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2024

Mice with renal-specific alterations 1 of stem cell-associated signaling develop symptoms of chronic kidney disease but surprisingly no tumors.
Myszczyszyn, A. and Popp, O. and Kunz, S. and Sporbert, A. and Jung, S. and Penning, L.C. and Fendler, A. and Mertins, P. and Birchmeier, W.
PLoS ONE 19 (3): e0282938. 21 March 2024

Passenger gene coamplifications create collateral therapeutic vulnerabilities in cancer.
Bei, Y. and Brame, Luca and Kirchner, M. and Fritsche-Guenther, R. and Kunz, S. and Bhattacharya, A. and Rusu, M.C. and Gürgen, D. and Dubois, F.P.B. and Köppke, J.K.C. and Proba, J. and Wittstruck, N. and Sidorova, O.A. and Chamorro González, R. and Dorado Garcia, H. and Brückner, L. and Xu, R. and Giurgiu, M. and Rodriguez-Fos, E. and Yu, Q. and Spanjaard, B. and Koche, R.P. and Schmitt, C.A. and Schulte, J.H. and Eggert, A. and Haase, K. and Kirwan, J. and Hagemann, A.I. and Mertins, P. and Dörr, J.R. and Henssen, A.G.
Cancer Discovery 14 (3): 492-507. 1 March 2024

SORCS2 activity in pancreatic α-cells safeguards insulin granule formation and release from glucose-stressed β-cells.
Kalnytska, O. and Qvist, P. and Kunz, S. and Conrad, T. and Willnow, T.E. and Schmidt, V.
iScience 27 (1): 108725. 19 January 2024

2023

Efficient generation of a self-organizing neuromuscular junction model from human pluripotent stem cells.
Urzi, A. and Lahmann, I. and Nguyen, L.V.N. and Rost, B.R. and García-Pérez, A. and Lelievre, N. and Merritt-Garza, M.E. and Phan, H.C and Bassell, G.J. and Rossoll, W. and Diecke, S. and Kunz, S. and Schmitz, D. and Gouti, M.
Nature Communications 14 (1): 8043. 19 December 2023

HIF prolyl hydroxylase 2/3 deletion disrupts astrocytic integrity and exacerbates neuroinflammation.
Rosiewicz, K.S. and Muinjonov, B. and Kunz, S. and Radbruch, H. and Chen, J. and Jüttner, R. and Kerkering, J. and Ucar, J. and Crowley, T. and Wielockx, B. and Paul, F. and Alisch, M. and Siffrin, V.
Glia 71 (8): 2024-2044. August 2023

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. and Schulz, A. and Mangelsen, E. and Kaiser-Graf, D. and Koppers, N. and Stoll, M. and Rothe, M. and Bader, M. and Purfürst, B. and Kunz, S. and Gladytz, T. and Niendorf, T. and Bachmann, S. and Mutig, K. and Bolbrinker, J. and Panakova, D. and Kreutz, R.
Hypertension 80 (4): 771-782. April 2023

2022

Impact of metabolic stress induced by diets, aging and fasting on tissue oxygen consumption.
Mackert, O. and Wirth, E.K. and Sun, R. and Winkler, J. and Liu, A. and Renko, K. and Kunz, S. and Spranger, J. and Brachs, S.
Molecular Metabolism 64 : 101563. October 2022

Structural insights into crista junction formation by the Mic60-Mic19 complex.
Bock-Bierbaum, T. and Funck, K. and Wollweber, F. and Lisicki, E. and von der Malsburg, K. and von der Malsburg, A. and Laborenz, J. and Noel, J.K. and Hessenberger, M. and Jungbluth, S. and Bernert, C. and Kunz, S. and Riedel, D. and Lilie, H. and Jakobs, S. and van der Laan, M. and Daumke, O.
Science Advances 8 (35): eabo4946. 2 September 2022

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

2021

Virus-induced senescence is driver and therapeutic target in COVID-19.
Lee, S. and Yu, Y. and Trimpert, J. and Benthani, F. and Mairhofer, M. and Richter-Pechanska, P. and Wyler, E. and Belenki, D. and Kaltenbrunner, S. and Pammer, M. and Kausche, L. and Firsching, T.C. and Dietert, K. and Schotsaert, M. and Martínez-Romero, C. and Singh, G. and Kunz, S. and Niemeyer, D. and Ghanem, R. and Salzer, H.J.F. and Paar, C. and Mülleder, M. and Uccellini, M. and Michaelis, E.G. and Khan, A. and Lau, A. and Schönlein, M. and Habringer, A. and Tomasits, J. and Adler, J.M. and Kimeswenger, S. and Gruber, A.D. and Hoetzenecker, W. and Steinkellner, H. and Purfuerst, B. and Motz, R. and Di Pierro, F. and Lamprecht, B. and Osterrieder, N. and Landthaler, M. and Drosten, C. and García-Sastre, A. and Langer, R. and Ralser, M. and Eils, R. and Reimann, M. and 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. and Krieger, K. and Klotz, C. and Krahn, I. and Kunz, S. and Kolesnichenko, M. and Mucka, P. and Heuberger, J. and 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. and Koch, K. and Schriever, C. and Xu, J. and Steinecker, M. and Leber, J. and Dworatzek, E. and Purfürst, B. and Kunz, S. and Recchia, D. and Canepari, M. and Heuser, A. and Di Francescantonio, S. and Morano, I.
Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle 12 : 1249-1265. 14 October 2021