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Hannover

Hannover, formerly residence of kings, is now the City of Trade Fairs and was the venue of the EXPO 2000. During the time of the Expo, the city welcomed some 20 million visitors from all over the world. The capital of Germany’s province Lower Saxony, Hannover is situated in the centre of Germany with easy train and flight connections, both domestic and abroad. The Deister and Harz mountains, both a short ride by car or train from Hannover, offer excellent opportunities for walking and climbing and a broad range of other tourist activities. The city of Hannover houses a University and a Medical School, both of which have gained international reputation. Despite its industrial background and size with some 500.000 inhabitants, Hannover has a remarkable range of gardens and parks, both within the city and in its vicinity. Historically, there are strong ties with Britain, owing to the union of the union of Hannover with the British crown in the 18th century. Accordingly, the Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen are the destination for many tourists each year.

Hannover Medical School
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine
Hannover Medical School
Hannover, Germany

 

Peer Reviewed Publications in International Journals (only English) 2000-2002

2003

1. Woywodt A, Streiber F, de Groot K, Regelsberger H, Haller H, Haubitz M. Circulating endothelial cells as markers for ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis. Lancet 2003; 361(9353): 206-10. PDF
2. Woywodt A, Schroeder M, Mengel M, Schwarz A, Gwinner W, Haller H, Haubitz M. Circulating endothelial cells are a novel marker of cyclosporine-induced endothelial damage. Hypertension 2003; published online ahead of print Jan 20 PDF

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2002
1. Brandt D, Gimona M, Hillmann M, Haller H, Mischak H. Protein kinase C induces actin reorganization via a Src- and Rho-dependent pathway. J Biol Chem. 2002 Mar 29
2. Dechend R, Muller D, Park JK, Fiebeler A, Haller H, Luft FC. Statins and angiotensin II-induced vascular injury. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2002 Mar;17(3):349-53.
3. Goerke A, Sakai N, Gutjahr E, Schlapkohl WA, Mushinski JF, Haller H, Kolch W, Saito N, Mischak H. Induction of apoptosis by Protein kinase C delta is independent of its kinase activity. J Biol Chem. 2002 Jun 7
4. Kettritz R, Scheumann J, Xu YX, Luft FC, Haller H. TNF-alpha-accelerated apoptosis abrogates ANCA-mediated neutrophil respiratory burst by a caspase-dependent mechanism. Kidney Int 2002;61:502-515.
5. Kielstein JT, Boger RH, Bode-Boger SM, Frolich JC, Haller H, Ritz E, Fliser D. Marked increase of asymmetric dimethylarginine in patients with incipient primary chronic renal disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002;13:170-176.
6. Krasagakis K, Fimmel S, Genten D, Eberle J, Quas P, Ziegler W, Haller H, Orfanos CE. Lack of protein kinase C (PKC)-beta and low PKC-alpha, -delta, -epsilon, and -zeta isozyme levels in proliferating human melanoma cells. Int J Oncol. 2002 Apr;20(4):865-71.
7. Kusch A, Tkachuk S, Lutter S, Haller H, Dietz R, Lipp M, Dumler I. Monocyte-expressed urokinase regulates human vascular smooth muscle cell migration in a coculture model. Biol Chem. 2002 Jan;383(1):217-21.
8. Lauterbach B, Barbosa-Sicard E, Wang MH, Honeck H, Kargel E, Theuer J, Schwartzman ML, Haller H, Luft FC, Gollasch M, Schunck WH. Cytochrome P450-dependent eicosapentaenoic acid metabolites are novel BK channel activators. Hypertension. 2002 Feb;39(2 Pt 2):609-13.
9. Lohn M, Muzzulini U, Essin K, Tsang SY, Kirsch T, Litteral J, Waldron P, Conrad H, Klugbauer N, Hofmann F, Haller H, Luft FC, Huang Y, Gollasch M. Cilnidipine is a novel slow-acting blocker of vascular L-type calcium channels that does not target protein kinase C. J Hypertens. 2002 May;20(5):885-893.
10. Park JK, Fiebeler A, Muller DN, Mervaala EM, Dechend R, Abou-Rebyeh F, Luft FC, Haller H. Lacidipine inhibits adhesion molecule and oxidase expression independent of blood pressure reduction in angiotensin-induced vascular injury. Hypertension. 2002 Feb;39(2 Pt 2):685-9.
11. Radermacher J, Ellis S, Haller H. Renal resistance index and progression of renal disease. Hypertension. 2002 Feb;39(2 Pt 2):699-703.
12. Rosenthal O, Woywodt A, Kirschner P, Haller H. Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Endocarditis of a Pacemaker Lead Due to Granulicatella (Abiotrophia) Adiacens. Infection 2002; 30: 317-319.
13. Schwarz A, Haller H. Internist (Berl). 2002 May;43(5):595-6, 599-600, 603-6.
14. Stepanova V, Jerke U, Sagach V, Lindschau C, Dietz R, Haller H, Dumler I. Urokinase-dependent human vascular smooth muscle cell adhesion requires selective vitronectin phosphorylation by ectoprotein kinase CK2. J Biol Chem. 2002 Mar 22;277(12):10265-72.
15. Theuer J, Dechend R, Muller DN, Park JK, Fiebeler A, Barta P, Ganten D, Haller H, Dietz R, Luft FC. Angiotensin II induced inflammation in the kidney and in the heart of double transgenic rats. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2002;2(1):3.
16. Walter R, Mischak H, Haller H. Haemodialysis, atherosclerosis and inflammation-identifying molecular mechanisms of chronic vascular disease in ESDR patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2002;17 Suppl 3:24-9.
17. Woywodt A, Kielstein JT, Haller H. An uncommon cause of metabolic acidosis in a haemodialysis patient. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2002 May;17(5):929-30.
18. Woywodt A, Kiss A: Geophagia: The history of earth-eating. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2002; 95(3): 143-146.
19. Woywodt A, Bahlmann F, de Groot K, Haller H, Haubitz M. Circulating endothelial cells: Life, death, and repair of the endothelial cell layer. Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation 2002; 17: 1728-1730.
20. Woywodt A, Streiber F, de Groot K, Regelsberger H, Haller H, Haubitz M. Circulating endothelial cells as markers for ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis. Lancet 2002; published online ahead of print Dec 3 PDF
21. Woywodt A, Merkel S, Buth W, Haller H, Schwarz A. A swollen neck. Lancet 2002; 360: 1838 PDF
22. Zaitsev S, Buchwalow I, Haberland A, Tkachuk S, Zaitseva I, Haller H, Bottger M. Histone H1-mediated transfection: role of calcium in the cellular uptake and intracellular fate of H1-DNA complexes. Acta Histochem. 2002;104(1):85-92.

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2001
1. Buchwalow IB, Schulze W, Karczewski P, Kostic MM, Wallukat G, Morwinski R, Krause EG, Muller J, Paul M, Slezak J, Luft FC, Haller H. Inducible nitric oxide synthase in the myocard. Mol Cell Biochem. 2001; 217(1-2):73-82.
2. Dechend R, Fiebeler A, Park JK, Muller DN, Theuer J, Mervaala E, Bierringer M, Gulba D, Dietz R, Luft FC, Haller H. Amelioration of angiotensin II-induced cardiac injury by a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitor. Circulation. 2001 Jul 31;104(5):576-81.
3. Dechend R, Fiebler A, Lindschau C, Bischoff H, Muller D, Park JK, Dietz R, Haller H, Luft FC. Modulating angiotensin II-induced inflammation by HMG Co-A reductase inhibition. Am J Hypertens. 2001 Jun;14(6 Pt 2):55S-61S.
4. Drab M, Verkade P, Elger M, Kasper M, Lohn M, Lauterbach B, Menne J, Lindschau C, Mende F, Luft FC, Schedl A, Haller H, Kurzchalia TV. Loss of caveolae, vascular dysfunction and pulmonary defects in caveolin-1 gene-disrupted mice. Science. 2001 28; 293 (5539): 2449-52.
5. Dragun D, Hoff U, Park JK, Qun Y, Schneider W, Luft FC, Haller H. Prolonged cold preservation augments vascular injury independent of renal transplant immunogenicity and function. Kidney Int. 2001;60(3):1173-81.
6. Fiebeler A, Schmidt F, Muller DN, Park JK, Dechend R, Bieringer M, Shagdarsuren E, Breu V, Haller H, Luft FC. Mineralocorticoid Receptor Affects AP-1 and Nuclear Factor-kappaB Activation in Angiotensin II-Induced Cardiac Injury. Hypertension 2001;37(2):787-793.
7. Fliser D, Haller H. Angiotensin II subtype 1-receptor antagonists in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy. J. Hypertens Suppl. 2001;19 Suppl 1:S57-60.
8. Hautmann MB, Wilting J, Haller H, Leutz A. Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer as a tool to study angiogenesis in the chick embryo. Dev Genes Evol 2001;211:611-616.
9. Hoffmann S, Krause T, van Geel PP, Willenbrock R, Pagel I, Pinto YM, Buikema H, van Gilst WH, Lindschau C, Paul M, Inagami T, Ganten D, Urata H: Overexpression of the human angiotensin II type 1 receptor in the rat heart augments load induced cardiac hypertrophy. J Mol Med. 2001; 79(10):601-8.
10. Kettritz R, Schreiber A, Luft FC, Haller H. Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in Activation of Human Neutrophils by Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2001; 12(1):37-46.
11. Kielstein JT, Abou-Rebyeh F, Hafer C, Haller H, Fliser D. Right-sided chest pain at the onset of haemodialysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2001 Jul; 16(7):1493-5.
12. Kielstein JT, Boger RH, Bode-Boger SM, Frolich JC, Haller H, Ritz E, Fliser D. Marked increase of asymmetric dimethylarginine in patients with incipient primary chronic renal disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2002; 13(1):170-6.
13. Kielstein JT, Frolich JC, Haller H, Fliser D. ADMA (asymmetric dimethylarginine): an atherosclerotic disease mediating agent in patients with renal disease? Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2001 Sep;16(9):1742-5.
14. Kielstein JT, Helmchen U, Netzer KO, Weber M, Haller H, Floege J. Conversion of Goodpasture’s syndrome into membranous glomerulonephritis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2001; 16(10): 2082-2085.
15. Kirsch T, Wellner M, Luft FC, Haller H, Lippoldt A. Protein altered gene expression in cerebral capillaries of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats. Brain Res. 2001 Aug 10;910(1-2): 106-15.
16. Kohler M, Buchwalow IB, Alexander G, Christiansen M, Shagdarsuren E, Samoilova V, Hartmann E, Mervaala EM, Haller H. Increased importin alpha protein expression in diabetic nephropathy. Kidney Int. 2001 Dec;60(6):2263-2273.
17. Lohn M, Jessner W, Furstenau M, Wellner M, Sorrentino V, Haller H, Luft FC, Gollasch M. Regulation of calcium sparks and spontaneous transient outward currents by RyR3 in arterial vascular smooth muscle cells. Circ Res. 2001 Nov 23;89(11):1051-7.
18. Lohn M, Lauterbach B, Haller H, Pongs O, Luft FC, Gollasch M. Beta1-subunit of BK channels regulates arterial wall [Ca2+] and diameter in mouse cerebral arteries. J Appl Physiol 2001; 91:1350-1354.
19. Muller DN, Dechend R, Fiebeler A, Park JK, Haller H, Luft FC. Angiotensin-induced inflammation and novel approaches to treatment. Adv Nephrol Necker Hosp. 2001;31:89-103.
20. Muller DN, Dechend R, Fiebeler A, Park JK, Haller H, Luft FC.Angiotensin-induced inflammation and vascular injury. Contrib Nephrol. 2001;(135):138-52.
21. Muller DN, Heissmeyer V, Dechend R, Hampich F, Park JK, Fiebeler A, Shagdarsuren E, Theuer J, Elger M, Pilz B, Breu V, Schroer K, Ganten D, Dietz R, Haller H, Scheidereit C, Luft FC. Aspirin inhibits NF-kappaB and protects from angiotensin II-induced organ damage. FASEB J. 2001 Aug;15(10):1822-1824.
22. Radermacher J, Chavan A, Bleck J, Vitzthum A, Stoess B, Gebel MJ, Galanski M, Koch KM, Haller H. Use of Doppler Ultrasonography to Predict the Outcome of Therapy for Renal-Artery Stenosis. N Engl J Med. 2001;344(6):410-417.
23. Radermacher J, Weinkove R, Haller H. Techniques for predicting a favourable response to renal angioplasty in patients with renovascular disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2001 Nov;10(6):799-805.
24. Stepanova V, Jerke U, Sagach V, Lindschau C, Dietz R, Haller H, Dumler I. Urokinase-dependent human vascular smooth muscle cell adhesion requires selective vitronectin phosphorylation by ecto-protein kinase CK2. J Biol Chem. 2001; 26.
25. Woywodt A, Herrmann A, Eisenberger U, Schwarz A, Haller H. The tell-tale urinary chloride. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2001 May; 16(5):1066-8.
26. Woywodt A, Schwarz A, Mengel M, Haller H, Zeidler H, Kohler L. Nephrotoxicity of selective COX-2 inhibitors. J Rheumatol. 2001;28(9):2133-5.
27. Woywodt A, Kielstein JT, Winkler M. Clinical picture: Subphrenic abscess due to rupture of the spleen. Lancet 2001; 358: 875.
28. Woywodt A, Haubitz M. Kutane Vaskulitis: Eine seltene Differentialdiagnose atypischer Hautläsionen. Journal of Wound Healing 2001; 22: 24-

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2000

1. Berger M, Schröder B, Däschlein J, Schneider W, Busjahn A, Buchwalow I, Luft FC, Haller H. Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in non-coronary atherosclerotic plaques and circulating leukocytes. J Lab Clin Med 2000; 136(3):194-200.
2. Dechend R, Homuth V, Wallukat G, Kreuzer J, Park J-K, Theuer J, Juepner A, Gulba D, Mackman N, Haller H, Luft FC. AT1 receptor agonistic antibodies from preeclemptic patients cause vascular cells to express tissue factor. Circulation 2000; 101(20):2382–2387.
3. de Groot K, Haubitz M, Haller H. ANCA-assoziierter Vaskulitiden: Neue Konzepte und Strategien in der Therapie. Internist (Berl) 2000; 41 (10): 1112-9.
4. Detjen KM, Brembeck FH, Welzel M, Kaiser A, Haller H, Wiedenmann B, Rosewicz S. Activation of protein kinase C(& agr;) inhibits growth of pancreatic cancer cells via p21(cip)-mediated G(1) arrest. J Cell Sci. 2000; 113:3025-35
5. Dong J, Radau B, Otto A, Muller E, Lindschau C, Westermann P. Profilin I attached to the Golgi is required for the formation of constitutive transport vesicles at the trans-Golgi network. Biochim Biophys Acta 2000; 1497(2):253-60
6. Dragun D, Hoff U, Park JK, Qun Y, Schneider W, Luft FC, Haller H. Ischemia-reperfusion injury in renal transplantation is independent of the immunological background. Kidney Int. 2000; 58(5):2166-77.
7. Fürstenau M, Löhn M, Luft FC, Haller H, Gollasch M. Calcium sparks in human coronary artery smooth muscle cells resolved by confocal imaging. J Hypertens 2000; 18(9):1215-22.
8. Genersch E, Hayes K, Neuenfeld Y, Haller H. Sustained ERK phosphorylation is necessary but not sufficient for MMP-9 regulation in endothelial cells: involvement of Ras-dependent and –independent pathways. J Cell Sci. 2000; 113(Pt 23):4319-4330.
9. Gollasch M, Löhn M, Fürstenau M, Nelson MT, Luft FC, Haller H. Ca2+ channels, "quantized" Ca2+ release, and differentiation of myocytes in the cardiovascular system. J Hypertens 2000; 18(8):989-98.
10. Gollasch M, Lohn M, Furstenau M, Nelson MT, Luft FC, Haller H. Ca2+ channels, Ca2+ sparks, and regulation of arterial smooth muscle function. Z Kardiol. 2000; 89 Suppl 2:15-9 Review.
11. Haberland A, Knaus T, Zaitsev SV, Buchberger B, Lun A, Haller H, Bottger M. Histone H1-mediated transfection: serum inhibition can be overcome by Ca2+ ions. Pharm Res 2000; 17(2):229-35.
12. Haller H. Gefäßwand. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2000; 125(17):58.
13. Jordan J, Toka HR, Heusser K, Toka O, Shannon JR, Tank J, Diedrich A, Stabroth C, Stoffels M, Naraghi R, Oeklers W, Schuster H, Schobel HP, Haller H, Luft FC. Severely impaired baroreflex-buffering in patients with monogenic hypertension and neurovascular contact. Circulation. 2000; 102(21): 2611-8.
14. Kettritz R, Xu Y-X, Faass B, Klein JB, Müller E-C, Otto A, Busjahn A, Luft FC, Haller H. TNFa-mediated neutrophil apoptosis involves Ly-GDI, a Rho GTPase regulator. J Leukoc Biol 2000; 68(2):277-83.
15. Kusch A, Tkachuk S, Haller H, Dietz R, Gulba DC, Lipp M, Dumler I. Urokinase stimulates human vascular smooth muscle cell migration via a Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-Tyk2 interaction.J Biol Chem. 2000; 275(50):39466-39473.
16. Lippoldt A, Liebner S, Andbjer B, Kalbacher H, Wolburg H, Haller H, Fuxe K. Organization of choroid plexus epithelial and endothelial cell tight junctions and regulation of claudin-1, -2 and -5 expression by protein kinase C. Neuroreport 2000; 11(7):1427-31.
17. Lippoldt A, Jansson A, Kniesel U, Andbjer B, Andersson A, Wolburg H, Fuxe K, Haller H. Phorbol ester induced changes in tight and adherens junctions in the choroid plexus epithelium and in the ependyma. Brain Res. 2000; 854(1-2):197-206
18. Lippoldt A, Kniesel U, Liebner S, Kalbacher H, Kirsch T, Wolburg H, Haller H. Structural alterations of tight junctions are associated with loss of polarity in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat blood-brain barrier endothelial cells. Brain Res. 2000; 885(2): 251-261
19. Lohn M, Furstenau M, Sagach V, Elger M, Schulze W, Luft FC, Haller H, Gollasch M. Ignition of calcium sparks in arterial and cardiac muscle through caveolai. Circ Res. 2000; 87 (11): 1043-9.
20. Maasch C, Wagner S, Lindschau C, Alexander G, Buchner K, Gollasch M, Luft FC, Haller H. Protein kinase Calpha targeting is regulated by temporal and spatial changes in intracellular free calcium concentration [Ca(2+)](i). FASEB J 2000;14(11):1653-1663.
21. Mervaala E, Müller D, Park JK, Dechend R, Schmidt F, Fiebeler A, Bieringer M, Breu V, Ganten D, Haller H, and Luft FC. Cyclosporin A protects against angiotensin II-induced end-organ damage in double transgenic rats harboring human renin and angiotensinogen genes. Hypertension 2000; 35 (1 Pt 2):360-6.
22. Mervaala E, Müller D, Schmidt F, Park J-K, Gross V, Bader M, Breu V, Ganten D, Haller H, Luft FC. Blood pressure-independent effects in rats with human renin and angiotensinogen genes. Hypertension 2000; 35:587-594.
23. Müller D, Mervaala EMA, Dechend R, Fiebeler A, Park J-K, Schmidt F, Theuer J, Breu V, Mackman N, Luther T, Gulba D, Ganten D, Haller H, Luft FC. Angiotensin (AT(1)) receptor blockade reduces vascular tissue factor in angiotensin II-induced cardiac vasculopathy. Am J Pathol 2000; 157: 111-122.
24. Müller DN, Dechend R, Mervaala EM, Park JK, Schmidt F, Fiebeler A, Theuer J, Breu V, Ganten D, Haller H, Luft FC. NF-kappaB inhibition ameliorates angiotensin II-induced inflammatory damage in rats. Hypertension 2000; 35(1 Pt 2):193-201.
25. Müller DN, Mervaala EMA, Schmidt F, Park JK, Dechend R, Genersch E, Breu V, Löffler M-M, Schneider W, Ganten D, Haller H, Luft FC. Effect of Bosentan on NF-kappaB, inflammation and tissue factor in angiotensin II-induced end-organ damage. Hypertension 2000; 36 (2):282-90.
26. Park J-K, Mueller D, Mervaala E, Dechend R, Fiebeler A, Schmidt F, Bieringer M, Schäfer O, Lindschau C, Schneider W, Ganten D, Luft FC, Haller H. Cerivastatin prevents angiotensin II-induced renal injury independent of blood pressure- and cholesterol-lowering effects. Kidney Int 2000; 58(4):1420-30.
27. Pluger S, Faulhaber J, Furstenau M, Lohn M, Waldschutz R, Gollasch M, Haller H, Luft FC, Ehmke H, Pongs O. Mice with disrupted BK channel ss1 subunit gene feature abnormal Ca(2+) Spark/STOC coupling and elevated blood pressure. Circ Res. 2000; 87 (11): E53-60.
28. Fliser D, Haller H. Nephropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Internist (Berl) 2000;41(12):1363-73.
29. Woywodt A, Grommas U, Buth W, Rafflenbeul W: Adverse effects of drugs: QT prolongation due to roxithromycin. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2000; 76: 651-653.
30. Woywodt A, Schneider W, Goebel U, Luft FC: Hypercalcemia due to talc granulomatosis. Chest 2000; 177(4): 1195-1196.
31. Woywodt A, Herrmann A, Choi M, Göebel U, Luft FC: Turkish pepper (extra hot). Postgraduate Medical Journal 2000; 76: 426-428.
32. Woywodt A, Knoblauch M, Choi M, Kettritz R, Göbel U: Sudden death and Wegener's granulomatosis of the pituitary. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology 2000; 29; 264-266.
33. Woywodt A, Morack G, Kettritz R, Schneider W, Göbel U: Necrotizing small-vessel vasculitis confined to the uterine cervix: 5 cases. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 2000; 29: 368-372.
34. Woywodt A, Goebel U: Bronchial stenosis and excessive bronchiectasis due to Wegener's granulomatosis. Nephron 2000; 85: 365-367.
35. Woywodt A, Choi M, Schneider W, Kettritz R, Göbel U. Cytomegalovirus Colitis during mycophenolate therapy for Wegener's granulomatosis. American Journal of Nephrology 2000; 20:468-472.