Publications

Key publications

1. 2026
   Cakir U, Mantovani F, Youjil Abadi S, Butt UJ, Bansal V, Kawaguchi R, Geschwind D, Nave KA, Ehrenreich H, Singh M, A single-nucleus regulatory atlas links transposable elements to adult hippocampal neurogenesis, bioRxiv (preprint), 2026.

   Cakir U, Mantovani F, Youjil Abadi S, Fandrey J, Winning S, Ehrenreich H, Schwarzer-Sperber HS, Izsvák Z, Schwarzer R, Singh M, HIF1A recruits primate-specific endogenous retroviruses into the human hypoxic and immune responses, bioRxiv (preprint), 2026.

   Singh M, Qu Y, Pande A, Zadora J, Herse F, Gauster M, Kong X, Zheng R, Anwar R, Stevanovic K, Dechend R, Cohen M, Molvarec A, Wang J, Konkel MK, Zhang B, Feschotte C, Dveksler G, Blois SM, Hurst LD, Izsvák Z, Endogenous retroviral elements LTR8B and MER65 rewire PSG9 regulation to control trophoblast syncytialization and pre-eclampsia risk, Genome Biology, 2026; 27(1):73.
2. 2025
   Singh M*, Leddy SM*, Iñiguez LP, Bendall ML, Nixon DF, Feschotte C, Transposable elements may enhance antiviral resistance in HIV-1 elite controllers, Genome Biology, 2025; 26(1):28.
3. 2024
   Xu J, Erlendsson S, Singh M, Holling GA, Regier M, Ibiricu I, Einstein J, Hantak MP, Day GS, Piquet AL, Smith TL, Clardy SL, Whiteley AM, Feschotte C, Briggs JAG, Shepherd JD, PNMA2 forms immunogenic non-enveloped virus-like capsids associated with paraneoplastic neurological syndrome, Cell, 2024; 187(4):831-845.e19.
4. 2023
   Singh M, Zhao Y, Gastaldi VD, Wojcik SM, Curto Y, Kawaguchi R, Merino RM, Garcia-Agudo LF, Taschenberger H, Brose N, Geschwind D, Nave KA, Ehrenreich H, Erythropoietin re-wires cognition-associated transcriptional networks, Nature Communications, 2023; 14(1):4777.

   Singh M, Kondrashkina AM, Hurst LD, Izsvák Z, Staring at the onco-exaptation: the two-faced medley of an ancient retrovirus, HERVH, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2023; 133(14):e172278.

   Singh M, Kondrashkina AM, Widmann TJ, Cortes JL, Bansal V, Wang J, Römer C, Garcia-Canadas M, Garcia-Perez JL, Hurst LD, Izsvák Z, A new human embryonic cell type associated with activity of young transposable elements allows definition of the inner cell mass, PLoS Biology, 2023; 21(6):e3002162.
5. 2022
   Frank JA, Singh M, Cullen HB, Kirou RA, Cortes JL, Garcia-Perez JL, Coyne CB, Feschotte C, Evolution and antiviral activity of a human protein of retroviral origin, Science, 2022; 378(6618):422-428.

   Carter TA, Singh M, Dumbović G, Chobirko JD, Rinn JL, Feschotte C, Mosaic cis-regulatory evolution drives transcriptional partitioning of HERVH endogenous retrovirus in the human embryo, eLife, 2022; 11:e76257.
6. 2021
   Mika K, Marinić M, Singh M, Muter J, Brosens JJ, Lynch VJ, Evolutionary transcriptomics implicates new genes and pathways in human pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes, eLife, 2021; 10:e69584.
7. 2020
   Singh M, Cai H, Bunse M, Feschotte C, Izsvák Z, Human Endogenous Retrovirus K Rec forms a Regulatory Loop with MITF that Opposes the Progression of Melanoma to an Invasive Stage, Viruses, 2020; 12(11):1303.

   Singh M, Bansal V, Feschotte C, A Single-Cell RNA Expression Map of Human Coronavirus Entry Factors, Cell Reports, 2020; 32(12):108175.
8. 2017
   Zadora J, Singh M, Herse F, Przybyl L, Haase N, Golic M, Yung HW, Huppertz B, Cartwright JE, Whitley G, Johnsen GM, Levi G, Isbruch A, Schulz H, Luft FC, Müller DN, Staff AC, Hurst LD, Dechend R, Izsvák Z, Disturbed Placental Imprinting in Preeclampsia Leads to Altered Expression of DLX5, a Human-Specific Early Trophoblast Marker, Circulation, 2017. Erratum: 2018;138(15):e423.
9. 2014
   Wang J, Xie G, Singh M, Ghanbarian AT, Raskó T, Szvetnik A, Cai H, Besser D, Prigione A, Fuchs NV, Schumann GG, Chen W, Lorincz MC, Ivics Z, Hurst LD, Izsvák Z, Primate-specific endogenous retrovirus-driven transcription defines naive-like stem cells, Nature, 2014; 516(7531):405-9.