Publikationen 2025 Rudat C, Straube P, Hegermann J, Trowe MO, Thiesler H, Hildebrandt H, Witt L, Kispert A. (2025). PPARG contributes to urothelial integrity in the murine ureter by activating the expression of Shh and superficial cell-specific genes. Development. 2025 Apr 15;152(8):dev204324. doi: 10.1242/dev.204324. Epub 2025 Apr 17. PMID: 40167323; PMCID: PMC12045629. Kispert A. (2025). Ureter development and associated congenital anomalies. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2025 Jun;21(6):366-382. doi: 10.1038/s41581-025-00951-4. Epub 2025 Mar 31. PMID: 40164775. Straube P, Beckers A, Jany UWH, Bergmann F, Lüdtke TH, Rudat C, Trowe MO, Peters I, Klopf MG, Mamo TM, Kispert A. (2025). Interplay of SHH, WNT and BMP4 signaling regulates the development of the lamina propria in the murine ureter. Development. 2025 Feb 1;152(3):DEV204214. doi: 10.1242/dev.204214. Epub 2025 Feb 6. PMID: 39817691; PMCID: PMC11829765. Kesdiren, Esra, Martens, Helge, Brand, Frank, Werfel, Lina, Wedekind, Lukas, Trowe, Mark-Oliver, Schmitz, Jessica, Hennies, Imke, Geffers, Robert, Gucev, Zoran, Seeman, Tomáš, Schmidt, Sonja, Tasic, Velibor, Fasano, Laurent, Bräsen, Jan H., Kispert, Andreas, Christians, Anne, Haffner, Dieter, Weber, Ruthild G.:(2025). Heterozygous variants in the teashirt zinc finger homeobox 3 (TSHZ3) gene in human congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract. European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 33 (1), S. 44-55; DOI: 10.1038/s41431-024-01710-y 2024 Trogisch, Felix A., Abouissa, Aya, Keles, Merve, Birke, Anne, Fuhrmann, Manuela, Dittrich, Gesine M., Weinzierl, Nina, Wink, Elvira, Cordero, Julio, Elsherbiny, Adel, Martin-Garrido, Abel, Grein, Steve, Hemanna, Shruthi, Hofmann, Ellen, Nicin, Luka, Bibli, Sofia-Iris, Airik, Rannar, Kispert, Andreas, Kist, Ralf, Quanchao, Sun, Kürschner, Sina W., Winkler, Manuel, Gretz, Norbert, Mogler, Carolin, Korff, Thomas, Koch, Philipp-Sebastian, Dimmeler, Stefanie, Dobreva, Gergana, Heineke, Joerg:(2024). Endothelial cells drive organ fibrosis in mice by inducing expression of the transcription factor SOX9. Science translational medicine, 16 (736), S. -eabq4581; DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abq4581 2023 Felix A Trogisch, Aya Abouissa, Merve Keles, Anne Birke, Manuela Fuhrmann, Gesine M Dittrich, Julio Cordero, Adel El Sherbiny, Abel Martin Garrido, Steve Grein, Luka Nicin, Sophia-Iris Bibli, Rannar Airik, Andreas Kispert, Ralf Kist, Sun Quanchao, Sina W Kürschner, Manuel Winkler, Norbert Gretz, Carolin Mogler, Thomas Korff, Philipp-Sebastian Koch, Stefanie Dimmeler, Gergana Dobreva, and Joerg Heineke (2023). Abstract GS.06: The Fibrogenic Transcription Factor Sox9 Controls Mesenchymal Activation Of Endothelial Cells And Drives Fibrotic Disease. Circulation Research, Volume 133, Number Suppl_1, doi.org/10.1161/res.133.suppl_1.GS.06 Weiss A.C., Blank E., Bohnenpoll T., Kleppa M.J., Rivera-Reyes R., Taketo M.M., Trowe M.O., Kispert A. (2023). Permissive ureter specification by TBX18-mediated repression of metanephric gene expression. Development 150, dev201048. doi: 10.1242/dev.201048. 2022 Kaiser, M., Lüdtke, T.H., Deuper, L., Rudat, C., Christoffels, V.M., Kispert, A., Trowe, M.O. (2022). TBX2 specifies and maintains inner hair and supporting cell fate in the Organ of Corti. Nat. Commun. 13(1):7628. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35214-4. Klämbt, V., Buerger, F., Wang, C., Naert, T., Richter, K., Nauth, T., Weiss, A.C., Sieckmann, T., Lai, E., Connaughton, D., Seltzsam, S., Mann, N., Majmundar, A., Wu, C.H., Onuchic-Whitford, A., Shril, S., Schneider, S., Schierbaum, L., Dai, R., Bekheirnia, M.R., Joosten, M., Shlomovitz, O., Vivante, A., Banne, E., Mane, S., Lifton, R.P., Kirschner, K., Kispert, A., Rosenberger, G., Fischer, K.D., Lienkamp, S., Zegers, M., Hildebrandt, F. (2022). Genetic Variants in ARHGEF6 Cause Congenital Anomalies of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract in Humans, Mice, and Frogs. J Am Soc Nephrol. 34(2):273-290. 2022010050. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022010050. Deuper, L., Meuser, M., Thiesler, H., Jany, U.W.H., Rudat, C., Hildebrandt, H., Trowe, M.-O., Kispert, A. (2022). Mesenchymal FGFR1 and FGFR2 control patterning of the ureteric mesenchyme by balancing SHH and BMP4 signaling. Development 149(17):dev200767. doi: 10.1242/dev.200767. Christians, A., Kesdiren, E., Hennies, I., Hofmann, A., Trowe, M.-O., Brand, F., Martens, H., Gjerstad, A.C., Gucev, Z., Zirngibl, M., Geffers, R., Seeman, T., Billing, H., Bjerre, A., Tasic, V., Kispert, A., Ure, B., Haffner, D., Dingemann, J., Weber. R.G. (2022). Heterozygous variants in the DVL2 interaction region of DACT1 cause CAKUT and features of Townes-Brocks syndrome 2. Hum Genet. (2023) 142, 73-88. doi: 10.1007/s00439-022-02481-6. Kurz, J., Weiss, A.-C., Lüdtke, T.H., Deuper, L., Trowe, M.-O., Thiesler, H., Hildebrandt, H., Heineke, J., Duncan, S.A., Kispert, A. (2022). GATA6 is a crucial factor for Myocd expression in the visceral smooth muscle cell differentiation program of the murine ureter. Development 149, dev200522. doi: 10.1242/dev.200522. PMID: 35905011. Qasrawi, F., Meuser, M., Lehnhoff, F., Schulte, M., Kispert, A. (2022). S100A1 expression characterizes terminally differentiated superficial cells in the urothelium of the murine bladder and ureter. Histochem Cell Biol. 2022 Jun 1. doi: 10.1007/s00418-022-02120-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35648290. Kurz, J., Weiss, A.-C., Thiesler, H., Qasrawi, F., Deuper, L., Kaur, J., Rudat, C., Lüdtke, T.-H., Wojahn, I., Hildebrandt, H., Trowe, M.-O., Kispert, A. (2022). Notch signaling is a novel regulator of visceral smooth muscle cell differentiation in the murine ureter. Development 149, dev199735. doi: 10.1242/dev.199735. Lüdtke, T.H., Kleppa, M.-J., Rivera-Reyes, R., Qasrawi, F., Connaughton, D.M., Shril, S., Hildebrandt, F., Kispert A. (2022). Proteomic analysis identifies ZMYM2 as endogenous binding partner of TBX18 protein in 293 and A549 cells. Biochem J. 479, 91-109. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20210642. PMID: 34935912. Meuser, M., Deuper, L., Rudat, C., Aydoğdu, N., Thiesler, H., Zarnovican, P., Hildebrandt, H., Trowe, M.-O., Kispert, A. (2022) FGFR2 signaling enhances the SHH-BMP4 signaling axis in early ureter development. Development 149, dev200021. doi: 10.1242/dev.200021. 2021 Zhu, S., Stanslowsky, N., Fernández-Trillo, J., Mamo, T.M., Yu, P., Kalmbach, N., Ritter, B., Eggenschwiler, R., Ouwendijk, W.J.D., Mzinza, D., Tan, L., Leffler, A., Spohn, M., Brown, R.J.P., Kropp, K.A., Kaever, V., Ha T.C., Narayanan, P., Grundhoff, A., Förster, R., Schambach, A., Verjans, G.M.G.M., Schmidt, M., Kispert, A., Cantz, T., Gomis, A., Wegner, F., Viejo-Borbolla, A. (2021). Generation of hiPSC-derived low threshold mechanoreceptors containing axonal termini resembling bulbous sensory nerve endings and expressing Piezo1 and Piezo2. Stem Cell Res. 56, 102535. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2021.102535. 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