Optic nerve crush does not induce retinal ganglion cell loss in the contralateral eye
F.E. Miteva, M.E. Maes, M. Alamalhoda, A. Firoozi, G. Colombo, S. Siegert, Investigative Ophthalmology &; Visual Science 66 (2025).

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).

Chimeric GPCRs mimic distinct signaling pathways and modulate microglia responses
R. Schulz, M. Korkut, A. Venturino, G. Colombo, S. Siegert, Nature Communications 13 (2022).

A tool for mapping microglial morphology, morphOMICs, reveals brain-region and sex-dependent phenotypes
G. Colombo, R.J. Cubero, L. Kanari, A. Venturino, R. Schulz, M. Scolamiero, J. Agerberg, H. Mathys, L.-H. Tsai, W. Chachólski, K. Hess, S. Siegert, Nature Neuroscience 25 (2022) 1379–1393.

MorphOMICs, a tool for mapping microglial morphology, reveals brain region- and sex-dependent phenotypes
G. Colombo, MorphOMICs, a Tool for Mapping Microglial Morphology, Reveals Brain Region- and Sex-Dependent Phenotypes, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.

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).

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.

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