Research Publications

Györfi A-H, Matei A-E, Fuchs M, Liang C, Rius-Rigau A, Hong Z, Zhu H, Luber M, Bergmann C, Dees C, Ludolph I, Horch RE, Distler O, Wang J, Bengsch B, Schett G, Kunz M, Distler JHW. Engrailed 1 coordinates cytoskeletal organization to promote myofibroblast differentiation and fibrotic tissue remodeling. J Exp Med, 2021 Sep 6;218(9):e20201916.

Zehender A, Li Y-N, Lin N-Y, Nüchel J, Stefanica A, Chen C-W, Hsu H-H, Zhu H, Ding X, Huang J, Györfi A-H, Soare A, Rauber S, Bergmann C, Ramming A, Plomann M, Eckes B, Schett G, Distler JHW. TGFβ promotes fibrosis by MYST1-dependent epigenetic regulation of autophagy. Nat Commun., 2021 Jul 20;12(1):4404.

Bergmann C and Distler JHW*, Treutlein C, Tascilar K, Müller AT, Atzinger A, Matei AE, Knitza J, Györfi AH, Lück A, Dees C, Soare A, Ramming A, Schönau V, Distler O, Prante O, Ritt P, Götz TI, Köhner M, Cordes M, Bäuerle T, Kuwert T, Schett G, Schmidkonz C. A controlled study of 68Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT for molecular assessment of fibroblast activation and risk evaluation in Systemic Sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease. Lancet Rheumatology, March 2021, 3(3): e185-e194. * contributed equally and corresponding author

Zhang Y, Shen L, Dreißigacker K, Zhu H, Trinh-Minh T, Meng X, Tran-Manh C, Dees C, Matei A-E, Chen C-W, Ditschkowski M, Krauss S, Winkler J, Wolff D, Ziemer M, Beilhack A, Karrer S, Herr W, Mackensen A, Schett G, Spriewald BM, Distler JHW. Targeting of canonical WNT signaling ameliorates experimental sclerodermatous chronic graft-versus-host disease. Blood, 2021 Apr 29;137(17):2403-2416.