ZMB Member Gunther Wennemuth

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Gunther Wennemuth

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Gunther Wennemuth portrait
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Prof. Dr. Gunther Wennemuth

Director of:

Institute of Anatomy

University Hospital Essen
Hufelandstr. 55
45147 Essen

Research Overview

  • Signaling in reproduction
  • Molecular signaling in female reproduction
  • Electron microscopy
  • Ion channels in reproduction
  • CEACAMs
  • Sperm physiology

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Selected Publications

    Journal articles

  • Zhao, Yanhe; Wang, Huafeng; Wiesehoefer, Caroline; Shah, Naman B.; Reetz, Evan; Hwang, Jae Yeon; Huang, Xiaofang; Wang, Tse-en; Lishko, Polina V.; Davies, Karen M.; Wennemuth, Gunther; Nicastro, Daniela; Chung, Jean-Ju
    3D structure and in situ arrangements of CatSper channel in the sperm flagellum
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 13, 2022, Nr. 1, 3439
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Wiesehöfer, Marc; Czyrnik, Elena Dilara; Spahn, Martin; Ting, Saskia; Reis, Henning; Dankert, Jaroslaw Thomas; Wennemuth, Gunther
    Increased expression of akt3 in neuroendocrine differentiated prostate cancer cells alters the response towards anti‐androgen treatment
    In: Cancers, Vol. 13, 2021, Nr. 3, pp. 578
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Petri, Theresa; Dankert, Debora; Demond, Hannah; Wennemuth, Gunther; Horsthemke, Bernhard; Grümmer, Ruth
    In vitro postovulatory oocyte aging affects H3K9 trimethylation in two-cell embryos after IVF
    In: Annals of Anatomy, Vol. 227, 2020, pp. 151424
    DOI
  • Niemeyer, Johannes; Mentrup, Torben; Heidasch, Ronny; Müller, Stephan A; Biswas, Uddipta; Meyer, Rieke; Papadopoulou, Alkmini A.; Dederer, Verena; Haug-Kröper, Martina; Adamski, Vivian; Lüllmann-Rauch, Renate; Bergmann, Martin; Mayerhofer, Artur; Saftig, Paul; Wennemuth, Gunther; Jessberger, Rolf; Fluhrer, Regina; Lichtenthaler, Stefan F.; Lemberg, Marius K.; Schröder, Bernd
    The intramembrane protease SPPL2c promotes male germ cell development by cleaving phospholamban
    In: EMBO Reports, Vol. 20, 2019, Nr. 3, pp. e46449
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Díaz-Carballo, David; Saka, Sahitya; Klein, Jacqueline; Rennkamp, Tobias; Acikelli, Ali H.; Malak, Sascha; Jastrow, Holger; Wennemuth, Gunther; Tempfer, Clemens; Schmitz, Inge; Tannapfel, Andrea; Strumberg, Dirk
    A distinct oncogenerative multinucleated cancer cell serves as a source of stemness and tumor heterogeneity
    In: Cancer Research, Vol. 78, 2018, Nr. 9, pp. 2318 – 2331
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Khairnar, Vishal; Duhan, Vikas; Patil, Ashwini M.; Zhou, Fan; Bhat, Hilal; Thoens, Christine; Sharma, Piyush; Adomati, Tom; Friendrich, Sarah-Kim; Bezgovsek, Judith; Dreesen, Janine D.; Wennemuth, Gunther; Westendorf, Astrid; Zelinskyy, Gennadiy; Dittmer, Ulf; Hardt, Cornelia; Timm, Jörg; Göthert, Joachim Rudolf; Lang, Philipp A.; Singer, Bernhard B.; Lang, Karl S.
    CEACAM1 promotes CD8⁺ T cell responses and improves control of a chronic viral infection
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 9, 2018, 2561
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Romagnani, Andrea; Vettore, Valentina; Rezzonico-Jost, Tanja; Hampe, Sarah; Rottoli, Elsa; Nadolni, Wiebke; Perotti, Michela; Meier, Melanie A.; Hermanns, Constanze; Geiger, Sheila; Wennemuth, Gunther; Recordati, Camilla; Matsushita, Masayuki; Muehlich, Susanne; Proietti, Michele; Chubanov, Vladimir; Gudermann, Thomas; Grassi, Fabio; Zierler, Susanna
    TRPM7 kinase activity is essential for T cell colonization and alloreactivity in the gut
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 8, 2017, Nr. 1, pp. 1917
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Zocchi, Dhruv; Wennemuth, Gunther; Oka, Yuki
    The cellular mechanism for water detection in the mammalian taste system
    In: Nature Neuroscience, Vol. 20, 2017, Nr. 7, pp. 927 – 933
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
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