Mitochondrial network adaptations of microglia reveal sex-specific stress response after injury and UC knockout
M.E. Maes, G. Colombo, F.E. Schoot Uiterkamp, F. Sternberg, A. Venturino, E.E. Pohl, S. Siegert, IScience 26 (2023).

BAX activation in mouse retinal ganglion cells occurs in two temporally and mechanistically distinct steps
M.E. Maes, R.J. Donahue, C.L. Schlamp, O.J. Marola, R.T. Libby, R.W. Nickells, Molecular Neurodegeneration 18 (2023).

Characteristics of intracellular propagation of mitochondrial BAX recruitment during apoptosis
J.A. Grosser, M.E. Maes, R.W. Nickells, Apoptosis 26 (2021) 132–145.

Microglia enable mature perineuronal nets disassembly upon anesthetic ketamine exposure or 60-Hz light entrainment in the healthy brain
A. Venturino, R. Schulz, H. De Jesús-Cortés, M.E. Maes, B. Nagy, F. Reilly-Andújar, G. Colombo, R.J. Cubero, F.E. Schoot Uiterkamp, M.F. Bear, S. Siegert, Cell Reports 36 (2021).

Increased susceptibility and intrinsic apoptotic signaling in neurons by induced HDA expression
H.M. Schmitt, R.L. Fehrman, M.E. Maes, H. Yang, L.W. Guo, C.L. Schlamp, H.R. Pelzel, R.W. Nickells, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 62 (2021).

Optimizing AA/6 microglial targeting identified enhanced efficiency in the photoreceptor degenerative environment
M.E. Maes, G.M. Wögenstein, G. Colombo, R. Casado Polanco, S. Siegert, Molecular Therapy - Methods and Clinical Development 23 (2021) 210–224.

The influence of mitochondrial dynamics and function on retinal ganglion cell susceptibility in optic nerve disease
N.A. Muench, S. Patel, M.E. Maes, R.J. Donahue, A. Ikeda, R.W. Nickells, Cells 10 (2021).

BAX-depleted retinal ganglion cells survive and become quiescent following optic nerve damage
R. Donahue, M.E. Maes, J. Grosser, R. Nickells, Molecular Neurobiology 57 (2020) 1070–1084.

Completion of BAX recruitment correlates with mitochondrial fission during apoptosis
M.E. Maes, J.A. Grosser, R.L. Fehrman, C.L. Schlamp, R.W. Nickells, Scientific Reports 9 (2019).

Targeting microglia with lentivirus and AAV: Recent advances and remaining challenges
M.E. Maes, G. Colombo, R. Schulz, S. Siegert, Neuroscience Letters 707 (2019).

AA mediated transduction of the mouse retina after optic nerve injury
R. Nickells, H. Schmitt, M.E. Maes, C. Schlamp, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 58 (2017) 6091–6104.