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Reinhard Kofler is a researcher affiliated with Innsbruck Medical University in Austria. Their work spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research primarily addresses topics related to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) research, RNA modifications and cancer, and cell death mechanisms and regulation. These areas reflect a detailed engagement with the molecular and cellular processes underlying leukemia and cancer pathology.

Among their published works, the following paper is highlighted:

  • Analysis of common glucocorticoid response genes in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in vivo identifies cell cycle but not apoptosis genes, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Kofler has published in the bioRxiv repository, which is known for preprint scientific papers in the life sciences. This venue represents their recent contribution to ongoing research in leukemia and gene expression response.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Reinhard Kofler include:

  • Tatsiana Aneichyk
  • Stefan Schmidt
  • Daniel Bindreither
  • Armin Kroesbacher
  • Nikola S. Mueller

The collaboration network suggests interdisciplinary work and shared focus among molecular biology and cancer research professionals.

Best Publications

  • The histone deacetylase inhibitor and chemotherapeutic agent suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) induces a cell-death pathway characterized by cleavage of Bid and production of reactive oxygen species.

    Astrid A. Ruefli;Michael J. Ausserlechner;David Bernhard;Vivien R. Sutton

  • Glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis and glucocorticoid resistance: molecular mechanisms and clinical relevance.

    S Schmidt;J Rainer;C Ploner;E Presul

  • Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL Antagonize the Mitochondrial Dysfunction Preceding Nuclear Apoptosis Induced by Chemotherapeutic Agents

    Didier Decaudin;Stephan Geley;Tamara Hirsch;Maria Castedo

  • Noxa: at the tip of the balance between life and death.

    C Ploner;R Kofler;A Villunger

  • Drug-induced Apoptosis Is Associated with Enhanced Fas (Apo-1/CD95) Ligand Expression but Occurs Independently of Fas (Apo-1/CD95) Signaling in Human T-Acute Lymphatic Leukemia Cells

    Andreas Villunger;Alexander Egle;Marion Kos;Bernd L. Hartmann

  • CLP1 links tRNA metabolism to progressive motor-neuron loss

    Toshikatsu Hanada;Stefan Weitzer;Barbara Mair;Christian Bernreuther

  • Resveratrol, a tumor-suppressive compound from grapes, induces apoptosis via a novel mitochondrial pathway controlled by Bcl-2.

    Inge Tinhofer;David Bernhard;Monika Senfter;Gabriele Anether

  • A Molecular Function Map of Ewing's Sarcoma

    Maximilian Kauer;Jozef Ban;Reinhard Kofler;Bob Walker

  • Resveratrol causes arrest in the S-phase prior to Fas-independent apoptosis in CEM-C7H2 acute leukemia cells.

    D Bernhard;I Tinhofer;M Tonko;H Hübl

  • The thiol crosslinking agent diamide overcomes the apoptosis-inhibitory effect of Bcl-2 by enforcing mitochondrial permeability transition.

    Naoufal Zamzami;Isabel Marzo;Santos A Susin;Catherine Brenner

  • Apoptosis induced by the histone deacetylase inhibitor sodium butyrate in human leukemic lymphoblasts

    David Bernhard;Michael J. Ausserlechner;Martin Tonko;Markus Löffler

  • Identification of glucocorticoid-response genes in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Stefan Schmidt;Stefan Schmidt;Johannes Rainer;Johannes Rainer;Stefan Riml;Stefan Riml;Christian Ploner;Christian Ploner

  • Enhanced MTT-reducing activity under growth inhibition by resveratrol in CEM-C7H2 lymphocytic leukemia cells.

    David Bernhard;Wolfgang Schwaiger;Roman Crazzolara;Inge Tinhofer

  • Changes of mitochondrial respiration, mitochondrial content and cell size after induction of apoptosis in leukemia cells.

    Kathrin Renner;Albert Amberger;Günther Konwalinka;Reinhard Kofler

  • CYP11B1 Mutations Causing Non-Classic Adrenal Hyperplasia due to 11β-Hydroxylase Deficiency

    Karin Joehrer;Stephan Geley;Elisabeth M.C. Strasser-Wozak;Ricardo Azziz

  • The BCL2 rheostat in glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    C Ploner;J Rainer;H Niederegger;M Eduardoff

  • Cancer cell line identification by short tandem repeat profiling: power and limitations

    Walther Parson;Romana Kirchebner;Roswitha Mühlmann;Kathrin Renner

  • Constitutive expression of Fas (Apo-1/CD95) ligand on multiple myeloma cells: a potential mechanism of tumor-induced suppression of immune surveillance.

    Andreas Villunger;Alexander Egle;Ingrid Marschitz;Marion Kos

  • CYP11B1 mutations causing congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 11 beta-hydroxylase deficiency.

    Stephan Geley;Klaus Kapelari;Karin Jöhrer;Michael Peter

  • The Role of Somatic Mutation in the Generation of the Protective Humoral Immune Response against Vesicular Stomatitis Virus

    Ulrich Kalinke;Etienne M. Bucher;Bettina Ernst;Annette Oxenius

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Wick
Georg Wick Innsbruck Medical University
Andreas Villunger
Andreas Villunger Innsbruck Medical University
Heinrich Kovar
Heinrich Kovar St Anna Children's Hospital
Zlatko Trajanoski
Zlatko Trajanoski Innsbruck Medical University
Richard Greil
Richard Greil Paracelsus Medical University
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Ricky W. Johnstone
Ricky W. Johnstone Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Erich Gnaiger
Erich Gnaiger Innsbruck Medical University
Paul S. Meltzer
Paul S. Meltzer National Institutes of Health
Peter J. Oefner
Peter J. Oefner University of Regensburg

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