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D-Index
56
Citations
19311
World Ranking
14165
National Ranking
1000

Overview

Donat Kögel is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Medicine. Within these disciplines, their work focuses on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's research covers key topics including Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, Cancer Cells and Metastasis, Cell Death Mechanisms and Regulation, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, and Vitamin D Research Studies.

The following recent publications exemplify their research output:

  • At the Crossroads of Apoptosis and Autophagy: Multiple Roles of the Co-Chaperone BAG3 in Stress and Therapy Resistance of Cancer, 2020, Cells
  • ATF4 links ER stress with reticulophagy in glioblastoma cells, 2020, Autophagy
  • Autophagy activation, lipotoxicity and lysosomal membrane permeabilization synergize to promote pimozide- and loperamide-induced glioma cell death, 2021, Autophagy
  • Organelle-specific mechanisms of drug-induced autophagy-dependent cell death, 2020, Matrix Biology
  • Calcitriol Promotes Differentiation of Glioma Stem-Like Cells and Increases Their Susceptibility to Temozolomide, 2021, Cancers

Kögel frequently collaborates with other researchers. Key co-authors include:

  • Benedikt Linder
  • Christel Herold-Mende
  • Christian Münch
  • Ivan Đikić
  • Irmgard Tegeder

The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • Cancers
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
  • Autophagy
  • Cells

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Gene expression during ER stress-induced apoptosis in neurons: induction of the BH3-only protein Bbc3/PUMA and activation of the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway.

    Claus Reimertz;Donat Kögel;Abdelhaq Rami;Thomas Chittenden

  • Cell death by autophagy: emerging molecular mechanisms and implications for cancer therapy.

    S Fulda;S Fulda;D Kögel

  • Single-cell fluorescence resonance energy transfer analysis demonstrates that caspase activation during apoptosis is a rapid process. Role of caspase-3.

    Markus Rehm;Heiko Dussmann;Reiner U Janicke;Jeremy M Tavare

  • The Pan-Bcl-2 Inhibitor (−)-Gossypol Triggers Autophagic Cell Death in Malignant Glioma

    Valerie Voss;Christian Senft;Verena Lang;Michael W. Ronellenfitsch

  • The nontoxic natural compound Curcumin exerts anti-proliferative, anti-migratory, and anti-invasive properties against malignant gliomas.

    Christian Senft;Margareth Polacin;Maike Priester;Volker Seifert

  • Modulation of gene expression and cytoskeletal dynamics by the amyloid precursor protein intracellular domain (AICD).

    Thorsten Müller;Caoimhin G. Concannon;Manus W. Ward;Ciara M. Walsh

  • Apoptosis meets autophagy-like cell death in the ischemic penumbra: Two sides of the same coin?

    Abdelhaq Rami;Donat Kögel

  • Dietary curcumin attenuates glioma growth in a syngeneic mouse model by inhibition of the JAK1,2/STAT3 signaling pathway.

    Jakob Weissenberger;Maike Priester;Christian Bernreuther;Stefanie Rakel

  • Inhibition of the JAK-2/STAT3 signaling pathway impedes the migratory and invasive potential of human glioblastoma cells

    Christian Senft;Maike Priester;Margareth Polacin;Katrin Schröder

  • TGF-β1 activates two distinct type I receptors in neurons: implications for neuronal NF-κB signaling

    Hans Georg König;Donat Kögel;Abdelhaq Rami;Jochen H.M. Prehn

  • Active secretion of S100B from astrocytes during metabolic stress.

    R. Gerlach;G. Demel;H.-G. König;H.-G. König;U. Gross

  • Outer mitochondrial membrane permeabilization during apoptosis triggers caspase-independent mitochondrial and caspase-dependent plasma membrane potential depolarization: a single-cell analysis

    Heiko Düssmann;Markus Rehm;Donat Kögel;Jochen H M Prehn

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor protects cultured rat hippocampal neurons against hypoxic injury via an antiexcitotoxic, caspase-independent mechanism.

    Birte Svensson;Marion Peters;Hans-Georg König;Monika Poppe

  • Pro-survival autophagy and cancer cell resistance to therapy

    Chandan Kanta Das;Mahitosh Mandal;Donat Kögel

  • The DAP kinase family of pro‐apoptotic proteins: novel players in the apoptotic game

    Donat Kögel;Jochen H.M. Prehn;Karl Heinz Scheidtmann

  • Interaction partners of Dlk/ZIP kinase: co-expression of Dlk/ZIP kinase and Par-4 results in cytoplasmic retention and apoptosis.

    Grit Page;Donat Kögel;Vivek Rangnekar;Karl Heinz Scheidtmann

  • Inhibition of multidrug resistance protein 1 (MRP1) improves chemotherapy drug response in primary and recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.

    Amanda Tivnan;Zaitun Zakaria;Caitrín O'Leary;Donat Kögel

  • Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids improve mitochondrial dysfunction in brain aging--impact of Bcl-2 and NPD-1 like metabolites.

    Sarah Afshordel;Stephanie Hagl;Deborah Werner;Nelli Röhner

  • Apoptosis induced by proteasome inhibition in cancer cells: predominant role of the p53/PUMA pathway

    C G Concannon;B F Koehler;B F Koehler;Claus Reimertz;B M Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochen H. M. Prehn
Jochen H. M. Prehn Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Volker Seifert
Volker Seifert Goethe University Frankfurt
Simone Fulda
Simone Fulda Goethe University Frankfurt
Christian Behl
Christian Behl Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ivan Dikic
Ivan Dikic Goethe University Frankfurt
Achim Aigner
Achim Aigner Leipzig University
Walter E. Müller
Walter E. Müller Goethe University Frankfurt
Thomas Deller
Thomas Deller Goethe University Frankfurt
David Capper
David Capper Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Franz Rödel
Franz Rödel Goethe University Frankfurt

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