induced autocrine IL-6 inflammatory loop mediates cancer-immune crosstalk that predicts T cell phenotype switching and therapeutic responsiveness. Frontiers in Immunology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1470368
- Wang, Y., Ertl, C., Schmitt, C., Hammann, L., Kramer, R., Grabmaier, U.,... Heinzerling, L. (2024). Stringent monitoring can decrease mortality of immune checkpoint inhibitor induced cardiotoxicity. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1408586
- Wessely, A., Koch, E., Vera, J., Berking, C., & Heppt, M. (2024). Identifizierung von Biomarkern und neuen therapeutischen Zielen beim Aderhautmelanom. Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, 22(1), 29-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddg.15225_g
- Winter, S., Schneider, M., Oelschlaegel, U., Maggioni, G., Riva, E., Raddi, M.G.,... Kordasti, S. (2024). Mutations in the splicing factor SF3B1 are linked to frequent emergence of HLA-DRlow/neg monocytes in lower-risk myelodysplastic neoplasms. Leukemia. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-024-02249-z
2023
- Petzold, A., Steeb, T., Wessely, A., Koch, E., Vera, J., Berking, C., & Heppt, M. (2023). Is tebentafusp superior to combined immune checkpoint blockade and other systemic treatments in metastatic uveal melanoma? A comparative efficacy analysis with population adjustment. Cancer Treatment Reviews, 115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctrv.2023.102543
- Reimann, H., Kremer, A., Blumenberg, V., Schmidt, K., Aigner, M., Jacobs, B.,... Völkl, S. (2023). Cellular and humoral immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients after CD19.CAR T-cell therapy. Blood Advances, 7(10), 2066-2069. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2022007806
- Retzlaff, J., Lai, X., Berking, C., & Vera, J. (2023). Integration of transcriptomics data into agent-based models of solid tumor metastasis. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 21, 1930-1941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2023.02.014
- Rivera Monroy, L.C., Rist, L., Eberhardt, M., Ostalecki, C., Baur, A., Vera, J.,... Maier, A. (2023). Employing Graph Representations for Cell-Level Characterization of Melanoma MELC Samples. In IEEE (Eds.), 2023 IEEE 20th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI). Cartagena, CO.
- Schmitt, C., Hoefsmit, E.P., Fangmeier, T., Kramer, N., Kabakci, C., Vera González, J.,... Heinzerling, L.M. (2023). Immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced neurotoxicity is not associated with seroprevalence of neurotropic infections. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-023-03498-0
- Singh, N., Khan, F.M., Bala, L., Vera, J., Wolkenhauer, O., Pützer, B.,... Gupta, S.K. (2023). Logic-based modeling and drug repurposing for the prediction of novel therapeutic targets and combination regimens against E2F1-driven melanoma progression. BMC Chemistry, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13065-023-01082-2
- Wessely, A., Koch, E., Vera, J., Berking, C., & Heppt, M. (2023). Identifying biomarkers and novel therapeutic targets in uveal melanoma. Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddg.15225
- Zhang, L., Fan, S., Vera, J., & Lai, X. (2023). A network medicine approach for identifying diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and exploring drug repurposing in human cancer. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 21, 34-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2022.11.037
2022
- Choudhari, J.K., Eberhardt, M., Chatterjee, T., Hohberger, B., & Vera, J. (2022). Glaucoma-TrEl: A web-based interactive database to build evidence-based hypotheses on the role of trace elements in glaucoma. BMC Research Notes, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-06210-0
- Hoang, Y., Gryzik, S., Hoppe, I., Rybak, A., Schaedlich, M., Kadner, I.,... Baumgrass, R. (2022). PRI: Re-Analysis of a Public Mass Cytometry Dataset Reveals Patterns of Effective Tumor Treatments. Frontiers in Immunology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.849329
- Lai, X., Keller, C., Santos Rosales, G., Schaft, N., Dörrie, J., & Vera, J. (2022). Multi-Level Computational Modeling of Anti-Cancer Dendritic Cell Vaccination Utilized to Select Molecular Targets for Therapy Optimization. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.746359
- Lai, X., Schmitz, U., & Vera, J. (2022). The Role of MicroRNAs in Cancer Biology and Therapy from a Systems Biology Perspective. In (pp. 1-22). Springer.
- Lee, J.H., Ostalecki, C., Oberstein, T., Schierer, S., Zinser, E., Eberhardt, M.,... Baur, A. (2022). Alzheimer's disease protease-containing plasma extracellular vesicles transfer to the hippocampus via the choroid plexus. EBioMedicine, 77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.103903
- Lischer, C., Eisenhauer, N., Aigner, M., Jacobs, B., Schletter, M., Gebhard, C.,... Völkl, S. (2022). Single-cell Transcriptome Analysis and clonal Kinetics in a Patient after CD19.CAR-T Cell Therapy. In ONCOLOGY RESEARCH AND TREATMENT (pp. 125-125). BASEL: KARGER.
- Mohr, E., Hinnenthal, T., Gryzik, S., Hoang, Y., Lischke, T., Retzlaff, J.,... Baumgrass, R. (2022). Bin-based visualization of cytokine-co-expression patterns of IL-10-producing CD4 T cell subsets. European Journal of Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.202249829
- Nikolov, S.G., Wolkenhauer, O., Nenov, M., & Vera González, J. (2022). Detection and Analysis of Critical Dynamic Properties of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation. Mathematics, 10(16). https://doi.org/10.3390/math10162928
- Rivera Monroy, L.C., Eberhardt, M., Ostalecki, C., Baur, A., Vera, J., & Maier, A. (2022). Melanoma Segmentation and Classification Employing Imaging and Graph Encodings. In Proceedings - 2022 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies, CHASE 2022 (pp. 144-145). Washington, DC, US: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
- Sauerer, T., Lischer, C., Berking, C., Vera González, J., & Dörrie, J. (2022). Dissecting the IFN gamma-mediated transcriptomic alterations in Merkel cell carcinoma cell lines using Nanopore sequencing. In EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY (pp. E94-E94). HOBOKEN: WILEY.
- Vera, J., Lai, X., Baur, A., Erdmann, M., Gupta, S., Gutta, C.,... Berking, C. (2022). Melanoma 2.0. Skin cancer as a paradigm for emerging diagnostic technologies, computational modelling and artificial intelligence. Briefings in Bioinformatics. https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbac433
- Wessely, A., Kammerbauer, C., Lischer, C., Weich, A., Vera, J., Berking, C., & Heppt, M. (2022). SOX10-based drug repurposing identifies novel therapeutic targets in uveal melanoma. In JOURNAL DER DEUTSCHEN DERMATOLOGISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT (pp. 82-82). HOBOKEN: WILEY.
- You, Y., Lai, X., Pan, Y., Zheng, H., Vera, J., Liu, S.,... Zhang, L. (2022). Artificial intelligence in cancer target identification and drug discovery. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41392-022-00994-0
2021
- Contino, S., Bertolazzi, G., Calì, F., Cantone, M., Vera González, J., & Romano, V. (2021). Boolean Networks: A Primer. In Olaf Wolkenhauer (Eds.), Systems Medicine: Integrative, Qualitative and Computational Approaches. Volume 2: Application Areas. (pp. 41-53). London / San Diege, CA / Cambridge, MA / Oxford: Academic Press.
- Faas, M., Ipseiz, N., Ackermann, J., Culemann, S., Grüneboom, A., Schröder, F.,... Krönke, G. (2021). IL-33-induced metabolic reprogramming controls the differentiation of alternatively activated macrophages and the resolution of inflammation. Immunity, 54(11), 2531-2546.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2021.09.010
- Hofbauer, D., Mougiakakos, D., Broggini, L., Zaiss, M., Büttner-Herold, M., Bach, C.,... Bruns, H. (2021). β2-microglobulin triggers NLRP3 inflammasome activation in tumor-associated macrophages to promote multiple myeloma progression. Immunity, 54(8), 1772-1787.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2021.07.002
- Koch, E., Petzold, A., Wessely, A., Dippel, E., Erdmann, M., Heinzerling, L.,... Heppt, M. (2021). Clinical determinants of long-term survival in metastatic uveal melanoma. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-021-03090-4
- Koch, E., Petzold, A., Wessely, A., Dippel, E., Erdmann, M., Heinzerling, L.,... Heppt, M. (2021). Clinical Prognostic Factors in metastatic Choroidal Melanoma. In JOURNAL DER DEUTSCHEN DERMATOLOGISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT (pp. 82-83). HOBOKEN: WILEY.
- Lai, X., Dreyer, F., Cantone, M., Eberhardt, M., Gerer, K.F., Jaitly, T.,... Vera, J. (2021). Network- and systems-based re-engineering of dendritic cells with non-coding RNAs for cancer immunotherapy. Theranostics, 11(3), 1412-1428. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.53092
- Lai, X., Zhou, J., Wessely, A., Heppt, M., Maier, A., Berking, C.,... Zhang, L. (2021). A disease network-based deep learning approach for characterizing melanoma. International Journal of Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33860
- Lischer, C., & Vera González, J. (2021). The Road to Effective Cancer Immunotherapy—A Computational Perspective on Tumor Epitopes in Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy. In Systems Medicine. (pp. 593-607).
- Mougiakakos, D., Bach, C., Böttcher, M., Beier, F., Röhner, L., Stoll, A.,... Völkl, S. (2021). The IKZF1–IRF4/IRF5 axis controls polarization of myeloma-associated macrophages. Cancer Immunology Research, 9(3), 265-278. https://doi.org/10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-20-0555
- Nikolov, S.G., Nenov, M., & Vera, J. (2021). Investigation of a kinetic model reproducing the mechanisms of oligodendrocytes differentiation. Series on Biomechanics, 35(2), 51-57.
- Sauerer, T., Lischer, C., Weich, A., Berking, C., Vera, J., & Dörrie, J. (2021). Single-Molecule RNA Sequencing Reveals IFN gamma-Induced Differential Expression of Immune Escape Genes in Merkel Cell Polyomavirus-Positive MCC Cell Lines. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.785662
- Vera González, J., Cantone, M., & Blume, C. (2021). Network and Systems Biology Approaches in Glial Cells. In Olaf Wolkenhauer (Eds.), Systems Medicine: Integrative, Qualitative and Computational Approaches. Volume 2: Application Areas. (pp. 71-80). London / San Diego, CA / Cambridge, MA / Oxford: Academic Press.
- Vera, J., Lischer, C., Nenov, M., Nikolov, S., Lai, X., & Eberhardt, M. (2021). Mathematical modelling in biomedicine: A primer for the curious and the skeptic. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(2), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22020547
- Wagner, N., Eberhardt, M., Vera, J., Cuomo, F., Blume, K., Galster, S.,... Baur, A. (2021). Plasma-derived extracellular vesicles discriminate type-1 allergy subjects from non-allergic controls. World Allergy Organization Journal, 14(9). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.waojou.2021.100583
- Wessely, A., Kammerbauer, C., Lischer, C., Vera González, J., Berking, C., & Heppt, M. (2021). Inhibiting the neural crest transcription factor SOX10 leads to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in uveal melanoma cells. In EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY (pp. E95-E95). HOBOKEN: WILEY.
2020
- Bertrams, W., Griss, K., Han, M., Eberhardt, M., Seidel, K., Klemmer, A.,... Schmeck, B. (2020). Transcriptional analysis identifies potential biomarkers and molecular regulators in pneumonia and COPD exacerbation. In PNEUMOLOGIE (pp. S20-S21). STUTTGART: GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG.
- Bertrams, W., Griss, K., Han, M., Seidel, K., Klemmer, A., Sittka-Stark, A.,... Schmeck, B. (2020). Transcriptional Analysis identifies long non-coding RNAs as potential biomarkers in pneumonia and COPD exacerbation. In PNEUMOLOGIE (pp. S21-S21). STUTTGART: GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG.
- Bertrams, W., Griss, K., Han, M., Seidel, K., Klemmer, A., Sittka-Stark, A.,... Schmeck, B. (2020). Transcriptional analysis identifies potential biomarkers and molecular regulators in pneumonia and COPD exacerbation. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57108-0
- Choudhari, J.K., Chatterjee, T., Gupta, S., Garcia-Garcia, J.G., & Vera González, J. (2020). Network Biology Approaches in Ophthalmological Diseases: A Case Study of Glaucoma. In Olaf Wolkenhauer (Eds.), Systems Medicine - Integrative, Qualitative and Computational Approaches. Elsevier.
- Huber, A., Killy, B., Grummel, N., Bodendorfer, B., Paul, S., Wiesmann, V.,... Lang, R. (2020). Mycobacterial Cord Factor Reprograms the Macrophage Response to IFN-γ towards Enhanced Inflammation yet Impaired Antigen Presentation and Expression of GBP1. Journal of Immunology, 205(6), 1580-1592. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.2000337
- Jaitly, T., Gupta, S.K., Wolkenhauer, O., Schuler, G., & Vera, J. (2020). Envisioning the application of systems biology in cancer immunology. In Nima Rezaei (Eds.), Cancer Immunology: A Translational Medicine Context. (pp. 599-624). Springer International Publishing.
- Jendrek, S., Lai, X., Riemekasten, G., Vera González, J., Schmeck, B., & Bertrams, W. (2020). Sepsis and Autoimmune Disease: Pathology, Systems Medicine, and Artificial Intelligence. In Olaf Wolkenhauer (Eds.), Systems Medicine: Integrative, Qualitative and Computational Approaches. Elsevier.
- Lee, J.H., Eberhardt, M., Blume, K., Vera, J., & Baur, A. (2020). Evidence for liver and peripheral immune cells secreting tumor-suppressive extracellular vesicles in melanoma patients. EBioMedicine, 62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.103119
- Lindner, P., Paul, S., Eckstein, M., Hampel, C., Muenzner, J.K., Erlenbach-Wuensch, K.,... Schneider-Stock, R. (2020). EMT transcription factor ZEB1 alters the epigenetic landscape of colorectal cancer cells. Cell Death & Disease, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-020-2340-4
- Nikolov, S., Wolkenhauer, O., Vera, J., & Nenov, M. (2020). The role of cooperativity in a p53-miR34 dynamical mathematical model. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110252
- Santos, G., & Vera, J. (2020). The role of age, neutrophil infiltration and antibiotics timing in the severity of streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia. Insights from a multi-level mathematical model approach. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(22), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21228428
- Singh, N., Eberhardt, M., Wolkenhauer, O., Vera, J., & Gupta, S.K. (2020). An integrative network-driven pipeline for systematic identification of lncRNA-associated regulatory network motifs in metastatic melanoma. BMC Bioinformatics, 21(1), 329-. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-020-03656-6
- Wach, S., Taubert, H., Weigelt, K., Hase, N., Köhn, M., Misiak, D.,... Lai, X. (2020). RNA sequencing of collecting duct renal cell carcinoma suggests an interaction between miRNA and target genes and a predominance of deregulated solute carrier genes. Cancers, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12010064
- Wessely, A., Steeb, T., Erdmann, M., Heinzerling, L., Vera, J., Schlaak, M.,... Heppt, M. (2020). The role of immune checkpoint blockade in uveal melanoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21030879