EUROPEAN TRAINING CENTRES

Department of Internal Medicine IV- Nephrology and Hypertension
University clinic of the Saarland
Homburg/Saar, Germany

 

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

Original publications

Gärtner, BC, Kortmann, K, Schäfer, M, Mueller-Lantzsch, N, Sester, U, Kaul, H, and Pees, H. No correlation in Epstein-Barr virus reactivation between serological parameters and viral load. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38: 2458.

Girndt, M, Lengler, S, Kaul, H, Sester, U, Sester, M, and Köhler, H. Prospective crossover trial of the influence of vitamin E-coated dialyzer membranes on T-cell activation and cytokine induction. Am J Kidney Dis 2000; 35: 95-104.

Hauk, M, Kuhlmann, MK, Riegel, W, and Köhler, H. In vivo effects of dialysate flow rate on Kt/V in maintenance hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis 2000; 35: 105-111.

Kaul, H, Girndt, M, Sester, U, Sester, M, and Köhler, H. Initiation of hemodialysis treatment leads to improvement of T-cell activation in patients with end-stage renal disease. Am J Kidney Dis 2000; 35: 611-616.

Sester, M, Sester, U, Köhler, H, Schneider, T, Deml, L, Wagner, R, Mueller-Lantzsch, N, Pees, HW, and Meyerhans, A. Rapid whole blood analysis of virus-specific CD4 and CD8 T cell responses in persistent HIV infection. Aids 2000; 14: 2653-2660.

Sester, U, Sester, M, Hauk, M, Kaul, H, Köhler, H, and Girndt, M. T-cell activation follows Th1 rather than Th2 pattern in haemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2000; 15: 1217-1223.

Sester, M, Feuerbach, D, Frank, R, Preckel, T, Gutermann, A, and Burgert, HG. The amyloid precursor-like protein 2 associates with the major histocompatibility complex class I molecule K(d). J Biol Chem 2000; 275: 3645-3654.

Girndt, M, Sester, U, Sester, M, Deman, E, Ulrich, C, Kaul, H, and Köhler, H. The interleukin-10 promoter genotype determines clinical immune function in hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int 2001; 60: 2385-2391.

Girndt, M, Sester, M, Sester, U, Kaul, H, and Köhler, H. Defective expression of B7-2 (CD86) on monocytes of dialysis patients correlates to the uremia-associated immune defect. Kidney Int 2001; 59: 1382-1389.

Girndt, M, Sester, M, Sester, U, Kaul, H, and Köhler, H. Molecular aspects of T- and B-cell function in uremia. Kidney Int Suppl 2001; 78: S206-211.

Girndt, M, Kaul, H, Leitnaker, CK, Sester, M, Sester, U, and Köhler, H. Selective sequestration of cytokine-producing monocytes during hemodialysis treatment. Am J Kidney Dis 2001; 37: 954-963.

Kuhlmann, MK, Heckmann, M, Riegel, W, and Köhler, H. Evaluation of renal Kt/V as a marker of renal function in predialysis patients. Kidney Int 2001; 60: 1540-1546.

Riegel, W, Ulrich, C, Sauernheimer, S, Deppisch, RM, and Köhler, H. Hepatotoxic substance(s) removed by high-flux membranes enhances the positive acute phase response. Kidney Int Suppl 2001; 78: S308-314.

Sester, U, Sester, M, Heine, G, Kaul, H, Girndt, M, and Köhler, H. Strong depletion of CD14(+)CD16(+) monocytes during haemodialysis treatment. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2001; 16: 1402-1408.

Sester, M, Sester, U, Gärtner, B, Heine, G, Girndt, M, Mueller-Lantzsch, N, Meyerhans, A, and Köhler, H. Levels of virus-specific CD4 T cells correlate with cytomegalovirus control and predict virus-induced disease after renal transplantation. Transplantation 2001; 71: 1287-1294.

Biedler, AE, Schneider, SO, Seyfert, U, Rensing, H, Grenner, S, Girndt, M, Bauer, I, and Bauer, M. Impact of alloantigens and storage-associated factors on stimulated cytokine response in an in vitro model of blood transfusion. Anesthesiology 2002; 97: 1102-1109.

Gärtner, BC, Schäfer, H, Marggraff, K, Eisele, G, Schäfer, M, Dilloo, D, Roemer, K, Laws, HJ, Sester, M, Sester, U, et al. Evaluation of use of Epstein-Barr viral load in patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation to diagnose and monitor posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40: 351-358.

Girndt, M, Kaul, H, Sester, U, Ulrich, C, Sester, M, Georg, T, and Köhler, H. Anti-inflammatory interleukin-10 genotype protects dialysis patients from cardiovascular events. Kidney Int 2002; 62: 949-955.

Heine, G, Sester, U, Sester, M, Scherberich, JE, Girndt, M, and Köhler, H. A shift in the Th(1)/Th(2) ratio accompanies the clinical remission of systemic lupus erythematosus in patients with end-stage renal disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2002; 17: 1790-1794.

Heintel, T, Sester, M, Rodriguez, MM, Krieg, C, Sester, U, Wagner, R, Pees, HW, Gärtner, B, Maier, R, and Meyerhans, A. The fraction of perforin-expressing HIV-specific CD8 T cells is a marker for disease progression in HIV infection. Aids 2002; 16: 1497-1501.

Mahyar-Roemer, M, Köhler, H, and Roemer, K. Role of Bax in resveratrol-induced apoptosis of colorectal carcinoma cells. BMC Cancer 2002; 2: 27.

Sester, M, Sester, U, Gärtner, B, Kubuschok, B, Girndt, M, Meyerhans, A, and Köhler, H. Sustained high frequencies of specific CD4 T cells restricted to a single persistent virus. J Virol 2002; 76: 3748-3755.

Sester, M, Sester, U, Gärtner, BC, Girndt, M, Meyerhans, A, and Köhler, H. Dominance of virus-specific CD8 T cells in human primary cytomegalovirus infection. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13: 2577-2584.

Sester, M, Sester, U, Alarcon Salvador, S, Heine, G, Lipfert, S, Girndt, M, Gärtner, B, and Köhler, H. Age-related decrease in adenovirus-specific T cell responses. J Infect Dis 2002; 185: 1379-1387.

Reviews

Kuhlmann MK, Köhler H. Strategies for the use of amino acids. Catabolism and retention. Anaesthesist 2000; 49:353-358.
Heine G, Girndt M, Kuhlmann M, Köhler H. Progressionshemmung bei chronischen Nierenerkrankungen. Urologe (B) 2000; 40:83-92.
Sester U, Girndt M, Köhler H. Arzneimittel-Nebenwirkungen an den Nieren. Arzneimitteltherapie 2001; 19:7-16.
Girndt M, Sester M, Sester U, Kaul H, Köhler H. Molecular aspects of T- and B-cell function in uremia. Kidney Int 2001; 59 Suppl 78:S206-S211.
Girndt M, Köhler H. Hepatitis B virus infection in hemodialysis patients. Semin Nephrol 2002; 22:340-350.
Kuhlmann MK, Köhler H. Die RENAAL-Studie: Effekte von Losartan bei diabetischer Nephropathie. Der Internist 43:670-674,2002
Girndt M. Humoral immune responses in uremia and the role of IL-10. Blood Purif 2002; 20:485-488.