Latest Publications
2022
Oo JA, Palfi K, Warwick T, Wittig I, Prieto-Garcia C, Matkovic V, Tomaskovic I, Boos F, Izquierdo Ponce J, Teichmann T, Petriukov K, Haydar S, Maegdefessel L, Wu Z, Pham MD, Krishnan J, Baker AH, Günther S, Ulrich HD, Dikic I, Leisegang MS§, Brandes RP§. Long non-coding RNA PCAT19 safeguards DNA in quiescent endothelial cells by preventing uncontrolled phosphorylation of replication protein A2. Cell Rep. 2022 Nov 15;41(7):111670. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111670. PMID: 36384122.
Leisegang MS*, Bains JK*, Seredinski S, Oo JA, Krause NM, Kuo CC, Günther S, Sentürk Cetin N, Warwick T, Cao C, Boos F, Izquierdo Ponce J, Haydar S, Bednarz R, Valasarajan C, Fuhrmann D, Preussner J, Looso M, Pullamsetti SS, Schulz MH, Jonker HRA, Richter C, Rezende F, Gilsbach R, Pflüger-Müller B, Wittig I, Grummt I, Ribarska T, Costa IG, Schwalbe H§, Brandes RP§. HIF1α-AS1 is a DNA:DNA:RNA triplex-forming lncRNA interacting with the HUSH complex. Nat Commun. 2022 Nov 2;13(1):6563. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34252-2. PMID: 36323673.
Warwick T, Seredinski S, Krause NM, Bains JK, Althaus L, Oo JA, Bonetti A, Dueck A, Engelhardt S, Schwalbe H, Leisegang MS, Schulz MH§, Brandes RP§. A universal model of RNA·DNA:DNA triplex formation accurately predicts genome-wide RNA-DNA interactions. Brief Bioinform. 2022 Oct 13;bbac445. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbac445. PMID: 36239395.
Vaca DJ, Thibau A, Leisegang MS, Malmström J, Linke D, Eble JA, Ballhorn W, Schaller M, Happonen L, Kempf VAJ. Interaction of Bartonella henselae with Fibronectin Represents the Molecular Basis for Adhesion to Host Cells. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Jun 29;10(3):e0059822. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00598-22. PMID: 35435766.
2021
Lopez M, Malacarne PF, Gajos-Draus A, Ding X, Daiber A, Lundberg JO, Offermanns S, Brandes RP, Rezende F. Vascular biotransformation of organic nitrates is independent of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases. Br J Pharmacol. 2021 Apr;178(7):1495-1506. doi: 10.1111/bph.15362.
Monteiro JP, Rodor J, Caudrillier A, Scanlon JP, Spiroski AM, Dudnakova T, Pflüger-Müller B, Shmakova A, von Kriegsheim A, Deng L, Taylor RS, Wilson-Kanamori JR, Chen SH, Stewart K, Thomson A, Mitić T, McClure JD, Iynikkel J, Hadoke PWF, Denby L, Bradshaw AC, Caruso P, Morrell NW, Kovacic JC, Ulitsky I, Henderson NC, Caporali A, Leisegang MS, Brandes RP, Baker AH. MIR503HG Loss Promotes Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Vascular Disease. Circ Res. 2021 Apr 16;128(8):1173-1190. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.318124.
Wack G, Metzner K, Kuth MS, Wang E, Bresnick A, Brandes RP, Schröder K, Wittig I, Schmidtko A, Kallenborn-Gerhardt W. Nox4-dependent upregulation of S100A4 after peripheral nerve injury modulates neuropathic pain processing. Free Radic Biol Med. 2021 Mar 28;168:155-167. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.03.021.
Delgado Lagos FA, Elgheznawy A, Kyselova A, Meyer Zu Heringdorf D, Ratiu C, Randriamboavonjy V, Mann AW, Fisslthaler B, Siragusa M, Fleming I (2021) Secreted modular calcium binding protein 1 binds/activates thrombin to account for platelet hyper-reactivity in diabetes. Blood 137 (12):1641-1651. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020009405.
Hesse M, Bednarz R, Carls E, Becker C, Bondareva O, Lother A, Geisen C, Dreßen M, Krane M, Roell W, Hein L, Fleischmann BK, Gilsbach R. Proximity to injury, but neither number of nuclei nor ploidy define pathological adaptation and plasticity in cardiomyocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2021 Mar;152:95-104. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2020.11.012.
Warwick T, Schulz MH, Günther S, Gilsbach R, Neme A, Carlberg C, Brandes RP, Seuter S. A hierarchical regulatory network analysis of the vitamin D induced transcriptome reveals novel regulators and complete VDR dependency in monocytes. Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 22;11(1):6518. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86032-5.
Helfinger V, Freiherr von Gall F, Henke N, Kunze MM, Schmid T, Rezende F, Heidler J, Wittig I, Radeke HH, Marschall V, Anderson K, Shah AM, Fulda S, Brüne B, Brandes RP, Schröder K. Genetic deletion of Nox4 enhances cancerogen-induced formation of solid tumors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Mar 16;118(11):e2020152118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2020152118.
Kyselova A, Zukunft S, Puppe D, Wittig I, Mann AW, Dornauf I, Fleming I, Randriamboavonjy V (2021) Human platelets are a source of collagen I. Haematologica 106 (3):899-902. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2020.255612.
Bibli SI, Hu J, Looso M, Weigert A, Ratiu C, Wittig J, Drekolia MK, Tombor L, Randriamboavonjy V, Leisegang MS, Goymann P, Delgado Lagos F, Fisslthaler B, Zukunft S, Kyselova A, Justo AFO, Heidler J, Tsilimigras D, Brandes RP, Dimmeler S, Papapetropoulos A, Knapp S, Offermanns S, Wittig I, Nishimura SL, Sigala F, Fleming I (2021) Mapping the endothelial cell S-sulfhydrome highlights the crucial role of integrin sulfhydration in vascular function. Circulation 143 (9):935-948. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.051877 .
Fleming I (2021) A prickly situation: competitive antagonism by different hedgehog proteins. Cardiovascular Research: cvab037. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvab037.
Wang B, Wu L, Chen J, Dong L, Chen C, Wen Z, Hu J, Fleming I, Wang DW (2021) Metabolism pathways of arachidonic acids: mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets. Signal Transduct Target Ther 6 (1):94. doi: 10.1038/s41392-020-00443-w.
Knuth AK, Huard A, Naeem Z, Rappl P, Bauer R, Mota AC, Schmidt T, Fleming I, Fulda S, Weigert A (2021) Apoptotic cells induce proliferation of peritoneal macrophages. Int J Mol Sci. 22:2230. doi: 10.3390/ijms22052230.
Hartmann M, Bibli SI, Tews D, Ni X, Kircher T, Kramer JS, Kilu W, Heering J, Hernandez-Olmos V, Weizel L, Scriba GKE, Krait S, Knapp S, Chaikuad A, Merk D, Fleming I, Fischer-Posovszky P, Proschak E (2021) Combined cardioprotective and adipocyte browning effects promoted by the eutomer of dual sEH/PPARγ modulator. J Med Chem 64:2851-2828. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c02063.
Kashefiolasl S, Leisegang MS, Helfinger V, Schürmann C, Pflüger-Müller B, Randriamboavonjy V, Vasconez AE, Carmeliet G, Badenhoop K, Hintereder G, Seifert V, Schröder K, Konczalla J, Brandes RP. Vitamin D-A New Perspective in Treatment of Cerebral Vasospasm. Neurosurgery. 2021 Feb 16;88(3):674-685. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa484.
Huang J, Covic M, Huth C, Rommel M, Adam J, Zukunft S, Prehn C, Wang L, Nano J, Scheerer MF, Neschen S, Kastenmüller G, Gieger C, Laxy M, Schliess F, Adamski J, Suhre K, de Angelis MH, Peters A, Wang-Sattler R (2021) Validation of candidate phospholipid biomarkers of chronic kidney disease in hyperglycemic individuals and their organ-specific exploration in leptin receptor-deficient db/db mouse. Metabolites 11 (2):89. doi: 10.3390/metabo11020089.
Tombor LS, John D, Glaser SF, Luxán G, Forte E, Furtado M, Rosenthal N, Baumgarten N, Schulz MH, Wittig J, Rogg EM, Manavski Y, Fischer A, Muhly-Reinholz M, Klee K, Looso M, Selignow C, Acker T, Bibli SI, Fleming I, Patrick R, Harvey RP, Abplanalp WT, Dimmeler S (2021) Single cell sequencing reveals endothelial plasticity with transient mesenchymal activation after myocardial infarction. Nat Commun 12 (1):681. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-20905-1.
Zink J, Frye M, Frömel T, Carlantoni C, John D, Schreier D, Weigert A, Laban H, Salinas G, Stingl H, Günther L, Popp R, Hu J, Vanhollebeke B, Schmidt H, Acker-Palmer A, Renné T, Fleming I, Benz PM (2021) EVL regulates VEGF receptor-2 internalization and signaling in developmental angiogenesis. EMBO Rep 22 (2):e48961. doi: 10.15252/embr.201948961.
Brandes RP, Dueck A, Engelhardt S, Kaulich M, Kupatt C, De Angelis MT, Leisegang MS, le Noble F, Moretti A, Müller OJ, Skryabin BV, Thum T, Wurst W. GK and DZHK position paper on genome editing: basic science applications and future perspective. Basic Res Cardiol. 2021 Jan 15;116(1):2. doi: 10.1007/s00395-020-00839-3.
Mehling R, Schwenck J, Lemberg C, Trautwein C, Zizmare L, Kramer D, Müller A, Fehrenbacher B, Gonzalez-Menendez I, Quintanilla-Martinez L, Schröder K, Brandes RP, Schaller M, Ruf W, Eichner M, Ghoreschi K, Röcken M, Pichler BJ, Kneilling M. Immunomodulatory role of reactive oxygen species and nitrogen species during T cell-driven neutrophil-enriched acute and chronic cutaneous delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions. Theranostics. 2021 Jan 1;11(2):470-490. doi: 10.7150/thno.51462. eCollection 2021.
Schnelle M, Sawyer I, Anilkumar N, Mohamed BA, Richards DA, Toischer K, Zhang M, Catibog N, Sawyer G, Mongue-Din H, Schröder K, Hasenfuss G, Shah AM. NADPH oxidase-4 promotes eccentric cardiac hypertrophy in response to volume overload. Cardiovasc Res. 2021 Jan 1;117(1):178-187. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvz331.