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Selected Publications

Yolk Sac Hematopoiesis: Does It Contribute to the Adult Hematopoietic System?

Wittamer V and Bertrand JY.

Cell Mol Life Sci. 2020

The Macrophage-Expressed Gene (Mpeg) 1 Identifies a Subpopulation of B Cells in the Adult Zebrafish

Ferrero G, Gomez E, Lyer S, Rovira M, Miserocchi M, Langenau DM, Bertrand JY, Wittamer V.

 

J Leukoc Biol. 2020 

Yolk Sac Hematopoiesis: Does It Contribute to the Adult Hematopoietic System?

Wittamer V and Bertrand JY.

Cell Mol Life Sci. 2020

Yolk Sac Hematopoiesis: Does It Contribute to the Adult Hematopoietic System?

Wittamer V and Bertrand JY.

Cell Mol Life Sci. 2020

Selected Publications

A single-cell transcriptomic atlas reveals resident dendritic-like cells in the zebrafish brain parenchyma.

Rovira M, Ferrero G, Miserocchi M, Montanari A, Wittamer V.

Biorxiv. 2023

doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.27.550829

Isolation of tissue macrophages in adult zebrafish.

Rovira M, Pozo J, Miserocchi M, Wittamer V.

Methods Mol Biol. 2024; 2713:81-98.

doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-3437-0_5.

Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads.

Paolicelli RC, Sierra A, Stevens B, Tremblay ME, Aguzzi A, Ajami B, Amit I, Audinat E, Bechmann I, Bennett M, Bennett F, Bessis A, Biber K, Bilbo S, Blurton-Jones M, Boddeke E, Brites D, Brône B, Brown GC, Butovsky O, Carson MJ, Castellano B, Colonna M, Cowley SA, Cunningham C, Davalos D, De Jager PL, de Strooper B, Denes A, Eggen BJL, Eyo U, Galea E, Garel S, Ginhoux F, Glass CK, Gokce O, Gomez-Nicola D, González B, Gordon S, Graeber MB, Greenhalgh AD, Gressens P, Greter M, Gutmann DH, Haass C, Heneka MT, Heppner FL, Hong S, Hume DA, Jung S, Kettenmann H, Kipnis J, Koyama R, Lemke G, Lynch M, Majewska A, Malcangio M, Malm T, Mancuso R, Masuda T, Matteoli M, McColl BW, Miron VE, Molofsky AV, Monje M, Mracsko E, Nadjar A, Neher JJ, Neniskyte U, Neumann H, Noda M, Peng B, Peri F, Perry VH, Popovich PG, Pridans C, Priller J, Prinz M, Ragozzino D, Ransohoff RM, Salter MW, Schaefer A, Schafer DP, Schwartz M, Simons M, Smith CJ, Streit WJ, Tay TL, Tsai LH, Verkhratsky A, von Bernhardi R, Wake H, Wittamer V, Wolf SA, Wu LJ, Wyss-Coray T. Neuron. 2022 Nov 2;110(21):3458-3483.

doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.10.020.

Zebrafish Galectin 3 binding protein is the target antigen of the microglial 4C4 monoclonal antibody.

Rovira M, Miserocchi M, Montanari A, Hammou L, Chomette L, Pozo J, Imbault V, Bisteau X, Wittamer V. Dev Dyn. 2023;252(3):400-414.

doi: 10.1002/dvdy.549.

Spatial proteogenomics reveals distinct and evolutionarily conserved hepatic macrophage niches.

Guilliams M, Bonnardel J, Haest B, Vanderborght B, Wagner C, Remmerie A, Bujko A, Martens L, Thoné T, Browaeys R, De Ponti FF, Vanneste B, Zwicker C, Svedberg FR, Vanhalewyn T, Gonçalves A, Lippens S, Devriendt B, Cox E, Ferrero G, Wittamer V, Willaert A, Kaptein SJF, Neyts J, Dallmeier K, Geldhof P, Casaert S, Deplancke B, Ten Dijke P, Hoorens A, Vanlander A, Berrevoet F, Van Nieuwenhove Y, Saeys Y, Saelens W, Van Vlierberghe H, Devisscher L, Scott CL. Cell. 2022 Jan 20;185(2):379-396.e38.

doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.12.018. 

A csf1rb mutation uncouples two waves of microglia development in zebrafish.

Ferrero G, Miserocchi M, Di Ruggiero E, Wittamer V. Development. 2021 Jan 11;148(1):dev194241.

doi: 10.1242/dev.194241.

Yolk sac hematopoiesis: does it contribute to the adult hematopoietic system?

Wittamer V, Bertrand JY. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2020 Oct;77(20):4081-4091.

doi: 10.1007/s00018-020-03527-6. 

Zebrafish macrophage developmental arrest underlies depletion of microglia and reveals Csf1r-independent metaphocytes.

Kuil LE, Oosterhof N, Ferrero G, Mikulášová T, Hason M, Dekker J, Rovira M, van der Linde HC, van Strien PM, de Pater E, Schaaf G, Bindels EM, Wittamer V, van Ham TJ. Elife. 2020 May 5;9:e53403.  

doi: 10.7554/eLife.53403.

The macrophage-expressed gene (mpeg) 1 identifies a subpopulation of B cells in the adult zebrafish.

Ferrero G, Gomez E, Lyer S, Rovira M, Miserocchi M, Langenau DM, Bertrand JY, Wittamer V. J Leukoc Biol. 2020 Mar;107(3):431-443.

doi: 10.1002/JLB.1A1119-223R.

Embryonic Microglia Derive from Primitive Macrophages and Are Replaced by cmyb-Dependent Definitive Microglia in Zebrafish.

Ferrero G, Mahony CB, Dupuis E, Yvernogeau L, Di Ruggiero E, Miserocchi M, Caron M, Robin C, Traver D, Bertrand JY, Wittamer V. Cell Rep. 2018 Jul 3;24(1):130-141.

doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.05.066. 

An evolutionarily conserved program of B-cell development and activation in zebrafish.

Page DM, Wittamer V, Bertrand JY, Lewis KL, Pratt DN, Delgado N, Schale SE, McGue C, Jacobsen BH, Doty A, Pao Y, Yang H, Chi NC, Magor BG, Traver D. Blood. 2013 Aug 22;122(8):e1-11.

doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-12-471029.

Chemerin and its receptors in leukocyte trafficking, inflammation and metabolism.

Bondue B, Wittamer V, Parmentier M. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2011 Oct-Dec;22(5-6):331-8.

doi: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2011.11.004.

Characterization of the mononuclear phagocyte system in zebrafish.

Wittamer V, Bertrand JY, Gutschow PW, Traver D. Blood. 2011 Jun 30;117(26):7126-35.

doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-11-321448. 

Neutrophil-mediated maturation of chemerin: a link between innate and adaptive immunity.

Wittamer V, Bondue B, Guillabert A, Vassart G, Parmentier M, Communi D. J Immunol. 2005 Jul 1;175(1):487-93.

doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.1.487.

The C-terminal nonapeptide of mature chemerin activates the chemerin receptor with low nanomolar potency.

Wittamer V, Grégoire F, Robberecht P, Vassart G, Communi D, Parmentier M. J Biol Chem. 2004 Mar 12;279(11):9956-62.

doi: 10.1074/jbc.M313016200.  

Specific recruitment of antigen-presenting cells by chemerin, a novel processed ligand from human inflammatory fluids.

Wittamer V, Franssen JD, Vulcano M, Mirjolet JF, Le Poul E, Migeotte I, Brézillon S, Tyldesley R, Blanpain C, Detheux M, Mantovani A, Sozzani S, Vassart G, Parmentier M, Communi D. J Exp Med. 2003 Oct 6;198(7):977-85.

doi: 10.1084/jem.20030382. 

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