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  1. Article ; Online: C-Reactive Protein: From Biomarker to Trigger of Cell Death?

    Kunze, Rudolf

    Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy

    2019  Volume 23, Issue 6, Page(s) 494–496

    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Biomarkers/metabolism ; C-Reactive Protein/metabolism ; Cell Death/physiology ; Humans ; Inflammation/pathology
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers ; C-Reactive Protein (9007-41-4)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-11-29
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 2119809-3
    ISSN 1744-9987 ; 1091-6660 ; 1744-9979
    ISSN (online) 1744-9987
    ISSN 1091-6660 ; 1744-9979
    DOI 10.1111/1744-9987.12802
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  2. Article: Being Eaten Alive: How Energy-Deprived Cells Are Disposed of, Mediated by C-Reactive Protein-Including a Treatment Option.

    Sheriff, Ahmed / Kunze, Rudolf / Brunner, Patrizia / Vogt, Birgit

    Biomedicines

    2023  Volume 11, Issue 8

    Abstract: In medicine, C-reactive protein (CRP) has become established primarily as a biomarker, predicting patient prognosis in many indications. Recently, however, there has been mounting evidence that it causes inflammatory injury. As early as 1999, CRP was ... ...

    Abstract In medicine, C-reactive protein (CRP) has become established primarily as a biomarker, predicting patient prognosis in many indications. Recently, however, there has been mounting evidence that it causes inflammatory injury. As early as 1999, CRP was shown to induce cell death after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in rats and this was found to be dependent on complement. The pathological effect of CRP was subsequently confirmed in further animal species such as rabbit, mouse and pig. A conceptual gap was recently closed when it was demonstrated that ischemia in AMI or ischemia/hypoxia in the severe course of COVID-19 causes a drastic lack of energy in involved cells, resulting in an apoptotic presentation because these cells cannot repair/flip-flop altered lipids. The deprivation of energy leads to extensive expression on the cell membranes of the CRP ligand lysophosphatidylcholine. Upon attachment of CRP to this ligand, the classical complement pathway is triggered leading to the swift elimination of viable cells with the appearance of an apoptotic cell by phagocytes. They are being eaten alive. This, consequently, results in substantial fibrotic remodeling within the involved tissue. Inhibiting this pathomechanism via CRP-targeting therapy has been shown to be beneficial in different indications.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-16
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2720867-9
    ISSN 2227-9059
    ISSN 2227-9059
    DOI 10.3390/biomedicines11082279
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  3. Article ; Online: Selective C-reactive protein apheresis for Covid-19 patients suffering from organ damage.

    Kayser, Stefan / Kunze, Rudolf / Sheriff, Ahmed

    Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy

    2020  Volume 25, Issue 2, Page(s) 251–252

    MeSH term(s) Blood Component Removal/methods ; C-Reactive Protein/adverse effects ; COVID-19/blood ; COVID-19/complications ; COVID-19/therapy ; Heart Diseases/blood ; Heart Diseases/complications ; Heart Diseases/prevention & control ; Humans ; Pulmonary Fibrosis/blood ; Pulmonary Fibrosis/complications ; Pulmonary Fibrosis/prevention & control ; SARS-CoV-2
    Chemical Substances C-Reactive Protein (9007-41-4)
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-23
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 2119809-3
    ISSN 1744-9987 ; 1091-6660 ; 1744-9979
    ISSN (online) 1744-9987
    ISSN 1091-6660 ; 1744-9979
    DOI 10.1111/1744-9987.13532
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  4. Article: Targeting of Glucose Transport and the NAD Pathway in Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) Cells Reveals New Treatment Options.

    Winter, Jochen / Kunze, Rudolf / Veit, Nadine / Kuerpig, Stefan / Meisenheimer, Michael / Kraus, Dominik / Glassmann, Alexander / Probstmeier, Rainer

    Cancers

    2023  Volume 15, Issue 5

    Abstract: 1) Background: the potency of drugs that interfere with glucose metabolism, i.e., glucose transporters (GLUT) and nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) was analyzed in neuroendocrine tumor (NET, BON-1, and QPG-1 cells) and small cell lung ... ...

    Abstract (1) Background: the potency of drugs that interfere with glucose metabolism, i.e., glucose transporters (GLUT) and nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) was analyzed in neuroendocrine tumor (NET, BON-1, and QPG-1 cells) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC, GLC-2, and GLC-36 cells) tumor cell lines. (2) Methods: the proliferation and survival rate of tumor cells was significantly affected by the GLUT-inhibitors fasentin and WZB1127, as well as by the NAMPT inhibitors GMX1778 and STF-31. (3) Results: none of the NET cell lines that were treated with NAMPT inhibitors could be rescued with nicotinic acid (usage of the Preiss-Handler salvage pathway), although NAPRT expression could be detected in two NET cell lines. We finally analyzed the specificity of GMX1778 and STF-31 in NET cells in glucose uptake experiments. As previously shown for STF-31 in a panel NET-excluding tumor cell lines, both drugs specifically inhibited glucose uptake at higher (50 μM), but not at lower (5 μM) concentrations. (4) Conclusions: our data suggest that GLUT and especially NAMPT inhibitors are potential candidates for the treatment of NET tumors.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-23
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2527080-1
    ISSN 2072-6694
    ISSN 2072-6694
    DOI 10.3390/cancers15051415
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  5. Article: Sustainability of C-Reactive Protein Apheresis in Acute Myocardial Infarction-Results from a Supplementary Data Analysis of the Exploratory C-Reactive Protein in Acute Myocardial Infarction-1 Study.

    Skarabis, Horst / Torzewski, Jan / Ries, Wolfgang / Heigl, Franz / Garlichs, Christoph D / Kunze, Rudolf / Sheriff, Ahmed

    Journal of clinical medicine

    2022  Volume 11, Issue 21

    Abstract: In the multicenter, non-randomized, exploratory C-reactive protein (CRP) Apheresis in Myocardial Infarction (CAMI-1) study, CRP apheresis after ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) significantly decreased blood CRP concentrations in humans. Cardiac ...

    Abstract In the multicenter, non-randomized, exploratory C-reactive protein (CRP) Apheresis in Myocardial Infarction (CAMI-1) study, CRP apheresis after ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) significantly decreased blood CRP concentrations in humans. Cardiac damage was assessed by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR1) 3−9 d after onset of STEMI symptoms and quantified by myocardial infarct size (IS; %), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF; %), circumferential strain (CS) and longitudinal strain (LS). Compared with the control group (n = 34), cardiac damage was significantly lower in the apheresis group (n = 32). These findings suggested improved wound healing due to CRP apheresis already within few days after the STEMI event. In the current supplementary data analysis of CAMI-1, we have tested by a follow-up CMR (CMR2) after an average of 88 (65−177) d whether the effect of CRP apheresis is clinically maintained. After this time period, wound healing in STEMI is considered complete. Whereas patients with low CRP production and a CRP gradient cut off of <0.6 mg/L/h in the hours after STEMI (9 of 32 patients in the CRP apheresis group) did not significantly benefit from CRP apheresis in CMR2, patients with high CRP production and a CRP gradient cut off of >0.6 mg/L/h (23 of 32 patients in the CRP apheresis group) showed significant treatment benefit. In the latter patients, CMR2 revealed a lower IS (−5.4%; p = 0.05), a better LVEF (+6.4%; p = 0.03), and an improved CS (−6.1%; p = 0.005). No significant improvement, however, was observed for LS (−2.9%; p = 0.1). These data suggest a sustained positive effect of CRP apheresis on heart physiology in STEMI patients with high CRP production well beyond the period of its application. The data demonstrate the sustainability of the CRP removal from plasma which is associated with less scar tissue.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-31
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2662592-1
    ISSN 2077-0383
    ISSN 2077-0383
    DOI 10.3390/jcm11216446
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  6. Article: C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Blocks the Desensitization of Agonistic Stimulated G Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) in Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes.

    Wallukat, Gerd / Mattecka, Stephan / Wenzel, Katrin / Schrödl, Wieland / Vogt, Birgit / Brunner, Patrizia / Sheriff, Ahmed / Kunze, Rudolf

    Journal of clinical medicine

    2022  Volume 11, Issue 4

    Abstract: Recently, C-reactive protein (CRP) was shown to affect intracellular calcium signaling and blood pressure in vitro and in vivo, respectively. The aim of the present study was to further investigate if a direct effect on G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) ... ...

    Abstract Recently, C-reactive protein (CRP) was shown to affect intracellular calcium signaling and blood pressure in vitro and in vivo, respectively. The aim of the present study was to further investigate if a direct effect on G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling by CRP can be observed by using CRP in combination with different GPCR agonists on spontaneously beating cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. All used agonists (isoprenaline, clenbuterol, phenylephrine, angiotensin II and endothelin 1) affected the beat rate of cardiomyocytes significantly and after washing them out and re-stimulation the cells developed a pronounced desensitization of the corresponding receptors. CRP did not affect the basal beating-rate nor the initial increase/decrease in beat-rate triggered by different agonists. However, CRP co-incubated cells did not exhibit desensitization of the respective GPCRs after the stimulation with the different agonists. This lack of desensitization was independent of the GPCR type, but it was dependent on the CRP concentration. Therefore, CRP interferes with the desensitization of GPCRs and has to be considered as a novel regulator of adrenergic, angiotensin-1 and endothelin receptors.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-17
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2662592-1
    ISSN 2077-0383
    ISSN 2077-0383
    DOI 10.3390/jcm11041058
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  7. Article ; Online: Selective C‐reactive protein apheresis for Covid‐19 patients suffering from organ damage

    Kayser, Stefan / Kunze, Rudolf / Sheriff, Ahmed

    Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis ; ISSN 1744-9979 1744-9987

    2020  

    Keywords Nephrology ; Hematology ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Wiley
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1111/1744-9987.13532
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  8. Article: Inhibitory and Agonistic Autoantibodies Directed Against the β

    Hohberger, Bettina / Schlötzer-Schrehard, Ursula / Mardin, Christian / Lämmer, Robert / Munoz, Luis / Kunze, Rudolf / Herrmann, Martin / Wallukat, Gerd

    Frontiers in neuroscience

    2021  Volume 15, Page(s) 676579

    Abstract: Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEXS) and glaucoma (PEXG) are assumed to be caused by a generalized elastosis leading to the accumulation of PEX material in ocular as well as in extraocular tissues. The exact pathophysiology of PEXS is still elusive. PEXG, ... ...

    Abstract Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEXS) and glaucoma (PEXG) are assumed to be caused by a generalized elastosis leading to the accumulation of PEX material in ocular as well as in extraocular tissues. The exact pathophysiology of PEXS is still elusive. PEXG, the most common type of secondary open-angle glaucoma (OAG), is characterized by large peaks of intraocular pressure (IOP) with a progressive loss of the visual field. Agonistic autoantibodies (agAAbs) against the β
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-06
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2411902-7
    ISSN 1662-453X ; 1662-4548
    ISSN (online) 1662-453X
    ISSN 1662-4548
    DOI 10.3389/fnins.2021.676579
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