2024

Wirth F, Zoeller C, Lubosch A, Schroeder-Braunstein J, Wabnitz G, Nakchbandi IA. Insights into the metastatic bone marrow niche gained from fibronectin and β1 integrin transgenic mice. Neoplasia.

Samaržija I, Lukiyanchuk V, Lončarić M, Rac-Justament A, Stojanović N, Gorodetska I, Kahya U, Humphries JD, Fatima M, Humphries MJ, Fröbe A, Dubrovska A, Ambriović-Ristov A. The extracellular matrix component perlecan/HSPG2 regulates radioresistance in prostate cancer cells. Front Cell Dev Biol.

Evers M, Stühmer T, Schreder M, Steinbrunn T, Rudelius M, Jundt F, Ebert R, Hartmann TN, Bargou RC, Rosenwald A, Leich E. Association of ADAM family members with proliferation signaling and disease progression in multiple myeloma. Blood Cancer J.

Schwab A, Rao Z, Zhang J, Gollowitzer A, Siebenkäs K, Bindel N, D’Avanzo E, van Roey R, Hajjaj Y, Özel E, Armstark I, Bereuter L, Su F, Grander J, Bonyadi Rad E, Groenewoud A, Engel FB, Bell GW, Henry WS, Angeli JPF, Stemmler MP, Brabletz S, Koeberle A, Brabletz T. Zeb1 mediates EMT/plasticity-associated ferroptosis sensitivity in cancer cells by regulating lipogenic enzyme expression and phospholipid composition. Nat Cell Biol.

Chang CY, Pearce G, Betaneli V, Kapustsenka T, Hosseini K, Fischer-Friedrich E, Corbeil D, Karbanová J, Taubenberger A, Dahncke B, Rauner M, Furesi G, Perner S, Rost F, Jessberger R. The F-actin bundler SWAP-70 promotes tumor metastasis. Life Sci Alliance.

Link-Rachner CS, Göbel A, Jaschke NP, Rachner TD. Endocrine health in survivors of adult-onset cancer. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol.

Haider MT, Freytag V, Krause L, Spethmann T, Gosau T, Beine MC, Knies C, Schröder-Schwarz J, Horn M, Riecken K, Lange T. Comparison of ex vivo bioluminescence imaging, Alu-qPCR and histology for the quantification of spontaneous lung and bone metastases in subcutaneous xenograft mouse models. Clin Exp Metastasis.

Zarrer J, Taipaleenmäki H. The osteoblast in regulation of tumor cell dormancy and bone metastasis. J Bone Oncol.

Kuric M, Beck S, Schneider D, Rindt W, Evers M, Meißner-Weigl J, Zeck S, Krug M, Herrmann M, Hartmann TN, Leich E, Rudert M, Docheva D, Seckinger A, Hose D, Jundt F, Ebert R. Modeling Myeloma Dissemination In Vitro with hMSC-interacting Subpopulations of INA-6 Cells and Their Aggregation/Detachment Dynamics. Cancer Res Commun.

Göbel A, Pählig S, Motz A, Breining D, Traikov S, Hofbauer LC, Rachner TD. Overcoming statin resistance in prostate cancer cells by targeting the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA-reductase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 

Krug J, Plumeyer C, Davydok A, Dragoun Kolibová S, Fischer N, Le-Phuoc XT, Rauner M, Sihota P, Schweizer M, Busse B, Fiedler IAK, Jähn-Rickert K. Bone-seeking tumor cells alter bone material quality parameters on the nanoscale in mice. Biomater Adv. 

Göbel A, Rachner TD, Hoffmann O, Klotz DM, Kasimir-Bauer S, Kimmig R, Hofbauer LC, Bittner AK. High serum levels of leucine-rich α-2 glycoprotein 1 (LRG-1) are associated with poor survival in patients with early breast cancer. Arch Gynecol Obstet.

Jaschke NP, Breining D, Hofmann M, Pählig S, Baschant U, Oertel R, Traikov S, Grinenko T, Saettini F, Biondi A, Stylianou M, Bringmann H, Zhang C, Yoshida TM, Weidner H, Poller WC, Swirski FK, Göbel A, Hofbauer LC, Rauner M, Scheiermann C, Wang A, Rachner TD. Small-molecule CBP/p300 histone acetyltransferase inhibition mobilizes leukocytes from the bone marrow via the endocrine stress response. Immunity.

Fischer L, Grieb N, Born P, Weiss R, Seiffert S, Boldt A, Fricke S, Franz P, Heyn S, Kubasch AS, Baber R, Weidner H, Wang SY, Bach E, Hoffmann S, Ussmann J, Kirchberg J, Hell S, Schwind S, Metzeler KH, Herling M, Jentzsch M, Franke GN, Sack U, Reiche K, Köhl U, Platzbecker U, Vucinic V, Merz M. Cellular dynamics following CAR T cell therapy are associated with response and toxicity in relapsed/refractory myeloma. Leukemia. 

Gorodetska I, Offermann A, Püschel J, Lukiyanchuk V, Gaete D, Kurzyukova A, Freytag V, Haider MT, Fjeldbo CS, Di Gaetano S, Schwarz FM, Patil S, Borkowetz A, Erb HHH, Baniahmad A, Mircetic J, Lyng H, Löck S, Linge A, Lange T, Knopf F, Wielockx B, Krause M, Perner S, Dubrovska A. ALDH1A1 drives prostate cancer metastases and radioresistance by interplay with AR- and RAR-dependent transcription. Theranostics. 

Antonelli Y, Krüger R, Buehler A, Monavari M, Fuentes-Chandía M, Colombo F, Palmisano R, Boßerhoff AK, Kappelmann-Fenzl M, Schödel J, Boccaccini AR, Selhuber-Unkel C, Letort G, Leal-Egaña A. When Mechanical Stress Matters: Generation of Polyploid Giant Cancer Cells in Tumor-Like Microcapsules. Adv Funct Mater.

2023

Engelmann J, Ragipoglu D, Ben-Batalla I, Loges S. The Role of TAM Receptors in Bone. Int J Mol Sci.

Ramesh V, Gollavilli PN, Pinna L, Siddiqui MA, Turtos AM, Napoli F, Antonelli Y, Leal-Egaña A, Havelund JF, Jakobsen ST, Boiteux EL, Volante M, Faergeman NJ, Jensen ON, Siersbaek R, Somyajit K, Ceppi P. Propionate reinforces epithelial identity and reduces aggressiveness of lung carcinoma. EMBO Mol Med. 2023 

Maichl DS, Kirner JA, Beck S, Cheng WH, Krug M, Kuric M, Ade CP, Bischler T, Jakob F, Hose D, Seckinger A, Ebert R, Jundt F. Identification of NOTCH-driven matrisome-associated genes as prognostic indicators of multiple myeloma patient survival. Blood Cancer J. 

Evers M, Schreder M, Stühmer T, Jundt F, Ebert R, Hartmann TN, Altenbuchinger M, Rudelius M, Kuric M, Rindt WD, Steinbrunn T, Langer C, Heredia-Guerrero SC, Einsele H, Bargou RC, Rosenwald A, Leich E. Prognostic value of extracellular matrix gene mutations and expression in multiple myeloma. Blood Cancer J.  

Grunz JP, Kunz AS, Baumann FT, Hasenclever D, Sieren MM, Heldmann S, Bley TA, Einsele H, Knop S, Jundt F. Assessing Osteolytic Lesion Size on Sequential CT Scans Is a Reliable Study Endpoint for Bone Remineralization in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma. Cancers (Basel).

Taipaleenmäki H. Secreted microRNAs in bone metastasis. J Bone Miner Metab. 

Taale M, Schamberger B, Taheri F, Antonelli Y, Leal-Egaña A, and Selhuber-Unkel C. In Situ Fabrication of Constraints for Multicellular Micro-Spheroids Using Two-Photon Lithography. Adv Funct Mater.

Klusa D, Lohaus F, Franken A, Baumbach M, Cojoc M, Dowling P, Linge A, Offermann A, Löck S, Hušman D, Rivandi M, Polzer B, Freytag V, Lange T, Neubauer H, Kücken M, Perner S, Hölscher T, Dubrovska A, Krause M, Kurth I, Baumann M, Peitzsch C. Dynamics of CXCR4 positive circulating tumor cells in prostate cancer patients during radiotherapy. Int J Cancer.

Böckelmann LC, Freytag V, Ahlers AK, Maar H, Gosau T, Baranowsky A, Schmitz R, Pantel K, Schumacher U, Haider MT, Lange T. Efficacy of zoledronic acid for the elimination of disseminated tumor cells in a clinically relevant, spontaneously metastatic prostate cancer xenograft model. Bone 

2022

Brandl A, Solimando A, Mokhtari Z, Tabares P, Medler J, Manz H, Da Vià MC, Croci GA, Kurzwart M, Thusek S, Schneider T, Ebert R, Jakob F, Einsele H, Beilhack A. Junctional Adhesion Molecule-C expression specifies a CD138low/neg multiple myeloma cell population in mice and humans. Blood Adv.

Engelmann J, Zarrer J, Gensch V, Riecken K, Berenbrok N, Luu TV, Beitzen-Heineke A, Vargas-Delgado ME, Pantel K, Bokemeyer C, Bhamidipati S, Darwish IS, Masuda E, Burstyn-Cohen T, Alberto EJ, Ghosh S, Rothlin C, Hesse E, Taipaleenmäki H, Ben-Batalla I, Loges S. Regulation of bone homeostasis by MERTK and TYRO3. Nat Commun.

Dahlhoff J, Manz H, Steinfatt T, Delgado-Tascon J, Seebacher E, Schneider T, Wilnit A, Mokhtari Z, Tabares P, Böckle D, Rasche L, Martin Kortüm K, Lutz MB, Einsele H, Brandl A, Beilhack A. Transient regulatory T-cell targeting triggers immune control of multiple myeloma and prevents disease progression. Leukemia.

Wölfel EM, Lademann F, Hemmatian H, Blouin S, Messmer P, Hofbauer LC, Busse B, Rauner M, Jähn-Rickert K, Tsourdi E.  Reduced Bone Mass and Increased Osteocyte Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase (TRAP) Activity, But Not Low Mineralized Matrix Around Osteocyte Lacunae, Are Restored After Recovery From Exogenous Hyperthyroidism in Male Mice. J Bone Miner Res.

Brylka L, Jähn-Rickert K, Baranowsky A, Neven M, Horn M, Yorgan T, Wikman H, Werner S, Lübke A, Amling M, Busse B, Pantel K, Schinke T.  Spine Metastases in Immunocompromised Mice after Intracardiac Injection of MDA-MB-231-SCP2 Breast Cancer Cells. Cancers (Basel).

Dutta S, Polavaram NS, Islam R, Bhattacharya S, Bodas S, Mayr T, Roy S, Albala SAY, Toma MI, Darehshouri A, Borkowetz A, Conrad S, Fuessel S, Wirth M, Baretton GB, Hofbauer LC, Ghosh P, Pienta KJ, Klinkebiel DL, Batra SK, Muders MH, Datta K. Neuropilin-2 regulates androgen-receptor transcriptional activity in advanced prostate cancer. Oncogene.

Furesi G, de Jesus Domingues AM, Alexopoulou D, Dahl A, Hackl M, Schmidt JR, Kalkhof S, Kurth T, Taipaleenmäki H, Conrad S, Hofbauer C, Rauner M, Hofbauer LC. Exosomal miRNAs from Prostate Cancer Impair Osteoblast Function in Mice. Int J Mol Sci.

Jaschke NP, Pählig S, Sinha A, Adolph TE, Colunga ML, Hofmann M, Wang A, Thiele S, Schwärzler J, Kleymann A, Gentzel M, Tilg H, Wielockx B, Hofbauer LC, Rauner M, Göbel A, Rachner TD. Dickkopf1 fuels inflammatory cytokine responses. Commun Biol.

Göbel A, Riffel RM, Hofbauer LC, Rachner TD. The mevalonate pathway in breast cancer biology. Cancer Lett.

Schwarz FM, Schniewind I, Besso MJ, Lange S, Linge A, Patil SG, Löck S, Klusa D, Dietrich A, Voss-Böhme A, Nowrouzi A, Krause M, Dubrovska A, Kurth I, Peitzsch C. Plasticity within Aldehyde Dehydrogenase-Positive Cells Determines Prostate Cancer Radiosensitivity. Mol Cancer Res.

Riffel RM, Göbel A, Rachner TD. Bone Metastases: From Mechanisms to Treatment. Semin Oncol Nurs.

Bemmerlein L, Deniz IA, Karbanová J, Jacobi A, Drukewitz S, Link T, Göbel A, Sevenich L, Taubenberger AV, Wimberger P, Kuhlmann JD, Corbeil D. Decoding Single Cell Morphology in Osteotropic Breast Cancer Cells for Dissecting Their Migratory, Molecular and Biophysical Heterogeneity. Cancers (Basel).

Taipaleenmäki H, Saito H, Schröder S, Maeda M, Mettler R, Ring M, Rollmann E, Gasser A, Haasper C, Gehrke T, Weiss A, Grimm SK, Hesse E. Antagonizing microRNA-19a/b augments PTH anabolic action and restores bone mass in osteoporosis in mice. EMBO Mol Med.

Pauk M, Saito H, Hesse E, Taipaleenmäki H. Muscle and Bone Defects in Metastatic Disease. Curr Osteoporos Rep.

Freytag V, Valentiner U, Lange T. Detection of Spontaneous Bone Metastases of Solid Human Tumor Xenografts in Mice. Methods Mol Biol.

Pantel K, Alix-Panabières C. Crucial roles of circulating tumor cells in the metastatic cascade and tumor immune escape: biology and clinical translation. J Immunother Cancer.

Sailer V, von Amsberg G, Duensing S, Kirfel J, Lieb V, Metzger E, Offermann A, Pantel K, Schuele R, Taubert H, Wach S, Perner S, Werner S, Aigner A. Experimental in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models in prostate cancer research. Nat Rev Urol.

Pereira-Veiga T, Schneegans S, Pantel K, Wikman H. Circulating tumor cell-blood cell crosstalk: Biology and clinical relevance. Cell Rep.

Besler K, Węglarz A, Keller L, von Amsberg G, Bednarz-Knoll N, Offermann A, Stoupiec S, Eltze E, Semjonow A, Boettcher L, Schneegans S, Perner S, Hauch S, Todenhöfer T, Peine S, Pantel K, Wikman H, Werner S. Expression Patterns and Corepressor Function of Retinoic Acid-induced 2 in Prostate Cancer. Clin Chem.

Merkens L, Sailer V, Lessel D, Janzen E, Greimeier S, Kirfel J, Perner S, Pantel K, Werner S, von Amsberg G. Aggressive variants of prostate cancer: underlying mechanisms of neuroendocrine transdifferentiation. J Exp Clin Cancer Res.

Saraji A, Duan K, Watermann C, Hempel K, Roesch MC, Krupar R, Stegmann-Frehse J, Jonigk D, Kuehnel MP, Klapper W, Merseburger AS, Kirfel J, Perner S, Offermann A, Sailer V. The Gene Expression Landscape of Prostate Cancer BM Reveals Close Interaction with the Bone Microenvironment. Int J Mol Sci.

Becker F, Offermann A, Roesch MC, Joerg V, Roth D, Lubczyk V, Kuefer R, Sailer V, Kirfel J, Merseburger AS, Perner S. Up-regulation of POM121 is linked to prostate cancer aggressiveness and serves as a prognostic biomarker. Urol Oncol.

Geurtzen K, López-Delgado AC, Duseja A, Kurzyukova A, Knopf F. Laser-mediated osteoblast ablation triggers a pro-osteogenic inflammatory response regulated by reactive oxygen species and glucocorticoid signaling in zebrafish. Development.

Li Y, Cao S, Gaculenko A, Zhan Y, Bozec A, Chen X. Distinct Metabolism of Bone Marrow Adipocytes and their Role in Bone Metastasis. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne).

Gregoric G, Gaculenko A, Nagel L, Popp V, Maschauer S, Prante O, Saake M, Schett G, Uder M, Ellmann S, Bozec A, Bäuerle T. Non-Invasive Characterization of Experimental Bone Metastasis in Obesity Using Multiparametric MRI and PET/CT. Cancers (Basel).

2021

Rachner TD, Coleman R, Hadji P, Hofbauer LC. Individualized Bone-Protective Management in Long-Term Cancer Survivors With Bone Metastases. J Bone Miner Res.

Gaculenko A, Gregoric G, Popp V, Seyler L, Ringer M, Kachler K, Wu Z, Kisel W, Hofbauer C, Hofbauer LC, Uder M, Schett G, Bäuerle T, Bozec A. Systemic PPARγ Antagonism Reduces Metastatic Tumor Progression in Adipocyte-Rich Bone in Excess Weight Male Rodents. J Bone Miner Res.

Hemmatian H, Conrad S, Furesi G, Mletzko K, Krug J, Faila AV, Kuhlmann JD, Rauner M, Busse B, Jähn-Rickert K. Reorganization of the osteocyte lacuno-canalicular network characteristics in tumor sites of an immunocompetent murinemodel of osteotropic cancers. Bone.

Hofbauer LC, Bozec A, Rauner M, Jakob F, Perner S, Pantel K. Novel approaches to target the microenvironment of bone metastasis. Nat Rev Clin Oncol

Rauner M, Murray M, Thiele S, Watts D, Neumann D, Gabet Y, Hofbauer LC, Wielockx B. Epo/EpoR signaling in osteoprogenitor cells is essential for bone homeostasis and Epo-induced bone loss. Bone Res

Göbel A, Dell’Endice S, Jaschke N, Pählig S, Shahid A, Hofbauer LC, Rachner TD. The Role of Inflammation in Breast and Prostate Cancer Metastasis to Bone. Int J Mol Sci.

Furesi G, Rauner M, Hofbauer LC.   Emerging Players in Prostate Cancer-Bone Niche Communication. Trends Cancer.

Rachner TD, Kasimir-Bauer S, Goebel A, Erdmann K, Hoffmann O, Rauner M, Hofbauer LC, Kimmig R, Bittner AK. Soluble Neuropilin-1 is an independent marker of poor prognosis in early breast cancer. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol.

Kisel W, Conrad S, Borkowetz A, Furesi G, Füssel S, Sommer U, Rauner M, Thomas C, Baretton GB, Schaser KD, Hofbauer C, Hofbauer LC. High stroma-derived WNT5A is an indicator for low-risk prostate cancer. FEBS Open Bio

Polavaram NS, Dutta S, Islam R, Bag AK, Roy S, Poitz D, Karnes J, Hofbauer LC, Kohli M, Costello BA, Jimenez R, Batra SK, Teply BA, Muders MH, Datta K. Tumor- and osteoclast-derived NRP2 in prostate cancer bone metastases. Bone Res

Klusa D, Lohaus F, Furesi G, Rauner M, Benešová M, Krause M, Kurth I, Peitzsch C. Metastatic Spread in Prostate Cancer Patients Influencing Radiotherapy Response. Front Oncol.

Dietrich K, Fiedler I, Kurzyukova A, López-Delgado AC, McGowan L, Geurtzen K, Hammond C, Busse B, Knopf F. Skeletal biology and disease modeling in zebrafish .  J Bone Miner Res 

2020

Haider MT , Saito H, Zarrer J, Uzhunnumpuram K, Nagarajan S, Kari V, Horn-Glander M, Werner S, Hesse E , Taipaleenmäki H. Breast cancer bone metastases are attenuated in a Tgif1-deficient bone microenvironment. Breast Cancer Research

Haider MT, Taipaleenmäki H. The endosteal niche in breast cancer bone metastasis. Frontiers in Oncology

Zarrer J, Haider MT, Smit DJ, Taipaleenmäki H. Pathological Crosstalk between Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells and the Bone Microenvironment

Münsterberg J & Loreth D, Brylka L, Werner S, Gandrass JKM, Schneegans S, Besler K, Ramon J, Arteta R, Bauer A, Wrage M, Lamszus K, Matschke J, Vashist Y, Uzunoglu G, Steurer S, Horst AK, Olivera-Ferrer L, Glatzel M, Schinke T, Corbeil D, Pantel K, Maire C, Wikman H. ALCAM promotes brain metastasis in non-small-cell lung cancer through interaction with the vascular endothelium. Neuro-Oncology

Labitzky V, Baranowsky A, Maar H, Hanika S,  Starzonek S, Ahlers A, Stübke K, Koziolek E, Heine M, Schäfer P, Windhorst S,  Riecken K, Amling M, Schinke T, Schumacher U, Valentiner U, Lange T. Modeling Spontaneous Bone Metastasis Formation of Solid Human Tumor Xenografts in Mice. Cancers (Basel)

2019

Puppo M, Taipaleenmäki H, Hesse E, Clézardin P. Non-coding RNAs in bone remodelling and bone metastasis: Mechanisms of action and translational relevance. Br J Pharmacol. 

Hesse E, Schröder S, Brandt D, Pamperin J, Saito H, Taipaleenmäki H. Sclerostin inhibition alleviates breast cancer-induced bone metastases and muscle weakness. JCI Insight

Hesse E, Taipaleenmäki H. MicroRNAs in Bone Metastasis. Curr Osteoporos

Saito H, Gasser A, Bolamperti S, Maeda M, Matthies L, Jähn K, Long CL, Schlüter H, Kwiatkowski M, Saini V, Pajevic PD, Bellido T, van Wijnen AJ, Mohammad KS, Guise TA, Taipaleenmäki H, Hesse E. TG-interacting factor 1 (Tgif1)-deficiency attenuates bone remodeling and blunts the anabolic response to parathyroid hormone. Nat Commun

Puca L, Gavyert K, Sailer V.  Delta-like protein 3 expression and therapeutic targeting in neuroendocrine prostate cancer. Sci Transl Med.

Sailer V, Eng KW et al. Integrative Molecular Analysis of Patients With Advanced and Metastatic Cancer. JCO Precis Oncol. 

Göbel A, Breining D, Rauner M, Hofbauer LC, Rachner TD. Induction of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase mediates statin resistance in breast cancer cells. Cell Death Dis.

Borkowetz A, Froehner M, Rauner M, Conrad S, Erdmann K, Mayr T, Datta K, Hofbauer LC, Baretton GB, Wirth M, Fuessel S, Toma M, Muders MH. Neuropilin‐2 is an independent prognostic factor for shorter cancer‐specific survival in patients with acinar adenocarcinoma of the prostate. International Journal of Cancer

Offermann A, Roth D, Hupe MC, Hohensteiner S, Becker F, Joerg V, Carlsson J, Kuempers C, Ribbat-Idel J, Tharun L, Sailer V, Kirfel J, Svensson M, Andren O, Lubczyk V, Kuefer R, Merseburger AS, Perner S.   TRIM24 as an independent prognostic biomarker for prostate cancer. Urologic Oncology

Digomann D, Linge A, Dubrovska A. SLC3A2/CD98hc, autophagy and tumor radioresistance: a link confirmed. Autophagy

Schulz A, Meyer F, Dubrovska A, Borgmann K. Cancer Stem Cells and radioresistance: DNA Repair and Beyond. Cancers (Basel)

Gorodetska I, Kozeretska I, Dubrovska A. BRCA Genes: The Role in Genome Stability, Cancer Stemness and Therapy Resistance. J Cancer

Gorodetska I, Lukiyanchuk V, Peitzsch C, Kozeretska I, Dubrovska A. BRCA1 and EZH2 cooperate in regulation of prostate cancer stem cell phenotype. Int J Cancer

Peitzsch C, Kurth I, Ebert N, Dubrovska A, Baumann M. Cancer stem cells in radiation response: current views and future perspectives in radiation oncology. Int J Radiat Biol

Digomann D, Kurth I, Tyutyunnykova A, Chen O, Löck S, Gorodetska I, Peitzsch C, Skvortsova II, Negro G, Aschenbrenner B, Eisenhofer G, Richter S, Heiden S, Porrmann J, Klink B, Schwager C, Dowle AA, Hein L, Kunz-Schughart LA, Abdollahi, A, Lohaus F, Krause M, Baumann M, Linge A, Dubrovska A. The CD98 Heavy Chain Is a Marker and Regulator of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Radiosensitivity. Clin Cancer Res

Peitzsch C, Nathansen J, Schniewind SI, Schwarz F, Dubrovska A. Cancer Stem Cells in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Identification, Characterization and Clinical Implications. Cancers (Basel)

Hannemann N, Cao S, Eriksson D, Schnelzer A, Jordan J, Eberhardt M, Schleicher U, Rech J, Ramming A, Uebe S, Ekici A, Cañete JD, Chen X, Bäuerle T, Vera J, Bogdan C, Schett G, Bozec A. Transcription factor Fra-1 targets arginase-1 to enhance macrophage-mediated inflammation in arthritis. J Clin Invest

Ellmann S, Seyler L, Evers J, Heinen H, Bozec A, Prante O, Kuwert T, Uder M, Bäuerle T. Prediction of early metastatic disease in experimental breast cancer bone metastasis by combining PET/CT and MRI parameters to a Model-Averaged Neural Network. Bone

Steffen U, Schett G, Bozec A. How Autoantibodies Regulate Osteoclast Induced Bone Loss in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Front Immunol

Göbel A, Kuhlmann JD, Link T, Wimberger P, Link-Rachner C, Thiele S, Dell’Endice S, Furesi G, Breining D, Rauner M, Hofbauer LC, Rachner TD. Plasma levels of Semaphorin 4D are decreased by adjuvant tamoxifen but not aromatase inhibitor therapy in breast cancer patients. J Bone Oncol

Durst FC, Grujovic A, Ganser I, Hoffmann M, Ugocsai P, Klein CA, Czyż ZT. Targeted transcript quantification in single disseminated cancer cells after whole transcriptome amplification. PLoS One

Puppo M, Taipaleenmäki H, Hesse E, Clézardin P. Non-coding RNAs in Bone Remodelling and Bone Metastasis: Mechanisms of Action and Translational Relevance. Br J Pharmacol

Hesse E, Taipaleenmäki H. MicroRNAs in Bone Metastasis. Curr Osteoporos Rep

Saito H, Gasser A, Bolamperti S, Maeda M, Matthies L, Jähn K, Long CL, Schlüter H, Kwiatkowski M, Saini V, Pajevic PD, Bellido T, van Wijnen AJ, Mohammad KS, Guise TA, Taipaleenmäki H, Hesse E. TG-interacting factor 1 (Tgif1)-deficiency attenuates bone remodeling and blunts the anabolic response to parathyroid hormone. Nat Commun

Keller L, Werner S, Pantel K. Biology and clinical relevance of EpCAM. Cell Stress

Werner S, Keller L, Pantel K. Epithelial keratins: Biology and implications as diagnostic markers for liquid biopsies. Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Keller L, Pantel K. Unravelling tumour heterogeneity by single-cell profiling of circulating tumour cells. Nat Rev Cancer

Münsterberg J & Loreth D, Brylka L, Werner S, Karbanova J, Gandrass M, Schneegans S, Besler K, Robador Arteta JR, Bauer A, Wrage M, Lamszus K, Matschke J, Vashist Y, Uzunoglu G, Steurer S, Horst AK, Olivera-Ferrer L, Glatzel M, Schinke T, Corbeil D, Pantel K, Maire C, Wikman H. Upregulation of ALCAM is a marker for non-small-cell lung cancer brain metastases. Neuro-Oncology

Pantel K, Alix-Panabieres C. Liquid biopsy and minimal residual disease – latest advances and implications for cure. Nat Rev Clin Oncol

Offermann A, Roth D, Hupe MC, Hohensteiner S, Becker F, Joerg V, Carlsson J, Kuempers C, Ribbat-Idel J, Tharun L, Sailer V, Kirfel J, Svensson M, Andren O, Lubczyk V, Kuefer R, Merseburger AS, Perner S. TRIM24 as an independent prognostic biomarker for prostate cancer. Urol Oncol

2018

Engelmann J, Ben Batalla I, Taipaleenmäki H, Riecken K, Gensch V, Paesler S, Berenbrok N, Vargas ME, Waizenegger J, Fehse B, Pantel K, Darwish IS, Bhamidipati S, Masuda E, Bokemeyer C, Hesse E, Loges S. Blockade of Mer by the small molecule inhibitor R992 inhibits multiple myeloma and its associated bone disease by restoring the perturbed bone homeostasis. Blood

Haider MT, Taipaleenmäki H. Targeting the Metastatic Bone Microenvironment by MicroRNAs. Front Endocrinol