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Bernd K. Fleischmann

Bernd K. Fleischmann

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
23070
World Ranking
5004
National Ranking
368

Overview

Bernd K. Fleischmann is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and has a research portfolio with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work is concentrated in several specialized subfields including molecular biology, surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research topics include pluripotent stem cells research, congenital heart defects research, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, receptor mechanisms and signaling, protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, and 3D printing in biomedical research.

Among recent publications, the following papers exemplify their research contributions:

  • "Wnt Activation and Reduced Cell-Cell Contact Synergistically Induce Massive Expansion of Functional Human iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes" (2020, Cell Stem Cell)
  • "Adenosine/A2B Receptor Signaling Ameliorates the Effects of Aging and Counteracts Obesity" (2020, Cell Metabolism)
  • "Heterotrimeric G Protein Subunit Gαq Is a Master Switch for Gβγ-Mediated Calcium Mobilization by Gi-Coupled GPCRs" (2020, Molecular Cell)
  • "Electrically Conductive Collagen-PEDOT:PSS Hydrogel Prevents Post-Infarct Cardiac Arrhythmia and Supports hiPSC-Cardiomyocyte Function" (2024, Advanced Materials)
  • "Overexpression of human BAG3P209L in mice causes restrictive cardiomyopathy" (2021, Nature Communications)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Daniela Wenzel, Michael Hesse, Michaela Matthey, Caroline Geisen, and Gabriele M. König.

Major publication venues for Bernd K. Fleischmann's work are Stem Cell Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cardiovascular Research, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Cell Metabolism.

Best Publications

  • Bone marrow-derived hematopoietic cells generate cardiomyocytes at a low frequency through cell fusion, but not transdifferentiation.

    Jens Martin Nygren;Stefan Jovinge;Martin Breitbach;Petter Säwén

  • Oct4-induced pluripotency in adult neural stem cells

    Jeong Beom Kim;Vittorio Sebastiano;Guangming Wu;Marcos J. Araúzo-Bravo

  • Potential risks of bone marrow cell transplantation into infarcted hearts

    Martin Breitbach;Toktam Bostani;Wilhelm Roell;Ying Xia

  • Ultraviolet-radiation-induced inflammation promotes angiotropism and metastasis in melanoma

    Tobias Bald;Thomas Quast;Jennifer Landsberg;Meri Rogava

  • Retinoic Acid Accelerates Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Differentiation and Enhances Development of Ventricular Cardiomyocytes ☆

    Anna M. Wobus;Guan Kaomei;Jin Shan;Marie-Cecile Wellner

  • Chaperone-assisted selective autophagy is essential for muscle maintenance

    Verena Arndt;Nikolaus Dick;Riga Tawo;Michael Dreiseidler

  • Engraftment of connexin 43-expressing cells prevents post-infarct arrhythmia

    Wilhelm Roell;Thorsten Lewalter;Philipp Sasse;Yvonne N. Tallini

  • Selection of ventricular-like cardiomyocytes from ES cells in vitro

    M. MÜller;B. K. Fleischmann;S. Selbert;G. J. Ji

  • Host-dependent tumorigenesis of embryonic stem cell transplantation in experimental stroke.

    Franciska Erdö;Christian Bührle;James Blunk;Mathias Hoehn

  • Optogenetic control of heart muscle in vitro and in vivo.

    Tobias Bruegmann;Daniela Malan;Michael Hesse;Thomas Beiert

  • Engraftment of engineered ES cell–derived cardiomyocytes but not BM cells restores contractile function to the infarcted myocardium

    Eugen Kolossov;Toktam Bostani;Wilhelm Roell;Martin Breitbach

  • Cardiomyocyte regeneration: A consensus statement

    Thomas Eschenhagen;Roberto Bolli;Thomas Braun;Loren J. Field

  • The experimental power of FR900359 to study Gq-regulated biological processes

    Ramona Schrage;Anna Lena Schmitz;Evelyn Gaffal;Suvi Annala

  • Cardiomyocyte cell cycle control and growth estimation in vivo- an analysis based on cardiomyocyte nuclei.

    Stuart Walsh;Annica Pontén;Bernd K Fleischmann;Stefan Jovinge

  • Dynamic DNA methylation orchestrates cardiomyocyte development, maturation and disease

    Ralf Gilsbach;Sebastian Preissl;Björn A. Grüning;Tilman Schnick

  • Cardiac specific differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells

    Agapios Sachinidis;Bernd K Fleischmann;Eugen Kolossov;Maria Wartenberg

  • Effective engraftment but poor mid-term persistence of mononuclear and mesenchymal bone marrow cells in acute and chronic rat myocardial infarction

    Jochen Müller-Ehmsen;Benjamin Krausgrill;Volker Burst;Kerstin Schenk

  • Induction of pluripotency in adult unipotent germline stem cells.

    Kinarm Ko;Natalia Tapia;Guangming Wu;Jeong Beom Kim

  • Functional Characteristics of ES Cell–derived Cardiac Precursor Cells Identified by Tissue-specific Expression of the Green Fluorescent Protein

    E. Kolossov;B.K. Fleischmann;Q. Liu;W. Bloch

  • Macrophage-dependent IL-1β production induces cardiac arrhythmias in diabetic mice

    Gustavo Monnerat;Micaela L. Alarcón;Luiz R. Vasconcellos;Camila Hochman-Mendez

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Hescheler
Jürgen Hescheler University of Cologne
Wilhelm Bloch
Wilhelm Bloch German Sport University Cologne
Alexander Pfeifer
Alexander Pfeifer University of Bonn
Klaus Addicks
Klaus Addicks University of Cologne
Michael I. Kotlikoff
Michael I. Kotlikoff Cornell University
Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen
Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen University of Oxford
Georg Nickenig
Georg Nickenig University of Bonn
Heribert Schunkert
Heribert Schunkert Technical University of Munich
Evi Kostenis
Evi Kostenis University of Bonn
Heinrich Sauer
Heinrich Sauer University of Giessen

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