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  • 1970 - Alfred-Stock-Gedächtnispreis (Alfred Stock Memorial Prize), German Chemical Society

Overview

Gerhard Fritz is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in medicine as well. The scientist's work spans molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, oncology, cell biology, and aging as key subfields.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation

Gerhard Fritz has published several papers in diverse peer-reviewed journals. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Class I HDAC overexpression promotes temozolomide resistance in glioma cells by regulating RAD18 expression," 2022, Cell Death and Disease
  • "Statins Induce a DAF-16/Foxo-dependent Longevity Phenotype via JNK-1 through Mevalonate Depletion in C. elegans," 2020, Aging and Disease
  • "Inhibition of the DSB repair protein RAD51 potentiates the cytotoxic efficacy of doxorubicin via promoting apoptosis-related death pathways," 2021, Cancer Letters
  • "Use of C. elegans as a 3R-compliant in vivo model for the chemoprevention of cisplatin-induced neurotoxicity," 2021, Experimental Neurology
  • "Targeting the DNA damage response (DDR) by natural compounds," 2020, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including Vanessa Brinkmann, Matthias U. Kassack, Lena Abbey, Marlena Sekeres, and Wynand P. Roos. Publications often appear in prominent venues such as Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Cell Death Discovery, and Pharmacological Research.

Gerhard Fritz's contributions to the scientific community have also been recognized by the Alfred-Stock-Gedächtnispreis (Alfred Stock Memorial Prize) awarded by the German Chemical Society in 1970.

Best Publications

  • CD28-dependent Rac1 activation is the molecular target of azathioprine in primary human CD4+ T lymphocytes.

    Imke Tiede;Gerhard Fritz;Susanne Strand;Daniela Poppe

  • Rho GTPases are over‐expressed in human tumors

    Gerhard Fritz;Ingo Just;Bernd Kaina

  • Rho GTPases in human breast tumours: expression and mutation analyses and correlation with clinical parameters.

    G Fritz;C Brachetti;F Bahlmann;M Schmidt

  • Casein kinase II is elevated in solid human tumours and rapidly proliferating non-neoplastic tissue

    Ursula Münstermann;Gerhard Fritz;Gerhard Seitz;Lu Yiping

  • Clostridium difficile toxin B acts on the GTP-binding protein Rho.

    I Just;G Fritz;K Aktories;M Giry

  • Rho GTPases: promising cellular targets for novel anticancer drugs.

    Gerhard Fritz;Bernd Kaina

  • Azathioprine suppresses ezrin-radixin-moesin-dependent T cell-APC conjugation through inhibition of Vav guanosine exchange activity on Rac proteins

    Daniela Poppe;Imke Tiede;Gerhard Fritz;Christoph Becker

  • The Ras-related Small GTP-binding Protein RhoB Is Immediate-early Inducible by DNA Damaging Treatments

    Gerhard Fritz;Bernd Kaina;Klaus Aktories

  • Cytokine induction of NO synthase II in human DLD‐1 cells: roles of the JAK‐STAT, AP‐1 and NF‐κB‐signaling pathways

    Hartmut Kleinert;Thomas Wallerath;Gerhard Fritz;Irmgard Ihrig-Biedert

  • Long‐term activation of SAPK/JNK, p38 kinase and fas‐L expression by cisplatin is attenuated in human carcinoma cells that acquired drug resistance

    Anamaria Brozovic;Gerhard Fritz;Markus Christmann;Jochen Zisowsky

  • Lovastatin inhibits Rho-regulated expression of E-selectin by TNF-α and attenuates tumor cell adhesion

    Tobias Nübel;Wolfgang Dippold;Hartmut Kleinert;Bernd Kaina

  • Lovastatin attenuates ionizing radiation-induced normal tissue damage in vivo.

    Christian Ostrau;Johannes Hülsenbeck;Melanie Herzog;Arno Schad

  • APE/Ref-1 and the mammalian response to genotoxic stress.

    Gerhard Fritz;Sabine Grösch;Maja Tomicic;Bernd Kaina

  • Premature Senescence Is a Primary Fail-safe Mechanism of ERBB2-Driven Tumorigenesis in Breast Carcinoma Cells

    Tatjana M. Trost;Ekkehart U. Lausch;Stephan A. Fees;Steffen Schmitt

  • BER, MGMT, and MMR in defense against alkylation-induced genotoxicity and apoptosis

    Kaina B;Ochs K;Grösch S;Fritz G

  • Lovastatin Protects Human Endothelial Cells from Killing by Ionizing Radiation without Impairing Induction and Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks

    Tobias Nübel;Julia Damrot;Wynand P. Roos;Bernd Kaina

  • rhoB Encoding a UV-inducible Ras-related Small GTP-binding Protein Is Regulated by GTPases of the Rho Family and Independent of JNK, ERK, and p38 MAP Kinase

    Gerhard Fritz;Bernd Kaina

  • Proteasomal degradation of cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1-activated rac.

    Maria Lerm;Marius Pop;Gerhard Fritz;Klaus Aktories

  • Inhibition of Rac1 signaling by lovastatin protects against anthracycline-induced cardiac toxicity

    J Huelsenbeck;C Henninger;A Schad;K J Lackner

  • Lovastatin protects human endothelial cells from the genotoxic and cytotoxic effects of the anticancer drugs doxorubicin and etoposide

    J Damrot;T Nübel;B Epe;W P Roos

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Kaina
Bernd Kaina Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Markus F. Neurath
Markus F. Neurath University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ute Hofmann
Ute Hofmann University of Tübingen
Matthias Schwab
Matthias Schwab University of Tübingen
Klaus Aktories
Klaus Aktories University of Freiburg
Hartmut Kleinert
Hartmut Kleinert Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Jan G. Hengstler
Jan G. Hengstler TU Dortmund University
Sankar Mitra
Sankar Mitra Houston Methodist
Stefan Wirtz
Stefan Wirtz University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Dennis Strand
Dennis Strand Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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