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7162

Overview

Matthias Clauss is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, emergency medicine, surgery, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their work prominently addresses several main topics, including:

  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications
  • Congenital heart defects research

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Matthias Clauss cover diverse aspects of lung and cardiovascular diseases, with examples such as:

  • "Extracellular vesicles: novel communicators in lung diseases" (2020), published in Respiratory Research
  • "Clonally selected primitive endothelial cells promote occlusive pulmonary arteriopathy and severe pulmonary hypertension in rats exposed to chronic hypoxia" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Impact of human immunodeficiency virus on pulmonary vascular disease" (2021), published in Global Cardiology Science and Practice
  • "Viral Bad News Sent by EVAIL" (2021), published in Viruses
  • "Human Endogenous Retrovirus, SARS-CoV-2, and HIV Promote PAH via Inflammation and Growth Stimulation" (2023), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Clauss include:

  • Sarvesh Chelvanambi
  • Navneet K. Dhillon
  • Homer L. Twigg
  • Moraima Noda
  • Aatish Mahajan

Their publications frequently appear in journals such as:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Proceedings of IMPRS
  • Circulation
  • Respiratory Research
  • Scientific Reports

The research contributions by Matthias Clauss reflect a consistent interest in the underlying molecular and cellular processes of pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases, often intersecting with infectious diseases like HIV and SARS-CoV-2 that influence pulmonary vascular health.

Best Publications

  • THE TRANSMEMBRANE FORM OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR IS THE PRIME ACTIVATING LIGAND OF THE 80 KDA TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR

    Matthias Grell;Eleni Douni;Harald Wajant;Matthias Löhden

  • The vascular endothelial growth factor receptor Flt-1 mediates biological activities. Implications for a functional role of placenta growth factor in monocyte activation and chemotaxis.

    Matthias Clauss;Herbert Weich;Georg Breier;Ulrike Knies

  • An angiogenic role for the human peptide antibiotic LL-37/hCAP-18

    Rembert Koczulla;Georges von Degenfeld;Christian Kupatt;Florian Krötz

  • Isolation and characterization of two binding proteins for advanced glycosylation end products from bovine lung which are present on the endothelial cell surface.

    A M Schmidt;M Vianna;M Gerlach;J Brett

  • Vascular permeability factor: a tumor-derived polypeptide that induces endothelial cell and monocyte procoagulant activity, and promotes monocyte migration.

    Matthias Clauss;M. Gerlach;H. Gerlach;J. Brett

  • A novel vascular endothelial growth factor encoded by Orf virus, VEGF‐E, mediates angiogenesis via signalling through VEGFR‐2 (KDR) but not VEGFR‐1 (Flt‐1) receptor tyrosine kinases

    Marlene Meyer;Matthias Clauss;Albrecht Lepple-Wienhues;Johannes Waltenberger

  • Inhibition of apoptosis induced by ischemia-reperfusion prevents inflammation

    Marc A.R.C. Daemen;Cornelis van ‘t Veer;Geertrui Denecker;Vincent H. Heemskerk

  • VEGFR-1-selective VEGF homologue PlGF is arteriogenic: evidence for a monocyte-mediated mechanism

    Frederic Pipp;Matthias Heil;Katja Issbrücker;Tibor Ziegelhoeffer

  • Blood monocyte concentration is critical for enhancement of collateral artery growth.

    Matthias Heil;Tibor Ziegelhoeffer;Frederic Pipp;Sawa Kostin

  • Hypoxia-mediated induction of acidic/basic fibroblast growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor in mononuclear phagocytes stimulates growth of hypoxic endothelial cells.

    K Kuwabara;S Ogawa;M Matsumoto;S Koga

  • Coordinate expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor‐1 (fit‐1) and its ligand suggests a paracrine regulation of murine vascular development

    Georg Breier;Matthias Clauss;Werner Risau

  • Molecular biology of the VEGF and the VEGF receptor family.

    Matthias Clauss

  • Hypoxia induces permeability in brain microvessel endothelial cells via VEGF and NO.

    Silvia Fischer;Matthias Clauss;Marion Wiesnet;Dieter Renz

  • Characterization of Vascular Permeability Factor/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptors on Mononuclear Phagocytes

    H Shen;M Clauss;J Ryan;AM Schmidt

  • VEGF induces hyperpermeability by a direct action on endothelial cells.

    S. Hippenstiel;M. Krüll;A. Ikemann;W. Risau

  • Specificity, diversity, and convergence in VEGF and TNF-alpha signaling events leading to tissue factor up-regulation via EGR-1 in endothelial cells.

    D Mechtcheriakova;G Schabbauer;M Lucerna;M Clauss

  • p38 MAP kinase--a molecular switch between VEGF-induced angiogenesis and vascular hyperpermeability

    Katja Issbrücker;Hugo H Marti;Stefan Hippenstiel;Georg Springmann

  • Regulation of endothelial monocyte-activating polypeptide II release by apoptosis

    Ulrike E. Knies;Heike A. Behrensdorf;Christopher A. Mitchell;Urban Deutsch

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) stimulates monocyte migration through endothelial monolayers via increased integrin expression.

    Matthias Heil;Matthias Clauss;Keisuke Suzuki;Ivo R. Buschmann

  • The EMAPII cytokine is released from the mammalian multisynthetase complex after cleavage of its p43/proEMAPII component.

    Vyacheslav Shalak;Monika Kaminska;Rita Mitnacht-Kraus;Peter Vandenabeele

Frequent Co-Authors

Irina Petrache
Irina Petrache University of Cambridge
David M. Stern
David M. Stern University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Wolfgang Schaper
Wolfgang Schaper Max Planck Society
Werner Risau
Werner Risau Max Planck Society
Mervin C. Yoder
Mervin C. Yoder Indiana University
Paul Jolicoeur
Paul Jolicoeur University of Montreal
Peter Scheurich
Peter Scheurich University of Stuttgart
Jalees Rehman
Jalees Rehman University of Illinois at Chicago
Norbert Suttorp
Norbert Suttorp Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Peter Vandenabeele
Peter Vandenabeele Ghent University

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