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Overview

Heinrich Sauer is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Surgery, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Physiology. Their scholarly work covers several main topics, including congenital heart defects research, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, ion channel regulation and function, adipose tissue and metabolism, vascular anomalies and treatments, fibroblast growth factor research, and functional brain connectivity studies.

The scientist has contributed to the academic community through publications in multiple venues. These include:

  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
  • Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Noteworthy recent papers authored or co-authored by Heinrich Sauer include:

  • The Multifunctional Contribution of FGF Signaling to Cardiac Development, Homeostasis, Disease and Repair (2021) in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Sexual Regional Dimorphism of Post-Adolescent and Middle Age Brain Maturation. A Multi-center 3T MRI Study (2021) in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Omega-3 and Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids stimulate vascular differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (2020) in Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • Extracellular and Intracellular Angiotensin II Regulate the Automaticity of Developing Cardiomyocytes via Different Signaling Pathways (2021) in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
  • The nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase antagonist FK866 inhibits growth of prostate tumour spheroids and increases doxorubicin retention without changes in drug transporter and cancer stem cell protein expression (2020) in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Maria Wartenberg, Farhad Khosravi, Fatemeh Sharifpanah, Anne Bernhardt, and Negah Ahmadvand, evidencing sustained academic partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Reactive oxygen species as intracellular messengers during cell growth and differentiation.

    Heinrich Sauer;Maria Wartenberg;Juergen Hescheler

  • BrainAGE in Mild Cognitive Impaired Patients: Predicting the Conversion to Alzheimer’s Disease

    Christian Gaser;Katja Franke;Stefan Klöppel;Nikolaos Koutsouleris

  • Inhibition of geranylgeranylation reduces angiotensin II-mediated free radical production in vascular smooth muscle cells: involvement of angiotensin AT1 receptor expression and Rac1 GTPase.

    Sven Wassmann;Ulrich Laufs;Anselm T. Bäumer;Kirsten Müller

  • Regulation of the multidrug resistance transporter P-glycoprotein in multicellular tumor spheroids by hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1) and reactive oxygen species

    Maria Wartenberg;Frederike C. Ling;Markus Müschen;Florian Klein

  • Embryonic stem cells utilize reactive oxygen species as transducers of mechanical strain-induced cardiovascular differentiation.

    Maike Schmelter;Bernadette Ateghang;Simone Helmig;Maria Wartenberg

  • Role of reactive oxygen species and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in cardiomyocyte differentiation of embryonic stem cells.

    Heinrich Sauer;Gohar Rahimi;Jürgen Hescheler;Maria Wartenberg

  • Cardiac specific differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells

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

  • Novel Nox inhibitor VAS2870 attenuates PDGF-dependent smooth muscle cell chemotaxis, but not proliferation.

    Henrik ten Freyhaus;Michael Huntgeburth;Kirstin Wingler;Jessika Schnitker

  • Effects of electrical fields on cardiomyocyte differentiation of embryonic stem cells.

    Heinrich Sauer;Gohar Rahimi;Jürgen Hescheler;Maria Wartenberg

  • BrainAGE score indicates accelerated brain aging in schizophrenia, but not bipolar disorder.

    Igor Nenadić;Maren Dietzek;Kerstin Langbein;Heinrich Sauer

  • Tumor-induced angiogenesis studied in confrontation cultures of multicellular tumor spheroids and embryoid bodies grown from pluripotent embryonic stem cells

    Maria Wartenberg;Fatma Dönmez;Frederike C. Ling;Helmut Acker

  • Stimulation of ES-cell-derived cardiomyogenesis and neonatal cardiac cell proliferation by reactive oxygen species and NADPH oxidase

    Martina Buggisch;Bernadette Ateghang;Carola Ruhe;Catrin Strobel

  • Loss of efferent vagal activity in acute schizophrenia

    K.J. Bär;A. Letzsch;T. Jochum;G. Wagner

  • How Does Intracellular Ca2+ Oscillate: By Chance or by the Clock?

    Alexander Skupin;Helmut Kettenmann;Ulrike Winkler;Maria Wartenberg

  • Mechanical strain-induced Ca2+ waves are propagated via ATP release and purinergic receptor activation

    H. Sauer;J. Hescheler;M. Wartenberg

  • Differential Effects of Estrogen and Progesterone on AT1 Receptor Gene Expression in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Georg Nickenig;Kerstin Strehlow;Sven Wassmann;Anselm T. Bäumer

  • Reactive oxygen species as signaling molecules in cardiovascular differentiation of embryonic stem cells and tumor-induced angiogenesis.

    Heinrich Sauer;Maria Wartenberg

  • The embryoid body as a novel in vitro assay system for antiangiogenic agents.

    Wartenberg M;Günther J;Hescheler J;Sauer H

  • Thalidomide inhibits angiogenesis in embryoid bodies by the generation of hydroxyl radicals

    Heinrich Sauer;Julia Günther;Jürgen Hescheler;Maria Wartenberg

  • Identification and characterization of embryonic stem cell-derived pacemaker and atrial cardiomyocytes.

    Eugen Kolossov;Zhongju Lu;Irina Drobinskaya;Natig Gassanov

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Wartenberg
Maria Wartenberg Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jürgen Hescheler
Jürgen Hescheler University of Cologne
Christian Gaser
Christian Gaser Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jürgen R. Reichenbach
Jürgen R. Reichenbach Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Gerd Wagner
Gerd Wagner Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Ralf G.M. Schlösser
Ralf G.M. Schlösser Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Kathrin Koch
Kathrin Koch Technical University of Munich
Claudia Schachtzabel
Claudia Schachtzabel Jena University Hospital
Igor Nenadic
Igor Nenadic Philipp University of Marburg
Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn

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