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Basement membrane composition in the early mouse embryo day 7Nikolaus Gersdorff
Department of Prosthodontics, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
Dev Dyn 233:1140-8. 2005..In conclusion, laminin-1 might be the only laminin isoform in the early mouse embryo that, together with the other main BM components, nidogens, collagen type IV, and perlecan, is synthesized by all three germ layers...
The primary cilium as a dual sensor of mechanochemical signals in chondrocytesHayat Muhammad
Department of Prosthodontics, Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany
Cell Mol Life Sci 69:2101-7. 2012..In this review, we focus on the fundamental functional and structural features of primary cilia in chondrocytes and chondrogenic cells...
Integrin α2-deficient mice provide insights into specific functions of collagen receptors in the kidneyRainer Girgert
Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Georg August University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
Fibrogenesis Tissue Repair 3:19. 2010..The present study evaluates the role of integrin α2 (ITGA2) in cell-matrix interaction...
Basement membrane components are key players in specialized extracellular matricesJenny Kruegel
Tissue Regeneration Work Group, Department of Prosthodontics, Georg August University, Robert Koch Str 40, 37075, Gottingen, Germany
Cell Mol Life Sci 67:2879-95. 2010..Here, we briefly review the latest research on these unique sECM and their components with a special emphasis on embryonic and adult stem cells and their niches...
Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein is involved in human limb development and in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritisSebastian Koelling
Zentrum Anatomie, Abt, Histologie, Georg August Universitaet, Kreuzbergring 36, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
Arthritis Res Ther 8:R56. 2006....
The ultrastructural composition of basement membranes in vivoN Miosge
University of Goettingen, Department of Histology, Germany
Histol Histopathol 16:1239-48. 2001..Instead, one and the same molecule, e.g. endostatin, can be a basement membrane component in one organ and a matrix molecule in another...
Ultrastructural colocalization of nidogen-1 and nidogen-2 with laminin-1 in murine kidney basement membranesN Miosge
Zentrum Anatomie, Abteilung Histologie, Goettingen, Germany
Histochem Cell Biol 113:115-24. 2000..The results indicate that nidogen-1 and nidogen-2 could well substitute for one another in some of their biological activities in kidney, for example, stabilizing basement membrane networks in vivo...
Expression of collagen type I and type II in consecutive stages of human osteoarthritisNicolai Miosge
Zentrum Anatomie, Abt Histologie, Georg August Universitaet, Kreuzbergring 36, 37075, Goettingen, Germany
Histochem Cell Biol 122:229-36. 2004..This supports the conclusion that collagen type I gradually becomes one of the factors involved in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis...
The collagen type XVIII endostatin domain is co-localized with perlecan in basement membranes in vivoNicolai Miosge
Zentrum Anatomie, Abteilung Histologie, Gottingen, Germany
J Histochem Cytochem 51:285-96. 2003..At least in part, perlecan appears to be an adaptor molecule for the endostatin domain in basement membranes in vivo...
Organization of the myotendinous junction is dependent on the presence of alpha7beta1 integrinN Miosge
Zentrum Anatomie, Abteilung Histologie, Universitat Gottingen, Germany
Lab Invest 79:1591-9. 1999....
Ultrastructural triple localization of laminin-1, nidogen-1, and collagen type IV helps elucidate basement membrane structure in vivoN Miosge
Zentrum Anatomie, Abteilung Histologie, Goettingen, Germany
Anat Rec 254:382-8. 1999..This is also indicated by a changing structure even in individual segments of one basement membrane type which renders a more flexible basement membrane architecture plausible...
Evidence of nidogen-2 compensation for nidogen-1 deficiency in transgenic miceNicolai Miosge
Department of Histology, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, D 37075, Gottingen, Germany
Matrix Biol 21:611-21. 2002..The data support the nidogen-2 compensation hypothesis to explain the limited phenotype observed following elimination of the nidogen-1 gene...
Light and electron microscopic in-situ hybridization of collagen type I and type II mRNA in the fibrocartilaginous tissue of late-stage osteoarthritisN Miosge
Zentrum Anatomie, Abt Histologie, Georg August Universitaet, Goettingen, Germany
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 6:278-85. 1998..We have attempted to elucidate the type of cell which produces each type of collagen in late-stage osteoarthritis...
Ultrastructural localization of microfibrillar fibulin-1 and fibulin-2 during heart development indicates a switch in molecular associationsN Miosge
Abteilung Histologie, Universitat Gottingen, Germany
Cell Mol Life Sci 54:606-13. 1998....
Comparison of lectin binding patterns in malformed and normal human embryos and fetusesN Miosge
Department of Histology, University of Goettingen, Germany
Teratology 57:85-92. 1998..This might indicate a possible general alteration in the carbohydrate pattern in the course of development of malformations in man...
In situ-RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry for the localisation of the mRNA of the alpha 3 chain of laminin and laminin-5 during human organogenesisNicolai Miosge
Department of Histology, University of Gottingen, Kreuzbergring 36, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
Anat Embryol (Berl) 205:355-63. 2002..Due to this discrepancy, we postulate a broader role for laminin-5 during human embryogenesis, for example, for epithelial cell development, beyond its involvement in hemidesmosome formation and cell adhesion...
Extensive glycosylation changes revealed by lectin histochemistry in morphologically normal prenatal tissues of the mouse mutant undulated (un/un)F Quondamatteo
Department of Histology, University of Goettingen, D 37075 Goettingen, Federal Republic of Germany
Anat Rec 258:243-51. 2000..Our results show that a defect in a gene with a very restricted expression can cause universal changes in the glycosylation pattern during development...
The small proteoglycans decorin and biglycan in human articular cartilage of late-stage osteoarthritisH C Bock
Zentrum Anatomie, Abt. Histologie, Georg-August-Universitaet, Kreuzbergring 36, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 9:654-63. 2001....
Nidogen-1. Expression and ultrastructural localization during the onset of mesoderm formation in the early mouse embryoN Miosge
Zentrum Anatomie, Abteilung Histologie, Goettingen, Germany
J Histochem Cytochem 48:229-38. 2000..J Histochem Cytochem 48:229-237, 2000)..
The extracellular matrix proteins fibulin-1 and fibulin-2 in the early human embryoN Miosge
Abt Histologie, Universitat Gottingen, Germany
Histochem J 28:109-16. 1996..The early embryonic expression of both fibulins indicates specific roles during organ development and, in particular, involvements in the differentiation of heart, skeletal and neuronal structures...
Laminin gamma3 chain binds to nidogen and is located in murine basement membranesNikolaus Gersdorff
Department of Prosthodontics, University of Goettingen, D 37075 Goettingen, Germany
J Biol Chem 280:22146-53. 2005..Ultrastructural immunogold staining localized the gamma3 chain to basement membranes of these tissues...
Immunohistochemical localization of laminin, nidogen, and type IV collagen during the early development of human liverF Quondamatteo
Centre of Anatomy, Department of Histology, University of Gottingen, Germany
Histochem Cell Biol 111:39-47. 1999..The three glycoproteins occur together only in those areas of the developing liver in which, from the 9th GW onward, the differentiation of immature liver cells into biliary epithelium takes place...
The absence of one or both nidogens does not alter basement membrane composition in adult murine kidneyN Gersdorff
Department of Prosthodontics, Georg August University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
Histol Histopathol 22:1077-84. 2007..The results indicate that the lack of nidogen-1, nidogen-2, or both nidogens, plays no crucial role in the occurrence and localization of laminin-111, collagen type IV, and perlecan in murine tubular renal basement membranes...
Nidogen-1 and nidogen-2 are found in basement membranes during human embryonic developmentN Miosge
Zentrum Anatomie, Abteilung Histologie, Goettingen, Germany
Histochem J 33:523-30. 2001..These two proteins might well be able to fulfil identical functions during human organogenesis...
Perlecan in late stages of osteoarthritis of the human knee jointF Tesche
Zentrum Anatomie, Abteilung Histologie, Kreuzbergring 36, , Germany
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 12:852-62. 2004..This might be seen as an attempt on the part of the cartilage tissue to stabilize the extracellular matrix...
New aspects of the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis: the role of fibroblast-like chondrocytes in late stages of the diseaseF Tesche
Zentrum Anatomie, Abteilung Histologie, , Germany
Histol Histopathol 20:329-37. 2005....
Expression of the mouse histone gene H1t begins at premeiotic stages of spermatogenesisB Drabent
Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, Humboldtallee 23, D 37073 Gottingen, Germany
Cell Tissue Res 291:127-32. 1998..This indicates that the H1t gene is expressed at premeiotic stages, albeit at a low level. In contrast to H1t mRNA, the H1t protein has not been detected in spermatogonia by electron microscopy after immunogold staining...
Ultrastructural localization of integrin subunits alpha3 and alpha6 in capillarized sinusoids of the human cirrhotic liverF Quondamatteo
Department of Histology, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
Histol Histopathol 19:799-806. 2004..On stellate cells, which are major producers of BM components, both integrins alpha3beta1 and alpha6beta1 were also localized...
Collagen IX in weight-bearing areas of human articular cartilage in late stages of osteoarthritisSebastian Koelling
Department of Prosthodontics, Work Group Tissue Regeneration, Robert Koch Strasse 40, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 128:1453-9. 2008..To determine if the amounts of collagen IX mRNA and protein are higher in osteoarthritic cartilage from weight-bearing areas of the knee joint compared to non-weight bearing areas in patients with stage IV osteoarthritis (OA)...
Detection and distribution of the carbohydrate binding protein galectin-3 in human notochord, intervertebral disc and chordomaW Gotz
University of Goettingen, Department of Histology, Germany
Differentiation 62:149-57. 1997..Differences in staining patterns of chordoma cells could not, in general, be correlated to any histological features of these tumors...
Hematopoietic cells are a source of nidogen-1 and nidogen-2 during mouse liver developmentLaurice T Tomte
Department of Histology, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
J Histochem Cytochem 54:593-604. 2006..We suggest that nidogens may, to some extent, take part in the regulation of hepatic hematopoiesis...
Secreted modular calcium-binding protein-1 localization during mouse embryogenesisNikolaus Gersdorff
Department of Prosthodontics, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
Histochem Cell Biol 126:705-12. 2006..This broad and organ-specific distribution suggests multifunctional roles of SMOC-1 during mouse embryogenesis...
Collagen types XII and XIV are present in basement membrane zones during human embryonic developmentLaurice Thierry
Zentrum Anatomie, Abteilung Histologie, Kreuzbergring 36, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
J Mol Histol 35:803-10. 2004..We conclude that both collagens might well be able to serve different functions during human embryonic development although their structures are highly similar...
Expression of cadherin-8 in renal cell carcinoma and fetal kidneySabine Blaschke
Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Georg August University, Gottingen, Germany
Int J Cancer 101:327-34. 2002..These results suggest that alterations of type II cadherin expression may play a role in RCC development. In particular, cadherin-8 may be involved in both kidney morphogenesis as well as tumorigenesis in some types of RCC...
Cell biological and biomechanical evaluation of two different fixation techniques for rotator cuff repairH M Klinger
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany
Scand J Med Sci Sports 19:329-37. 2009..Therefore, the AAMA technique might also be more appropriate for arthroscopic repair...
Loss of collagen-receptor DDR1 delays renal fibrosis in hereditary type IV collagen diseaseOliver Gross
Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Medicine Goettingen Robert Koch Strasse 40, Goettingen, Germany
Matrix Biol 29:346-56. 2010..The blockade of collagen-receptor DDR1 might serve as an important new therapeutic concept in progressive fibrotic and inflammatory diseases in the future...
Cisplatin-induced apoptosis in human malignant testicular germ cell lines depends on MEK/ERK activationS Schweyer
Department of Pathology, University of Gottingen, Robert Koch Str 40, D 37075 Gottingen, Germany
Br J Cancer 91:589-98. 2004..Thus, our data suggest that CDDP mediates its p53-independent apoptosis-inducing effect on the malignant human testicular germ cells--at least partially--through activation of the MEK-ERK signalling pathway. July 2004..
Nidogen-1 and nidogen-2 in healthy human cartilage and in late-stage osteoarthritis cartilageJenny Kruegel
Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany
Arthritis Rheum 58:1422-32. 2008..To investigate the presence and function of nidogen-1 and nidogen-2 in healthy human cartilage and in late-stage osteoarthritis (OA) cartilage...
Coexpression of osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation markers in selected subpopulations of primary human mesenchymal progenitor cellsM L Ponce
Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, Georg August University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
J Cell Biochem 104:1342-55. 2008..Our results suggest that osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation in human mesenchymal progenitor cells might not be exclusively reciprocal, but rather, a parallel event until late during osteoblast development...
Sex differences of chondrogenic progenitor cells in late stages of osteoarthritisSebastian Koelling
Georg August University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
Arthritis Rheum 62:1077-87. 2010....
Mycophenolic acid predose concentrations and renal function in a mouse model for progressive renal fibrosisGunnar Brandhorst
Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
Ther Drug Monit 32:73-8. 2010..01, r = -0.655, Spearman rank correlation). In conclusion, MMF may be a candidate drug for preserving kidney function in progressive renal fibrosis...
Transgenic mice expressing D469Delta mutated cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) show growth plate abnormalities and sternal malformationsMarkus Schmitz
Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Joseph Stelzmann Str 52, D 50931 Cologne, Germany
Matrix Biol 27:67-85. 2008..Later in development, the growth plate was irregularly shaped and prematurely invaded by bony tissue. In addition, a fusion of the third and fourth sternebrae was frequently observed...
Gene structure and functional analysis of the mouse nidogen-2 gene: nidogen-2 is not essential for basement membrane formation in miceJurgen Schymeinsky
Department of Protein Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, D 82152 Martinsried, Germany
Mol Cell Biol 22:6820-30. 2002..Nidogen-2 deficiency does not lead to hemorrhages in mice as one may have expected. Our results show that nidogen-2 is not essential for basement membrane formation or maintenance...
Alpha11 beta1 integrin-dependent regulation of periodontal ligament function in the erupting mouse incisorSvetlana N Popova
Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, Bergen, Norway
Mol Cell Biol 27:4306-16. 2007..Our data show a unique role for alpha11beta1 integrin during tooth eruption...
Defective integrin switch and matrix composition at alpha 7-deficient myotendinous junctions precede the onset of muscular dystrophy in miceRalph Nawrotzki
Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
Hum Mol Genet 12:483-95. 2003..We propose that the persistence of alpha5beta1D in alpha7-deficient mice is not compatible with normal muscle function and leads to muscle wasting...
Characterization of SMOC-1, a novel modular calcium-binding protein in basement membranesChristian Vannahme
Institute for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Joseph Stelzmann Strasse 52, D 50931 Cologne, Germany
J Biol Chem 277:37977-86. 2002..Immunogold electron microscopy confirmed the localization of SMOC-1 within basement membranes in kidney and skeletal muscle as well as its expression in the zona pellucida surrounding the oocyte...
Discrete integration of collagen XVI into tissue-specific collagen fibrils or beaded microfibrilsAnja Kassner
Institut für Physiologische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Universitatsklinikum Munster, Waldeyerstrasse 15, 48129 Munster, Germany
Matrix Biol 22:131-43. 2003..This suprastructural versatility of a collagen is without precedent and highlights pivotal differences in the tissue-specific organization of matrix aggregate structures...
Specific ablation of the nidogen-binding site in the laminin gamma1 chain interferes with kidney and lung developmentMichael Willem
Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Protein Chemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
Development 129:2711-22. 2002..These data demonstrate that an interaction between two basement membrane proteins is required for early kidney morphogenesis in vivo...
Endostatin/collagen XVIII--an inhibitor of angiogenesis--is expressed in cartilage and fibrocartilageThomas Pufe
Department of Anatomy, Christian Albrechts University, Olshausenstrasse 40, D 24098 Kiel, Germany
Matrix Biol 23:267-76. 2004..We observed a strong endostatin/collagen XVIII production in articular and fibrocartilage and an inhibitory potency concerning the VEGF-signalling pathway...
Compound genetic ablation of nidogen 1 and 2 causes basement membrane defects and perinatal lethality in miceBernhard L Bader
Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, 50924 Cologne, Germany
Mol Cell Biol 25:6846-56. 2005..However, despite the ubiquitous presence of nidogens in basement membranes, defects do not occur in all tissues or in all basement membranes, suggesting a varying spectrum of roles for nidogens in the basement membrane...
Stem cell-coated titanium implants for the partial joint resurfacing of the kneeKarl Heinz Frosch
Department of Trauma Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Georg August University Goettingen, Robert Koch Strasse 40, D 37075 Goettingen, Germany
Biomaterials 27:2542-9. 2006..To improve our approach and optimize the experimental parameters, further investigations are needed prior to clinical application...
Abnormal collagen fibrils in cartilage of matrilin-1/matrilin-3-deficient miceClaudia Nicolae
Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
J Biol Chem 282:22163-75. 2007..Taken together, our results demonstrate that matrilin-1 and matrilin-3 modulate collagen fibrillogenesis in cartilage and provide evidence that biochemical compensation might exist between matrilins...
Matrilin-3 is dispensable for mouse skeletal growth and developmentYaping Ko
Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, D 50931 Cologne, Germany
Mol Cell Biol 24:1691-9. 2004..Altogether, our findings suggest functional redundancy among matrilins and demonstrate that the phenotypes of MED disorders are not caused by the absence of matrilin-3 in cartilage ECM...
Domain IV of mouse laminin beta1 and beta2 chainsTakako Sasaki
Max Planck Institut fur Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany
Eur J Biochem 269:431-42. 2002..Immunogold staining localized both beta chains primarily to basement membranes of kidney, muscle and various other tissues...
