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Cancer Discovery

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

Current Biology

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

Development

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

Glia

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

Hypertension

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

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Cardiac MRI strain as an early indicator of myocardial dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Liu, S., Laghzali, O., Shalikar, S., Rusu, M.C., Carrier, L., Niendorf, T. and Ku, M.C.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 26 (4): 1407. 7 February 2025

Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

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 (5): 1249-1265. 14 October 2021

Molecular Metabolism

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

Nature

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

Nature Communications

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

PLoS ONE

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

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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

Science Advances

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

bioRxiv

Sociality shapes mitochondrial adaptations supporting hypoxia tolerance.
Rossi, A., Ruwolt, M., Kakouri, P., Kosten, T., Kunz, S., Puchkov, D., Reznick, J., Purfürst, B., Omerbašić, D., Méndez Aranda, D., Carai, G., Mastrobuoni, G., Hart, D.W., Carraro, M., Tommasin, L., Bennett, N.C., Bégay, V., Faelber, K., Daumke, O., Bernardi, P., Park, T.J., Kempa, S., Liu, F. and Lewin, G.R.
bioRxiv : 2024.09.30.615914. 2 October 2024

Interaction of sortilin with apolipoprotein E3 enables neurons to use long-chain fatty acids as alternative metabolic fuel.
Greda, A.K., Gomes, J.P., Zurawska-Plaksej, E., Fritsche-Guenther, R., Rudolph, I.M., Telugu, N.S., Cömert, C., Kirwan, J., Kunz, S., Rothe, M., Diecke, S., Bross, P. and Willnow, T.E.
bioRxiv : 2024.06.10.598173. 10 June 2024

iScience

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