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DFG fördert Forschung zu chronischen Infektionen
Wie kämpfen Immunzellen gegen Viren?
[24.07.2018] Wie arbeiten Immunzellen bei der Bekämpfung von Virusinfektionen zusammen? Und was verändert sich, wenn diese chronisch sind? Das untersuchen Wissenschaftler der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE) in den kommenden drei Jahren. Ihr Vorhaben wird von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) mit mehr als 500.000 Euro gefördert.
Die Arbeitsgruppen von Prof. Dr. Ulf Dittmer, Direktor des Instituts für Virologie, und Prof. Dr. Matthias Gunzer, Direktor des Instituts für experimentelle Immunologie und Bildgebung, arbeiten dafür eng zusammen. Ihr Interesse gilt der chronischen Infektion mit dem Friend-Retrovirus, der Virusfamilie zu der auch HIv gehört.
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Schimmelpilz mit Nanopartikelhülle Wolf im Schafspelz
[09.07.2018] Sie sind winzig klein und in der Luft allgegenwärtig: Schimmelpilzsporen. Wenn Immungeschwächte sie einatmen, riskieren sie eine gefährliche Infektion. Dass auch Nanopartikel in diesem Zusammenhang eine wichtige Rolle spielen, hat jetzt eine Forschungsgruppe herausgefunden, an der auch die Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE) maßgeblich beteiligt ist.
Die Molekularbiologin Prof. Shirley Knauer erläutert: „Wir haben entdeckt, dass ultrafeine Partikel die Oberfläche von Pilzsporen so ummanteln können, dass sie von der Immunabwehr übersehen werden. Dann steigt das Risiko für eine schwere Infektionskrankheit natürlich deutlich an.“ Die neuen Erkenntnisse zur Wechselwirkung von Nanopartikeln mit Pilzsporen sind in der aktuellen Ausgabe der Fachzeitschrift „Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA" veröffentlicht.
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[06.07.2018] Total übermüdet: Chronische Virenerkrankungen können bestimmte Zellen des menschlichen Immunsystems entkräften, so dass weitere Infektionen tödlich enden können. Mit neuen Antikörpern lässt sich die körpereigene Abwehr allerdings wieder auf Trab bringen. Das haben Wissenschaftler der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE) herausgefunden. Sie berichten darüber in der jüngsten Ausgabe des Fachmagazins „Nature Communications".
Die neuen Antikörper binden an den Rezeptor CEACAM1, der die Immunreaktion im Körper reguliert. „Er ist Voraussetzung dafür, dass sich ein ausreichendes Signal zwischen den Immunzellen aufbaut, so dass die Virusinfektion bekämpft werden kann", erläutert Prof. Dr. Karl S. Lang vom Institut für Immunologie am Universitätsklinikum Essen, der die Untersuchung gemeinsam mit Dr. Vishal Khairnar und PD Dr. Bernhard B. Singer vom Institut für Anatomie durchführte.
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Recent Publications
2018
Westmeier D, Solouk-Saran D, Vallet C, Siemer S, Docter D, Götz H, Männ L, Hasenberg A, Hahlbrock A, Erler K, Reinhardt C, Schilling O, Becker S, Gunzer M, Hasenberg M, Knauer SK, Stauber RH. Nanoparticle decoration impacts airborne fungal pathobiology. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Jul 3;115(27):7087-7092.
Khairnar V, Duhan V, Patil AM, Zhou F, Bhat H, Thoens C, Sharma P, Adomati T, Friendrich SK, Bezgovsek J, Dreesen JD, Wennemuth G, Westendorf AM, Zelinskyy G, Dittmer U, Hardt C, Timm J, Göthert JR, Lang PA, Singer BB, Lang KS. CEACAM1 promotes CD8(+) T cell responses and improves control of a chronic viral infection. Nat Commun. 2018 Jul 2;9(1):2561.
Trusch F, Loebach L, Wawra S, Durward E, Wuensch A, Iberahim NA, de Bruijn I, MacKenzie K, Willems A, Toloczko A, Diéguez-Uribeondo J, Rasmussen T, Schrader T, Bayer P, Secombes CJ, van West P. Cell entry of a host-targeting protein of oomycetes requires gp96. Nat Commun. 2018 Jun 14;9(1):2347.
Weske S, Vaidya M, Reese A, von Wnuck Lipinski K, Keul P, Bayer JK, Fischer JW, Flögel U, Nelsen J, Epple M, Scatena M, Schwedhelm E, Dörr M, Völzke H, Moritz E, Hannemann A, Rauch BH, Gräler MH, Heusch G, Levkau B. Targeting sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase as an anabolic therapy for bone loss. Nat Med. 2018 Apr 16. [Epub ahead of print].
Dummer R, Ascierto PA, Gogas HJ, Arance A, Mandala M, Liszkay G, Garbe C, Schadendorf D, Krajsova I, Gutzmer R, Chiarion-Sileni V, Dutriaux C, de Groot JWB, Yamazaki N, Loquai C, Moutouh-de Parseval LA, Pickard MD, Sandor V, Robert C, Flaherty KT. Encorafenib plus binimetinib versus vemurafenib or encorafenib in patients with BRAF-mutant melanoma (COLUMBUS): a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Mar 21. [Epub ahead of print].
Ter Veer E, et al. Consensus statement on mandatory measurements in pancreatic cancer trials (COMM-PACT) for systemic treatment of unresectable disease. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Mar;19(3):e151-e160. Review.
Ziemann S, van der Linde K, Lahrmann U, Acar B, Kaschani F, Colby T, Kaiser M, Ding Y, Schmelz E, Huffaker A, Holton N, Zipfel C, Doehlemann G. An apoplastic peptide activates salicylic acid signalling in maize. Nat Plants. 2018 Mar;4(3):172-180.
Maio M, Lewis K, Demidov L, Mandalà M, Bondarenko I, Ascierto PA, Herbert C, Mackiewicz A, Rutkowski P, Guminski A, Goodman GR, Simmons B, Ye C, Yan Y, Schadendorf D; BRIM8 Investigators. Adjuvant vemurafenib in resected, BRAF(V600) mutation-positive melanoma (BRIM8): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Feb 21. [Epub ahead of print]
McQuade JL, et al. Association of body-mass index and outcomes in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with targeted therapy, immunotherapy, or chemotherapy: a retrospective, multicohort analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Mar;19(3):310-322.
Juric D, Rodon J, Tabernero J, Janku F, Burris HA, Schellens JHM, Middleton MR, Berlin J, Schuler M, Gil-Martin M, Rugo HS, Seggewiss-Bernhardt R, Huang A, Bootle D, Demanse D, Blumenstein L, Coughlin C, Quadt C, Baselga J. Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase α-Selective Inhibition With Alpelisib (BYL719) in PIK3CA-Altered Solid Tumors: Results From the First-in-Human Study. J Clin Oncol. 2018 Feb 5:JCO2017727107.
Pöhler R, Krahn JH, van den Boom J, Dobrynin G, Kaschani F, Eggenweiler HM, Zenke FT, Kaiser M, Meyer H. A Non-Competitive Inhibitor of VCP/p97 and VPS4 Reveals Conserved Allosteric Circuits in Type I and II AAA ATPases. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2018 Feb 5;57(6):1576-1580. Epub 2018 Jan 15.
Ross B, Krapp S, Augustin M, Kierfersauer R, Arciniega M, Geiss-Friedlander R, Huber R. Structures and mechanism of dipeptidyl peptidases 8 and 9, important players in cellular homeostasis and cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Jan 30.[Epub ahead of print].
Horst AK, Wegscheid C, Schaefers C, Schiller B, Neumann K, Lunemann S, Langeneckert AE, Oldhafer KJ, Weiler-Normann C, Lang KS, Singer BB, Altfeld M, Diehl L, Tiegs G. CEACAM1 controls IL-2-dependent regulatory T cell induction in immune-mediated hepatitis. Hepatology. 2018 Jan 29. [Epub ahead of print].
Schadendorf D, Jiang J, Kelleher T, Postow MA. Reply to M. Horiguchi et al. J Clin Oncol. 2018 Jan 16:JCO2017765339. [Epub ahead of print].
Hönes GS, Rakov H, Logan J, Liao XH, Werbenko E, Pollard AS, Præstholm SM, Siersbæk MS, Rijntjes E, Gassen J, Latteyer S, Engels K, Strucksberg KH, Kleinbongard P, Zwanziger D, Rozman J, Gailus-Durner V, Fuchs H, Hrabe de Angelis M, Klein-Hitpass L, Köhrle J, Armstrong DL, Grøntved L, Bassett JHD, Williams GR, Refetoff S, Führer D, Moeller LC. Noncanonical thyroid hormone signaling mediates cardiometabolic effects in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Dec 26;114(52):E11323-E11332.
Pöhler R, Krahn JH, van den Boom J, Dobrynin G, Kaschani F, Eggenweiler HM,Zenke FT, Kaiser M, Meyer H. A non-competitive inhibitor of VCP/p97 and VPS4 reveals conserved allosteric circuits in type I and II AAA ATPases. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print].
von Wnuck Lipinski K, Weske S, Keul P, Peters S, Baba HA, Heusch G, Gräler MH, Levkau B. Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1A deficiency causes hemolytic anemia in mice by altering erythrocyte sphingolipid homeostasis. Blood. 2017 Dec 21;130(25):2786-2798.
Jockenhöfer F, Schimming TT, Schaller J, Moege J, Livingstone E, Salva KA, Zimmer L, Schadendorf D, Rösch A. Sebaceous tumours: more than skin deep. Gut. 2017 Dec 15. [Epub ahead of print].
Tucci FA, Kitanovski S, Johansson P, Klein-Hitpass L, Kahraman A, Dürig J, Hoffmann D, Küppers R. Biased IGH VDJ gene repertoire and clonal expansions in B cells of chronically hepatitis C virus-infected individuals. Blood. 2017 Dec 14. [Epub ahead of print].
Romagnani A, Vettore V, Rezzonico-Jost T, Hampe S, Rottoli E, Nadolni W, Perotti M, Meier MA, Hermanns C, Geiger S, Wennemuth G, Recordati C, Matsushita M, Muehlich S, Proietti M, Chubanov V, Gudermann T, Grassi F, Zierler S. TRPM7 kinase activity is essential for T cell colonization and alloreactivity in the gut. Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 4;8(1):1917.
Gunzer M. Escaping the traps of your own hunters. Science. 2017 Dec 1;358(6367):1126-1127.
Schmitzberger F*, Richter MM, Gordiyenko Y, Robinson CV, Dadlez M, Westermann S. Molecular basis for inner kinetochore configuration through RWD domain–peptide interactions. The EMBO Journal (2017) Dec 1;36(23):3458-3482. * corresponding author
van den Boom J, Meyer H. VCP/p97-Mediated Unfolding as a Principle in Protein Homeostasis and Signaling. Mol Cell. 2017 Nov 15. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
Krzywinska E, Kantari-Mimoun C, Kerdiles Y, Sobecki M, Isagawa T, Gotthardt D, Castells M, Haubold J, Millien C, Viel T, Tavitian B, Takeda N, Fandrey J, Vivier E, Sexl V, Stockmann C. Loss of HIF-1α in natural killer cells inhibits tumour growth by stimulating non-productive angiogenesis. Nat Commun. 2017 Nov 17;8(1):1597.
Graessl M, Koch J, Calderon A, Kamps D, Banerjee S, Mazel T, Schulze N, Jungkurth JK, Patwardhan R, Solouk D, Hampe N, Hoffmann B, Dehmelt L, Nalbant P. An excitable Rho GTPase signaling network generates dynamic subcellular contraction patterns. J Cell Biol. 2017 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print]
Herold S, Sockel K, Sayehli C, Herbst R, Dührsen U, Oelschlägel U, Böttner A,Hindahl H, Kullmer J, Helas S, Sauer M, Mohr B, Mies A, Bornhäuser M, Ehninger G, Röllig C, Thiede C, Platzbecker U. Evolution of NPM1-negative therapy-relatedmyelodysplastic syndromes following curative treatment of NPM1-mutant AML. Leukemia. 2017 Oct;31(10):2247-2251.
Wang J, Hossain M, Thanabalasuriar A, Gunzer M, Meininger C, Kubes P. Visualizing the function and fate of neutrophils in sterile injury and repair. Science. 2017 Oct 6;358(6359):111-116.
Wolchok JD, et al. Overall Survival with Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Advanced Melanoma. N Engl J Med. 2017 Oct 5;377(14):1345-1356.
van der Vaart B, Fischböck J, Mieck C, Pichler P, Mechtler K, Medema RH, Westermann S. TORC1 signaling exerts spatial control over microtubule dynamics by promoting nuclear export of Stu2. J Cell Biol. 2017 Sep 29 [Epub ahead of print].
Schmuck C, Jiang H, Hu XY, Schlesiger S, Li M, Zellermann E, Knauer S. Morphology Dependent Cell Imaging by a Self-assembled Diacetylene Peptide Amphiphile. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Sep 20 [Epub ahead of print].
Jacquelot N, et.al. Predictors of responses to immune checkpoint blockade in advanced melanoma. Nat Commun. 2017 Sep 19;8(1):592.
Long GV, et al. Adjuvant Dabrafenib plus Trametinib in Stage III BRAF-Mutated Melanoma. N Engl J Med. 2017 Sep 10 [Epub ahead of print].
Item F, Wueest S, Lemos V, Stein S, Lucchini FC, Denzler R, Fisser MC, Challa TD, Pirinen E, Kim Y, Hemmi S, Gulbins E, Gross A, O'Reilly LA, Stoffel M, Auwerx J, Konrad D. Fas cell surface death receptor controls hepatic lipid metabolism by regulating mitochondrial function. Nat Commun. 2017 Sep 7;8(1):480.
Ahci M, Toffalori C, Bouwmans E, Crivello P, Brambati C, Pultrone C, Stempelmann K, Bost D, Mazzi B, Beelen DW, Ciceri F, Mulder W, Fleischhauer K, Vago L. A new tool for rapid and reliable diagnosis of HLA loss relapses after HSCT. Blood. 2017 Sep 7;130(10):1270-1273.
Hogeweg A, Sowislok A, Schrader T, Beuck C. An NMR Method To Pinpoint Supramolecular Ligand Binding to Basic Residues on Proteins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Sep 6 [Epub ahead of print].
Tsegaw YA, Kadam PE, Tötsch N, Sanchez-Garcia E, Sander W. Is Magnetic Bistability of Carbenes a General Phenomenon? Isolation of Simple Aryl(trifluoromethyl)carbenes in Both Their Singlet and Triplet States. J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Sep 6;139(35):12310-12316.
Duncan L, Yilmaz Z, Gaspar H, Walters R, Goldstein J, Anttila V, Bulik-Sullivan B, Ripke S; Eating Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Thornton L, Hinney A, Daly M, Sullivan PF, Zeggini E, Breen G, Bulik CM. Significant Locus and Metabolic Genetic Correlations Revealed in Genome-Wide Association Study of Anorexia Nervosa. Am J Psychiatry. Sep 1;174(9):850-858.
Fleischhauer K, Shaw BE. HLA-DP in unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation revisited: challenges and opportunities. Blood. 2017 Aug 31;130(9):1089-1096.
Schadendorf D et al. Efficacy and Safety Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Melanoma Who Discontinued Treatment With Nivolumab and Ipilimumab Because of Adverse Events: A Pooled Analysis of Randomized Phase II and III Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Aug 25:JCO2017732289. [Epub ahead of print].
Zocchi D, Wennemuth G, Oka Y. The cellular mechanism for water detection in the mammalian taste system. Nat Neurosci. 2017 Jul;20(7):927-933.
Köcher S, Rey J, Bongard J, Tiaden AN, Meltzer M, Richards PJ, Ehrmann M, Kaiser M. Tailored Ahp-cyclodepsipeptides as Potent Non-covalent Serine Protease Inhibitors. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Jul 10;56(29):8555-8558.
Larkin J, Minor D, D'Angelo S, Neyns B, Smylie M, Miller WH Jr, Gutzmer R,Linette G, Chmielowski B, Lao CD, Lorigan P, Grossmann K, Hassel JC, Sznol M,Daud A, Sosman J, Khushalani N, Schadendorf D, Hoeller C, Walker D, Kong G, Horak C, Weber J. Overall Survival in Patients With Advanced Melanoma Who Received Nivolumab Versus Investigator's Choice Chemotherapy in CheckMate 037: A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label Phase III Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Jul 3:JCO2016718023.
Long GV, Weber JS, Larkin J, Atkinson V, Grob JJ, Schadendorf D, Dummer R, Robert C, Márquez-Rodas I, McNeil C, Schmidt H, Briscoe K, Baurain JF, Hodi FS, Wolchok JD. Nivolumab for Patients With Advanced Melanoma Treated Beyond Progression: Analysis of 2 Phase 3 Clinical Trials. JAMA Oncol. 2017 Jun 29. [Epub ahead of print]
Lollies A, Hartmann S, Schneider M, Bracht T, Weiß AL, Arnolds J, Klein-Hitpass L, Sitek B, Hansmann ML, Küppers R, Weniger MA. An oncogenic axis of STAT-mediated BATF3 upregulation causing MYC activity in classical Hodgkin lymphoma and anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Leukemia. 2017 Jun 29. [Epub ahead of print]
Jana P, Samanta K, Bäcker S, Zellermann E, Knauer S, Schmuck C. Efficient Gene Transfection through Inhibition of β-Sheet (Amyloid Fiber) Formation of a Short Amphiphilic Peptide by Gold Nanoparticles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017, 56, 8083.
Sucker A, Zhao F, Pieper N, Heeke C, Maltaner R, Stadtler N, Real B, Bielefeld N, Howe S, Weide B, Gutzmer R, Utikal J, Loquai C, Gogas H, Klein-Hitpass L, Zeschnigk M, Westendorf AM, Trilling M, Horn S, Schilling B, Schadendorf D, Griewank KG, Paschen A. Acquired IFNγ resistance impairs anti-tumor immunity and gives rise to T-cell-resistant melanoma lesions. Nat Commun. 2017 May 31;8:15440.
Ascierto PA, et al. Ipilimumab 10 mg/kg versus ipilimumab 3 mg/kg in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma: a randomised, double-blind, multicentre, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol.2017 May;18(5):611-622.
Zweerink S, Kallnik V, Ninck S,Nickel S, Verheyen J, Blum M, Wagner A, Feldmann I, Sickmann A, Albers SV, Bräsen C, Kaschani F, Siebers B & Kaiser M. Activity-based protein profiling as a robust method for enzyme identification and screening in extremophilic Archaea. Nat Commun. 2017/05/08/online.
Vöpel T, Bravo-Rodriguez K, Mittal S, Vachharajani S, Gnutt D, Sharma A, Steinhof A, Fatoba O, Ellrichmann G, Nshanian M, Heid C, Loo JA, Klärner FG, Schrader T, Bitan G, Wanker EE, Ebbinghaus S, Sanchez-Garcia E. Inhibition of Huntingtin Exon-1 Aggregation by the Molecular Tweezer CLR01. J Am Chem Soc 2017 Apr 26;139(16):5640-5643.
Klein JC, Moses K, Zelinskyy G, Sody S, Buer J, Lang S, Helfrich I, Dittmer U, Kirschning CJ, Brandau S. Combined toll-like receptor 3/7/9 deficiency on host cells results in T-cell-dependent control of tumour growth. Nat Commun. 2017 Mar 16;8:14600.
Brandau S, Hartl D. Lost in neutrophil heterogeneity? CD10! Blood. 2017 Mar 9;129(10):1240-1241.
Kalkavan H, Sharma P, Kasper S, Helfrich I, Pandyra AA, Gassa A, Virchow I, Flatz L, Brandenburg T, Namineni S, Heikenwalder M, Höchst B, Knolle PA, Wollmann G, von Laer D, Drexler I, Rathbun J, Cannon PM, Scheu S, Bauer J, Chauhan J, Häussinger D, Willimsky G, Löhning M, Schadendorf D, Brandau S, Schuler M, Lang PA, Lang KS. Spatiotemporally restricted arenavirus replication induces immune surveillance and type I interferon-dependent tumour regression. Nat Commun. 2017 Mar 1;8:14447.
Heid I, Steiger K, Trajkovic-Arsic M, Settles M, Eßwein MR, Erkan M, Kleeff J, Jäger C, Friess H, Haller B, Steingötter A, Schmid RM, Schwaiger M, Rummeny EJ, Esposito I, Siveke JT, Braren RF. Co-clinical Assessment of Tumor Cellularity in Pancreatic Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Mar 15;23(6):1461-1470.
Dréno B, Kunstfeld R, Hauschild A, Fosko S, Zloty D, Labeille B, Grob JJ, Puig S, Gilberg F, Bergström D, Page DR, Rogers G, Schadendorf D. Two intermittent vismodegib dosing regimens in patients with multiple basal-cell carcinomas (MIKIE): a randomised, regimen-controlled, double-blind, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Mar;18(3):404-412.
Sprengel A, Lill P, Stegemann P, Bravo-Rodriguez K, Schöneweiß EC, Merdanovic M, Gudnason D, Aznauryan M, Gamrad L, Barcikowski S, Sanchez-Garcia E, Birkedal V, Gatsogiannis C, Ehrmann M, Saccà B. Tailored protein encapsulation into a DNA host using geometrically organized supramolecular interactions. Nat Commun. 2017 Feb 16;8:14472.
Wang-Gillam A, Von Hoff D, Siveke J, Hubner R, Belanger B, Pipas JM, Chen LT. Nanoliposomal Irinotecan in the Clinical Practice Guideline for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: Applicability to Clinical Situations. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Feb 20;35(6):689-690.
Lindsley RC, Saber W, Mar BG, Redd R, Wang T, Haagenson MD, Grauman PV, Hu ZH, Spellman SR, Lee SJ, Verneris MR, Hsu K, Fleischhauer K, Cutler C, Antin JH, Neuberg D, Ebert BL. Prognostic Mutations in Myelodysplastic Syndrome after Stem-Cell Transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2017 Feb 9;376(6):536-547.
Faesen AC, Thanasoula M, Maffini S, Breit C, Müller F, van Gerwen S, Bange T, Musacchio A. Basis of catalytic assembly of the mitotic checkpoint complex. Nature. 2017 23;542(7642):498-502.
Papadopoulos C, Kirchner P, Bug M, Grum D, Koerver L, Schulze N, Poehler R, Dressler A, Fengler S, Arhzaouy K, Lux V, Ehrmann M, Weihl CC, Meyer H. VCP/p97 cooperates with YOD1, UBXD1 and PLAA to drive clearance of ruptured lysosomes by autophagy. EMBO J. 2017 Jan 17;36(2):135-150.
Nogova L, Sequist LV, Perez Garcia JM, Andre F, Delord JP, Hidalgo M, Schellens JH, Cassier PA, Camidge DR, Schuler M, Vaishampayan U, Burris H, Tian GG, Campone M, Wainberg ZA, Lim WT, LoRusso P, Shapiro GI, Parker K, Chen X, Choudhury S, Ringeisen F, Graus-Porta D, Porter D, Isaacs R, Buettner R, Wolf J. Evaluation of BGJ398, a Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1-3 Kinase Inhibitor, in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors Harboring Genetic Alterations in Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors: Results of a Global Phase I, Dose-Escalation and Dose-Expansion Study. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Jan 10;35(2):157-165.
Okimoto RA, Breitenbuecher F, Olivas VR, Wu W, Gini B, Hofree M, Asthana S, Hrustanovic G, Flanagan J, Tulpule A, Blakely CM, Haringsma HJ, Simmons AD, Gowen K, Suh J, Miller VA, Ali S, Schuler M, Bivona TG. Inactivation of Capicua drives cancer metastasis. Nat Genet. 2017 Jan;49(1):87-96.
Petrovic A, Keller J, Liu Y, Overlack K, John J, Dimitrova YN, Jenni S, van Gerwen S, Stege P, Wohlgemuth S, Rombaut P, Herzog F, Harrison SC, Vetter IR, Musacchio A. Structure of the MIS12 Complex and Molecular Basis of Its Interaction with CENP-C at Human Kinetochores. Cell. 2016 Nov 3;167(4):1028-1040.e15.
Long GV, Grob JJ, Nathan P, Ribas A, Robert C, Schadendorf D, Lane SR, Mak C, Legenne P, Flaherty KT, Davies MA. Factors predictive of response, disease progression, and overall survival after dabrafenib and trametinib combination treatment: a pooled analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Nov 15. pii: S1470-2045(16)30578-2.
Jana P, Ehlers M, Zellermann E, Samanta K, Schmuck C. pH-Controlled Formation of a Stable β-Sheet and Amyloid-like Fibers from an Amphiphilic Peptide: The Importance of a Tailor-Made Binding Motif for Secondary Structure Formation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 Nov 3. [Epub ahead of print].
Merino F, Raunser S. Cryo-EM as a tool for structure-based drug development. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print].
Arumughan A, Roske Y, Barth C, Forero LL, Bravo-Rodriguez K, Redel A, Kostova S, McShane E, Opitz R, Faelber K, Rau K, Mielke T, Daumke O, Selbach M, Sanchez-Garcia E, Rocks O, Panáková D, Heinemann U, Wanker EE. Quantitative interaction mapping reveals an extended UBX domain in ASPL that disrupts functional p97 hexamers. Nat Commun. 2016 Oct 20;7:13047.
Javaheri A, Kruse T, Moonens K, Mejías-Luque R, Debraekeleer A, Asche CI, Tegtmeyer N, Kalali B, Bach NC, Sieber SA, Hill DJ, Königer V, Hauck CR, Moskalenko R, Haas R, Busch DH, Klaile E, Slevogt H, Schmidt A, Backert S, Remaut H, Singer BB, Gerhard M. Helicobacter pylori adhesin HopQ engages in a virulence-enhancing interaction with human CEACAMs. Nat Microbiol. 2016 Oct 17;2:16189.
Molodtsov MI, Mieck C, Dobbelaere J, Dammermann A, Westermann S*, Vaziri A*. A Force-Induced Directional Switch of a Molecular Motor Enables Parallel Microtubule Bundle Formation. Cell. 2016 Oct 6;167(2):539-552.e14, *co-corresponding authors.
Knorr J, Sokkar P, Schott S, Costa P, Thiel W, Sander W, Sanchez-Garcia E,Nuernberger P. Competitive solvent-molecule interactions govern primary processes of diphenylcarbene in solvent mixtures. Nat Commun. 2016 Oct 6;7:12968.
van den Boom J, Wolf M, Weimann L, Schulze N, Li F, Kaschani F, Riemer A, Zierhut C, Kaiser M, Iliakis G, Funabiki H, Meyer H. VCP/p97 extracts sterically trapped Ku70/80 rings from DNA in double strand break repair. Mol. Cell, 2016, 64: 189–198.
Gatsogiannis C, Merino F, Prumbaum D, Roderer D, Leidreiter F, Meusch D, Raunser S. Membrane insertion of a Tc toxin in near-atomic detail. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2016 Oct;23(10):884-890.
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