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  • AdipoQ-a simple, open-source software to quantify adipocyte morphology and function in tissues and in vitro.

    Molecular biology of the cell

    Authors: Katharina Sieckmann, Nora Winnerling, Mylene Huebecker, Philipp Leyendecker, Dalila Juliana Silva Ribeiro, Thorsten Gnad, Alexander Pfeifer, Dagmar Wachten, Jan N Hansen

  • Apoptotic brown adipocytes enhance energy expenditure via extracellular inosine.

    Nature

    Authors: Birte Niemann, Saskia Haufs-Brusberg, Laura Puetz, Martin Feickert, Michelle Y Jaeckstein, Anne Hoffmann, Jelena Zurkovic, Markus Heine, Eva-Maria Trautmann, Christa E Müller, Anke Tönjes, Christian Schlein, Azin Jafari, Holger K Eltzschig, Thorsten Gnad, Matthias Blüher, Natalie Krahmer, Peter Kovacs, Joerg Heeren, Alexander Pfeifer

  • Functional changes of the gastric bypass microbiota reactivate thermogenic adipose tissue and systemic glucose control via intestinal FXR-TGR5 crosstalk in diet-induced obesity.

    Microbiome

    Authors: Julia Münzker, Nadine Haase, Andreas Till, Robert Sucher, Sven-Bastiaan Haange, Linda Nemetschke, Thorsten Gnad, Elisabeth Jäger, Jiesi Chen, Sjaak J Riede, Rima Chakaroun, Lucas Massier, Peter Kovacs, Mario Ost, Ulrike Rolle-Kampczyk, Nico Jehmlich, Juliane Weiner, John T Heiker, Nora Klöting, Gudrun Seeger, Markus Morawski, Verena Keitel, Alexander Pfeifer, Martin von Bergen, Joerg Heeren, Ute Krügel, Wiebke K Fenske

  • Role of Endothelial Cell Lipoprotein Lipase for Brown Adipose Tissue Lipid and Glucose Handling.

    Frontiers in physiology

    Authors: Ellen Thiemann, Gerburg K Schwaerzer, Ioannis Evangelakos, Marceline M Fuh, Michelle Y Jaeckstein, Janina Behrens, Stefan K Nilsson, Manju Kumari, Ludger Scheja, Alexander Pfeifer, Joerg Heeren, Markus Heine

  • EBI2 is a negative modulator of brown adipose tissue energy expenditure in mice and human brown adipocytes.

    Communications biology

    Authors: Francesca Copperi, Inna Schleis, Martin Roumain, Giulio G Muccioli, Stefano Casola, Martin Klingenspor, Alexander Pfeifer, Thorsten Gnad

  • PDGF regulates guanylate cyclase expression and cGMP signaling in vascular smooth muscle.

    Communications biology

    Authors: Staffan Hildebrand, Mohamed Ibrahim, Andreas Schlitzer, Lars Maegdefessel, Wilhelm Röll, Alexander Pfeifer

  • MicroRNA-mediated vascular intercellular communication is altered in chronic kidney disease.

    Cardiovascular research

    Authors: Andreas Zietzer, Eva Steffen, Sven Niepmann, Philip Düsing, Mohammed Rabiul Hosen, Weiyi Liu, Paul Jamme, Baravan Al-Kassou, Philipp Roger Goody, Sebastian Zimmer, Katrin S Reiners, Alexander Pfeifer, Michael Böhm, Nikos Werner, Georg Nickenig, Felix Jansen

  • Cx43 Promotes Endothelial Cell Migration and Angiogenesis via the Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP-2.

    International journal of molecular sciences

    Authors: Hanna Mannell, Petra Kameritsch, Heike Beck, Alexander Pfeifer, Ulrich Pohl, Kristin Pogoda

  • NcRNAs in Vascular and Valvular Intercellular Communication.

    Frontiers in molecular biosciences

    Authors: Benedikt Bartsch, Philip Roger Goody, Mohammed Rabiul Hosen, Denise Nehl, Neda Mohammadi, Andreas Zietzer, Philip Düsing, Alexander Pfeifer, Georg Nickenig, Felix Jansen

  • Lipolysis drives expression of the constitutively active receptor GPR3 to induce adipose thermogenesis.

    Cell

    Authors: Olivia Sveidahl Johansen, Tao Ma, Jakob Bondo Hansen, Lasse Kruse Markussen, Renate Schreiber, Laia Reverte-Salisa, Hua Dong, Dan Ploug Christensen, Wenfei Sun, Thorsten Gnad, Iuliia Karavaeva, Thomas Svava Nielsen, Sander Kooijman, Cheryl Cero, Oksana Dmytriyeva, Yachen Shen, Maria Razzoli, Shannon L O'Brien, Eline N Kuipers, Carsten Haagen Nielsen, William Orchard, Nienke Willemsen, Naja Zenius Jespersen, Morten Lundh, Elahu Gosney Sustarsic, Cecilie Mørch Hallgren, Mikkel Frost, Seth McGonigle, Marie Sophie Isidor, Christa Broholm, Oluf Pedersen, Jacob Bo Hansen, Niels Grarup, Torben Hansen, Andreas Kjær, James G Granneman, M Madan Babu, Davide Calebiro, Søren Nielsen, Mikael Rydén, Raymond Soccio, Patrick C N Rensen, Jonas Thue Treebak, Thue Walter Schwartz, Brice Emanuelli, Alessandro Bartolomucci, Alexander Pfeifer, Rudolf Zechner, Camilla Scheele, Susanne Mandrup, Zachary Gerhart-Hines