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Atypical KCNQ1/Kv7 channel function in a neonatal diabetes patient: hypersecretion preceded the failure of pancreatic β-cells.
Zhou, Z., Gong, M., Pande, A., Margineanu, A., Lisewski, U., Purfürst, B., Zhu, H., Liang, L., Jia, S., Froehler, S., Zeng, C., Kühnen, P., Khodaverdi, S., Krill, W., Röpke, T., Chen, W., Raile, K., Sander, M. and Izsvák, Z.
iScience 27 (7): 110291. 19 July 2024

The zebrafish heart harbors a thermogenic beige fat depot analog of human epicardial adipose tissue.
Morocho-Jaramillo, P.A., Kotlar-Goldaper, I., Zakarauskas-Seth, B.I., Purfürst, B., Filosa, A. and Sawamiphak, S.
Cell Reports 43 (3): 113955. 26 March 2024

Studies in zebrafish and rat models support dual blockade of EP2 and EP4 (prostaglandin E(2) receptors type 2 and 4) for renoprotection in glomerular hyperfiltration and albuminuria.
Kourpa, A., Schulz, A., Mangelsen, E., Kaiser-Graf, D., Koppers, N., Stoll, M., Rothe, M., Bader, M., Purfürst, B., Kunz, S., Gladytz, T., Niendorf, T., Bachmann, S., Mutig, K., Bolbrinker, J., Panakova, D. and Kreutz, R.
Hypertension 80 (4): 771-782. April 2023

Lack of evidence for participation of TMEM150C in sensory mechanotransduction.
Ojeda-Alonso, J., Bégay, V., Garcia-Contreras, J.A., Campos-Pérez, A.F., Purfürst, B. and Lewin, G.R.
Journal of General Physiology 154 (12): e202213098. 5 December 2022

The role of intraspinal sensory neurons in the control of quadrupedal locomotion.
Gerstmann, K., Jurčić, N., Blasco, E., Kunz, S., de Almeida Sassi, F., Wanaverbecq, N. and Zampieri, N.
Current Biology 32 (11): 2442-2453. 6 June 2022

Virus-induced senescence is driver and therapeutic target in COVID-19.
Lee, S., Yu, Y., Trimpert, J., Benthani, F., Mairhofer, M., Richter-Pechanska, P., Wyler, E., Belenki, D., Kaltenbrunner, S., Pammer, M., Kausche, L., Firsching, T.C., Dietert, K., Schotsaert, M., Martínez-Romero, C., Singh, G., Kunz, S., Niemeyer, D., Ghanem, R., Salzer, H.J.F., Paar, C., Mülleder, M., Uccellini, M., Michaelis, E.G., Khan, A., Lau, A., Schönlein, M., Habringer, A., Tomasits, J., Adler, J.M., Kimeswenger, S., Gruber, A.D., Hoetzenecker, W., Steinkellner, H., Purfuerst, B., Motz, R., Di Pierro, F., Lamprecht, B., Osterrieder, N., Landthaler, M., Drosten, C., García-Sastre, A., Langer, R., Ralser, M., Eils, R., Reimann, M., Fan, D.N.Y. and Schmitt, C.A.
Nature 599 : 283-289. 11 November 2021

NF-κB determines Paneth versus goblet cell fate decision in the small intestine.
Brischetto, C., Krieger, K., Klotz, C., Krahn, I., Kunz, S., Kolesnichenko, M., Mucka, P., Heuberger, J., Scheidereit, C. and Schmidt-Ullrich, R.
Development 148 (21): dev199683. November 2021

Age-related decline in murine heart and skeletal muscle performance is attenuated by reduced Ahnak1 expression.
Mahmoodzadeh, S., Koch, K., Schriever, C., Xu, J., Steinecker, M., Leber, J., Dworatzek, E., Purfürst, B., Kunz, S., Recchia, D., Canepari, M., Heuser, A., Di Francescantonio, S. and Morano, I.
Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle 12 : 1249-1265. 14 October 2021

Identification of disease-relevant modulators of the SHH pathway in the developing brain.
Mecklenburg, N., Kowalczyk, I., Witte, F., Görne, J., Laier, A., Mamo, T.M., Gonschior, H., Lehmann, M., Richter, M., Sporbert, A., Purfürst, B., Hübner, N. and Hammes, A.
Development 148 (17): dev199307. September 2021

Small, seeding-competent huntingtin fibrils are prominent aggregate species in brains of zQ175 Huntington's disease knock-in mice.
Schindler, F., Praedel, N., Neuendorf, N., Kunz, S., Schnoegl, S., Mason, M.A., Taxy, B.A., Bates, G.P., Khoshnan, A., Priller, J., Grimm, J., Maier, M., Boeddrich, A. and Wanker, E.E.
Frontiers in Neuroscience 15 : 682172. 22 June 2021

High Yap and Mll1 promote a persistent regenerative cell state induced by Notch signaling and loss of p53.
Heuberger, J., Grinat, J., Kosel, F., Liu, L., Kunz, S., Vidal, R.O., Keil, M., Haybaeck, J., Robine, S., Louvard, D., Regenbrecht, C., Sporbert, A., Sauer, S., von Eyss, B., Sigal, M. and Birchmeier, W.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (22): e2019699118. 1 June 2021

HIV-1 Gag release from yeast reveals ESCRT interaction with the Gag N-terminal protein region.
Meusser, B., Purfuerst, B. and Luft, F.C.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 295 (52): 17950-17972. 25 December 2020

Mixing Aβ(1-40) and Aβ(1-42) peptides generates unique amyloid fibrils.
Cerofolini, L., Ravera, E., Bologna, S., Wiglenda, T., Böddrich, A., Purfürst, B., Benilova, I., Korsak, M., Gallo, G., Rizzo, D., Gonnelli, L., Fragai, M., De Strooper, B., Wanker, E.E. and Luchinat, C.
Chemical Communications 56 (62): 8830-8833. 11 August 2020

Hypochlorhydria reduces mortality in heart failure caused by Kcne2 gene deletion.
Lisewski, U., Köhncke, C., Schleussner, L., Purfürst, B., Lee, S.M., De Silva, A., Manville, R.W., Abbott, G.W. and Roepke, T.K.
FASEB Journal 34 (8): 10699-10719. August 2020

Age attenuates the T-type Ca(V) 3.2-RyR axis in vascular smooth muscle.
Fan, G., Kaßmann, M., Cui, Y., Matthaeus, C., Kunz, S., Zhong, C., Zhu, S., Xie, Yu, Tsvetkov, D., Daumke, O., Huang, Yu and Gollasch, M.
Aging Cell 19 (4): e13134. April 2020

EHD2-mediated restriction of caveolar dynamics regulates cellular fatty acid uptake.
Matthaeus, C., Lahmann, I., Kunz, S., Jonas, W., Melo, A.A., Lehmann, M., Larsson, E., Lundmark, R., Kern, M., Blüher, M., Olschowski, H., Kompa, J., Brügger, B., Müller, D.N., Haucke, V., Schürmann, A., Birchmeier, C. and Daumke, O.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (13): 7471-7481. 31 March 2020

Inhibiting WNT and NOTCH in renal cancer stem cells and the implications for human patients.
Fendler, A., Bauer, D., Busch, J., Jung, K., Wulf-Goldenberg, A., Kunz, S., Song, K., Myszczyszyn, A., Elezkurtaj, S., Erguen, B., Jung, S., Chen, W. and Birchmeier, W.
Nature Communications 11 (1): 929. 17 February 2020

Self-organizing 3D human trunk neuromuscular organoids.
Faustino Martins, J.M., Fischer, C., Urzi, A., Vidal, R., Kunz, S., Ruffault, P.L., Kabuss, L., Hube, I., Gazzerro, E., Birchmeier, C., Spuler, S., Sauer, S. and Gouti, M.
Cell Stem Cell 26 (2): 172-186. 6 February 2020

Human muscle-derived CLEC14A-positive cells regenerate muscle independent of PAX7.
Marg, A., Escobar Fernandez, H., Karaiskos, N., Grunwald, S.A., Metzler, E., Kieshauer, J., Sauer, S., Pasemann, D., Malfatti, E., Mompoint, D., Quijano-Roy, S., Boltengagen, A., Schneider, J., Schülke, M., Kunz, S., Carlier, R., Birchmeier, C., Amthor, H., Spuler, A., Kocks, C., Rajewsky, N. and Spuler, S.
Nature Communications 10 (1): 5776. 18 December 2019

eNOS-NO-induced small blood vessel relaxation requires EHD2-dependent caveolae stabilization.
Matthaeus, C., Lian, X., Kunz, S., Lehmann, M., Zhong, C., Bernert, C., Lahmann, I., Müller, D.N., Gollasch, M. and Daumke, O.
PLoS ONE 14 (10): e0223620. 10 October 2019

Structure and assembly of the mitochondrial membrane remodelling GTPase Mgm1.
Faelber, K., Dietrich, L., Noel, J.K., Wollweber, F., Pfitzner, A.K., Mühleip, A., Sánchez, R., Kudryashev, M., Chiaruttini, N., Lilie, H., Schlegel, J., Rosenbaum, E., Hessenberger, M., Matthaeus, C., Kunz, S., von der Malsburg, A., Noé, F., Roux, A., van der Laan, M., Kühlbrandt, W. and Daumke, O.
Nature 571 (7765): 429-433. 18 July 2019

Cluster binding studies with two anti-Thomsen-Friedenreich (anti-core-1, CD176, TF) antibodies: evidence for a multiple TF epitope.
Flechner, A., Butschak, G., Löffler, A., Rühmann, J., Nishimura, S.I., Dölling, R., Purfürst, B., Goletz, S., Danielczyk, A. and Karsten, U.
International Immunopharmacology 72 : 186-194. July 2019

The cell adhesion protein CAR is a negative regulator of synaptic transmission.
Wrackmeyer, U., Kaldrack, J., Jüttner, R., Pannasch, U., Gimber, N., Freiberg, F., Purfürst, B., Kainmueller, D., Schmitz, D., Haucke, V., Rathjen, F.G. and Gotthardt, M.
Scientific Reports 9 (1): 6768. 1 May 2019

Analysis of the genomic architecture of a complex trait locus in hypertensive rat models links Tmem63c to kidney damage.
Schulz, A., Müller, N.V., van de Lest, N.A., Eisenreich, A., Schmidbauer, M., Barysenka, A., Purfürst, B., Sporbert, A., Lorenzen, T., Meyer, A.M., Herlan, L., Witten, A., Rühle, F., Zhou, W., de Heer, E., Scharpfenecker, M., Panáková, D., Stoll, M. and Kreutz, R.
eLife 8 : e42068. 22 March 2019

mHTT seeding activity: a marker of disease progression and neurotoxicity in models of Huntington's disease.
Ast, A., Buntru, A., Schindler, F., Hasenkopf, R., Schulz, A., Brusendorf, L., Klockmeier, K., Grelle, G., McMahon, B., Niederlechner, H., Jansen, I., Diez, L., Edel, J., Boeddrich, A., Franklin, S.A., Baldo, B., Schnoegl, S., Kunz, S., Purfürst, B., Gaertner, A., Kampinga, H.H., Morton, A.J., Petersén, Å., Kirstein, J., Bates, G.P. and Wanker, E.E.
Molecular Cell 71 (5): 675-688. 6 September 2018

The IgCAM CLMP regulates expression of Connexin43 and Connexin45 in intestinal and ureteral smooth muscle contraction in mice.
Langhorst, H., Jüttner, R., Groneberg, D., Mohtashamdolatshahi, A., Pelz, L., Purfürst, B., Schmidt-Ott, K.M., Friebe, A. and Rathjen, F.G.
Disease Models & Mechanisms 11 (2): dmm032128. 22 February 2018

The cell adhesion molecule BT-IgSF is essential for a functional blood-testis barrier and male fertility in mice.
Pelz, L., Purfürst, B. and Rathjen, F.G.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 292 (52): 21490-21503. 29 December 2017

Regulated membrane remodeling by Mic60 controls formation of mitochondrial crista junctions.
Hessenberger, M., Zerbes, R.M., Rampelt, H., Kunz, S., Xavier, A.H., Purfürst, B., Lilie, H., Pfanner, N., van der Laan, M. and Daumke, O.
Nature Communications 8 : 15258. 31 May 2017

Tumour ischaemia by interferon-γ resembles physiological blood vessel regression.
Kammertoens, T., Friese, C., Arina, A., Idel, C., Briesemeister, D., Rothe, M., Ivanov, A., Szymborska, A., Patone, G., Kunz, S., Sommermeyer, D., Engels, B., Leisegang, M., Textor, A., Fehling, H.J., Fruttiger, M., Lohoff, M., Herrmann, A., Yu, H., Weichselbaum, R., Uckert, W., Hübner, N., Gerhardt, H., Beule, D., Schreiber, H. and Blankenstein, T.
Nature 545 (7652): 98-102. 4 May 2017

Muscle RING-finger 2 and 3 maintain striated-muscle structure and function.
Lodka, D., Pahuja, A., Geers-Knörr, C., Scheibe, R., Nowak, M., Hamati, J., Köhncke, C., Purfürst, B., Kanashova, T., Schmidt, S., Glass, D.J., Morano, I., Heuser, A., Kraft, T., Bassel-Duby, R., Olson, E.N., Dittmar, G., Sommer, T. and Fielitz, J.
Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle 7 (2): 165-180. May 2016

Insm1 cooperates with Neurod1 and Foxa2 to maintain mature pancreatic β-cell function.
Jia, S., Ivanov, A., Blasevic, D., Müller, T., Purfürst, B., Sun, W., Chen, W., Poy, M.N., Rajewsky, N. and Birchmeier, C.
EMBO Journal 34 (10): 1417-1433. 12 May 2015

A Grhl2-dependent gene network controls trophoblast branching morphogenesis.
Walentin, K., Hinze, C., Werth, M., Haase, N., Varma, S., Morell, R., Aue, A., Pötschke, E., Warburton, D., Qiu, A., Barasch, J., Purfürst, B., Dieterich, C., Popova, E., Bader, M., Dechend, R., Staff, A.C., Yurtdas, Z.Y., Kilic, E. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M.
Development 142 (6): 1125-1136. 15 March 2015

Anchoring dipalmitoyl phosphoethanolamine to nanoparticles boosts cellular uptake and fluorine-19 magnetic resonance signal.
Waiczies, S., Lepore, S., Sydow, K., Drechsler, S., Ku, M.C., Martin, C., Lorenz, D., Schütz, I., Reimann, H.M., Purfürst, B., Dieringer, M.A., Waiczies, H., Dathe, M., Pohlmann, A. and Niendorf, T.
Scientific Reports 5 : 8427. 12 February 2015

Cell differentiation mediated by co-culture of human umbilical cord blood stem cells with murine hepatic cells.
Stecklum, M., Wulf-Goldenberg, A., Purfürst, B., Siegert, A., Keil, M., Eckert, K. and Fichtner, I.
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology Animal 51 (2): 183-191. February 2015

Coxsackie and adenovirus receptor (CAR) is a modifier of cardiac conduction and arrhythmia vulnerability in the setting of myocardial ischemia.
Marsman, R.F.J., Bezzina, C.R., Freiberg, F., Verkerk, A.O., Adriaens, M.E., Podliesna, S., Chen, C., Purfürst, B., Spallek, B., Koopmann, T.T., Baczko, I., Dos Remedios, C.G., George, A.L., Bishopric, N.H., Lodder, E.M., de Bakker, J.M.T., Fischer, R., Coronel, R., Wilde, A.A.M., Gotthardt, M. and Remme, C.A.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 63 (6): 549-559. 18 February 2014

Synthetic lethal metabolic targeting of cellular senescence in cancer therapy.
Dörr, J.R., Yu, Y., Milanovic, M., Beuster, G., Zasada, C., Däbritz, J.H.M., Lisec, J., Lenze, D., Gerhardt, A., Schleicher, K., Kratzat, S., Purfürst, B., Walenta, S., Mueller-Klieser, W., Gräler, M., Hummel, M., Keller, U., Buck, A.K., Dörken, B., Willmitzer, L., Reimann, M., Kempa, S., Lee, S. and Schmitt, C.A.
Nature 501 (7467): 421-425. 19 September 2013

β2 integrin-mediated cell-cell contact transfers active myeloperoxidase from neutrophils to endothelial cells.
Jerke, U., Rolle, S., Purfürst, B., Luft, F.C., Nauseef, W.M. and Kettritz, R.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 288 (18): 12910-12919. 3 May 2013

Visualizing brain inflammation with a shingled-leg radio-frequency head probe for (19)F/(1)H MRI.
Waiczies, H., Lepore, S., Drechsler, S., Qadri, F., Purfürst, B., Sydow, K., Dathe, M., Kühne, A., Lindel, T., Hoffmann, W., Pohlmann, A., Niendorf, T. and Waiczies, S.
Scientific Reports 3 : 1280. 15 February 2013

Colonization of the satellite cell niche by skeletal muscle progenitor cells depends on notch signals.
Broehl, D., Vasyutina, E., Czajkowski, M.T., Griger, J., Rassek, C., Rahn, H.P., Purfürst, B., Wende, H. and Birchmeier, C.
Developmental Cell 23 (3): 469-481. 11 September 2012

Specific paucity of unmyelinated C-fibers in cutaneous peripheral nerves of the African naked-mole rat: comparative analysis using six species of bathyergidae.
Smith, E.S.J., Purfürst, B., Grigoryan, T., Park, T.J., Bennett, N.C. and Lewin, G.R.
Journal of Comparative Neurology 520 (12): 2785-2803. 15 August 2012

Neural precursor cells induce cell death of high-grade astrocytomas through stimulation of TRPV1.
Stock, K., Kumar, J., Synowitz, M., Petrosino, S., Imperatore, R., Smith, E.S.J., Wend, P., Purfürst, B., Nuber, U.A., Gurok, U., Matyash, V., Waelzlein, J.H., Chirasani, S.R., Dittmar, G., Cravatt, B.F., Momma, S., Lewin, G.R., Ligresti, A., De Petrocellis, L., Cristino, L., Di Marzo, V., Kettenmann, H. and Glass, R.
Nature Medicine 18 (8): 1232-1238. August 2012

Ahnak1 abnormally localizes in muscular dystrophies and contributes to muscle vesicle release.
Zacharias, U., Purfürst, B., Schoewel, V., Morano, I., Spuler, S. and Haase, H.
Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility 32 (4-5): 271-280. December 2011

Prorenin receptor is essential for podocyte autophagy and survival.
Riediger, F., Quack, I., Qadri, F., Hartleben, B., Park, J.K., Potthoff, S.A., Sohn, D., Sihn, G., Rousselle, A., Fokuhl, V., Maschke, U., Purfürst, B., Schneider, W., Rump, L.C., Luft, F.C., Dechend, R., Bader, M., Huber, T.B., Nguyen, G. and Mueller, D.N.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 22 (12): 2193-2202. December 2011

Perfluorocarbon particle size influences magnetic resonance signal and immunological properties of dendritic cells.
Waiczies, H., Lepore, S., Janitzek, N., Hagen, U., Seifert, F., Ittermann, B., Purfürst, B., Pezzutto, A., Paul, F., Niendorf, T. and Waiczies, S.
PLoS ONE 6 (7): e21981. 19 July 2011

Sortilin associates with Trk receptors to enhance anterograde transport and neurotrophin signaling.
Vaegter, C.B., Jansen, P., Fjorback, A.W., Glerup, S., Skeldal, S., Kjolby, M., Richner, M., Erdmann, B., Nyengaard, J.R., Tessarollo, L., Lewin, G.R., Willnow, T.E., Chao, M.V. and Nykjaer, A.
Nature Neuroscience 14 (1): 54-61. January 2011

The transcription factor grainyhead-like 2 regulates the molecular composition of the epithelial apical junctional complex.
Werth, M., Walentin, K., Aue, A., Schoenheit, J., Wuebken, A., Pode-Shakked, N., Vilianovitch, L., Erdmann, B., Dekel, B., Bader, M., Barasch, J., Rosenbauer, F., Luft, F.C. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M.
Development 137 (22): 3835-3845. November 2010

Stress-induced dilated cardiomyopathy in a knock-in mouse model mimicking human titin-based disease.
Gramlich, M., Michely, B., Krohne, C., Heuser, A., Erdmann, B., Klaassen, S., Hudson, B., Magarin, M., Kirchner, F., Todiras, M., Granzier, H., Labeit, S., Thierfelder, L. and Gerull, B.
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 47 (3): 352-358. September 2009

Connective tissue growth factor overexpression in cardiomyocytes promotes cardiac hypertrophy and protection against pressure overload.
Panek, A.N., Posch, M.G., Alenina, N., Ghadge, S.K., Erdmann, B., Popova, E., Perrot, A., Geier, C., Dietz, R., Morano, I., Bader, M. and Oezcelik, C.
PLoS ONE 4 (8): e6743. 25 August 2009

The tumor-associated antigen EBAG9 negatively regulates the cytolytic capacity of mouse CD8+ T cells.
Rueder, C., Höpken, U.E., Wolf, J., Mittruecker, H.W., Engels, B., Erdmann, B., Wollenzin, S., Uckert, W., Dörken, B. and Rehm, A.
Journal of Clinical Investigation 119 (8): 2184-2203. August 2009

Structural appearance of linker histone H1/siRNA complexes.
Haberland, A., Zaitsev, S., Waldoefner, N., Erdmann, B., Boettger, M. and Henke, W.
Molecular Biology Reports 36 (5): 1083-1093. May 2009

Beyond the sarcomere: CSRP3 mutations cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Geier, C., Gehmlich, K., Ehler, E., Hassfeld, S., Perrot, A., Hayess, K., Cardim, N., Wenzel, K., Erdmann, B., Krackhardt, F., Posch, M.G., Bublak, A., Naegele, H., Scheffold, T., Dietz, R., Chien, K.R., Spuler, S., Fuerst, D.O., Nuernberg, P. and Oezcelik, C.
Human Molecular Genetics 17 (18): 2753-2765. 15 September 2008

A missense variant in desmoglein-2 predisposes to dilated cardiomyopathy.
Posch, M.G., Posch, M.J., Geier, C., Erdmann, B., Mueller, W., Richter, A., Ruppert, V., Pankuweit, S., Maisch, B., Perrot, A., Buttgereit, J., Dietz, R., Haverkamp, W. and Oezcelik, C.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism 95 (1-2): 74-80. September 2008

Sortilin-related receptor with A-type repeats (SORLA) affects the amyloid precursor protein-dependent stimulation of ERK signaling and adult neurogenesis.
Rohe, M., Carlo, A.S., Breyhan, H., Sporbert, A., Militz, D., Schmidt, V., Wozny, C., Harmeier, A., Erdmann, B., Bales, K.R., Wolf, S.A., Kempermann, G., Paul, S.M., Schmitz, D., Bayer, T.A., Willnow, T.E. and Andersen, O.M.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 283 (21): 14826-14834. 23 May 2008

Estrogen and the inner ear: megalin knockout mice suffer progressive hearing loss.
Koenig, O., Ruettiger, L., Mueller, M., Zimmermann, U., Erdmann, B., Kalbacher, H., Gross, M. and Knipper, M.
FASEB Journal 22 (2): 410-417. February 2008

Selective inflammatory pain insensitivity in the African naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber).
Park, T.J., Lu, Y., Jüttner, R., Smith, E.S.J., Hu, J., Brand, A., Wetzel, C., Milenkovic, N., Erdmann, B., Heppenstall, P.A., Laurito, C.E., Wilson, S.P. and Lewin, G.R.
PLoS Biology 6 (1): e13. 29 January 2008

Nociceptive tuning by stem cell factor/c-Kit signaling.
Milenkovic, N., Frahm, C., Gassmann, M., Griffel, C., Erdmann, B., Birchmeier, C., Lewin, G.R. and Garratt, A.N.
Neuron 56 (5): 893-906. 6 December 2007

Transforming growth factor beta1 up-regulates interferon regulatory factor 8 during dendritic cell development.
Ju, X.S., Ruau, D., Jaentti, P., Sere, K., Becker, C., Wiercinska, E., Bartz, C., Erdmann, B., Dooley, S. and Zenke, M.
European Journal of Immunology 37 (5): 1174-83. May 2007

A stomatin-domain protein essential for touch sensation in the mouse.
Wetzel, C., Hu, J., Riethmacher, D., Benckendorff, A., Harder, L., Eilers, A., Moshourab, R., Kozlenkov, A., Labuz, D., Caspani, O., Erdmann, B., Machelska, H., Heppenstall, P.A. and Lewin, G.R.
Nature 445 (7124): 206-209. 11 January 2007

M line-deficient titin causes cardiac lethality through impaired maturation of the sarcomere.
Weinert, S., Bergmann, N., Luo, X., Erdmann, B. and Gotthardt, M.
Journal of Cell Biology 173 (4): 559-570. 22 May 2006

Requirement of plakophilin 2 for heart morphogenesis and cardiac junction formation.
Grossmann, K.S., Grund, C., Huelsken, J., Behrend, M., Erdmann, B., Franke, W.W. and Birchmeier, W.
Journal of Cell Biology 167 (1): 149-160. 11 October 2004

Hormonal induction of functional differentiation and mammary-derived growth inhibitor expression in cultured mouse mammary gland explants.
Binas, B., Spitzer, E., Zschiesche, W., Erdmann, B., Kurtz, A., Mueller, T., Niemann, C., Blenau, W. and Grosse, R.
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology 28A (9-10): 625-634. September 1992