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1233

Overview

Herbert Schulz is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their research spans several areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on physiology, genetics, molecular biology, aging, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their work addresses key topics including spaceflight effects on biology, genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms, high altitude and hypoxia, space exploration and technology, radiation therapy and dosimetry, genomics and rare diseases, and cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism.

Schulz has published extensively in various scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Biomolecules, Cells, Pharmacogenomics, and Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.

Notable recent papers include:

  • The Fight against Cancer by Microgravity: The Multicellular Spheroid as a Metastasis Model, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Current Knowledge about the Impact of Microgravity on Gene Regulation, 2023, Cells
  • Microgravity-Related Changes in Bone Density and Treatment Options: A Systematic Review, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Pharmacoresponse in Genetic Generalized Epilepsy: A Genome-Wide Association Study, 2020, Pharmacogenomics
  • Three-Dimensional Growth of Prostate Cancer Cells Exposed to Simulated Microgravity, 2022, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Schulz has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Daniela Grimm, Markus Wehland, Thomas J. Corydon, Marcus Krüger, and Jayashree Sahana. The collaborations have contributed to a consistent output in topics related to microgravity and its biological effects.

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution

    Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Michael L. Metzker;Donna M. Muzny

  • Integrated transcriptional profiling and linkage analysis for identification of genes underlying disease

    Norbert Hubner;Caroline A Wallace;Heike Zimdahl;Enrico Petretto

  • RBM20, a gene for hereditary cardiomyopathy, regulates titin splicing

    Wei Guo;Sebastian Schafer;Marion L Greaser;Michael H Radke

  • Role of endocytosis in cellular uptake of sex steroids.

    Annette Hammes;Thomas K. Andreassen;Robert Spoelgen;Jens Raila

  • A trans-acting locus regulates an anti-viral expression network and type 1 diabetes risk

    Matthias Heinig;Enrico Petretto;Chris Wallace;Leonardo Bottolo

  • A Genome-Scale RNAi Screen for Oct4 Modulators Defines a Role of the Paf1 Complex for Embryonic Stem Cell Identity

    Li Ding;Maciej Paszkowski-Rogacz;Anja Nitzsche;Mikolaj Michal Slabicki

  • Neural differentiation of embryonic stem cells in vitro: a road map to neurogenesis in the embryo.

    Elsa Abranches;Margarida Silva;Laurent Pradier;Herbert Schulz

  • Variants in a Novel Epidermal Collagen Gene (COL29A1) Are Associated with Atopic Dermatitis

    Cilla Söderhäll;Ingo Marenholz;Ingo Marenholz;Tamara Kerscher;Tamara Kerscher;Franz Rüschendorf

  • Novel STAT3 target genes exert distinct roles in the inhibition of mesoderm and endoderm differentiation in cooperation with Nanog.

    Pierre-Yves Bourillot;Pierre-Yves Bourillot;Irène Aksoy;Irène Aksoy;Valerie Schreiber;Valerie Schreiber;Florence Wianny;Florence Wianny

  • SNP and haplotype mapping for genetic analysis in the rat

    Kathrin Saar;Alfred Beck;Marie-Thérèse Bihoreau;Ewan Birney

  • Soluble epoxide hydrolase is a susceptibility factor for heart failure in a rat model of human disease.

    Jan Monti;Judith Fischer;Svetlana Paskas;Matthias Heinig;Matthias Heinig

  • Combined sequence-based and genetic mapping analysis of complex traits in outbred rats

    A. Baud;R. Hermsen;V. Guryev;P. Stridh

  • PDE3A mutations cause autosomal dominant hypertension with brachydactyly

    Philipp G Maass;Atakan Aydin;Friedrich C Luft;Carolin Schächterle

  • Familial chilblain lupus, a monogenic form of cutaneous lupus erythematosus, maps to chromosome 3p.

    Min Ae Lee-Kirsch;Maolian Gong;Herbert Schulz;Franz Rüschendorf

  • Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antibodies and Increased Angiotensin II Sensitivity in Pregnant Rats

    Katrin Wenzel;Augustine Rajakumar;Hannelore Haase;Nele Geusens

  • Hyporesponsiveness to glucocorticoids in mice genetically deficient for the corticosteroid binding globulin.

    Helle Heibroch Petersen;Thomas K. Andreassen;Tilman Breiderhoff;Jan Hinrich Bräsen

  • Genome-wide association analysis of genetic generalized epilepsies implicates susceptibility loci at 1q43, 2p16.1, 2q22.3 and 17q21.32

    Michael Steffens;Costin Leu

  • Differential gene expression profile and altered cytokine secretion of thyroid cancer cells in space

    Xiao Ma;Jessica Pietsch;Markus Wehland;Herbert Schulz

  • Comparative transcriptional profiling of the axolotl limb identifies a tripartite regeneration-specific gene program.

    Dunja yy Knapp;Dunja yy Knapp;Herbert Schulz;Cynthia Alexander Rascon;Michael Volkmer

  • Klf4 and Klf5 differentially inhibit mesoderm and endoderm differentiation in embryonic stem cells

    Irène Aksoy;Vincent Giudice;Edwige Delahaye;Florence Wianny

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert Hubner
Norbert Hubner Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Kathrin Saar
Kathrin Saar Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Friedrich C. Luft
Friedrich C. Luft Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Agapios Sachinidis
Agapios Sachinidis University of Cologne
Daniela Grimm
Daniela Grimm Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Jürgen Hescheler
Jürgen Hescheler University of Cologne
Detlev Ganten
Detlev Ganten Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Rainer Dietz
Rainer Dietz Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Thomas Sander
Thomas Sander University of Cologne
Michal Pravenec
Michal Pravenec Czech Academy of Sciences

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