@article{HaydnHufnagelGrimmetal.2014,
  author    = {Haydn, Johannes M. and Hufnagel, Anita and Grimm, Johannes and Maurus, Katja and Schartl, Manfred and Meierjohann, Svenja},
  title     = {The MAPK pathway as an apoptosis enhancer in melanoma},
  series = {Oncotarget},
  volume    = {5},
  journal   = {Oncotarget},
  number    = {13},
  issn      = {1949-2553},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-120649},
  pages     = {5040-53},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Inhibition of RAF/MEK/ERK signaling is beneficial for many patients with BRAFV600E-mutated melanoma. However, primary and secondary resistances restrict long-lasting therapy success. Combination therapies are therefore urgently needed. Here, we evaluate the cellular effect of combining a MEK inhibitor with a genotoxic apoptosis inducer. Strikingly, we observed that an activated MAPK pathway promotes in several melanoma cell lines the pro-apoptotic response to genotoxic stress, and MEK inhibition reduces intrinsic apoptosis. This goes along with MEK inhibitor induced increased RAS and P-AKT levels. The protective effect of the MEK inhibitor depends on PI3K signaling, which prevents the induction of pro-apoptotic PUMA that mediates apoptosis after DNA damage. We could show that the MEK inhibitor dependent feedback loop is enabled by several factors, including EGF receptor and members of the SPRED family. The simultaneous knockdown of SPRED1 and SPRED2 mimicked the effects of MEK inhibitor such as PUMA repression and protection from apoptosis. Our data demonstrate that MEK inhibition of BRAFV600E-positive melanoma cells can protect from genotoxic stress, thereby achieving the opposite of the intended anti-tumorigenic effect of the combination of MEK inhibitor with inducers of intrinsic apoptosis.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Hufnagel2007,
  author    = {Hufnagel, Katja},
  title     = {Bakterielle Adh{\"a}renz an Kryoschnitten humaner Darmbiopsien - Screening von Kohlehydraten auf antibakterielle Wirkung},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-25163},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, eine Reihe von 17 ausgew{\"a}hlten Kohlehydraten auf deren F{\"a}higkeit zu bewerten, die Adh{\"a}renz humanpathogener Enteritis-/Di{\"a}rrhoe-Erreger zu reduzieren oder g{\"a}nzlich zu verhindern. Gestestet wurde die Adh{\"a}renz an Kryoschnitten humaner Darmbiopsien. Hierbei wurde die bakterielle Adh{\"a}sion ohne Zusatz der Kohlehydrate bestimmt und als Vergleichswert gegen{\"u}ber dem Ansatz mit Zusatz der Kohlehydrate herangezogen. Dabei kamen St{\"a}mme folgender Spezies zum Einsatz: entero-aggregative E. coli, entero-h{\"a}morrhagische E. coli, entero-pathogene E. coli, entero-toxigene E. coli, Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium und Shigella flexneri. Als Positiv-Kontrolle wurde Citrobacter freundii verwendet.},
  subject      = {Kohlenhydrate},
  language  = {de}
}