Publications

Here, you will find publications that were supported by the Stem Cell Unit.

2022
    • Seibertz F, Rapedius M, Fakuade FE, Tomsits P, Liutkute A, Cyganek L, Becker N, Majumder R, Clauß S, Fertig N, Voigt N. A modern automated patch-clamp approach for high throughput electrophysiology recordings in native cardiomyocytes. Commun Biol. 2022; 5(1):969. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03871-2
    • Lyra-Leite DM, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez Ó, Wang M, Zhou Y, Cyganek L, Burridge PW. A review of protocols for human iPSC culture, cardiac differentiation, subtype-specification, maturation, and direct reprogramming. STAR Protoc. 2022; 3(3):101560. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101560
    • Fan X, Cyganek L, Nitschke K, Uhlig S, Nuhn P, Bieback K, Duerschmied D, El-Battrawy I, Zhou X, Akin I. Functional Characterization of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Endothelial Cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2022; 23(15):8507. doi: 10.3390/ijms23158507
    • Zhong R, Schimanski T, Zhang F, Lan H, Hohn A, Xu Q, Huang M, Liao Z, Qiao L, Yang Z, Li Y, Zhao Z, Li X, Rose L, Albers S, Maywald L, Müller J, Dinkel H, Saguner A, Janssen JWG, Swamy N, Xi Y, Lang S, Kleinsorge M, Duru F, Zhou X, Diecke S, Cyganek L, Akin I, El-Battrawy I. A Preclinical Study on Brugada Syndrome with a CACNB2 Variant Using Human Cardiomyocytes from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2022; 23(15):8313. doi: 10.3390/ijms23158313
    • Zhong R, Zhang F, Yang Z, Li Y, Xu Q, Lan H, Cyganek L, El-Battrawy I, Zhou X, Akin I, Borggrefe M. Epigenetic mechanism of L-type calcium channel β-subunit downregulation in short QT human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes with CACNB2 mutation. Europace. 2022; euac091. doi: 10.1093/europace/euac091
    • Jakobi T, Groß J, Cyganek L, Doroudgar S. Transcriptional Effects of Candidate COVID-19 Treatments on Cardiac Myocytes. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022; 9:844441. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.844441
    • Xu Q, Huang X, Meng Z, Li Y, Zhong R, Li X, Cyganek L, El-Battrawy I, Akin I, Zhou X, Lan H. Antiarrhythmic Effects of Vernakalant in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes from a Patient with Short QT Syndrome Type 1. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2022; 9(4):112. doi: 10.3390/jcdd9040112
    • Kontaridis MI, Roberts AE, Schill L, Schoyer L, Stronach B, Andelfinger G, Aoki Y, Axelrad ME, Bakker A, Bennett AM, Broniscer A, Castel P, Chang CA, Cyganek L, Das TK, den Hertog J, Galperin E, Garg S, Gelb BD, Gordon K, Green T, Gripp KW, Itkin M, Kiuru M, Korf BR, Livingstone JR, López-Juárez A, Magoulas PL, Mansour S, Milner T, Parker E, Pierpont EI, Plouffe K, Rauen KA, Shankar SP, Smith SB, Stevenson DA, Tartaglia M, Van R, Wagner ME, Ware SM, Zenker M. The seventh international RASopathies symposium: Pathways to a cure-expanding knowledge, enhancing research, and therapeutic discovery. Am J Med Genet A. 2022; 188(6):1915-1927. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62716
    • Zhong R, Zhang F, Yang Z, Li Y, Xu Q, Lan H, Lang S, Cyganek L, Burgermeister E, El-Battrawy I, Zhou X, Akin I, Borggrefe M. Regulation of Ion Channel Function in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes by Cancer Cell Secretion Through DNA Methylation. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022; 9:839104. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.839104
    • Li W, Luo X, Poetsch MS, Oertel R, Nichani K, Schneider M, Strano A, Hasse M, Steiner RP, Cyganek L, Hettwer K, Uhlig S, Simon K, Guan K, Schubert M. Synergistic Adverse Effects of Azithromycin and Hydroxychloroquine on Human Cardiomyocytes at a Clinically Relevant Treatment Duration. Pharmaceuticals. 2022; 15(2):220. doi: 10.3390/ph15020220
    • Huang M, Yang Z, Li Y, Lan H, Cyganek L, Yuecel G, Lang S, Bieback K, El-Battrawy I, Zhou X, Borggrefe M, Akin I. Dopamine D1/D5 Receptor Signaling Is Involved in Arrhythmogenesis in the Setting of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022; 8:777463. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.777463
    • Gönenc II, Wolff A, Schmidt J, Zibat A, Müller C, Cyganek L, Argyriou L, Räschle M, Yigit G, Wollnik B. Single-cell transcription profiles in Bloom syndrome patients link BLM deficiency with altered condensin complex expression signatures. Hum Mol Genet. 2022; 31(13):2185-2193. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab373
    • Pavez-Giani MG, Cyganek L. Recent Advances in Modeling Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy Using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2022; 9:800529. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.800529
    • Lutter G, Puehler T, Cyganek L, Seiler J, Rogler A, Herberth T, Knueppel P, Gorb SN, Sathananthan J, Sellers S, Müller OJ, Frank D, Haben I. Biodegradable Poly-ε-Caprolactone Scaffolds with ECFCs and iMSCs for Tissue-Engineered Heart Valves. Int J Mol Sci. 2022; 23(1):527. doi: 10.3390/ijms23010527
2021
    • El-Battrawy I, Lan H, Cyganek L, Maywald L, Zhong R, Zhang F, Xu Q, Lee J, Duperrex E, Hierlemann A, Saguner AM, Duru F, Kovacs B, Huang M, Liao Z, Albers S, Müller J, Dinkel H, Rose L, Hohn A, Yang Z, Qiao L, Li Y, Lang S, Kleinsorge M, Mügge A, Aweimer A, Fan X, Diecke S, Akin I, Li G, Zhou X. Deciphering the pathogenic role of a variant with uncertain significance for short QT and Brugada syndromes using gene-edited human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes and preclinical drug screening. Clin Transl Med. 2021; 11(12):e646. doi: 10.1002/ctm2.646
    • Barbarics B, Eildermann K, Kaderali L, Cyganek L, Plessmann U, Bodemeyer J, Paul T, Ströbel P, Urlaub H, Tirilomis T, Lenz C, Bohnenberger H. Proteomic mapping of atrial and ventricular heart tissue in patients with aortic valve stenosis. Sci Rep. 2021; 11(1):24389. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03907-3
    • Fomin A, Gärtner A, Cyganek L, Tiburcy M, Tuleta I, Wellers L, Folsche L, Hobbach AJ, von Frieling-Salewsky M, Unger A, Hucke A, Koser F, Kassner A, Sielemann K, Streckfuß-Bömeke K, Hasenfuss G, Goedel A, Laugwitz KL, Moretti A, Gummert JF, Dos Remedios CG, Reinecke H, Knöll R, van Heesch S, Hubner N, Zimmermann WH, Milting H, Linke WA. Truncated titin proteins and titin haploinsufficiency are targets for functional recovery in human cardiomyopathy due to TTN mutations. Sci Transl Med. 2021; 13(618):eabd3079. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abd3079
    • Kusch H, Kossen R, Suhr M, Freckmann L, Weber L, Henke C, Lehmann C, Rheinländer S, Aschenbrandt G, Kühlborn LK, Marzec B, Menzel J, Schwappach B, Zelarayán LC, Cyganek L, Antonios G, Kohl T, Lehnart SE, Zoremba M, Sax U, Nussbeck SY. Management of Metadata Types in Basic Cardiological Research. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021; 283:59-68. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210542
    • Schoger E, Zimmermann WH, Cyganek L, Zelarayán LC. Establishment of a second generation homozygous CRISPRa human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) line for enhanced levels of endogenous gene activation. Stem Cell Res. 2021; 56:102518. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2021.102518
    • Schoger E, Zimmermann WH, Cyganek L, Zelarayán LC. Establishment of two homozygous CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) knock-in human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) lines for titratable endogenous gene repression. Stem Cell Res. 2021; 55:102473. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2021.102473
    • Sattler K, El-Battrawy I, Cyganek L, Lang S, Lan H, Li X, Zhao Z, Utikal J, Wieland T, Borggrefe M, Zhou X, Akin I. TRPV1 activation and internalization is part of the LPS-induced inflammation in human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. Sci Rep. 2021; 11(1):14689. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-93958-3
    • Huang M, Liao Z, Li X, Yang Z, Fan X, Li Y, Zhao Z, Lang S, Cyganek L, Zhou X, Akin I, Borggrefe M, El-Battrawy I. Effects of Antiarrhythmic Drugs on hERG Gating in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes From a Patient With Short QT Syndrome Type 1. Front Pharmacol. 2021; 12:675003. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.675003
    • Rössler U, Hennig AF, Stelzer N, Bose S, Kopp J, Søe K, Cyganek L, Zifarelli G, Ali S, von der Hagen M, Strässler E, Hahn G, Pusch M, Stauber T, Izsvák Z, Gossen M, Stachelscheid H, Kornak U. Efficient generation of osteoclasts from human induced pluripotent stem cells and functional investigations of lethal CLCN7-related osteopetrosis. J Bone Miner Res. 2021; ahead of print. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4322
    • Huang M, Fan X, Yang Z, Cyganek L, Li X, Yuecel G, Lan H, Li Y, Wendel A, Lang S, Bieback K, El-Battrawy I, Zhou X, Akin I, Borggrefe M. Alpha 1-adrenoceptor signalling contributes to toxic effects of catecholamine on electrical properties in cardiomyocytes. Europace. 2021; 23(7):1137-1148. doi: 10.1093/europace/euab008
    • Yousefi R, Fornasiero EF, Cyganek L, Montoya J, Jakobs S, Rizzoli SO, Rehling P, Pacheu-Grau D. Monitoring mitochondrial translation in living cells. EMBO Rep. 2021; e51635. doi: 10.15252/embr.202051635
    • Peper J, Kownatzki-Danger D, Weninger G, Seibertz F, Pronto JR, Sutanto H, Pacheu Grau D, Hindmarsh R, Brandenburg S, Kohl T, Hasenfuβ G, Gotthardt M, Rog-Zielinska EA, Wollnik B, Rehling P, Urlaub H, Wegener JW, Heijman J, Voigt N, Cyganek L, Lenz C, Lehnart SE. Caveolin3 Stabilizes McT1-Mediated Lactate/Proton Transport in Cardiomyocytes. Circ Res. 2021; 128(6):e102-e120. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.119.316547
2020
    • Li W, Stauske M, Luo X, Wagner S, Vollrath M, Mehnert CS, Schubert M, Cyganek L, Chen S, Hasheminasab SM, Wulf G, El-Armouche A, Maier LS, Hasenfuss G, Guan K. Disease Phenotypes and Mechanisms of iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes From Brugada Syndrome Patients With a Loss-of-Function SCN5A Mutation. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020; 8:592893. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.592893
    • Lan H, Xu Q, El-Battrawy I, Zhong R, Li X, Lang S, Cyganek L, Borggrefe M, Zhou X, Akin I. Ionic Mechanisms of Disopyramide Prolonging Action Potential Duration in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes From a Patient With Short QT Syndrome Type 1. Front Pharmacol. 2020; 11:554422. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.554422
    • Schoger E, Argyriou L, Zimmermann WH, Cyganek L, Zelarayán LC. Generation of homozygous CRISPRa human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) lines for sustained endogenous gene activation. Stem Cell Res. 2020; 48:101944. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2020.101944
    • Luo X, Li W, Künzel K, Henze S, Cyganek L, Strano A, Poetsch MS, Schubert M, Guan K. IP3R-Mediated Compensatory Mechanism for Calcium Handling in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes With Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor Deficiency. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020; 8. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00772
    • Hanses U, Kleinsorge M, Roos L, Yigit G, Li Y, Barbarics B, El-Battrawy I, Lan H, Tiburcy M, Hindmarsh R, Lenz C, Salinas G, Diecke S, Müller C, Adham I, Altmüller J, Nürnberg P, Paul T, Zimmermann WH, Hasenfuss G, Wollnik B, Cyganek L. Intronic CRISPR Repair in a Preclinical Model of Noonan Syndrome-Associated Cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2020. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.044794
    • Grunert M, Appelt S, Schönhals S, Mika K, Cui H, Cooper A, Cyganek L, Guan K, Sperling SR. Induced pluripotent stem cells of patients with Tetralogy of Fallot reveal transcriptional alterations in cardiomyocyte differentiation. Sci Rep. 2020; 10(1):10921. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67872-z
    • Ganapathi M, Argyriou L, Martínez-Azorín F, Morlot S, Yigit G, Lee TM, Auber B, von Gise A, Petrey DS, Thiele H, Cyganek L, Sabater-Molina M, Ahimaz P, Cabezas-Herrera J, Sorlí-García M, Zibat A, Siegelin MD, Burfeind P, Buchovecky CM, Hasenfuss G, Honig B, Li Y, Iglesias AD, Wollnik B. Bi-allelic missense disease-causing variants in RPL3L associate neonatal dilated cardiomyopathy with muscle-specific ribosome biogenesis. Hum Genet. 2020. doi: 10.1007/s00439-020-02188-6
    • Tiburcy M, Meyer T, Liaw NY, Zimmermann WH. Generation of Engineered Human Myocardium in a Multi-well Format. STAR Protocols. 2020; 100032. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100032 > Download now
    • Kleinsorge M, Cyganek L. Subtype-Directed Differentiation of Human iPSCs into Atrial and Ventricular Cardiomyocytes. STAR Protocols. 2020; 100026. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100026   > Download now
    • Beuthner BEC, Topci R, Derks M, Franke T, Seelke S, Puls M, Schuster A, Toischer K, Valentova M, Cyganek L, Zeisberg EM, Jacobshagen C, Hasenfuss G, Nussbeck SY. Interdisciplinary Research on Aortic Valve Stenosis: A Longitudinal Collection of Biospecimens and Clinical Data of Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Open J Bioresour. 2020; 7:3. doi: 10.5334/ojb.65
    • Khadjeh S, Hindmarsh V, Weber F, Cyganek L, Vidal RO, Torkieh S, Streckfuss-Bömeke K, Lbik D, Tiburcy M, Mohamed BA, Bonn S, Toischer K, Hasenfuss G. CRISPLD1: a novel conserved target in the transition to human heart failure. Basic Res Cardiol. 2020; 115(3):27. doi: 10.1007/s00395-020-0784-4
    • Buljubasic F, El-Battrawy I, Lan H, Lomada SK, Chatterjee A, Zhao Z, Li X, Zhong R, Xu Q, Huang M, Liao Z, Lang S, Cyganek L, Zhou X, Wieland T, Borggrefe M, Akin I. Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase B Contributes to Arrhythmogenesis in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes from a Patient with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. J Clin Med. 2020; 9(2). doi: 10.3390/jcm9020486
2019
    • El-Battrawy I, Müller J, Zhao Z, Cyganek L, Zhong R, Zhang F, Kleinsorge M, Lan H, Li X, Xu Q, Huang M, Liao Z, Moscu-Gregor A, Albers S, Dinkel H, Lang S, Diecke S, Zimmermann WH, Utikal J, Wieland T, Borggrefe M, Zhou X, Akin I. Studying Brugada Syndrome With an SCN1B Variants in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2019; 7:261. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2019.00261
    • El-Battrawy I, Albers S, Cyganek L, Zhao Z, Lan H, Li X, Xu Q, Kleinsorge M, Huang M, Liao Z, Zhong R, Rudic B, Müller J, Dinkel H, Lang S, Diecke S, Zimmermann WH, Utikal J, Wieland T, Borggrefe M, Zhou X, Akin I. A cellular model of Brugada syndrome with SCN10A variants using human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Europace. 2019; 21(9):1410-1421. doi: 10.1093/europace/euz122
    • Sattler K, El-Battrawy I, Zhao Z, Schrottenberg C, Yücel G, Lan H, Li X, Lang S, Zimmermann WH, Cyganek L, Utikal J, Wieland T, Ravens U, Bieback K, Borggrefe M, Zhou X, Akin I. Serum of patients with acute myocardial infarction prevents inflammation in iPSC-cardiomyocytes. Sci Rep. 2019; 9(1):5651. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42079-z
    • Zhao Z, Li X, El-Battrawy I, Lan H, Zhong R, Xu Q, Huang M, Liao Z, Lang S, Zimmermann WH, Cyganek L, Wieland T, Akin I, Zhou XB, Borggrefe M. Drug Testing in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes From a Patient With Short QT Syndrome Type 1. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2019; 106(3):642-651. doi: 10.1002/cpt.1449
2018
    • Chowdhury A, Aich A, Jain G, Wozny K, Lüchtenborg C, Hartmann M, Bernhard O, Balleiniger M, Alfar EA, Zieseniss A, Toischer K, Guan K, Rizzoli SO, Brügger B, Fischer A, Katschinski DM, Rehling P, Dudek J. Defective Mitochondrial Cardiolipin Remodeling Dampens HIF-1α Expression in Hypoxia. Cell Rep. 2018; 25(3):561-570.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.09.057
    • Cyganek L, Tiburcy M, Sekeres K, Gerstenberg K, Bohnenberger H, Lenz C, Henze S, Stauske M, Salinas G, Zimmermann WH, Hasenfuss G, Guan K. Deep phenotyping of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived atrial and ventricular cardiomyocytes. JCI Insight. 2018; 3(12). pii: 99941. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.99941
    • El-Battrawy I, Lan H, Cyganek L, Zhao Z, Li X, Buljubasic F, Lang S, Yücel G, Sattler K, Zimmermann WH, Utikal J, Wieland T, Ravens U, Borggrefe M, Zhou XB, Akin I. Modeling Short QT Syndrome Using Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018; 7(7). pii: e007394. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007394
    • El-Battrawy I, Zhao Z, Lan H, Cyganek L, Tombers C, Li X, Buljubasic F, Lang S, Tiburcy M, Zimmermann WH, Utikal J, Wieland T, Borggrefe M, Zhou XB, Akin I. Electrical dysfunctions in human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes from a patient with an arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Europace. 2018. doi: 10.1093/europace/euy042
    • El-Battrawy I, Zhao Z, Lan H, Li X, Yücel G, Lang S, Sattler K, Schünemann JD, Zimmermann WH, Cyganek L, Utikal J, Wieland T, Bieback K, Bauer R, Ratte A, Pribe-Wolferts R, Rapti K, Nowak D, Wittig J, Thomas D, Most P, Katus HA, Ravens U, Schmidt C, Borggrefe M, Zhou XB, Müller OJ, Akin I. Ion Channel Dysfunctions in Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2018; 11(3):e001893. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.117.001893
    • Zhao Z, Lan H, El-Battrawy I, Li X, Buljubasic F, Sattler K, Yücel G, Lang S, Tiburcy M, Zimmermann WH, Cyganek L, Utikal J, Wieland T, Borggrefe M, Zhou XB, Akin I. Ion Channel Expression and Characterization in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Stem Cells Int. 2018; 2018:6067096. doi: 10.1155/2018/6067096
    • El-Battrawy I, Zhao Z, Lan H, Schünemann JD, Sattler K, Buljubasic F, Patocskai B, Li X, Yücel G, Lang S, Nowak D, Cyganek L, Bieback K, Utikal J, Zimmermann WH, Ravens U, Wieland T, Borggrefe M, Zhou XB, Akin I. Estradiol protection against toxic effects of catecholamine on electrical properties in human-induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes. Int J Cardiol. 2018; 254:195-202. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.11.007
2017
    • Castillo-Gómez E, Oliveira B, Tapken D, Bertrand S, Klein-Schmidt C, Pan H, Zafeiriou P, Steiner J, Jurek B, Trippe R, Prüss H, Zimmermann WH, Bertrand D, Ehrenreich H, Hollmann M. All naturally occurring autoantibodies against the NMDA receptor subunit NR1 have pathogenic potential irrespective of epitope and immunoglobulin class. Mol Psychiatry. 2017; 22(12):1776-1784. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.125
    • Borchert T, Hübscher D, Guessoum CI, Lam TD, Ghadri JR, Schellinger IN, Tiburcy M, Liaw NY, Li Y, Haas J, Sossalla S, Huber MA, Cyganek L, Jacobshagen C, Dressel R, Raaz U, Nikolaev VO, Guan K, Thiele H, Meder B, Wollnik B, Zimmermann WH, Lüscher TF, Hasenfuss G, Templin C, Streckfuss-Bömeke K. Catecholamine-Dependent β-Adrenergic Signaling in a Pluripotent Stem Cell Model of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017; 70(8):975-991. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.06.061
    • Tiburcy M, Hudson JE, Balfanz P, Schlick S, Meyer T, Chang Liao ML, Levent E, Raad F, Zeidler S, Wingender E, Riegler J, Wang M, Gold JD, Kehat I, Wettwer E, Ravens U, Dierickx P, van Laake LW, Goumans MJ, Khadjeh S, Toischer K, Hasenfuss G, Couture LA, Unger A, Linke WA, Araki T, Neel B, Keller G, Gepstein L, Wu JC, Zimmermann WH. Defined Engineered Human Myocardium With Advanced Maturation for Applications in Heart Failure Modeling and Repair. Circulation. 2017; 135(19):1832-1847. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.024145
    • Yücel G, Zhao Z, El-Battrawy I, Lan H, Lang S, Li X, Buljubasic F, Zimmermann WH, Cyganek L, Utikal J, Ravens U, Wieland T, Borggrefe M, Zhou XB, Akin I. Lipopolysaccharides induced inflammatory responses and electrophysiological dysfunctions in human-induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes. Sci Rep. 2017; 7(1):2935. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03147-4
    • Chowdhury SK, Liu W, Zi M, Li Y, Wang S, Tsui H, Prehar S, Castro S, Zhang H, Ji Y, Zhang X, Xiao R, Zhang R, Lei M, Cyganek L, Guan K, Millar CB, Liao X, Jain MK, Boyett MR, Cartwright EJ, Shiels HA, Wang X. Stress-Activated Kinase Mitogen-Activated Kinase Kinase-7 Governs Epigenetics of Cardiac Repolarization for Arrhythmia Prevention. Circulation. 2017; 135(7):683-699. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.022941
2016
    • Veerman CC, Mengarelli I, Guan K, Stauske M, Barc J, Tan HL, Wilde AA, Verkerk AO, Bezzina CR. hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes from Brugada Syndrome patients without identified mutations do not exhibit clear cellular electrophysiological abnormalities. Sci Rep. 2016; 6:30967. doi: 10.1038/srep30967
    • Dudek J, Cheng IF, Chowdhury A, Wozny K, Balleininger M, Reinhold R, Grunau S, Callegari S, Toischer K, Wanders RJ, Hasenfuß G, Brügger B, Guan K, Rehling P. Cardiac-specific succinate dehydrogenase deficiency in Barth syndrome. EMBO Mol Med. 2016; 8(2):139-54. doi: 10.15252/emmm.201505644
2015
    • Ott C, Martens H, Hassouna I, Oliveira B, Erck C, Zafeiriou MP, Peteri UK, Hesse D, Gerhart S, Altas B, Kolbow T, Stadler H, Kawabe H, Zimmermann WH, Nave KA, Schulz-Schaeffer W, Jahn O, Ehrenreich H. Widespread Expression of Erythropoietin Receptor in Brain and Its Induction by Injury. Mol Med. 2015; 21(1):803-815. doi: 10.2119/molmed.2015.00192
    • Streckfuss-Bömeke K, Cyganek L. Patientenspezifische iPS-Zellen und deren Anwendung in der Herzforschung. Biospektrum. 2015; 21(4):406-410. doi: 10.1007/s12268-015-0595-6
    • Kruse V, Hamann C, Monecke S, Cyganek L, Elsner L, Hübscher D, Walter L, Streckfuss-Bömeke K, Guan K, Dressel R. Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Are Targets for Allogeneic and Autologous Natural Killer (NK) Cells and Killing Is Partly Mediated by the Activating NK Receptor DNAM-1. PLoS One. 2015; 10(5):e0125544. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125544