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Overview

Verena Jendrossek is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Their research is primarily situated at the interface of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions across related subfields including molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, oncology, and physiology.

The main topics of Jendrossek's research encompass:

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Effects of Radiation Exposure
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Their recent publications reflect a focus on cellular responses to radiation, senescence, and cancer-related mechanisms. Notable papers include:

  • "Cellular Senescence in the Lung: The Central Role of Senescent Epithelial Cells" (2020), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Early senescence and production of senescence-associated cytokines are major determinants of radioresistance in head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma" (2021), published in Cell Death and Disease
  • "Bcl-2/Bcl-xL inhibitor ABT-263 overcomes hypoxia-driven radioresistence and improves radiotherapy" (2021), published in Cell Death and Disease
  • "Proton Irradiation Increases the Necessity for Homologous Recombination Repair Along with the Indispensability of Non-Homologous End Joining" (2020), published in Cells
  • "The vascular nature of lung-resident mesenchymal stem cells" (2020), published in Stem Cells Translational Medicine

Frequent collaborators in Jendrossek's work include Diana Klein, Johann Matschke, Kexu Xiang, Silvia Vega-Rubín-de-Celis, and Justine Rudner. These partnerships have been reflected across multiple joint publications, indicating ongoing collaborative research networks.

The prevailing publication venues for Jendrossek's work are:

  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • iScience
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Their studies often explore molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying cancer biology, response to therapies including radiation, and lung-related diseases with a particular emphasis on senescence and hypoxia. This body of work contributes to a deeper understanding of disease pathology and potential therapeutic strategies within oncology and pulmonary medicine.

Best Publications

  • Host defense against Pseudomonas aeruginosa requires ceramide-rich membrane rafts.

    H. Grassmé;V. Jendrossek;A. Riehle;G. von Kürthy

  • Ceramide-Rich Membrane Rafts Mediate CD40 Clustering

    Heike Grassmé;Verena Jendrossek;Jürgen Bock;Andrea Riehle

  • Long-term follow-up and outcome of 39 patients with chronic granulomatous disease.

    Johannes Liese;Sibylle Kloos;Verena Jendrossek;Theoni Petropoulou

  • Targeting apoptosis pathways by Celecoxib in cancer.

    Verena Jendrossek

  • Molecular mechanisms of bacteria induced apoptosis

    H. Grassmé;V. Jendrossek;E. Gulbins

  • Stimulation of erythrocyte ceramide formation by platelet-activating factor

    Philipp A. Lang;Daniela S. Kempe;Valerie Tanneur;Kerstin Eisele

  • Hypoxia Enhances Immunosuppression by Inhibiting CD4+ Effector T Cell Function and Promoting Treg Activity.

    Astrid M Westendorf;Kathrin Skibbe;Alexandra Adamczyk;Jan Buer

  • Chronic granulomatous disease in adults

    J Liese;A Jansson;Th Petropoulou;S Kloos

  • Mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus induced apoptosis of human endothelial cells.

    M. Esen;B. Schreiner;V. Jendrossek;F. Lang

  • Celecoxib activates a novel mitochondrial apoptosis signaling pathway.

    Verena Jendrossek;René Handrick;Claus Belka

  • Apoptosis-modulating agents in combination with radiotherapy-current status and outlook.

    Claus Belka;Verena Jendrossek;Martin Pruschy;Stefan Vink

  • High activity of acid sphingomyelinase in major depression

    J. Kornhuber;A. Medlin;S. Bleich;V. Jendrossek

  • Acid sphingomyelinase is involved in CEACAM receptor-mediated phagocytosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

    Christof R. Hauck;Heike Grassmé;Jörg Bock;Verena Jendrossek

  • Combined treatment of colorectal tumours with agonistic TRAIL receptor antibodies HGS-ETR1 and HGS-ETR2 and radiotherapy: enhanced effects in vitro and dose-dependent growth delay in vivo

    P Marini;S Denzinger;D Schiller;S Kauder

  • Membrane targeted anticancer drugs: potent inducers of apoptosis and putative radiosensitisers.

    V Jendrossek;R Handrick

  • Combining Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer: Can We Expect Limitations Due to Altered Normal Tissue Toxicity?

    Florian Wirsdörfer;Simone de Leve;Verena Jendrossek

  • Irradiation specifically sensitises solid tumour cell lines to TRAIL mediated apoptosis

    Patrizia Marini;Angelika Schmid;Verena Jendrossek;Heidrun Faltin

  • Type I and type II reactions in TRAIL-induced apoptosis -- results from dose-response studies.

    Justine Rudner;Justine Rudner;Verena Jendrossek;Kirsten Lauber;Peter T Daniel

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Induced Apoptosis Involves Mitochondria and Stress-Activated Protein Kinases

    Verena Jendrossek;Heike Grassmé;Ilka Mueller;Florian Lang

  • Dihydroartemisinin Induces Apoptosis by a Bak-Dependent Intrinsic Pathway

    René Handrick;Teona Ontikatze;Kerstin-Daniela Bauer;Florian Freier

Frequent Co-Authors

Claus Belka
Claus Belka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peter T. Daniel
Peter T. Daniel Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Kirsten Lauber
Kirsten Lauber Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Michael Bamberg
Michael Bamberg University of Tübingen
Florian Lang
Florian Lang University of Tübingen
Erich Gulbins
Erich Gulbins University of Duisburg-Essen
Stephan M. Huber
Stephan M. Huber University of Tübingen
George Iliakis
George Iliakis University of Duisburg-Essen
Astrid M. Westendorf
Astrid M. Westendorf University of Duisburg-Essen
Jens T. Siveke
Jens T. Siveke German Cancer Research Center

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