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Overview

Oliver Kretz is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany, focusing on research in medicine and related biological sciences. Their work spans several key areas within the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The primary fields of study for Kretz include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their research further specializes into subfields such as:

  • Nephrology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Genetics
  • Physiology

Kretz has contributed to various topics that reflect their research interests, including:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on immune mechanisms, kidney disease, and neurodegenerative disease pathology, including:

  • "Microbiota-Induced Type I Interferons Instruct a Poised Basal State of Dendritic Cells" (2020, Cell)
  • "The classical pathway triggers pathogenic complement activation in membranous nephropathy" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Mitochondrial DNA damage triggers spread of Parkinson's disease-like pathology" (2023, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "The proteomic landscape of small urinary extracellular vesicles during kidney transplantation" (2020, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles)
  • "Short-term dietary changes can result in mucosal and systemic immune depression" (2023, Nature Immunology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kretz include:

  • Tobias B. Huber
  • Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger
  • Victor G. Puelles
  • Nicola M. Tomas
  • Florian Grahammer

Kretz has published multiple works in several prominent venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Kidney International
  • European Journal of Translational Myology

Best Publications

  • Disruption of the glucocorticoid receptor gene in the nervous system results in reduced anxiety

    François Tronche;Christoph Kellendonk;Oliver Kretz;Peter Gass

  • Mitochondrial Dynamics Controls T Cell Fate Through Metabolic Programming

    Michael D D. Buck;Michael D D. Buck;David O'Sullivan;Ramon I I. Klein Geltink;Jonathan D D. Curtis

  • DNA binding of the glucocorticoid receptor is not essential for survival

    Holger M Reichardt;Klaus H Kaestner;Jan Tuckermann;Oliver Kretz

  • Disruption of CREB function in brain leads to neurodegeneration

    Theo Mantamadiotis;Thomas Lemberger;Susanne C. Bleckmann;Heidrun Kern

  • Hippocampal Synapses Depend on Hippocampal Estrogen Synthesis

    Oliver Kretz;Lars Fester;Uwe Wehrenberg;Lepu Zhou

  • Phosphorylation of CREB Ser142 Regulates Light-Induced Phase Shifts of the Circadian Clock

    Daniel Gau;Thomas Lemberger;Charlotte von Gall;Oliver Kretz

  • Autophagy plays a critical role in kidney tubule maintenance, aging and ischemia-reperfusion injury

    Shuya Liu;Björn Hartleben;Oliver Kretz;Thorsten Wiech

  • Mitochondrial Priming by CD28

    Ramon I. Klein Geltink;David O’Sullivan;Mauro Corrado;Anna Bremser

  • Mice with an increased glucocorticoid receptor gene dosage show enhanced resistance to stress and endotoxic shock.

    Holger M. Reichardt;Thorsten Umland;Anton Bauer;Oliver Kretz

  • Microbiota-Induced Type I Interferons Instruct a Poised Basal State of Dendritic Cells

    Laura Schaupp;Sabine Muth;Leif Rogell;Michael Kofoed-Branzk

  • TRP4 (CCE1) Protein Is Part of Native Calcium Release-activated Ca2+-like Channels in Adrenal Cells

    Stephan Philipp;Claudia Trost;Jan Warnat;Julia Rautmann

  • Amyloid-β Peptide Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction by Inhibition of Preprotein Maturation

    Dirk Mossmann;F.-Nora Vögtle;Asli Aras Taskin;Pedro Filipe Teixeira

  • Differential Expression of RNA and Protein of the Three Pore-forming Subunits of the Amiloride-sensitive Epithelial Sodium Channel in Taste Buds of the Rat:

    Oliver Kretz;Pascal Barbry;Rudolf Bock;Bernd Lindemann

  • Serum response factor controls neuronal circuit assembly in the hippocampus.

    Bernd Knöll;Oliver Kretz;Christine Fiedler;Siegfried Alberti

  • Forebrain-specific trkB-receptor knockout mice: behaviorally more hyperactive than “depressive”

    Björn Zörner;David P Wolfer;Dorothee Brandis;Oliver Kretz

  • Neuronal migration in the murine rostral migratory stream requires serum response factor

    Siegfried Alberti;Sven M. Krause;Oliver Kretz;Ulrike Philippar;Ulrike Philippar

  • Local TNF causes NFATc1-dependent cholesterol-mediated podocyte injury

    Christopher E. Pedigo;Gloria Michelle Ducasa;Farah Leclercq;Alexis Sloan

  • Genetic disruption of mineralocorticoid receptor leads to impaired neurogenesis and granule cell degeneration in the hippocampus of adult mice.

    Peter Gass;Oliver Kretz;David P. Wolfer;Stefan Berger

  • Secretome of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells promotes skeletal muscle regeneration through synergistic action of extracellular vesicle cargo and soluble proteins

    Robert Mitchell;Ben Mellows;Jonathan Sheard;Manuela Antonioli

  • MOF Acetyl Transferase Regulates Transcription and Respiration in Mitochondria

    Aindrila Chatterjee;Aindrila Chatterjee;Janine Seyfferth;Jacopo Lucci;Ralf Gilsbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Tobias B. Huber
Tobias B. Huber Universität Hamburg
Günther Schütz
Günther Schütz German Cancer Research Center
Ketan Patel
Ketan Patel University of Reading
Thomas Benzing
Thomas Benzing University of Cologne
Harry Holthöfer
Harry Holthöfer University of Helsinki
Bernhard Schermer
Bernhard Schermer University of Cologne
François Tronche
François Tronche Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Melanie Boerries
Melanie Boerries University of Freiburg
Christoph Kellendonk
Christoph Kellendonk Columbia University
Georg Häcker
Georg Häcker University of Freiburg

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