

Projektleiter
Prof. Dr. R. Lichtinghagen, Prof. Dr. K. Brand
Ziele
In diesen Projekten sollen molekulare Ansätze für verschiedene diagnostische Verfahren erarbeitet werden.
An folgenden Zielsetzungen wird derzeit gearbeitet:
Förderungen in den letzten Jahren
DGKL
Ausgewählte Originalarbeiten
Brand, K., Dugi, K.A., Brunzell, J.D., Nevin, D.N., Santamarina-Fojo, S. (1996). A novel A → G mutation in intron I of the hepatic lipase gene leads to alternative splicing resulting in enzyme deficiency. J. Lipid Res. 37: 1213-1223.
Lichtinghagen, R., Seifert, T., Kracke, A., Marckmann, S., Wurster, U., Heidenreich, F. (1999). Expression of matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and its inhibitors in mononuclear blood cells of patients with multiple sclerosis. J. Neuroimmunol. 99: 19-26.
Lichtinghagen, R., Huegel, O., Seifert, T., Haberkorn, C.I., Michels, D., Flemming, P., Bahr, M., Boeker, K.H.W. (2000). Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9 and their inhibitors in peripheral blood cells of patients with chronic hepatitis C. Clin. Chem. 46: 183-192.
Lichtinghagen, R., Michels, D., Haberkorn, C.I., Flemming, P., Arndt, B., Bahr, M., Manns, M.P., Boeker, K.H.W. (2001). Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, MMP-7, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 are closely related to the fibroproliferative process in the liver during chronic hepatitis C. J. Hepatol. 34: 239-247.
Lichtinghagen, R., Musholt, P., Lein, M., Kristiansen, G., Rudolph, B., Hauptmann, S., Schnorr, D., Loening, S.A., Jung, K. (2002). Different mRNA expression of matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 in benign and malignant prostate tissue. Eur. Urol. 42: 398-406.
Lichtinghagen, R., Bahr, M.J., Wehmeier, M., Michels, D., Haberkorn, C.I., Arndt, B., Flemming, P., Manns, M.P., Boeker, K.H.W. (2003). Expression and coordinated regulation of matrix metalloproteinases in chronic hepatitis C and HCV induced liver cirrhosis. Clin. Sci. 105: 373-382.
Bahr, M.J., el Menuawy, M., Boeker, K.H.W., Musholt, P.B., Manns, M.P., Lichtinghagen, R. (2003). Cytokine gene polymorphisms and the susceptibility to liver cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Liver International. 23: 420-425.
Roemer, A., Schwettmann, L., Jung, M., Stephan, C., Roigas, J., Kristiansen, G., Loening, S.A., Jung, K., Lichtinghagen, R. (2004). The membrane proteases adams and hepsin are differentially expressed in renal cell carcinoma. Are they potential tumor markers? J. Urol. 172: 2162-2166.
Hesse, E., Musholt, P., Potter, E., Petrich, T., Wehmeier, M., von Wasielewski, R., Musholt, T., Lichtinghagen, R. (2005). Oncofetal fibronectin – a tumor-specific marker in detecting minimal residual disease in differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Br. J. Cancer 93:656-670.
Kropp, S., Lichtinghagen, R., Winterstein, K., Emrich, H.M., Schneider, U. (2006). Cytochrome P-450 2D6 and 2C19 polymorphisms and hospitalisation in psychiatry. Clin. Lab. 52: 237-240.
Schwettmann, L., Wehmeier, M., Jokovic, D., Aleksandrova, K., Brand, K., Manns, M.P., Lichtinghagen, R., Bahr, M.J. (2008). Hepatic expression of a disintegrin and metapolloproteinase (ADAM) and ADAMs with thrombosponding motives (ADAM-TS) enzymes in patients with chronic liver diseases. J. Hepatol. 49: 243-250.
Siwy, J., Schiffer, E., Brand, K., Schumann, G., Rossing, K., Delles, C., Mischak, H., Metzger, J. (2009). Quantitative urinary proteome analysis for biomarker evaluation in chronic kidney disease. J. Proteome Res. 8: 268-281.
Metzger, J., Kirsch, T., Schiffer, E., Ulger, P., Mentes, E., Brand, K., Weissinger, E.M., Haubitz, M., Mischak, H., Herget-Rosenthal, S. (2010). Urinary exctretion of twenty peptides forms an early and accurate diagnostic pattern of acute kidney injury. Kidney Int. 78: 1252-1262
Kümpers P, Hafer C, Lukasz A, Lichtinghagen R, Brand K, Fliser D, Faulhaber-Walter R, Kielstein JT. (2010). Serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin at inception of renal replacement therapy predicts survival in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. Crit. Care 14: R9.
Wehmeier M, Petrich T, Brand K, Lichtinghagen R, Hesse E. (2010). Oncofetal fibronectin mRNA is highly abundant in the blood of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma and correlates with high-serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels. Thyroid 20: 607-613.

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