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2024

μCT imaging of a multi-organ vascular fingerprint in rats.
Napieczyńska, H., Kedziora, S.M., Haase, N., Muller, D.N., Heuser, A., Dechend, R. and Kraeker, K.
PLoS ONE 19 (10): e0308601. 14 October 2024

Automated quality control of small animal MR neuroimaging data.
Kalantari, A., Shahbazi, M., Schneider, M., Raikes, A.C., Frazão, V.V., Bhattrai, A., Carnevale, L., Diao, Y., Franx, B.A.A., Gammaraccio, F., Goncalves, L.M., Lee, S., van Leeuwen, E.M., Michalek, A., Mueller, S., Olvera, A.R., Padro, D., Selim, M.K., van der Toorn, A., Varriano, F., Vrooman, R., Wenk, P., Albers, H.E., Boehm-Sturm, P., Budinger, E., Canals, S., De Santis, S., Brinton, R.D., Dijkhuizen, R.M., Eixarch, E., Forloni, G., Grandjean, J., Hekmatyar, K., Jacobs, R.E., Jelescu, I., Kurniawan, N.D., Lembo, G., Longo, D.L., Sta Maria, N.S., Micotti, E., Muñoz-Moreno, E., Ramos-Cabrer, P., Reichardt, W., Soria, G., Ielacqua, G.D. and Aswendt, M.
Imaging Neuroscience 27 September 2024

Adhesion of pancreatic tumor cell clusters by desmosomal molecules enhances early liver metastases formation.
Dietrich, N., Castellanos-Martinez, R., Kemmling, J., Heuser, A., Schnoor, M., Schinner, C. and Spindler, V.
Scientific Reports 14 (1): 18189. 6 August 2024

Mechanosensitive PIEZO2 channels shape coronary artery development.
Pampols-Perez, M., Fürst, C., Sánchez-Carranza, O., Cano, E., Raimundo, S., Lindberg, E.L., Taube, M., Heuser, A., Sporbert, A., Hübner, N., Gerhardt, H., Lewin, G.R. and Hammes, A.
bioRxiv : 2024.07.08.602502. 11 July 2024

ISG15 blocks cardiac glycolysis and ensures sufficient mitochondrial energy production during Coxsackievirus B3 infection.
Bredow, C., Thery, F., Wirth, E.K., Ochs, S., Kespohl, M., Kleinau, G., Kelm, N., Gimber, N., Schmoranzer, J., Voss, M., Klingel, K., Spranger, J., Renko, K., Ralser, M., Mülleder, M., Heuser, A., Knobeloch, K.P., Scheerer, P., Kirwan, J., Brüning, U., Berndt, N., Impens, F. and Beling, A.
Cardiovascular Research 120 (6): 644-657. 6 April 2024

TF-FVIIa PAR2-β-arrestin in mouse signaling sustains organ dysfunction in coxsackievirus B3 infection.
Kespohl, M., Goetzke, C.C., Althof, N., Bredow, C., Kelm, N., Pinkert, S., Bukur, T., Bukur, V., Grunz, K., Kaur, D., Heuser, A., Mülleder, M., Sauter, M., Klingel, K., Weiler, H., Berndt, N., Gaida, M.M., Ruf, W. and Beling, A.
Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 44 (4): 843-865. April 2024

2023

Prdm16 mutation determines sex-specific cardiac metabolism and identifies two novel cardiac metabolic regulators.
Kühnisch, J., Theisen, S., Dartsch, J., Fritsche-Guenther, R., Kirchner, M., Obermayer, B., Bauer, A., Kahlert, A.K., Rothe, M., Beule, D., Heuser, A., Mertins, P., Kirwan, J.A., Berndt, N., MacRae, C.A., Hubner, N. and Klaassen, S.
Cardiovascular Research 119 (18): 2902-2916. December 2023

Mutant phosphodiesterase 3A protects the kidney from hypertension-induced damage.
Sholokh, A., Walter, S., Markó, L., McMurray, B.J., Sunaga-Franze, D.Y., Xu, M., Zühlke, K., Russwurm, M., Bartolomaeus, T.U.P., Langanki, R., Qadri, F., Heuser, A., Patzak, A., Forslund, S.K., Bähring, S., Borodina, T., Persson, P.B., Maass, P.G., Bader, M. and Klussmann, E.
Kidney International 104 (2): 388-393. August 2023

Community survey results show that standardisation of preclinical imaging techniques remains a challenge.
Tavares, A.A.S., Mezzanotte, L., McDougald, W., Bernsen, M.R., Vanhove, C., Aswendt, M., Ielacqua, G.D., Gremse, F., Moran, C.M., Warnock, G., Kuntner, C. and Huisman, M.C.
Molecular imaging and biology 25 (3): 560-568. June 2023

A consensus protocol for functional connectivity analysis in the rat brain.
Grandjean, J., Desrosiers-Gregoire, G., Anckaerts, C., Angeles-Valdez, D., Ayad, F., Barrière, D.A., Blockx, I., Bortel, A., Broadwater, M., Cardoso, B.M., Célestine, M., Chavez-Negrete, J.E., Choi, S., Christiaen, E., Clavijo, P., Colon-Perez, L., Cramer, S., Daniele, T., Dempsey, E., Diao, Y., Doelemeyer, A., Dopfel, D., Dvořáková, L., Falfán-Melgoza, C., Fernandes, F.F., Fowler, C.F., Fuentes-Ibañez, A., Garin, C.M., Gelderman, E., Golden, C.E.M., Guo, C.C G., Henckens, M.J.A.G., Hennessy, L.A., Herman, P., Hofwijks, N., Horien, C., Ionescu, T.M., Jones, J., Kaesser, J., Kim, E., Lambers, H., Lazari, A., Lee, S.H., Lillywhite, A., Liu, Y., Liu, Y.Y., López-Castro, A., López-Gil, X., Ma, Z., MacNicol, E., Madularu, D., Mandino, F., Marciano, S., McAuslan, M.J., McCunn, P., McIntosh, A., Meng, X., Meyer-Baese, L., Missault, S., Moro, F., Naessens, D.M.P., Nava-Gomez, L.J., Nonaka, H., Ortiz, J.J., Paasonen, J., Peeters, L.M., Pereira, M., Perez, P.D., Pompilus, M., Prior, M., Rakhmatullin, R., Reimann, H.M., Reinwald, J., Del Rio, R.T., Rivera-Olvera, A., Ruiz-Pérez, D., Russo, G., Rutten, T.J., Ryoke, R., Sack, M., Salvan, P., Sanganahalli, B.G., Schroeter, A., Seewoo, B.J., Selingue, E., Seuwen, A., Shi, B., Sirmpilatze, N., Smith, J.A.B., Smith, C., Sobczak, F., Stenroos, P.J., Straathof, M., Strobelt, S., Sumiyoshi, A., Takahashi, K., Torres-García, M.E, Tudela, R., van den Berg, M., van der Marel, K., van Hout, A.T.B., Vertullo, R., Vidal, B., Vrooman, R.M., Wang, V.X., Wank, I., Watson, D.J.G., Yin, T., Zhang, Y., Zurbruegg, S., Achard, S., Alcauter, S., Auer, D.P., Barbier, E.L., Baudewig, J., Beckmann, C.F., Beckmann, N., Becq, G.J.P.C., Blezer, E.L.A., Bolbos, R., Boretius, S., Bouvard, S., Budinger, E., Buxbaum, J.D., Cash, D., Chapman, V., Chuang, K.H., Ciobanu, L., Coolen, B.F., Dalley, J.W., Dhenain, M., Dijkhuizen, R.M., Esteban, O., Faber, C., Febo, M., Feindel, K.W., Forloni, G., Fouquet, J., Garza-Villarreal, E.A., Gass, N., Glennon, J.C., Gozzi, A., Gröhn, O., Harkin, A., Heerschap, A., Helluy, X., Herfert, K., Heuser, A., Homberg, J.R., Houwing, D.J., Hyder, F., Ielacqua, G.D., Jelescu, I.O., Johansen-Berg, H., Kaneko, G., Kawashima, R., Keilholz, S.D., Keliris, G.A., Kelly, C., Kerskens, C., Khokhar, J.Y., Kind, P.C., Langlois, J.B., Lerch, J.P., López-Hidalgo, M.A, Manahan-Vaughan, D., Marchand, F., Mars, R.B., Marsella, G., Micotti, E., Muñoz-Moreno, E., Near, J., Niendorf, T., Otte, W.M., Pais-Roldán, P., Pan, W.J., Prado-Alcalá, R.A., Quirarte, G.L., Rodger, J., Rosenow, T., Sampaio-Baptista, C., Sartorius, A., Sawiak, S.J., Scheenen, T.W.J., Shemesh, N., Shih, Y.Y.I., Shmuel, A., Soria, G., Stoop, R., Thompson, G.J., Till, S.M., Todd, N., Van Der Linden, A., van der Toorn, A., van Tilborg, G.A.F, Vanhove, C., Veltien, A., Verhoye, M., Wachsmuth, L., Weber-Fahr, W., Wenk, P., Yu, X., Zerbi, V., Zhang, N., Zhang, B.B., Zimmer, L., Devenyi, G.A., Chakravarty, M.M. and Hess, A.
Nature Neuroscience 26 (4): 673-681. April 2023

Mouse models of human multiple myeloma subgroups.
Winkler, W., Farré Díaz, C., Blanc, E., Napieczynska, H., Langner, P., Werner, M., Walter, B., Wollert-Wulf, B., Yasuda, T., Heuser, A., Beule, D., Mathas, S., Anagnostopoulos, I., Rosenwald, A., Rajewsky, K. and Janz, M.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (10): e2219439120. 7 March 2023

CAR links hypoxia signaling to improved survival after myocardial infarction.
Freiberg, F., Thakkar, M., Hamann, W., Lopez Carballo, J., Jüttner, R., Voss, F.K., Becher, P.M., Westermann, D., Tschöpe, C., Heuser, A., Rocks, O., Fischer, R. and Gotthardt, M.
Experimental and Molecular Medicine 55 (3): 643-652. March 2023

2022

Mutant phosphodiesterase 3A protects from hypertension-induced cardiac damage.
Ercu, M., Mücke, M.B., Pallien, T., Markó, L., Sholokh, A., Schächterle, C., Aydin, A., Kidd, A., Walter, S., Esmati, Y., McMurray, B.J., Lato, D.F., Sunaga-Franze, D.Y., Dierks, P.H., Flores, B.I.M., Walker-Gray, R., Gong, M., Merticariu, C., Zühlke, K., Russwurm, M., Liu, T., Batolomaeus, T.U.P., Pautz, S., Schelenz, S., Taube, M., Napieczynska, H., Heuser, A., Eichhorst, J., Lehmann, M., Miller, D.C., Diecke, S., Qadri, F., Popova, E., Langanki, R., Movsesian, M.A., Herberg, F.W., Forslund, S.K., Müller, D.N., Borodina, T., Maass, P.G., Bähring, S., Hübner, N., Bader, M. and Klussmann, E.
Circulation 146 (23): 1758-1778. 6 December 2022

Selective endocytosis of Ca(2+)-permeable AMPARs by the Alzheimer's disease risk factor CALM bidirectionally controls synaptic plasticity.
Azarnia Tehran, D., Kochlamazashvili, G., Pampaloni, N. P., Sposini, S., Shergill, J.K., Lehmann, M., Pashkova, N., Schmidt, C., Löwe, D., Napieczynska, H., Heuser, A., Plested, A.J.R., Perrais, D., Piper, R.C., Haucke, V. and Maritzen, T.
Science Advances 8 (21): eabl5032. 27 May 2022

2021

Inhibition of the NLRP3/IL-1β axis protects against sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy.
Busch, K., Kny, M., Huang, N., Klassert, T.E., Stock, M., Hahn, A., Graeger, S., Todiras, M., Schmidt, S., Chamling, B., Willenbrock, M., Groß, S., Biedenweg, D., Heuser, A., Scheidereit, C., Butter, C., Felix, S.B., Otto, O., Luft, F.C., Slevogt, H. and Fielitz, J.
Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle 12 (6): 1653-1668. December 2021

A helminth-derived chitinase structurally similar to mammalian chitinase displays immunomodulatory properties in inflammatory lung disease.
Ebner, F., Lindner, K., Janek, K., Niewienda, A., Malecki, P.H., Weiss, M.S., Sutherland, T.E., Heuser, A., Kühl, A.A., Zentek, J., Hofmann, A. and Hartmann, S.
Journal of Immunology Research 2021 : 234836. 25 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

Exploration of analgesia with tramadol in the Coxsackievirus B3 myocarditis mouse model.
Pinkert, S., Kespohl, M., Kelm, N., Kaya, Z., Heuser, A., Klingel, K. and Beling, A.
Viruses 13 (7): 1222. 24 June 2021

Mitigated viral myocarditis in A/J mice by the immunoproteasome inhibitor ONX 0914 depends on inhibition of systemic inflammatory responses in CoxsackievirusB3 infection.
Goetzke, C.C., Althof, N., Neumaier, H.L., Heuser, A., Kaya, Z., Kespohl, M., Klingel, K. and Beling, A.
Basic Research in Cardiology 116 (1): 7. 1 February 2021

2020

Effects of empagliflozin and target-organ damage in a novel rodent model of heart failure induced by combined hypertension and diabetes.
Kräker, K., Herse, F., Golic, M., Reichhart, N., Crespo-Garcia, S., Straß, O., Grune, J., Kintscher, U., Ebrahim, M., Bader, M., Alenina, N., Heuser, A., Luft, F.C., Müller, D.N., Dechend, R. and Haase, N.
Scientific Reports 10 (1): 14061. 20 August 2020

Phosphodiesterase 3A and arterial hypertension.
Ercu, M., Markó, L., Schächterle, C., Tsvetkov, D., Cui, Y., Maghsodi, S., Bartolomaeus, T.U.P., Maass, P.G., Zühlke, K., Gregersen, N., Hübner, N., Hodge, R., Mühl, A., Pohl, B., Molé-Illas, R., Geelhaar, A., Walter, S., Napieczynska, H., Schelenz, S., Taube, M., Heuser, A., Anistan, Y.M., Qadri, F., Todiras, M., Plehm, R., Popova, E., Langanki, R., Eichhorst, J., Lehmann, M., Wiesner, B., Russwurm, M., Forslund, S.K., Kamer, I., Müller, D.N., Gollasch, M., Aydin, A., Bähring, S., Bader, M., Luft, F.C. and Klussmann, E.
Circulation 142 (2): 133-149. 14 July 2020

Heart-specific immune responses in an animal model of autoimmune-related myocarditis mitigated by an immunoproteasome inhibitor and genetic ablation.
Bockstahler, M., Fischer, A., Goetzke, C.C., Neumaier, H.L., Sauter, M., Kespohl, M., Müller, A.M., Meckes, C., Salbach, C., Schenk, M., Heuser, A., Landmesser, U., Weiner, J., Meder, B., Lehmann, L., Kratzer, A., Klingel, K., Katus, H.A., Kaya, Z. and Beling, A.
Circulation 141 (23): 1885-1902. 9 June 2020

RNA interference therapeutics targeting angiotensinogen ameliorate preeclamptic phenotype in rodent models.
Haase, N., Foster, D.J., Cunningham, M.W., Bercher, J., Nguyen, T., Shulga-Morskaya, S., Milstein, S., Shaikh, S., Rollins, J., Golic, M., Herse, F., Kräker, K., Bendix, I., Serdar, M., Napieczynska, H., Heuser, A., Gellhaus, A., Thiele, K., Wallukat, G., Müller, D.N., LaMarca, B. and Dechend, R.
Journal of Clinical Investigation 130 (6): 2928-2942. 1 June 2020

ONX 0914 lacks selectivity for the cardiac immunoproteasome in CoxsackievirusB3 myocarditis of NMRI mice and promotes virus-mediated tissue damage.
Neumaier, H.L., Harel, S., Klingel, K., Kaya, Z., Heuser, A., Kespohl, M. and Beling, A.
Cells 9 (5): 1093. May 2020

Statins reverse postpartum cardiovascular dysfunction in a rat model of preeclampsia.
Kräker, K., O'Driscoll, J.M., Schütte, T., Herse, F., Patey, O., Golic, M., Geisberger, S., Verlohren, S., Birukov, A., Heuser, A., Mueller, D.N., Thilaganathan, B., Dechend, R. and Haase, N.
Hypertension 75 (1): 202-210. January 2020

2018

Chronic overexpression of bradykinin in kidney causes polyuria and cardiac hypertrophy.
Barros, C.C., Schadock, I., Sihn, G., Rother, F., Xu, P., Popova, E., Lapidus, I., Plehm, R., Heuser, A., Todiras, M., Bachmann, S., Alenina, N., Araujo, R.C., Pesquero, J.B. and Bader, M.
Frontiers in Medicine 5 : 338. December 2018

Desmoglein 2, but not desmocollin 2, protects intestinal epithelia from injury.
Gross, A., Pack, L.A.P., Schacht, G.M., Kant, S., Ungewiss, H., Meir, M., Schlegel, N., Preisinger, C., Boor, P., Guldiken, N., Krusche, C.A., Sellge, G., Trautwein, C., Waschke, J., Heuser, A., Leube, R.E. and Strnad, P.
Mucosal Immunology 11 (6): 1630-1639. 1 November 2018

Silencing the CSF-1 axis using nanoparticle encapsulated siRNA mitigates viral and autoimmune myocarditis.
Meyer, I.S., Goetzke, C.C., Kespohl, M., Sauter, M., Heuser, A., Eckstein, V., Vornlocher, H.P., Anderson, D.G., Haas, J., Meder, B., Katus, H.A., Klingel, K., Beling, A. and Leuschner, F.
Frontiers in Immunology 9 : 2303. 8 October 2018

The C/EBPβ LIP isoform rescues loss of C/EBPβ function in the mouse.
Bégay, V., Baumeier, C., Zimmermann, K., Heuser, A. and Leutz, A.
Scientific Reports 8 (1): 8417. 30 May 2018

Nitric oxide-sensitive guanylyl cyclase stimulation improves experimental heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Wilck, N., Markó, L., Balogh, A., Kräker, K., Herse, F., Bartolomaeus, H., Szijártó, I.A., Gollasch, M., Reichhart, N., Strauss, O., Heuser, A., Brockschnieder, D., Kretschmer, A., Lesche, R., Sohler, F., Stasch, J.P., Sandner, P., Luft, F., Müller, D.N., Dechend, R. and Haase, N.
JCI Insight 3 (4): e96006. 22 February 2018

The immunoproteasome-specific inhibitor ONX 0914 reverses susceptibility to acute viral myocarditis.
Althof, N., Goetzke, C.C., Kespohl, M., Voss, K., Heuser, A., Pinkert, S., Kaya, Z., Klingel, K. and Beling, A.
EMBO Molecular Medicine 10 (2): 200-218. 1 February 2018

Preserved heart function after left ventricular pressure overload in adult mice subjected to neonatal cardiac hypoplasia.
Heinecke, K., Heuser, A., Blaschke, F., Jux, C., Thierfelder, L. and Drenckhahn, J.D.
Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease 9 (1): 112-124. February 2018

2017

Regulation of body weight and energy homeostasis by neuronal cell adhesion molecule 1.
Rathjen, T., Yan, X., Kononenko, N.L., Ku, M.C., Song, K., Ferrarese, L., Tarallo, V., Puchkov, D., Kochlamazashvili, G., Brachs, S., Varela, L., Szigeti-Buck, K., Yi, C.X., Schriever, S.C., Tattikota, S.G., Carlo, A.S., Moroni, M., Siemens, J., Heuser, A., van der Weyden, L., Birkenfeld, A.L., Niendorf, T., Poulet, J.F.A., Horvath, T.L., Tschöp, M.H., Heinig, M., Trajkovski, M., Haucke, V. and Poy, M.N.
Nature Neuroscience 20 (8): 1096-1103. August 2017

2016

Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-δ as novel therapeutic strategy to prevent in-stent restenosis and stent thrombosis.
Hytönen, J., Leppänen, O., Braesen, J.H., Schunck, W.H., Mueller, D., Jung, F., Mrowietz, C., Jastroch, M., von Bergwelt-Baildon, M., Kappert, K., Heuser, A., Drenckhahn, J.D., Pieske, B., Thierfelder, L., Ylä-Herttuala, S. and Blaschke, F.
Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 36 (8): 1534-1548. August 2016

Embryonic cardiomyocytes can orchestrate various cell protective mechanisms to survive mitochondrial stress.
Magarin, M., Pohl, T., Lill, A., Schulz, H., Blaschke, F., Heuser, A., Thierfelder, L., Donath, S. and Drenckhahn, J.D.
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 97 : 1-14. August 2016

CD74-downregulation of placental macrophage-trophoblastic interactions in preeclampsia.
Przybyl, L., Haase, N., Golic, M., Rugor, J., Solano, M.E., Arck, P.C., Gauster, M., Huppertz, B., Emontzpohl, C., Stoppe, C., Bernhagen, J., Leng, L., Bucala, R., Schulz, H., Heuser, A., Weedon-Fekjær, S., Johnsen, G.M., Peetz, D., Luft, F.C., Staff, A.C., Müller, D.N., Dechend, R. and Herse, F.
Circulation Research 119 (1): 55-68. 24 June 2016

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

Inhibition of chymotryptic-like standard proteasome activity exacerbates doxorubicin-induced cytotoxicity in primary cardiomyocytes.
Spur, E.M., Althof, N., Respondek, D., Klingel, K., Heuser, A., Overkleeft, H.S. and Voigt, A.
Toxicology 353-354 : 34-47. 15 April 2016

2015

Impaired myocardial development resulting in neonatal cardiac hypoplasia alters postnatal growth and stress response in the heart.
Drenckhahn, J.D., Strasen, J., Heinecke, K., Langner, P., Yin, K.V., Skole, F., Hennig, M., Spallek, B., Fischer, R., Blaschke, F., Heuser, A., Cox, T.C., Black, M.J. and Thierfelder, L.
Cardiovascular Research 106 (1): 43-54. 1 April 2015

2014

Bcl10 mediates angiotensin II-induced cardiac damage and electrical remodeling.
Markó, L., Henke, N., Park, J.K., Spallek, B., Qadri, F., Balogh, A., Apel, I.J., Oravecz-Wilson, K.I., Choi, M., Przybyl, L., Binger, K.J., Haase, N., Wilck, N., Heuser, A., Fokuhl, V., Ruland, J., Lucas, P.C., McAllister-Lucas, L.M., Luft, F.C., Dechend, R. and Müller, D.N.
Hypertension 64 (5): 1032-1039. November 2014

2012

TAT-apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain protein transduction rescues mice from fulminant liver failure.
An, J., Harms, C., Lättig-Tünnemann, G., Sellge, G., Mandic, A.D., Malato, Y., Heuser, A., Endres, M., Trautwein, C. and Donath, S.
Hepatology 56 (2): 715-726. August 2012

2010

alpha(1A)-adrenergic receptor-directed autoimmunity induces left ventricular damage and diastolic dysfunction in rats.
Wenzel, K., Wallukat, G., Qadri, F., Huebner, N., Schulz, H., Hummel, O., Herse, F., Heuser, A., Fischer, R., Heidecke, H., Luft, F.C., Mueller, D.N., Dietz, R. and Dechend, R.
PLoS ONE 5 (2): e9409. 24 February 2010

2009

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

Growth arrest specific protein 6 participates in DOCA-induced target-organ damage.
Park, J.K., Theuer, S., Kirsch, T., Lindschau, C., Klinge, U., Heuser, A., Plehm, R., Todiras, M., Carmeliet, P., Haller, H., Luft, F.C., Mueller, D.N. and Fiebeler, A.
Hypertension 54 (2): 359-364. August 2009

2008

Role of the multidomain protein spinophilin in blood pressure and cardiac function regulation.
da Costa-Goncalves, A.C., Tank, J., Plehm, R., Diedrich, A., Todiras, M., Gollasch, M., Heuser, A., Wellner, M., Bader, M., Jordan, J., Luft, F.C. and Gross, V.
Hypertension 52 (4): 702-707. October 2008

Mutations in sarcomere protein genes in left ventricular noncompaction.
Klaassen, S., Probst, S., Oechslin, E., Gerull, B., Krings, G., Schuler, P., Greutmann, M., Huerlimann, D., Yegitbasi, M., Pons, L., Gramlich, M., Drenckhahn, J.D., Heuser, A., Berger, F., Jenni, R. and Thierfelder, L.
Circulation 117 (22): 2893-2901. 3 June 2008

Soluble epoxide hydrolase is a susceptibility factor for heart failure in a rat model of human disease.
Monti, J., Fischer, J., Paskas, S., Heinig, M., Schulz, H., Goesele, C., Heuser, A., Fischer, R., Schmidt, C., Schirdewan, A., Gross, V., Hummel, O., Maatz, H., Patone, G., Saar, K., Vingron, M., Weldon, S.M., Lindpaintner, K., Hammock, B.D., Rohde, K., Dietz, R., Cook, S.A., Schunck, W.H., Luft, F.C. and Huebner, N.
Nature Genetics 40 (5): 529-537. May 2008

Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and direct renin inhibition improve electrical remodeling in a model of high human renin hypertension.
Fischer, R., Dechend, R., Qadri, F., Markovic, M., Feldt, S., Herse, F., Park, J.K., Gapelyuk, A., Schwarz, I., Zacharzowsky, U.B., Plehm, R., Safak, E., Heuser, A., Schirdewan, A., Luft, F.C., Schunck, W.H. and Mueller, D.N.
Hypertension 51 (2): 540-546. February 2008

2006

Mutant desmocollin-2 causes arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
Heuser, A., Plovie, E.R., Ellinor, P.T., Grossmann, K.S., Shin, J.T., Wichter, T., Basson, C.T., Lerman, B.B., Sasse-Klaassen, S., Thierfelder, L., MacRae, C.A. and Gerull, B.
American Journal of Human Genetics 79 (6): 1081-1088. December 2006

A novel locus for dilated cardiomyopathy, diffuse myocardial fibrosis, and sudden death on chromosome 10q25-26.
Ellinor, P.T., Sasse-Klaassen, S., Probst, S., Gerull, B., Shin, J.T., Toeppel, A., Heuser, A., Michely, B., Yoerger, D.M., Song, B.S., Pilz, B., Krings, G., Coplin, B., Lange, P.E., Dec, G.W., Hennies, H.C., Thierfelder, L. and MacRae, C.A.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 48 (1): 106-111. 4 July 2006

Identification of a novel frameshift mutation in the giant muscle filament titin in a large Australian family with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Gerull, B., Atherton, J., Geupel, A., Sasse-Klaassen, S., Heuser, A., Frenneaux, M., McNabb, M., Granzier, H., Labeit, S. and Thierfelder, L.
Journal of Molecular Medicine 84 (6): 478-483. June 2006

2005

Cardiac troponin C-L29Q, related to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, hinders the transduction of the protein kinase A dependent phosphorylation signal from cardiac troponin I to C.
Schmidtmann, A., Lindow, C., Villard, S., Heuser, A., Muegge, A., Gessner, R., Granier, C. and Jaquet, K.
FEBS Journal 272 (23): 6087-6097. December 2005

2004

Mutations in the desmosomal protein plakophilin-2 are common in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
Gerull, B., Heuser, A., Wichter, T., Paul, M., Basson, C.T., McDermott, D.A., Lerman, B.B., Markowitz, S.M., Ellinor, P.T., MacRae, C.A., Peters, S., Grossmann, K.S., Drenckhahn, J., Michely, B., Sasse-Klaassen, S., Birchmeier, W., Dietz, R., Breithardt, G., Schulze-Bahr, E. and Thierfelder, L.
Nature Genetics 36 (11): 1162-1164. November 2004

Novel gene locus for autosomal dominant left ventricular noncompaction maps to chromosome 11p15.
Sasse-Klaassen, S., Probst, S., Gerull, B., Oechslin, E., Nuernberg, P., Heuser, A., Jenni, R., Hennies, H.C. and Thierfelder, L.
Circulation 109 (22): 2720-2723. 8 June 2004