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TFAP2A orchestrates gene regulatory networks and tubular architecture in kidney outer medullary collecting ducts.
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JCI Insight 10 (19): e192361. 8 October 2025

Converting PROMIS®-29 v2.0 profile data to SF-36 physical and mental component summary scores in patients with cardiovascular disorders.
Liegl, G., Fischer, F.H., Martin, C.N., Rönnefarth, M., Blumrich, A., Ahmadi, M., Boldt, L.H., Eckardt, K.U., Endres, M., Edelmann, F., Gerhardt, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3030-0384, Grittner, U., Haghikia, A., Hübner, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-6223, Landmesser, U., Leistner, D., Mai, K., Kollmus-Heege, J., Müller, D.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-5644, Nolte, C.H., Piper, S.K., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Pischon, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-767X, Rattan, S., Rohrpasser-Napierkowski, Ira, Schönrath, K., Schulz-Menger, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3100-1092, Schweizerhof, O., Spranger, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8900-4467, Weber, J.E., Witzenrath, M., Schmidt, S. and Rose, M.
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 22 (1): 64. 15 August 2024

Grainyhead-like 2 deficiency and kidney cyst growth in a mouse model.
Yurtdas, Z.Y., Kilic, E., Boor, P., Wyler, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9884-1806, Landthaler, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1075-8734, Jung, K. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 35 (7): 838-853. July 2024

Plasma NGAL levels in stable kidney transplant recipients and the risk of allograft loss.
Swolinsky, J.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8313-0200, Hinz, R.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7540-9714, Markus, C.E., Singer, E., Bachmann, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7728-9875, Halleck, F., Kron, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1588-7698, Naik, M.G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6063-2806, Schmidt, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5236-2749, Obermeier, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2511-9553, Gebert, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5946-7137, Rauch, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2451-1660, Kropf, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5197-3481, Haase, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8212-7416, Budde, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7929-5942, Eckardt, K.U. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-0920, Westhoff, T.H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5797-834X and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 39 (3): 483-495. March 2024

Discovery of a non-canonical GRHL1 binding site using deep convolutional and recurrent neural networks.
Proft, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1707-0625, Leiz, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-7047, Heinemann, U. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8191-3850, Seelow, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9746-4412, Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142 and Rutkiewicz, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8339-3230
BMC Genomics 24 (1): 736. 4 December 2023

Insm1 regulates mTEC development and immune tolerance.
Tao, W., Ye, Z., Wei, Y., Wang, J., Yang, W., Yu, G., Xiong, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4302-3515 and Jia, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8595-9314
Cellular and Molecular Immunology 20 (12): 1472-1486. December 2023

Strikingly conserved gene expression changes of polyamine regulating enzymes among various forms of acute and chronic kidney injury.
Sieckmann, T., Schley, G., Ögel, N., Kelterborn, S., Boivin, F.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2325-0830, Fähling, M., Ashraf, M.I., Reichel, M., Vigolo, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3061-1315, Hartner, A., Lichtenberger, F.B., Breiderhoff, T., Knauf, F., Rosenberger, C., Aigner, F., Schmidt-Ott, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Scholz, H. and Kirschner, K.M.
Kidney International 104 (1): 90-107. July 2023

Current practice of blood pressure measurement in Germany: a nationwide questionnaire-based survey in medical practices.
Beger, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4701-2135, Mayerböck, A., Klein, K., Karg, T., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Randerath, O. and Limbourg, F.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8313-7226
Blood Pressure 32 (1): 2165901. 2023

Human lungs show limited permissiveness for SARS-CoV-2 due to scarce ACE2 levels but virus-induced expansion of inflammatory macrophages.
Hönzke, K., Obermayer, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9116-630X, Mache, C., Fathykova, D., Kessler, M., Dökel, S., Wyler, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9884-1806, Baumgardt, M., Löwa, A., Hoffmann, K., Graff, P., Schulze, J., Mieth, M., Hellwig, K., Demir, Z., Biere, B., Brunotte, L., Mecate-Zambrano, A., Bushe, J., Dohmen, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4447-0579, Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Elezkurtaj, S., Tönnies, M., Bauer, T.T., Eggeling, S., Tran, H.L., Schneider, P., Neudecker, J., Rückert, J.C., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Busch, J., Klauschen, F., Horst, D., Radbruch, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6941-3397, Radke, J., Heppner, F., Corman, V.M., Niemeyer, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1897-6365, Müller, M.A., Goffinet, C., Mothes, R., Pascual-Reguant, A., Hauser, A.E., Beule, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3284-0632, Landthaler, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1075-8734, Ludwig, S., Suttorp, N., Witzenrath, M., Gruber, A.D., Drosten, C., Sander, L.E., Wolff, T., Hippenstiel, S. and Hocke, A.C.
European Respiratory Journal 60 (6): 2102725. 1 December 2022

Urinary single-cell sequencing captures kidney injury and repair processes in human acute kidney injury.
Klocke, J., Kim, S.J., Skopnik, C.M., Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Boltengagen, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8356-9766, Metzke, D., Grothgar, E., Prskalo, L., Wagner, L., Freund, P., Görlich, N., Muench, F., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Mashreghi, M.F., Kocks, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1749-3334, Eckardt, K.U., Rajewsky, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4785-4332 and Enghard, P.
Kidney International 102 (6): 1359-1370. December 2022

Was ist gesichert in der Therapie der chronischen Nierenerkrankung? [What is confirmed in the treatment of chronic kidney disease?].
Greite, R. and Schmidt-Ott, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Innere Medizin 63 (12): 237-1243. December 2022

The centrosomal protein 83 (CEP83) regulates human pluripotent stem cell differentiation towards the kidney lineage.
Mansour, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4808-3514, Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Telugu, N.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4509-7056, Kresoja, J., Shaheed, I.B., Mosimann, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0749-2576, Diecke, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5219-5992 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
eLife 11 : e80165. 12 October 2022

Single-cell transcriptomics reveals common epithelial response patterns in human acute kidney injury.
Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Kocks, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1749-3334, Leiz, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-7047, Karaiskos, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7771-3947, Boltengagen, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8356-9766, Cao, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7195-8193, Skopnik, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6089-4769, Klocke, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7723-9234, Hardenberg, J.H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9548-2118, Stockmann, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0934-7620, Gotthardt, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6033-0093, Obermayer, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9116-630X, Haghverdi, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9280-9170, Wyler, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9884-1806, Landthaler, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1075-8734, Bachmann, S., Hocke, A.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6935-8612, Corman, V., Busch, J., Schneider, W., Himmerkus, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2910-6728, Bleich, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1745-2295, Eckardt, K.U. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-0920, Enghard, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7254-3931, Rajewsky, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4785-4332 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Genome Medicine 14 (1): 103. 9 September 2022

Mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1 contributes to melanoma malignant progression through AKT/mTOR signaling.
Zhang, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-6104, Cao, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7195-8193, Gong, M., Zhang, W., Zhang, W., Zhu, Z., Wu, S., Yue, Y., Qian, W., Ma, Q., Wang, S. and Wang, Z. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0490-466X
Cancer Biology & Therapy 23 (1): 336-347. 22 April 2022

Prävention des akuten Nierenversagens [Prevention of acute kidney injury].
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142 and Swolinsky, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8313-0200
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 147 (5): 236-245. March 2022

Cardiac surgery-related acute kidney injury - risk factors, clinical course, management suggestions.
Just, I.A., Alborzi, F., Godde, M., Ott, S., Meyer, A., Stein, J., Mazgareanu, S., van der Giet, M., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Falk, V. and Schoenrath, F.
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 36 (2): 444-451. February 2022

Discordance between estimated and measured changes in plasma volume among patients with acute heart failure.
Swolinsky, J.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8313-0200, Tuvshinbat, E., Leistner, D.M., Edelmann, F., Knebel, F., Nerger, N.P., Lemke, C., Roehle, R., Haase, M., Costanzo, M.R., Rauch, G., Mitrovic, V., Gasanin, E., Meier, D., McCullough, P.A., Eckardt, K.U., Molitoris, B.A. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
ESC Heart Failure 9 (1): 66-76. February 2022

Hypo- und Hypernatriämien auf der Intensivstation : Fallstricke des Volumenmanagements [Hypo- and hypernatremia in the intensive care unit : pitfalls in volume management].
Schilling, J., Compton, F. and Schmidt-Ott, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Wiener klinisches Magazin 25 : 32-37. 10 January 2022

Hypo- und Hypernatriämien auf der Intensivstation : Fallstricke des Volumenmanagements [Hypo- and hypernatremia in the intensive care unit : pitfalls in volume management].
Schilling, J., Compton, F. and Schmidt-Ott, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin 116 : 672-677. November 2021

Acute kidney injury in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Gupta, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5747-2151, Short, S.A.P., Sise, M.E., Prosek, J.M., Madhavan, S.M., Soler, M.J., Ostermann, M., Herrmann, S.M., Abudayyeh, A., Anand, S., Glezerman, I., Motwani, S.S., Murakami, N., Wanchoo, R., Ortiz-Melo, D.I., Rashidi, A., Sprangers, B., Aggarwal, V., Malik, A.B., Loew, S., Carlos, C.A., Chang, W.T., Beckerman, P., Mithani, Z., Shah, C.V., Renaghan, A.D., Seigneux, S.D., Campedel, L., Kitchlu, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4340-5046, Shin, D.S., Rangarajan, S., Deshpande, P., Coppock, G., Eijgelsheim, M., Seethapathy, H., Lee, M.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6895-5968, Strohbehn, I.A., Owen, D.H., Husain, M., Garcia-Carro, C., Bermejo, S., Lumlertgul, N., Seylanova, N., Flanders, L., Isik, B., Mamlouk, O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1242-2740, Lin, J.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-9658, Garcia, P., Kaghazchi, A., Khanin, Y., Kansal, S.K., Wauters, E., Chandra, S., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Hsu, R.K., Tio, M.C., Sarvode Mothi, S., Singh, H., Schrag, D., Jhaveri, K.D., Reynolds, K.L., Cortazar, F.B. and Leaf, D.E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7875-090X
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 9 (10): e003467. October 2021

Nuclei isolation from adult mouse kidney for single-nucleus RNA-sequencing.
Leiz, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-7047, Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Boltengagen, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8356-9766, Braeuning, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1439-9920, Kocks, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1749-3334, Rajewsky, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4785-4332 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Journal of Visualized Experiments (175): e62901. September 2021

Sollten Patienten nach überlebter akuter Nierenschädigung mit RAAS-Inhibitoren behandelt werden? [Should patients after surviving acute kidney injury be treated with RAAS inhibitors?].
Hoffmann, L. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Nephrologe 16 (5): 305-306. September 2021

Technologies for profiling the impact of genomic variants on transcription factor binding.
Leiz, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-7047, Rutkiewicz, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8339-3230, Birchmeier, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2041-8872, Heinemann, U. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8191-3850 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Medizinische Genetik 33 (2): 147-155. 14 August 2021

Akute Nierenschädigung - Update 2021 [Acute kidney injury - update 2021].
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 146 (15): 988-993. August 2021

Serum creatinine and cystatin C-based estimates of glomerular filtration rate are misleading in acute heart failure.
Swolinsky, J.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8313-0200, Nerger, N.P., Leistner, D.M., Edelmann, F., Knebel, F., Tuvshinbat, E., Lemke, C., Roehle, R., Haase, M., Costanzo, M.R., Rauch, G., Mitrovic, V., Gasanin, E., Meier, D., McCullough, P.A., Eckardt, K.U., Molitoris, B.A. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
ESC Heart Failure 8 (4): 3070-3081. August 2021

Critical illness and systemic inflammation are key risk factors of severe acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19.
Hardenberg, J.H.B., Stockmann, H., Aigner, A., Gotthardt, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6033-0093, Enghard, P., Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Balzer, F., Schmidt, D., Zickler, D., Kruse, J., Körner, R., Stegemann, M., Schneider, T., Schumann, M., Müller-Redetzky, H., Angermair, S., Budde, K., Weber-Carstens, S., Witzenrath, M., Treskatsch, S., Siegmund, B., Spies, C., Suttorp, N., Rauch, G., Eckardt, K.U. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Kidney International Reports 6 (4): 905-915. April 2021

Kidney single-cell transcriptomes predict spatial corticomedullary gene expression and tissue osmolality gradients.
Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Karaiskos, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7771-3947, Boltengagen, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8356-9766, Walentin, K., Redo, K., Himmerkus, N., Bleich, M., Potter, S.S., Potter, A.S., Eckardt, K.U., Kocks, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1749-3334, Rajewsky, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4785-4332 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 32 (2): 291-306. February 2021

Mutations in transcription factor CP2-like 1 may cause a novel syndrome with distal renal tubulopathy in humans.
Klämbt, V., Werth, M., Onuchic-Whitford, A.C., Getwan, M., Kitzler, T.M., Buerger, F., Mao, Y., Deutsch, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-5030, Mann, N., Majmundar, A.J., Kaminski, M.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0429-7027, Shen, Tian, Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Shalaby, M., El Desoky, S., Kari, J.A., Shril, S., Lienkamp, S.S., Barasch, J. and Hildebrandt, F.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 36 (2): 237-246. February 2021

AKI-Alerts.
Khadzhynov, D., Schmidt, D. and Schmidt-Ott, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Dialyse aktuell 24 (7): 265-269. September 2020

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin protects from ANCA-induced GN by inhibiting T(H)17 immunity.
Schreiber, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1244-6379, Rousselle, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0641-3143, Klocke, J., Bachmann, S., Popovic, S., Bontscho, J., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Siffrin, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1532-2868, Jerke, U., Ashraf, M.I., Panzer, U. and Kettritz, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-6718
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 31 (7): 1569-1584. July 2020

Limited utility of qPCR-based detection of tumor-specific circulating mRNAs in whole blood from clear cell renal cell carcinoma patients.
Simonovic, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-772X, Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Busch, J., Jung, M., Jung, K. and Rabien, A.
BMC Urology 20 (1): 7. 4 February 2020

Hypertonicity-affected genes are differentially expressed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and correlate with cancer-specific survival.
Kandabarau, S., Leiz, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-7047, Krohn, K., Winter, S., Bedke, J., Schwab, M., Schaeffeler, E. and Edemir, B.
Cancers 12 (1): 6. 18 December 2019

Porphyromonas gingivalis impairs oral epithelial barrier through targeting GRHL2.
Chen, W., Alshaikh, A., Kim, S., Kim, J., Chun, C., Mehrazarin, S., Lee, J., Lux, R., Kim, R.H., Shin, K.H., Park, N.H., Walentin, K., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142 and Kang, M K
Journal of Dental Research 98 (10): 1150-1158. 1 September 2019

The incidence of acute kidney injury and associated hospital mortality: a retrospective cohort study of over 100 000 patients at Berlin's Charité Hospital.
Khadzhynov, D., Schmidt, D., Hardt, J., Rauch, G., Gocke, P., Eckardt, K.U. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Deutsches Aerzteblatt International 116 (22): 397-404. 31 May 2019

Fluconazole increases osmotic water transport in renal collecting duct through effects on aquaporin-2 trafficking.
Vukićević, T., Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Baltzer, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9104-7060, Himmerkus, N., Quintanova, C., Zühlke, K., Compton, F., Ahlborn, R., Dema, A., Eichhorst, J., Wiesner, B., Bleich, M., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142 and Klussmann, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4004-5003
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 30 (5): 795-810. May 2019

Canonical BMP signaling in tubular cells mediates recovery after acute kidney injury.
Vigolo, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3061-1315, Markó, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1888-5575, Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Müller, D.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-5644, Schmidt-Ullrich, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2472-6530 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Kidney International 95 (1): 108-122. January 2019

Parallel generation of easily selectable multiple nephronal cell types from human pluripotent stem cells.
Hariharan, K., Stachelscheid, H., Rossbach, B., Oh, S.J., Mah, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-8076, Schmidt-Ott, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Kurtz, A. and Reinke, P.
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 76 (1): 179-192. January 2019

Human papillomavirus 16 E6 induces FoxM1B in oral keratinocytes through GRHL2.
Chen, W., Shimane, T., Kawano, S., Alshaikh, A., Kim, S.Y, Chung, S.H., Kim, R.H., Shin, K.H., Walentin, K., Park, N.H., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142 and Kang, M.K.
Journal of Dental Research 97 (7): 795-802. 1 July 2018

Grainyhead-like 2 (GRHL2) knockout abolishes oral cancer development through reciprocal regulation of the MAP kinase and TGF-β signaling pathways.
Chen, W., Kang, K.L., Alshaikh, A., Varma, S., Lin, Y.L., Shin, K.H., Kim, R., Wang, C.Y., Park, N.H., Walentin, K., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142 and Kang, M.K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8379-2063
Oncogenesis 7 (5): 38. 8 May 2018

Predominant patterns of splicing evolution on human, chimpanzee, and macaque evolutionary lineages.
Xiong, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4302-3515, Xi, J., Ditsiou, A., Gao, Y., Sun, J., Lowenstein, E.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3755-0818, Huang, S. and Khaitovich, P.
Human Molecular Genetics 27 (8): 1474-1485. 15 April 2018

Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 channel deficiency aggravates tubular damage after acute renal ischaemia reperfusion.
Mannaa, M., Markó, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1888-5575, Balogh, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8756-747X, Vigolo, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3061-1315, N'diaye, G., Kaßmann, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4785-6530, Michalick, L., Weichelt, U., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Liedtke, W.B., Huang, Y., Müller, D.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-5644, Kuebler, W.M. and Gollasch, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2797-1934
Scientific Reports 8 (1): 4878. 20 March 2018

GRHL2 is required for collecting duct epithelial barrier function and renal osmoregulation.
Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Ruffert, J., Walentin, K., Himmerkus, N., Nikpey, E., Tenstad, O., Wiig, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7740-8210, Mutig, K., Yurtdas, Z.Y., Klein, J.D., Sands, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9822-0607, Branchi, F., Schumann, M., Bachmann, S., Bleich, M. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 29 (3): 857-868. March 2018

Structural basis of gene regulation by the Grainyhead/CP2 transcription factor family.
Ming, Q. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0296-7859, Roske, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6237-388X, Schuetz, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0606-2574, Walentin, K., Ibraimi, I., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142 and Heinemann, U. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8191-3850
Nucleic Acids Research 46 (4): 2082-2095. 28 February 2018

The IgCAM CLMP regulates expression of Connexin43 and Connexin45 in intestinal and ureteral smooth muscle contraction in mice.
Langhorst, H., Jüttner, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3565-0698, Groneberg, D., Mohtashamdolatshahi, A., Pelz, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8733-5457, Purfürst, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9887-7577, Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Friebe, A. and Rathjen, F.G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5351-613X
Disease Models & Mechanisms 11 (2): dmm032128. 22 February 2018

Transcription factor TFCP2L1 patterns cells in the mouse kidney collecting ducts.
Werth, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0169-6233, Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Leete, T., Qiu, A., Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Viltard, M., Paragas, N., Shawber, C.J., Yu, W., Lee, P., Chen, X., Sarkar, A., Mu, W., Rittenberg, A., Lin, C.S., Kitajewski, J., Al-Awqati, Q. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7141-1040 and Barasch, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-9548
eLife 6 : e24265. 3 June 2017

Unique transcriptional programs identify subtypes of AKI.
Xu, K., Rosenstiel, P., Paragas, N., Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Gao, X., Huai Shen, T., Werth, M., Forster, C., Deng, R., Bruck, E., Boles, R.W., Tornato, A., Gopal, T., Jones, M., Konig, Ju., Stauber, J., D'Agati, V., Erdjument-Bromage, H., Saggi, S., Wagener, G., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Tatonetti, N., Tempst, P., Oliver, J.A., Guarnieri, P. and Barasch, J.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 28 (6): 1729-1740. June 2017

Does NGAL reduce costs? A cost analysis of urine NGAL (uNGAL) & serum creatinine (sCr) for acute kidney injury (AKI) diagnosis.
Parikh, A., Rizzo, J.A, Canetta, P., Forster, C., Sise, M., Maarouf, O., Singer, E., Elger, A., Elitok, S., Schmidt-Ott, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Barasch, J. and Nickolas, T.L
PLoS ONE 12 (5): e0178091. 19 May 2017

Combining transcription factor binding affinities with open-chromatin data for accurate gene expression prediction.
Schmidt, F., Gasparoni, N., Gasparoni, G., Gianmoena, K., Cadenas, C., Polansky, J.K., Ebert, P., Nordstroem, K., Barann, M., Sinha, A., Froehler, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8000-2927, Xiong, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4302-3515, Dehghani Amirabad, A., Behjati Ardakani, F., Hutter, B., Zipprich, G., Felder, B., Eils, J., Brors, B., Chen, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3263-1627, Hengstler, J.G., Hamann, A., Lengauer, T., Rosenstiel, P., Walter, J. and Schulz, M.H.
Nucleic Acids Research 45 (1): 54-66. 9 January 2017

Epigenomic profiling of human CD4(+) T cells supports a linear differentiation model and highlights molecular regulators of memory development.
Durek, P., Nordström, K., Gasparoni, G., Salhab, A., Kressler, C., de Almeida, M., Bassler, K., Ulas, T., Schmidt, F., Xiong, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4302-3515, Glažar, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0842-0088, Klironomos, F., Sinha, A., Kinkley, S., Yang, X., Arrigoni, L., Amirabad, A.., Ardakani, F.B., Feuerbach, L., Gorka, O., Ebert, P., Müller, F., Li, N., Frischbutter, S., Schlickeiser, S., Cendon, C., Fröhler, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8000-2927, Felder, B., Gasparoni, N., Imbusch, C.D., Hutter, B., Zipprich, G., Tauchmann, Y., Reinke, S., Wassilew, G., Hoffmann, U., Richter, A.S., Sieverling, L., Chang, H.D., Syrbe, U., Kalus, U., Eils, J., Brors, B., Manke, T., Ruland, J., Lengauer, T., Rajewsky, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4785-4332, Chen, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3263-1627, Dong, J., Sawitzki, B., Chung, H.R., Rosenstiel, P., Schulz, M.H., Schultze, J.L., Radbruch, A., Walter, J., Hamann, A. and Polansky, J.K.
Immunity 45 (5): 1148-1161. 15 November 2016

Tubular epithelial NF-κB activity regulates ischemic AKI.
Markó, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1888-5575, Vigolo, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3061-1315, Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Park, J.K., Roël, G., Balogh, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8756-747X, Choi, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0286-1491, Wübken, A., Cording, J., Blasig, I.E., Luft, F.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8635-1199, Scheidereit, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0446-6129, Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Schmidt-Ullrich, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2472-6530 and Müller, D.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-5644
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 27 (9): 2658-2669. September 2016

Urinary NGAL-positive acute kidney injury and poor long-term Ootcomes in hospitalized patients.
Singer, E., Schrezenmeier, E.V., Elger, A., Seelow, E.R., Krannich, A., Luft, F.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8635-1199 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Kidney International Reports 1 (3): 114-124. September 2016

Redox regulation of cell contacts by tricellulin and occludin: redox-sensitive cysteine sites in tricellulin regulate both tri- and bicellular junctions in tissue barriers as shown in hypoxia and ischemia.
Cording, J., Günther, R., Vigolo, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3061-1315, Tscheik, C., Winkler, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3350-1189, Schlattner, I., Lorenz, D., Haseloff, R.F., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Wolburg, H. and Blasig, I.E.
Antioxidants & Redox Signaling 23 (13): 1035-1049. 5 November 2015

A grainyhead-like 2/Ovo-like 2 pathway regulates renal epithelial barrier function and lumen expansion.
Aue, A., Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Walentin, K., Ruffert, J., Yurtdas, Y., Werth, M., Chen, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3263-1627, Rabien, A., Kilic, E., Schulzke, J.D., Schumann, M. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 26 (11): 2704-2715. November 2015

A Grhl2-dependent gene network controls trophoblast branching morphogenesis.
Walentin, K., Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Werth, M., Haase, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0727-1738, Varma, S., Morell, R., Aue, A., Pötschke, E., Warburton, D., Qiu, A., Barasch, J., Purfürst, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9887-7577, Dieterich, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9468-6311, Popova, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3043-9650, Bader, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4780-4164, Dechend, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6636-3080, Staff, A.C., Yurtdas, Z.Y., Kilic, E. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Development 142 (6): 1125-1136. 15 March 2015

Pathophysiology of the cardiorenal syndromes: executive summary from the Eleventh Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI).
McCullough, P.A., Kellum, J.A., Haase, M., Mueller, C., Damman, K., Murray, P.T., Cruz, D., House, A.A., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Vescovo, G., Bagshaw, S.M., Hoste, E.A., Briguori, C., Braam, B., Chawla, L.S., Costanzo, M.R., Tumlin, J.A., Herzog, C.A., Mehta, R.L., Rabb, H., Shaw, A.D., Singbartl, K. and Ronco, C.
Blood Purification 37 (Suppl 2): 2-13. 31 July 2014

α-intercalated cells defend the urinary system from bacterial infection.
Paragas, N., Kulkarni, R., Werth, M., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Forster, C., Deng, R., Zhang, Q., Singer, E., Klose, A.D., Shen, T.H., Francis, K.P., Ray, S., Vijayakumar, S., Seward, S., Bovino, M.E., Xu, K., Takabe, Y., Amaral, F.E., Mohan, S., Wax, R., Corbin, K., Sanna-Cherchi, S., Mori, K., Johnson, L., Nickolas, T., D’Agati, V., Lin, C.S., Qiu, A., Al-Awqati, Q., Ratner, A.J. and Barasch, J.
Journal of Clinical Investigation 124 (7): 2963-2976. 1 July 2014

Stromal protein Ecm1 regulates ureteric bud patterning and branching.
Paroly, S.S., Wang, F., Spraggon, L., Merregaert, J., Batourina, E., Tycko, B., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Grimmond, S., Little, M. and Mendelsohn, C.
PLoS ONE 8 (12): e84155. 31 December 2013

Microbial communities along biogeochemical gradients in a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer.
Tischer, K., Kleinsteuber, S., Schleinitz, K.M., Fetzer, I., Spott, O., Stange, F., Lohse, U., Franz, J., Neumann, F., Gerling, S., Schmidt, C., Hasselwander, E., Harms, H. and Wendeberg, A.
Environmental Microbiology 15 (9): 2603-2615. September 2013

Emotional voice processing: investigating the role of genetic variation in the serotonin transporter across development.
Grossmann, T., Vaish, A., Franz, J., Schroeder, R., Stoneking, M. and Friederici, A.D.
PLoS ONE 8 (7): e68377. 8 July 2013

Calprotectin and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in the differentiation of pre-renal and intrinsic acute kidney injury.
Seibert, F.S., Pagonas, N., Arndt, R., Heller, F., Dragun, D., Persson, P., Schmidt-Ott, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Zidek, W. and Westhoff, T.H.
Acta Physiologica 207 (4): 700-708. April 2013

Pathophysiology of cardiorenal syndrome type 2 in stable chronic heart failure: workgroup statements from the eleventh consensus conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI).
Cruz, D.N., House, A.A., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Vescovo, G., Kellum, J.A., Ronco, C. and McCullough, P.A.
Contributions to Nephrology 182 : 117-136. 2013

Pathophysiology of the cardiorenal syndromes: executive Summary from the Eleventh Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI).
McCullough, P.A., Kellum, J.A., Haase, M., Müller, C., Damman, K., Murray, P.T., Cruz, D., House, A.A., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Vescovo, G., Bagshaw, S.M., Hoste, E.A., Briguori, C., Braam, B., Chawla, L.S., Costanzo, M.R., Tumlin, J.A., Herzog, C.A., Mehta, R.L., Rabb, H., Shaw, A.D., Singbartl, K. and Ronco, C.
Contributions to Nephrology 182 : 82-98. 2013

MWF rats with spontaneous albuminuria inherit a reduced efficiency of nephron induction during early nephrogenesis in comparison to SHRs.
Schulte, L., Schulz, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4576-8035, Unland, J., Schulz, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0226-964X, Hubner, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-6223, Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142 and Kreutz, R.
Journal of Hypertension 30 (10): 2031-2038. October 2012

Diagnostic and prognostic stratification in the emergency department using urinary biomarkers of nephron damage a multicenter prospective cohort study.
Nickolas, T.L., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Canetta, P., Forster, C., Singer, E., Sise, M., Elger, A., Maarouf, O., Sola-Del Valle, D.A., O'Rourke, M., Sherman, E., Lee, P., Geara, A., Imus, P., Guddati, A., Polland, A., Rahman, W., Elitok, S., Malik, N., Giglio, J., El-Sayegh, S., Devarajan, P., Hebbar, S., Saggi, S.J., Hahn, B., Kettritz, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-6718, Luft, F.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8635-1199 and Barasch, J.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 59 (3): 246-255. 17 January 2012

The tyrosine phosphatase Shp2 acts downstream of GDNF/Ret in branching morphogenesis of the developing mouse kidney.
Willecke, R., Heuberger, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7205-732X, Grossmann, K., Michos, O., Schmidt-Ott, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Walentin, K., Costantini, F. and Birchmeier, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1173-0829
Developmental Biology 360 (2): 310-307. 15 December 2011

Urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin identifies unilateral and bilateral urinary tract obstruction.
Sise, M.E., Forster, C., Singer, E., Sola-Del Valle, D., Hahn, B., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Barasch, J. and Nickolas, T.L.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 26 (12): 4132-4135. December 2011

Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin distinguishes pre-renal from intrinsic renal failure and predicts outcomes.
Singer, E., Elger, A., Elitok, S., Kettritz, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-6718, Nickolas, T.L., Barasch, J., Luft, F.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8635-1199 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Kidney International 80 (4): 405-414. August 2011

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as a biomarker of acute kidney injury--where do we stand today?
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 26 (3): 762-764. March 2011

The Ngal reporter mouse detects the response of the kidney to injury in real time.
Paragas, N., Qiu, A., Zhang, Q., Samstein, B., Deng, S.X., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Viltard, M., Yu, W., Forster, C.S., Gong, G., Liu, Y., Kulkarni, R., Mori, K., Kalandadze, A., Ratner, A.J., Devarajan, P., Landry, D.W., D'Agati, V., Lin, C.S. and Barasch, J.
Nature Medicine 17 (2): 216-222. February 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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9887-7577, Dekel, B., Bader, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4780-4164, Barasch, J., Rosenbauer, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7977-9421, Luft, F.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8635-1199 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Development 137 (22): 3835-3845. November 2010

Iron traffics in circulation bound to a siderocalin (Ngal)-catechol complex.
Bao, G., Clifton, M., Hoette, T.M., Mori, K., Deng, S.X., Qiu, A., Viltard, M., Williams, D., Paragas, N., Leete, T., Kulkarni, R., Li, X., Lee, B., Kalandadze, A., Ratner, A.J., Pizarro, J.C., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Landry, D.W., Raymond, K.N., Strong, R.K. and Barasch, J.
Nature Chemical Biology 6 (8): 602-609. August 2010

Etv4 and Etv5 are required downstream of GDNF and Ret for kidney branching morphogenesis.
Lu, B.C., Cebrian, C., Chi, X., Kuure, S., Kuo, R., Bates, C.M., Arber, S., Hassell, J., Macneil, L., Hoshi, M., Jain, S., Asai, N., Takahashi, M., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Barasch, J., D'Agati, V. and Costantini, F.
Nature Genetics 41 (12): 1295-1302. December 2009

Urinary NGAL marks cystic disease in HIV-associated nephropathy.
Paragas, N., Nickolas, T.L., Wyatt, C., Forster, C.S., Sise, M., Morgello, S., Jagla, B., Buchen, C., Stella, P., Sanna-Cherchi, S., Carnevali, M.L., Mattei, S., Bovino, A., Argentiero, L., Magnano, A., Devarajan, P., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Allegri, L., Klotman, P., D'Agati, V., Gharavi, A.G. and Barasch, J.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 20 (8): 1687-1692. 1 August 2009

Vegf as an epithelial cell morphogen modulates branching morphogenesis of embryonic kidney by directly acting on the ureteric bud.
Marlier, A., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Gallagher, A.R., Barasch, J. and Karihaloo, A.
Mechanisms of Development 126 (3-4): 91-98. March 2009

Scara5 is a ferritin receptor mediating non-transferrin iron delivery.
Li, J.Y., Paragas, N., Ned, R.M., Qiu, A., Viltard, M., Leete, T., Drexler, I.R., Chen, X., Sanna-Cherchi, S., Mohammed, F., Williams, D., Lin, C.S., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Andrews, N.C. and Barasch, J.
Developmental Cell 16 (1): 35-46. 20 January 2009

Accumulation of malignant renal stem cells is associated with epigenetic changes in normal renal progenitor genes.
Metsuyanim, S., Pode-Shakked, N., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Keshet, G., Rechavi, G., Blumental, D. and Dekel, B.
Stem Cells 26 (7): 1808-1817. July 2008

beta-catenin/TCF/Lef controls a differentiation-associated transcriptional program in renal epithelial progenitors.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Masckauchan, T.N.H., Chen, X., Hirsh, B.J., Sarkar, A., Yang, J., Paragas, N., Wallace, V.A., Dufort, D., Pavlidis, P., Jagla, B., Kitajewski, J. and Barasch, J.
Development 134 (17): 3177-3190. September 2007

Localization of a gene for nonsyndromic renal hypodysplasia to chromosome 1p32-33.
Sanna-Cherchi, S., Caridi, G., Weng, P.L., Dagnino, M., Seri, M., Konka, A., Somenzi, D., Carrea, A., Izzi, C., Casu, D., Allegri, L., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Barasch, J., Scolari, F., Ravazzolo, R., Ghiggeri, G.M. and Gharavi, A.G.
American Journal of Human Genetics 80 (3): 539-549. March 2007

Dual action of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Mori, K., Li, J.Y., Kalandadze, A., Cohen, D.J., Devarajan, P. and Barasch, J.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 18 (2): 407-413. February 2007

c-kit delineates a distinct domain of progenitors in the developing kidney.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Chen, X., Paragas, N., Levinson, R.S., Mendelsohn, C.L. and Barasch, J.
Developmental Biology 299 (1): 238-249. 1 November 2006

Dissecting stages of mesenchymal-to-epithelial conversion during kidney development.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Lan, D., Hirsh, B.J. and Barasch, J.
Nephron Physiology 104 (1): 56-60. August 2006

Multiple imprinted and stemness genes provide a link between normal and tumor progenitor cells of the developing human kidney.
Dekel, B., Metsuyanim, S., Schmidt-Ott, K.M., Fridman, E., Jacob-Hirsch, J., Simon, A., Pinthus, J., Mor, Y., Barasch, J., Amariglio, N. and Reisner, Y.
Cancer Research 66 (12): 6040-6049. 15 June 2006

Novel regulators of kidney development from the tips of the ureteric bud.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M., Yang, J., Chen, X., Wang, H., Paragas, N., Mori, K., Li, J.Y., Lu, B., Costantini, F., Schiffer, M., Bottinger, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6868-6676 and Barasch, J.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 16 (7): 1993-2002. July 2005

Endocytic delivery of lipocalin-siderophore-iron complex rescues the kidney from ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Mori, K., Lee, H.T., Rapoport, D., Drexler, I.R., Foster, K., Yang, J., Schmidt-Ott, K.M., Chen, X., Li, J.Y., Weiss, S., Mishra, J., Cheema, F.H., Markowitz, G., Suganami, T., Sawai, K., Mukoyama, M., Kunis, C., D'Agati, V., Devarajan, P. and Barasch, J.
Journal of Clinical Investigation 115 (3): 610-621. March 2005

A Mendelian locus on chromosome 16 determines susceptibility to doxorubicin nephropathy in the mouse.
Zheng, Z., Schmidt-Ott, K.M., Chua, S., Foster, K.A., Frankel, R.Z., Pavlidis, P., Barasch, J., D'Agati, V.D. and Gharavi, A.G.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102 (7): 2502-2507. 15 February 2005

Detection of intracellular iron by its regulatory effect.
Li, J.Y., Ram, G., Gast, K., Chen, X., Barasch, K., Mori, K., Schmidt-Ott, K., Wang, J., Kuo, H.C., Savage-Dunn, C., Garrick, M.D. and Barasch, J.
American Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology 287 (6): C1547-C1549. December 2004

A renal biopsy yields sight as well as insight.
Wernicke, D., Schmidt-Ott, K., Brasen, J.H., Moeller, D.E. and Goebel, U.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 18 (9): 1937-1938. September 2003

Vigilant vectors: adeno-associated virus with a biosensor to switch on amplified therapeutic genes in specific tissues in life-threatening diseases.
Tang, Y., Schmitt-Ott, K., Qian, K., Kagiyama, S. and Phillips, M.I.
Methods 28 (2): 259-266. October 2002

Vigilant vector: heart-specific promoter in an adeno-associated virus vector for cardioprotection.
Phillips, M.I., Tang, Y., Schmidt-Ott, K., Qian, K. and Kagiyama, S.
Hypertension 39 (2 Pt 2): 651-655. February 2002

Hypoxia reverses dibutyryl-cAMP-induced stellation of cultured astrocytes via activation of the endothelin system.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Xu, A.D., Tuschick, S., Liefeldt, L., Kresse, W., Verkhratsky, A., Kettenmann, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8208-0291 and Paul, M.
FASEB Journal 15 (7): 1227-1229. May 2001

The Discovery of Renin 100 Years Ago.
Phillips, M.I. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M.
News in Physiological Sciences 14 (6): 271-274. December 1999

Single-cell characterization of endothelin system gene expression in the cerebellum in situ.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Tuschick, S., Kirchhoff, F., Verkhratsky, A., Liefeldt, L., Kettenmann, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8208-0291 and Paul, M.
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology 31 (Suppl 1): S364-S366. 1998

Transcriptional regulation of endothelin-1 by erythropoietin in endothelial cells.
Liefeldt, L., Schmidt-Ott, K.M., Orzechowski, H.D., Distler, A. and Paul, M.
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology 31 (Suppl 1): S464-S466. 1998

Review

Acute kidney injury biomarkers in the single cell transcriptomic era.
Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
American Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology 323 (5): C1430-C1443. 9 November 2022

Aldosteronantagonisten "revisited" [Aldosterone antagonists revisited].
Swolinsky, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8313-0200 and Schmidt-Ott, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Nephrologe 17 : 239-245. July 2022

The role of centrosome distal appendage proteins (DAPs) in nephronophthisis and ciliogenesis.
Mansour, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4808-3514, Boivin, F.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2325-0830, Shaheed, I.B., Schueler, M. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (22): 12253. 12 November 2021

Kidney physiology and susceptibility to acute kidney injury: implications for renoprotection.
Scholz, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8383-040X, Boivin, F.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2325-0830, Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Bachmann, S., Eckardt, K.U. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-0920, Scholl, U.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0309-8045 and Persson, P.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0926-2878
Nature Reviews Nephrology 17 (5): 335-349. May 2021

COVID-19 und akute Nierenschädigung im Intensivbereich [COVID-19 and acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit].
Hardenberg, J.H.B., Stockmann, H., Eckardt, K.U. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Nephrologe 16 (1): 20-25. January 2021

Functional roles of Grainyhead-like transcription factors in renal development and disease.
Boivin, F.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2325-0830 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Pediatric Nephrology 35 (2): 181-190. February 2020

Claudins in the renal collecting duct.
Leiz, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-7047 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 (1): 221. 2020

Hyponatriämie in Notfall- und Intensivmedizin [Hyponatremia in emergency and critical care medicine].
Zickler, D. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Nephrologe 14 (6): 422-430. November 2019

Transcriptional mechanisms coordinating tight junction assembly during epithelial differentiation.
Boivin, F.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2325-0830 and Schmidt-Ott, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1397 (1): 80-99. June 2017

Biomarkers in acute kidney injury - pathophysiological basis and clinical performance.
Schrezenmeier, E.V., Barasch, J., Budde, K., Westhoff, T. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Acta Physiologica 219 (3): 554-572. March 2017

How to grow a kidney: patient-specific kidney organoids come of age.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 32 (1): 17-23. January 2017

The basal chorionic trophoblast cell layer: an emerging coordinator of placenta development.
Walentin, K., Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621 and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
BioEssays 38 (3): 254-265. March 2016

Assembling kidney tissues from cells: the long road from organoids to organs.
Hariharan, K., Kurtz, A. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 3 : 70. 11 November 2015

Novel signalling mechanisms and targets in renal ischaemia and reperfusion injury.
Kusch, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6666-7081, Hoff, U., Bubalo, G., Zhu, Y., Fechner, M., Schmidt-Ullrich, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2472-6530, Marko, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1888-5575, Müller, D.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-5644, Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142, Gürgen, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9241-6537, Blum, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3155-0710, Schunck, W.H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7965-7731 and Dragun, D.
Acta Physiologica 208 (1): 25-40. May 2013

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin: pathophysiology and clinical applications.
Singer, E., Markó, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1888-5575, Paragas, N., Barasch, J., Dragun, D., Müller, D.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-5644, Budde, K. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Acta Physiologica 207 (4): 663-672. April 2013

WNT/β-catenin signaling in nephron progenitors and their epithelial progeny.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142 and Barasch, J.
Kidney International 74 (8): 1004-1008. 2 October 2008

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin-mediated iron traffic in kidney epithelia.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M., Mori, K., Kalandadze, A., Li, J.Y., Paragas, N., Nicholas, T., Devarajan, P. and Barasch, J.
Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension 15 (4): 442-449. July 2006

The multiple actions of angiotensin II in atherosclerosis.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M., Kagiyama, S. and Phillips, M.I.
Regulatory Peptides 93 (1-3): 65-77. 25 September 2000

Letter

Acute kidney injury in patients receiving pembrolizumab combination therapy versus pembrolizumab monotherapy for advanced lung cancer.
Gupta, S., Strohbehn, I.A., Wang, Q., Hanna, P.E., Seethapathy, R., Prosek, J.M., Herrmann, S.M., Abudayyeh, A., Malik, A.B., Loew, S., Carlos, C.A., Chang, W.T., Beckerman, P., Mithani, Z., Shah, C.V., Renaghan, A., de Seigneux, S., Campedel, L., Kitchlu, A., Shin, D.S., Coppock, G., Lumlertgul, N., Garcia, P., Ortiz-Melo, D.I., Rashidi, A., Sprangers, B., Aggarwal, V., Benesova, K., Jhaveri, K.D., Cortazar, F.B., Weins, A., Zuo, Y., Mooradian, M.J., Reynolds, K.L., Leaf, D.E. and Sise, M.E.
Kidney International 102 (4): 930-935. October 2022

Long-term effects of COVID-19 on kidney function.
Enghard, P., Hardenberg, J.H., Stockmann, H., Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Eckardt, K.U. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Lancet 397 (10287): 1806-1807. 15 May 2021

High rates of long-term renal recovery in survivors of coronavirus disease 2019-associated acute kidney injury requiring kidney replacement therapy.
Stockmann, H., Hardenberg, J.H.B., Aigner, A., Hinze, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Gotthardt, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6033-0093, Stier, B., Eckardt, K.U., Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142 and Enghard, P.
Kidney International 99 (4): 1021-1022. April 2021

Editorial

Mix for regeneration: nephron replacement by transplanted cells.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 31 (12): 2743-2745. December 2020

The Ebf1 knockout mouse and glomerular maturation.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Kidney International 85 (5): 1014-1016. May 2014

WNT/beta-catenin signaling in polycystic kidney disease.
Wuebken, A. and Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Kidney International 80 (2): 135-138. July 2011

ROCK inhibition facilitates tissue reconstitution from embryonic kidney cell suspensions.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Kidney International 77 (5): 387-389. 1 March 2010

Unraveling the role of connective tissue growth factor in diabetic nephropathy.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
Kidney International 73 (4): 375-376. 2 February 2008

Nephrologists sans frontieres: the art and science of branching.
Schmidt-Ott, K.M.
Kidney International 69 (11): 1921-1923. 1 June 2006

Preprint

Interleukin enhancer binding factor 2 (Ilf2) and kidney epithelial stress resilience.
Cao, Shuang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7195-8193, López-Cayuqueo, Karen I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8409-7345, Leiz, Janna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-7047, Boivin, Felix J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2325-0830, Markó, Lajos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1888-5575, Hinze, Christian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-1621, Schmitz, Jessica, Bräsen, Jan Hinrich and Schmidt-Ott, Kai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-7142
bioRxiv : 2025.08.12.667599v3. 21 November 2025