Christian Göritz

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Principal Investigator
Fibrosis and Tissue Repair of the Central Nervous System
Fibroblast functions in blood flow regulation

Previous ERC Starting Grant (https://erc.europa.eu/)
Wallenberg Academy Fellow
(https://kaw.wallenberg.org/en/research/research-scarring-paving-way-new-treatments-spinal-cord-injuries)
Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine Fellow
(https://ki.se/en/research/ming-wai-lau-centre-for-reparative-medicine)

Director of StratRegen (https://ki.se/en/research/about-stratregen)

CV
Diploma in Biochemistry (FU Berlin)
PhD in Neuroscience (Max Planck / CNRS)
Postdoc on CNS Regeneration (Karolinska Institutet)

Research

Christian Göritz's group. [1]
[1] http://ki.se/en/cmb/christian-goritzs-group

Articles

Journal article: BONE RESEARCH. 2024;12(1):56
Multimodal analyses of immune cells during bone repair identify macrophages as a therapeutic target in musculoskeletal trauma
Hachemi Y; Perrin S; Ethel M; Julien A; Vettese J; Geisler B; Goritz C; Colnot C
Article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2024;27(7):1285-1298
Distinct origin and region-dependent contribution of stromal fibroblasts to fibrosis following traumatic injury in mice
Holl D; Hau WF; Julien A; Banitalebi S; Kalkitsas J; Savant S; Llorens-Bobadilla E; Herault Y; Pavlovic G; Amiry-Moghaddam M; Dias DO; Goritz C
Article: NATURE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2024;3(6):685-700
Macrophages upregulate mural cell-like markers and support healing of ischemic injury by adopting functions important for vascular support
Amoedo-Leite C; Parv K; Testini C; Herrera-Hidalgo C; Xu F; Giraud A; Malaquias M; Fasterius E; Holl D; Seignez C; Goeritz C; Christoffersson G; Phillipson M
Article: SCIENCE. 2024;383(6683):eade8064
Corpora cavernosa fibroblasts mediate penile erection
Guimaraes EL; Dias DO; Hau WF; Julien A; Holl D; Garcia-Collado M; Savant S; Vagesjo E; Phillipson M; Jakobsson L; Goritz C
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE (JEM). 2024;221(2):e20230675
CD163⁺ macrophages monitor enhanced permeability at the blood-dorsal root ganglion barrier
Lund H; Hunt MA; Kurtovic Z; Sandor K; Kagy PB; Fereydouni N; Julien A; Goritz C; Vazquez-Liebanas E; Andaloussi Mae M; Jurczak A; Han J; Zhu K; Harris RA; Lampa J; Graversen JH; Etzerodt A; Haglund L; Yaksh TL; Svensson CI
Article: CELL REPORTS. 2022;38(9):110440
Identification of a discrete subpopulation of spinal cord ependymal cells with neural stem cell properties
Stenudd M; Sabelstrom H; Llorens-Bobadilla E; Zamboni M; Blom H; Brismar H; Zhang S; Basak O; Clevers H; Goritz C; Barnabe-Heider F; Frisen J
Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;12(1):5501
Pericyte-derived fibrotic scarring is conserved across diverse central nervous system lesions
Dias DO; Kalkitsas J; Kelahmetoglu Y; Estrada CP; Tatarishvili J; Holl D; Jansson L; Banitalebi S; Amiry-Moghaddam M; Ernst A; Huttner HB; Kokaia Z; Lindvall O; Brundin L; Frisen J; Goritz C
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2021;118(33):e2104119118
Astrocyte-derived neurons provide excitatory input to the adult striatal circuitry
Dorst MC; Diaz-Moreno M; Dias DO; Guimaraes EL; Holl D; Kalkitsas J; Silberberg G; Goritz C
Article: THE FASEB JOURNAL. 2020;34(10):13978-13992
Circadian vulnerability of cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in the cochlea
Tserga E; Moreno-Paublete R; Sarlus H; Bjorn E; Guimaraes E; Goritz C; Cederroth CR; Canlon B
Article: EMBO JOURNAL. 2018;37(9):embj201798280
Glutamate transporter Slc1a3 mediates inter-niche stem cell activation during skin growth
Reichenbach B; Classon J; Aida T; Tanaka K; Genander M; Goeritz C
Article: CELL. 2018;173(1):153-165.e22
Reducing Pericyte-Derived Scarring Promotes Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury
Dias DO; Kim H; Holl D; Solnestam BW; Lundeberg J; Carlen M; Goritz C; Frisen J
Article: SCIENCE. 2014;346(6206):237-241
A latent neurogenic program in astrocytes regulated by Notch signaling in the mouse
Magnusson JP; Goritz C; Tatarishvili J; Dias DO; Smith EMK; Lindvall O; Kokaia Z; Frisen J
Article: NEURON. 2014;83(5):1085-1097
A Transcriptional Mechanism Integrating Inputs from Extracellular Signals to Activate Hippocampal Stem Cells
Andersen J; Urban N; Achimastou A; Ito A; Simic M; Ullom K; Martynoga B; Lebel M; Goritz C; Frisen J; Nakafuku M; Guillemot F
Article: SCIENCE. 2013;342(6158):637-640
Resident Neural Stem Cells Restrict Tissue Damage and Neuronal Loss After Spinal Cord Injury in Mice
Sabelstrom H; Stenudd M; Reu P; Dias DO; Elfineh M; Zdunek S; Damberg P; Goritz C; Frisen J
Article: SCIENCE. 2011;333(6039):238-242
A Pericyte Origin of Spinal Cord Scar Tissue
Goritz C; Dias DO; Tomilin N; Barbacid M; Shupliakov O; Frisen J
Article: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL. 2011;22(11):1864-1877
In neurons, activity-dependent association of dendritically transported mRNA transcripts with the transacting factor CBF-A is mediated by A2RE/RTS elements
Raju CS; Fukuda N; Lopez-Iglesias C; Goritz C; Visa N; Percipalle P
Article: CELL STEM CELL. 2010;7(6):730-743
EphB Signaling Controls Lineage Plasticity of Adult Neural Stem Cell Niche Cells
Nomura T; Goritz C; Catchpole T; Henkemeyer M; Frisen J
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2010;30(41):13794-13807
RBPJκ-Dependent Signaling Is Essential for Long-Term Maintenance of Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Hippocampus
Ehm O; Goritz C; Covic M; Schaeffner I; Schwarz TJ; Karaca E; Kempkes B; Kremmer E; Pfrieger FW; Espinosa L; Bigas A; Giachino C; Taylor V; Frisen J; Lie DC
Article: CELL STEM CELL. 2010;7(4):470-482
Origin of New Glial Cells in Intact and Injured Adult Spinal Cord
Barnabe-Heider F; Goritz C; Sabelstrom H; Takebayashi H; Pfrieger FW; Meletis K; Frisen J
Article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2009;12(3):259-267
Forebrain ependymal cells are Notch-dependent and generate neuroblasts and astrocytes after stroke
Carlen M; Meletis K; Goritz C; Darsalia V; Evergren E; Tanigaki K; Amendola M; Barnabe-Heider F; Yeung MSY; Naldini L; Honjo T; Kokaia Z; Shupliakov O; Cassidy RM; Lindvall O; Frisen J
Article: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL. 2008;19(7):3008-3019
In cultured Oligodendrocytes the A/B-type hnRNP CBF-A accompanies MBP mRNA bound to mRNA trafficking sequences
Raju CS; Goritz C; Nord Y; Hermanson O; Lopez-Iglesias C; Visa N; Castelo-Branco G; Percipalle P
Article: GLIA. 2007;55(15):1565-1576
Transgenic mice for conditional gene manipulation in astroglial cells
Slezak M; Goritz C; Niemiec A; Frisen J; Chambon P; Metzger D; Pfrieger FW
Article: GLIA. 2007;55(11):1108-1122
Glia-induced neuronal differentiation by transcriptional regulation
Goritz C; Thiebaut R; Tessier L-H; Nieweg K; Moehle C; Buard I; Dupont J-L; Schurgers LJ; Schmitz G; Pfrieger FW
Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;29(2):190-201
Multiple mechanisms mediate cholesterol-induced synaptogenesis in a CNS neuron
Goritz C; Mauch DH; Pfrieger FW
Article: JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY PARIS. 2002;96(3-4):257-263
Role of glia-derived cholesterol in synaptogenesis:: new revelations in the synapse-glia affair
Göritz C; Mauch DH; Nägler K; Pfrieger FW
Article: SCIENCE. 2001;294(5545):1354-1357
CNS synaptogenesis promoted by glia-derived cholesterol
Mauch DH; Nägler K; Schumacher S; Göritz C; Müller EC; Otto A; Pfrieger FW
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Review: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY - CELL PHYSIOLOGY. 2023;325(6):c1415-c1420
Decoding fibrosis in the human central nervous system
Holl D; Goeritz C
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2023
A network of CD163⁺macrophages monitors enhanced permeability at the blood-dorsal root ganglion barrier
Lund H; Hunt M; Kurtovic Z; Sandor K; Fereydouni N; Julien A; Göritz C; Han J; Zhu K; Harris R; Lampa J; Haglund L; Yaksh T; Svensson C
Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2022
Macrophages support healing of ischemic injury by transdifferentiating towards mural cells and adopting functions important for vascular support
Parv K; Hidalgo CH; Xu F; Amoedo-Leite C; Giraud A; Holl D; Seignez C; Goeritz C; Christoffersson G; Phillipson M
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2020
Pericyte-derived fibrotic scarring is conserved across diverse central nervous system lesions
Dias DO; Kalkitsas J; Kelahmetoglu Y; Estrada CP; Tatarishvili J; Ernst A; Huttner HB; Kokaia Z; Lindvall O; Brundin L; Frisén J; Göritz C
Conference publication: GLIA. 2019;67:E38
Mechanisms of fibrotic scarring and axon regeneration
Goritz C
Review: MATRIX BIOLOGY. 2018;68-69:561-570
Fibrotic scarring following lesions to the central nervous system
Dias DO; Goritz C
Conference publication: GLIA. 2017;65:E53-E54
Attenuation of pericyte-derived fibrosis promotes axonal regeneration and functional recovery following CNS injury
Goritz C
Conference publication: GLIA. 2017;65:E534-E535
Attenuation of pericyte-derived scarring promotes axonal regeneration and functional recovery following spinal cord injury
Dias DO; Kim H; Holl D; Solnestam BW; Lundeberg J; Carlen M; Frisen J; Goritz C
Editorial comment: CELL STEM CELL. 2012;10(6):657-659
Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis in the Adult
Goritz C; Frisen J
Conference publication: CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS. 2005;136(2):134
Cholesterol biosynthesis and its regulation in neurons and glial cells
Nieweg K; Goritz C; Pfrieger FW
Conference publication: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL. 2001;12:378A
Identification of a glia-derived factor promoting synaptogenesis
Mauch D; Nagler K; Schumacher S; Goritz C; Muller EC; Otto A; Pfrieger FW

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