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Rolf Mentlein

Rolf Mentlein

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
19385
World Ranking
5925
National Ranking
424

Medicine

D-Index
73
Citations
19295
World Ranking
19658
National Ranking
1026

Overview

Rolf Mentlein is a researcher affiliated with Kiel University in Germany, with a focus on engineering disciplines, particularly biomedical engineering and biomaterials. Their work primarily encompasses topics related to nanoparticle-based drug delivery, photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging, and the development of nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics.

Their recent publications include:

  • Multimodal Targeted Nanoparticle-Based Delivery System for Pancreatic Tumor Imaging in Cellular and Animal Models, 2020, Current Pharmaceutical Design
  • Editorial: Developmental genes and molecular approaches: From embryo to human diseases, 2022, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

These papers reflect an engagement with both experimental biomedical engineering and molecular neuroscience, with research exploring both diagnostic imaging systems and developmental genetic mechanisms.

Frequent coauthors in their research projects include:

  • Oula Peñate Medina
  • Robert J. Tower
  • Tuula Peñate-Medina
  • Fatma Ashkenani
  • Lia Appold

The venues in which Rolf Mentlein publishes regularly are:

  • Current Pharmaceutical Design
  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Their work engages topics such as nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems designed to improve targeted cancer treatments, alongside imaging techniques that integrate photoacoustic and ultrasonic methods. This interdisciplinary approach reflects a specialization in both the engineering and biomedical aspects of therapeutic and diagnostic platforms.

Best Publications

  • Dipeptidyl-peptidase IV (CD26)-role in the inactivation of regulatory peptides

    Rolf Mentlein

  • Dipeptidyl‐peptidase IV hydrolyses gastric inhibitory polypeptide, glucagon‐like peptide‐1(7–36)amide, peptide histidine methionine and is responsible for their degradation in human serum

    Rolf Mentlein;Baptist Gallwitz;Wolfgang E. Schmidt

  • Compartmentalization of TNF Receptor 1 Signaling: Internalized TNF Receptosomes as Death Signaling Vesicles

    Wulf Schneider-Brachert;Vladimir Tchikov;Jens Neumeyer;Marten Jakob

  • Proteolytic processing of neuropeptide Y and peptide YY by dipeptidyl peptidase IV.

    Rolf Mentlein;Peter Dahms;Daniel Grandt;Ragna Krüger

  • The transmembrane CXC-chemokine ligand 16 is induced by IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha and shed by the activity of the disintegrin-like metalloproteinase ADAM10.

    Soeren Abel;Christian Hundhausen;Rolf Mentlein;Alexander Schulte

  • The Chemokine Receptor CXCR7 Is Highly Expressed in Human Glioma Cells and Mediates Antiapoptotic Effects

    Kirsten Hattermann;Janka Held-Feindt;Ralph Lucius;Susanne Sebens Müerköster

  • The role of vasculature and angiogenesis for the pathogenesis of degenerative tendons disease.

    T. Pufe;W. J. Petersen;R. Mentlein;B. N. Tillmann

  • Proline residues in the maturation and degradation of peptide hormones and neuropeptides.

    Rolf Mentlein

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) induces matrix metalloproteinase expression in immortalized chondrocytes.

    Thomas Pufe;Viola Harde;Wolf Petersen;Mary B Goldring

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor induces chemotaxis and proliferation of microglial cells.

    Frauke Forstreuter;Ralph Lucius;Rolf Mentlein

  • Stromal cell-derived factor 1 is secreted by meningeal cells and acts as chemotactic factor on neuronal stem cells of the cerebellar external granular layer.

    K Reiss;R Mentlein;J Sievers;D Hartmann

  • Flavonoids and Vitamin E Reduce the Release of the Angiogenic Peptide Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor from Human Tumor Cells

    Rainer Schindler;Rolf Mentlein

  • Expression of stem cell markers in human astrocytomas of different WHO grades

    Yue-Hui Ma;Yue-Hui Ma;Rolf Mentlein;Friederike Knerlich;Marie-Luise Kruse

  • Mechanical overload induces VEGF in cartilage discs via hypoxia-inducible factor.

    Thomas Pufe;Angelika Lemke;Bodo Kurz;Wolf Petersen

  • The splice variants VEGF121 and VEGF189 of the angiogenic peptide vascular endothelial growth factor are expressed in osteoarthritic cartilage.

    Thomas Pufe;Wolf Petersen;Bernhard Tillmann;Rolf Mentlein

  • Simultaneous purification and comparative characterization of six serine hydrolases from rat liver microsomes

    Rolf Mentlein;Stefan Heiland;Eberhard Heymann

  • Isolation and characterization of dipeptidyl peptidase IV from human placenta.

    Gerd Püschel;Rolf Mentlein;Eberhard Heymann

  • Liver dipeptidyl aminopeptidase IV hydrolyzes substance P.

    Eberhard Heymann;Rolf Mentlein

  • Dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors as new drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes

    H.-J. Mest;R. Mentlein

  • The angiogenic peptide vascular endothelial growth factor is expressed in foetal and ruptured tendons.

    T. Pufe;W. Petersen;B. Tillmann;R. Mentlein

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolf Petersen
Wolf Petersen University of Münster
Mary B. Goldring
Mary B. Goldring Hospital for Special Surgery
Andreas Ludwig
Andreas Ludwig RWTH Aachen University
Jobst Sievers
Jobst Sievers Kiel University
Jens-Michael Schröder
Jens-Michael Schröder Kiel University
Stefan Rose-John
Stefan Rose-John Kiel University
John D. Sandy
John D. Sandy Rush University Medical Center
Dieter Hartmann
Dieter Hartmann University of Bonn
Jürgen Harder
Jürgen Harder Kiel University

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