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Peter Schmezer is affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center in Germany. Their research primarily lies within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with 29 publications in this area. The scientist's work delves into subfields such as Molecular Biology, Hematology, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Their main research topics include:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Interferon and Immune Responses
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Peter Schmezer has authored several papers that cover a variety of aspects connected to molecular biology and cancer research. Some recent publications include:

  • "Identification of therapeutic targets of the hijacked super-enhancer complex in EVI1-rearranged leukemia," 2021, published in Leukemia
  • "ARID1A regulates DNA repair through chromatin organization and its deficiency triggers DNA damage-mediated anti-tumor immune response," 2024, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "ID3 promotes homologous recombination via non-transcriptional and transcriptional mechanisms and its loss confers sensitivity to PARP inhibition," 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Selective inhibitors of bromodomain BD1 and BD2 of BET proteins modulate radiation-induced profibrotic fibroblast responses," 2022, International Journal of Cancer
  • "Epigenetic Modulation of Radiation-Induced Diacylglycerol Kinase Alpha Expression Prevents Pro-Fibrotic Fibroblast Response," 2021, Cancers

The publication venues where their work frequently appears include:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Leukemia
  • Cell Reports

Peter Schmezer collaborates regularly with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ali Bakr
  • Christoph Plass
  • Odilia Popanda
  • Pavlo Lutsik
  • Dieter Weichenhan

Best Publications

  • The single cell gel electrophoresis assay (comet assay): A European review

    V.J. McKelvey-Martin;M.H.L. Green;P. Schmezer;B.L. Pool-Zobel

  • The effect of various antioxidants and other modifying agents on oxygen-radical-generated DNA damage in human lymphocytes in the COMET assay.

    D Anderson;T W Yu;B J Phillips;P Schmezer

  • Exit from dormancy provokes DNA-damage-induced attrition in haematopoietic stem cells

    Dagmar Walter;Amelie Lier;Anja Geiselhart;Frederic B. Thalheimer

  • Quiescence Modulates Stem Cell Maintenance and Regenerative Capacity in the Aging Brain

    Georgios Kalamakis;Georgios Kalamakis;Daniel Brüne;Srikanth Ravichandran;Jan Bolz

  • Mutational dynamics between primary and relapse neuroblastomas

    Alexander Schramm;Johannes Köster;Johannes Köster;Yassen Assenov;Kristina Althoff

  • Specific combinations of DNA repair gene variants and increased risk for non-small cell lung cancer

    Odilia Popanda;Torsten Schattenberg;Chi Tai Phong;Dorota Butkiewicz

  • Predictive factors for late normal tissue complications following radiotherapy for breast cancer.

    Carmen Lilla;Christine B. Ambrosone;Silke Kropp;Irmgard Helmbold

  • hOGG1 polymorphism and loss of heterozygosity (LOH): significance for lung cancer susceptibility in a caucasian population.

    H Wikman;Angela Risch;F Klimek;P Schmezer

  • Detection of genotoxic effects in human gastric and nasal mucosa cells isolated from biopsy samples

    Beatrice L. Pool‐Zobel;Natalie Lotzmann;Martin Knoll;Frank Kuchenmeister

  • Association between Polymorphisms in the DNA Repair Genes, XRCC1, APE1, and XPD and Acute Side Effects of Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

    Jenny Chang-Claude;Odilia Popanda;Xiang-Lin Tan;Silke Kropp

  • Assessment of genotoxic effects by lindane

    B.L. Pool-Zobel;Claudia Guigas;R. Klein;C. Neudecker

  • Personal characteristics, therapy modalities and individual DNA repair capacity as predictive factors of acute skin toxicity in an unselected cohort of breast cancer patients receiving radiotherapy.

    Dorothee Twardella;Odilia Popanda;Irmgard Helmbold;Reinhard Ebbeler

  • Rapid screening assay for mutagen sensitivity and DNA repair capacity in human peripheral blood lymphocytes

    Peter Schmezer;Nahid Rajaee-Behbahani;Angela Risch;Stephan Thiel

  • Antigenotoxic properties of lactic acid bacteria in vivo in the gastrointestinal tract of rats

    Beatrice L. Pool‐Zobel;Barbara Bertram;Martin Knoll;Renate Lambertz

  • Relevance of N-acetyltransferase 1 and 2 (NAT1, NAT2) genetic polymorphisms in non-small cell lung cancer susceptibility.

    H Wikman;S Thiel;B Jäger;P Schmezer

  • Genotoxicity studies on permethrin, DEET and diazinon in primary human nasal mucosal cells.

    Matthias Tisch;P Schmezer;M Faulde;A Groh

  • Genetic variation in normal tissue toxicity induced by ionizing radiation.

    Odilia Popanda;Jens Uwe Marquardt;Jenny Chang-Claude;Peter Schmezer

  • Systemic genotoxic effects of tobacco-related nitrosamines following oral and inhalational administration to Sprague-Dawley rats

    Beatrice L. Pool-Zobel;R.G. Klein;U.M. Liegibel;F. Kuchenmeister

  • Laryngeal cancer risk associated with smoking and alcohol consumption is modified by genetic polymorphisms in ERCC5, ERCC6 and RAD23B but not by polymorphisms in five other nucleotide excision repair genes

    Rashda Abbasi;Heribert Ramroth;Heiko Becher;Andreas Dietz

  • The CYP3A4*1B allele increases risk for small cell lung cancer: effect of gender and smoking dose.

    Heike Dally;Lutz Edler;Birgit Jäger;Peter Schmezer

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmut Bartsch
Helmut Bartsch German Cancer Research Center
Christoph Plass
Christoph Plass German Cancer Research Center
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Angela Risch
Angela Risch University of Salzburg
Frederik Wenz
Frederik Wenz University of Freiburg
Lutz Edler
Lutz Edler German Cancer Research Center
Axel Benner
Axel Benner German Cancer Research Center
John Ashby
John Ashby Syngenta (Switzerland)
Dieter Weichenhan
Dieter Weichenhan German Cancer Research Center
Beatrice L. Pool-Zobel
Beatrice L. Pool-Zobel Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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