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Overview

Bernd Nürnberg is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and has contributed to several research areas primarily within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans molecular biology, immunology, sensory systems, nutrition and dietetics, and physiology.

The main topics Bernd Nürnberg has explored include:

  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Magnesium in Health and Disease

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sandra Beer-Hammer, Veronika Leiss, Maik Gollasch, Ke Ma, and Kuo Zhou.

Bernd Nürnberg has published in several scientific journals with multiple publications in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology. Other notable venues include Scientific Reports, Molecular Metabolism, and eLife.

Selected recent papers illustrate the diversity and focus of their research:

  • "Inhibition of IRF4 in dendritic cells by PRR-independent and -dependent signals inhibit Th2 and promote Th17 responses" (2020, eLife)
  • "Analysis of hyperforin (St. John's wort) action at TRPC6 channel leads to the development of a new class of antidepressant drugs" (2022, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Dampen Airway Inflammation Through Prostaglandin E2 Receptor 4" (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "Non-canonical G protein signaling" (2024, Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
  • "In Vivo Inhibition of TRPC6 by SH045 Attenuates Renal Fibrosis in a New Zealand Obese (NZO) Mouse Model of Metabolic Syndrome" (2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A G-PROTEIN-ACTIVATED HUMAN PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-3 KINASE

    Borislav Stoyanov;Stefano Volinia;Theodor Hanck;Ignacio Rubio

  • Roles of Gβγ in membrane recruitment and activation of p110γ/p101 phosphoinositide 3-kinase γ

    Carsten Brock;Carsten Brock;Michael Schaefer;H. Peter Reusch;Cornelia Czupalla;Cornelia Czupalla

  • Roles of Non-catalytic Subunits in Gβγ-induced Activation of Class I Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Isoforms β and γ

    Udo Maier;Aleksei Babich;Bernd Nürnberg

  • Bivalent role of the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) during influenza virus infection and host cell defence.

    Christina Ehrhardt;Henju Marjuki;Thorsten Wolff;Bernd Nürnberg

  • Gβγ Stimulates Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase-γ by Direct Interaction with Two Domains of the Catalytic p110 Subunit

    Daniela Leopoldt;Theodor Hanck;Torsten Exner;Udo Maier

  • PI3K promotes voltage-dependent calcium channel trafficking to the plasma membrane.

    Patricia Viard;Adrian J Butcher;Guillaume Halet;Anthony Davies

  • Receptors and G proteins as primary components of transmembrane signal transduction. Part 1. G-protein-coupled receptors: structure and function.

    T Gudermann;B Nürnberg;G Schultz

  • Leptin Induces Endothelial Cell Migration Through Akt, Which Is Inhibited by PPARγ-Ligands

    Stephan Goetze;Anne Bungenstock;Cornelia Czupalla;Friedrich Eilers

  • Receptors and G proteins as primary components of transmembrane signal transduction. Part 2. G proteins: structure and function.

    B. Nürnberg;T. Gudermann;G. Schultz

  • G Protein–Coupled Receptor–Mediated Activation of p110β by Gβγ Is Required for Cellular Transformation and Invasiveness

    Hashem A. Dbouk;Oscar Vadas;Aliaksei Shymanets;John E. Burke

  • Some taste substances are direct activators of G-proteins

    M. Naim;M. Naim;Roland Seifert;B. Nürnberg;L. Grünbaum

  • Mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor II receptor fails to interact with G-proteins. Analysis of mutant cytoplasmic receptor domains.

    Christian Körner;Bernd Nürnberg;Martina Uhde;Thomas Braulke

  • Tumor immune escape by the loss of homeostatic chemokine expression.

    Andor Pivarcsi;Anja Müller;Andreas Hippe;Juliane Rieker

  • Gbetagamma dimers stimulate vascular L-type Ca2+ channels via phosphoinositide 3-kinase.

    Patricia Viard;Torsten Exner;Udo Maier;Jean Mironneau

  • In vivo genome editing using nuclease-encoding mRNA corrects SP-B deficiency

    Azita J Mahiny;Alexander Dewerth;Lauren E Mays;Mohammed Alkhaled

  • Biophysical properties, pharmacology, and modulation of human, neuronal L-type (alpha(1D), Ca(V)1.3) voltage-dependent calcium currents.

    D. C. Bell;A. J. Butcher;N. S. Berrow;K. M. Page

  • The human platelet ADP receptor activates Gi2 proteins.

    P Ohlmann;K L Laugwitz;B Nürnberg;K Spicher

  • Guanine nucleotide-specific phosphate transfer by guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein beta-subunits. Characterization of the phosphorylated amino acid.

    T Wieland;B Nürnberg;I Ulibarri;S Kaldenberg-Stasch

  • Molecular determinants of PI3Kγ-mediated activation downstream of G-protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs)

    Oscar Vadas;Hashem A. Dbouk;Aliaksei Shymanets;Olga Perisic

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Harteneck
Christian Harteneck University of Tübingen
Lutz Birnbaumer
Lutz Birnbaumer National Institutes of Health
Günter Schultz
Günter Schultz Freie Universität Berlin
Florian Lang
Florian Lang University of Tübingen
Helmut Hanenberg
Helmut Hanenberg University of Duisburg-Essen
Roland Seifert
Roland Seifert Hannover Medical School
Dominik Hartl
Dominik Hartl Novartis (Switzerland)
Nicholas J. G. Webster
Nicholas J. G. Webster University of California, San Diego
Emilio Hirsch
Emilio Hirsch University of Turin
Rupert Handgretinger
Rupert Handgretinger University of Tübingen

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