Selected Publications
LncRNA CISTR-ACT regulates cell size in human and mouse by guiding FOSL2
Kiriakopulos K, Soleimanpour K, McMurray BJ, Moke BI, Chalmers JJ, Mokhtaridoost M, Newton JD, Young De T, Delfosse K, Ahmed M, Wong CJ, Stricker S, Li Y, Nieman BJ, Gingras AC, Justice MJ, Levebvre J, Maass PG.
Nature Communications, December 16, 2025.
tRNA-overlapping long non-coding RNA loci repress codon-biased genes
Ahmed S, Fine JL, Chalmers JJ, Kiriakopulos K, Clarke LA, Casanova Suárez C, McMurray BJ, Soleimanpour K, Oliveros W, Delfosse K, Mokhtaridoost M, Wong CJ, Gingras AC, Fabian MR, Blencowe BJ, Maass PG.
Cell Reports, October 28, 2025.
Inter-chromosomal contacts demarcate genome topology along a spatial gradient
Mokhtaridoost M, Chalmers JJ, Soleimanpoor M, McMurray BJ, Lato DF, Nguyen SC, Musienko V, Nash JO, Espeso-Gil S, Ahmed S, Delfosse K, Browning JWL, Barutcu AR, Wilson MD, Liehr T, Shlien A, Aref S, Joyce EF, Weise A, Maass PG.
Nature Communications, November 13, 2024.
Systematic characterization of regulatory variants of blood pressure genes.
Oliveros W, Delfosse K, Lato DF, Kiriakopulos K, Mokhtaridoost M, Said A, McMurray BJ, Browning JWL, Mattioli K, Meng G, Ellis J, Mital S, Melé M, Maass PG.
Cell Genomics, May 24, 2023.
High-throughput functional analysis of lncRNA core promoters elucidates rules governing tissue specificity.
Mattioli K, Volders PJ, Gerhardinger C, Lee JC, Maass PG, Melé M, Rinn JL.
Genome Research. January 25, 2019
Interchromosomal interactions: A genomic love story of kissing chromosomes.
Maass PG, Barutcu AR, Rinn JL.
Journal of Cell Biology. January 7, 2019
Reorganization of inter-chromosomal interactions in the 2q37-deletion syndrome.
Maass PG, Weise A, Rittscher K, Lichtenwald J, Barutcu AR, Liehr T, Aydin A, Wefeld-Neuenfeld Y, Pölsler L, Tinschert S, Rinn JL, Luft FC, Bähring S.
EMBO Journal. June 19, 2018
Inter-chromosomal Contact Properties in Live-Cell Imaging and in Hi-C.
Maass PG, Barutcu AR, Weiner CL, Rinn JL.
Molecular Cell. March 15, 2018. Erratum in: Mol Cell. 2018 Apr 5;70(1):188-189.
Spatiotemporal allele organization by allele-specific CRISPR live-cell imaging (SNP-CLING).
Maass PG, Barutcu AR, Shechner DM, Weiner CL, Melé M, Rinn JL.
Nature Structure Molecular Biology. January 8, 2018
PDE3A mutations cause autosomal dominant hypertension with brachydactyly.
Maass PG, Aydin A, Luft FC, Schächterle C, Weise A, Stricker S, Lindschau C, Vaegler M, Qadri F, Toka HR, Schulz H, Krawitz PM, Parkhomchuk D, Hecht J, Hollfinger I, Wefeld-Neuenfeld Y, Bartels-Klein E, Mühl A, Kann M, Schuster H, Chitayat D, Bialer MG, Wienker TF, Ott J, Rittscher K, Liehr T, Jordan J, Plessis G, Tank J, Mai K, Naraghi R, Hodge R, Hopp M, Hattenbach LO, Busjahn A, Rauch A, Vandeput F, Gong M, Rüschendorf F, Hübner N, Haller H, Mundlos S, Bilginturan N, Movsesian MA, Klussmann E, Toka O, Bähring S.
Nature Genetics. May 11, 2015
A misplaced lncRNA causes brachydactyly in humans.
Maass PG, Rump A, Schulz H, Stricker S, Schulze L, Platzer K, Aydin A, Tinschert S, Goldring MB, Luft FC, Bähring S.
Journal of Clinical Investigation. October 24, 2012