Publications 1999

1. Frank S, Stallmeyer B, Kämpfer H, Schaffner C, and Pfeilschifter J: Differential regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptor fms-like-tyrosine kinase is mediated by nitric oxide in rat renal mesangial cells. Biochem. J. 338, 367-374, 1999

2. Huwiler A, Pfeilschifter J, and van den Bosch H: Nitric oxide donors induce stress signaling via ceramide formation in rat renal mesangial cells. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 7190-7195, 1999

3. Huwiler A, and Pfeilschifter J: Nitric oxide stimulates the stress-activated protein kinase p38 in rat renal mesangial cells. J. Exp. Biol. 202, 655-660, 1999

4. Beck KF, Eberhardt W, Frank S, Huwiler A, Messmer UK, Muhl H, and Pfeilschifter J: Inducible NO synthase: role in cellular signaling. J. Exp. Biol. 202, 645-653, 1999

5. Stallmeyer B, Schwarz G, Schulze J, Nerlich A, Reiss J, Kirsch J, and Mendel RR: The neurotransmitter receptor-anchoring protein gephyrin reconstitutes molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis in bacteria, plants, and mammalian cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96,1333-1338, 1999

6. Frank S, Zacharowski K, Wray GM, Thiemermann C, and Pfeilschifter J: Identification of copper/zinc superoxide dismutase as a novel nitric oxide-regulated gene in rat glomerular mesangial cells and kidneys of endotoxemic rats. FASEB J. 13, 869-82, 1999

7. Rupprecht G, Scholz K, Beck KF, Geiger H, Pfeilschifter J, and Kaszkin M: Cross-talk between group IIA-phospholipase A2 and inducible NO-synthase in rat renal mesangial cells. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 127, 51-56, 1999

8. Messmer UK, Briner V, and Pfeilschifter J: Tumor necrosis factor alpha and lipopolysaccharide potently induce apoptotic cell death in bovine glomerular endothelial cells. Kidney Int. 55, 2322-2337, 1999

9. Huwiler A, Dorsch S, Briner V, van den Bosch H, and Pfeilschifter J: Nitric oxide stimulates chronic ceramide formation in glomerular endothelial cells. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 258, 60-65, 1999

10. Messmer UK, Winkel G, Briner V, and Pfeilschifter J: Glucocorticoids potently block tumor necrosis factor alpha and lipopolysaccharide-induced apoptotic cell death in bovine glomerular endothelial cells upstream of caspase 3 activation. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 127, 1633-1640, 1999

11. Pfeilschifter J, and Muhl H: Immunopharmacology: Antiinflammatory therapy targeting transcription factors. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 375, 237-245, 1999

12. Kämpfer H, Kalina U, Muhl H, Pfeilschifter J, and Frank S: Counterregulation of Interleukin-18 mRNA and protein expression during cutaneous wound repair in mice. J. Invest. Dermatol. 113, 369-374, 1999

13. Muhl H, Nold M, Chang J, Frank S, Eberhardt W, and Pfeilschifter J: Expression and release of chemokines associated with apoptotic cell death in human promonocytic U937 cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Eur. J. Immunol. 29, 3225-3235, 1999

14. Scholz K, Vlachojannis G, Schini-Kerth V, Van den Bosch H, Kaszkin M, and Pfeilschifter J: Protein kinase C modulates cytokine-induced expression of group IIA phospholipase A2 in rat renal mesangial cells. Biochem. Pharmacol. 58, 1751-1758,1999

15. Crusius K, Kaszkin M, Kinzel V, and Alonso A: The human papillomavirus type 16 E5 protein modulates phospholipase c-gamma-1 activity and phosphatidylinositol turnover in mouse fibroblasts. Oncogene 18, 6714-6718, 1999

16. Stallmeyer B, Drugeon G, Reiss J, Haenni AL, and Mendel RR: Human molybdopterin synthase gene: identification of a bicistronic transcript with overlapping reading frames. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 64, 698-705, 1999

17. Reiss J, Dorche C, Stallmeyer B, Mendel RR, Cohen N, and Zabot MT: Human molybdopterin synthase gene: genomic structure and mutations in molybdenum cofactor deficiency type B. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 64, 706-711, 1999

18. Frank S, Stallmeyer B, Kämpfer H, Kolb N, and Pfeilschifter J: Nitric oxide triggers enhanced induction of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor expression in cultured keratinocytes (HaCaT) and during cutaneous wound repair. FASEB J. 13, 2002-2014, 1999

19. Stallmeyer B, Kämpfer H, Kolb N, Pfeilschifter J, and Frank S: The function of nitric oxide in wound repair: Inhibition of inducible Nitric-Oxide-Synthase severely impairs wound reepithelialization. J. Invest. Dermatol. 113, 1090-1098, 1999

20. Aicher A, Shu GL, Magaletti D, Mulvania T, Pezzutto A, Craxton A, and Clark EA: Differential Role for p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in Regulating CD40-Induced Gene Expression in Dendritic Cells and B Cells. J. Immunol. 163, 5786-5795, 1999