Prof. Dr. med. Michael Wiesener
Oberarzt, Facharzt für Innere Medizin und Nephrologie, Hypertensiologe (DHL)

Education, Training and Academic Positions
Publications
- (2024) Progressive Kidney Failure by Angiotensinogen Inactivation in the Germline. Hypertension. 2024;81(9): 1857-1868
- (2024) Pharmacodynamic Effect of mTOR Inhibition-based Immunosuppressive Therapy on T- and B-cell Subsets After Renal Transplantation. Transplant Direct. 2024;10(7):
- (2024) Pharmacodynamic effect of mTOR inhibition-based immunosuppressive therapy on T and B cell subsets after renal transplantation Eur J Immunol. 2024;54 Suppl 1(): 1558-1558
- (2024) The Novel MYH9 Variant, c.1270C>G, p.Arg424Gly, Causes Epstein-Fechtner Syndrome by the Modification of Nonmuscular Myosin IIA Contraction J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024;35 Suppl S(10):
- (2024) Characterization and Regulation of the Disease-Causing Mucin 1 Frameshift Protein in Patient-Derived Cells Affected by Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease (ADTKD)-MUC1 J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024;35 Suppl S(10):
- (2024) ADTKD genetic diagnostics in Europe: where do we stand and what is needed? Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2024;39 Suppl 1(): I452-I453
- (2023) RECOGNITION OF RENAL TUBULAR DYSGENESIS IN ADOLESCENT CKD BY BIALLELIC AGT VARIANTS REQUIRED BROAD GENETIC ANALYSIS Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023;38 Suppl 1(): I211-I211
- (2023) EXCELLENT EFFICACY AND BENEFICIAL SAFETY DURING FIVE YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF RAPID STEROID WITHDRAWAL AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION (HARMONY STUDY) Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023;38 Suppl 1(): I73-I74
- (2023) WHENWHOLE EXOME SEQUENCING IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH: BACK TO THE ROOTS OR FORWARD TO THE FUTURE Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023;38 Suppl 1(): I224-I225
- (2023) CHARACTERIZATION AND REGULATION OF THE PATHOGENIC MUCIN 1 FRAMESHIFT PROTEIN IN PATIENT DERIVED CELLS AFFECTED BY ADTKD-MUC1 Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023;38 Suppl 1(): I210-I210
- (2023) EXPRESSION OF THE COLLAGEN IV α345MOLECULE ALONG THE RENAL TUBULE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023;38 Suppl 1(): I3-I3
- (2023) Hypoxia controls expression of kidney-pathogenic MUC1 variants. Life Sci Alliance. 2023;6(9):
- (2023) Excellent efficacy and beneficial safety during observational 5-year follow-up of rapid steroid withdrawal after renal transplantation (Harmony FU study). Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023;39(1): 141-150
- (2022) The renal cancer risk allele at 14q24.2 activates a novel hypoxia-inducible transcription factor-binding enhancer of DPF3 expression. J Biol Chem. 2022;298(3):
- (2022) Estrogen-mediated downregulation of HIF-1α signaling in B lymphocytes influences postmenopausal bone loss. Bone Res. 2022;10(1):
- (2022) Diverse molecular causes of unsolved autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney diseases. Kidney Int. 2022;102(2): 405-420
- (2022) Noninvasive Diagnosis of Acute Rejection in Renal Transplant Patients Using Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Urine Samples: A Multicenter Diagnostic Phase III Trial. Transplant Direct. 2022;8(5):
- (2022) Detecting tandem repeat variants in coding regions using code-adVNTR. iScience. 2022;25(8):
- (2022) An intermediate-effect size variant in UMOD confers risk for chronic kidney disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022;119(33):
- (2022) Prevalence of hereditary tubulointerstitial kidney diseases in the German Chronic Kidney Disease study. Eur J Hum Genet. 2022;30(12): 1413-1422
- (2022) Correlation of Anti-HLA IgA Alloantibodies and Fc Receptor Motives with Kidney Allograft Survival Immuno. 2022;2(2): 372-386
- (2022) Monitoring complement biomarkers in C3 glomerulopathy patients with factor H or FHR gene mutations before and after treatment with eculizumab or ravulizumab Mol Immunol. 2022;141(): 201-201
- (2022) Biallelic ANKS6 mutations cause late-onset ciliopathy with chronic kidney disease through YAP dysregulation. Hum Mol Genet. 2022;31(9): 1357-1369
- (2021) BKPYV-SPECIFIC T CELLS REDUCE VIRAL LOAD IN A PRIMARY TUBULAR CELL MODEL Transpl Int. 2021;34 Suppl 2(): 23-24
- (2021) A noninvasive diagnostic approach to retrospective donor HLA typing in kidney transplant patients using urine. Transpl Int. 2021;34(7): 1226-1238
- (2021) PI(3,4)P2-mediated cytokinetic abscission prevents early senescence and cataract formation. Science. 2021;374(6573):
- (2020) A NEW DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO HLA TESTING IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS USING CULTURED URINE DERIVED TUBULAR CELLS HLA. 2020;95(4): 313-313
- (2020) A New Diagnostic Approach to HLA Testing in Kidney Transplant Patients Using Renal Epithelial Cells Am J Transplant. 2020;20 Suppl 3(): 704-705
- (2020) Molecular diagnosis of kidney transplant failure based on urine. Am J Transplant. 2020;20(5): 1410-1416
- (2020) cfNOMe - A single assay for comprehensive epigenetic analyses of cell-free DNA. Genome Med. 2020;12(1):
- (2020) Kidney-transplant patients receiving living- or dead-donor organs have similar psychological outcomes (findings from the PI-KT study). Ment Illn. 2020;12(1): 17-22
- (2019) Caplacizumab Treatment for Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura. N Engl J Med. 2019;380(4): 335-346
- (2019) Suspected colonic cancer turns out to be disseminated tuberculosis in a kidney transplant recipient: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019;98(36):
- (2019) Mutations in PIK3C2A cause syndromic short stature, skeletal abnormalities, and cataracts associated with ciliary dysfunction. PLoS Genet. 2019;15(4):
- (2019) Tuberculous granulomatous interstitial nephritis in a renal allograft. Kidney Int. 2019;96(5):
- (2019) Dissecting TSC2-mutated renal and hepatic angiomyolipomas in an individual with ARID1B-associated intellectual disability BMC Cancer. 2019;19():
- (2019) Prenatal diagnosis of HNF1B-associated renal cysts: Is there a need to differentiate intragenic variants from 17q12 microdeletion syndrome? Prenat Diagn. 2019;39(12): 1136-1147
- (2019) An open-label, randomized trial indicates that everolimus with tacrolimus or cyclosporine is comparable to standard immunosuppression in de novo kidney transplant patients. Kidney Int. 2019;96(1): 231-244
- (2018) FHR5 Binds to Laminins, Uses Separate C3b and Surface-Binding Sites, and Activates Complement on Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Surfaces. J Immunol. 2018;200(7): 2280-2290
- (2018) Single molecule real time sequencing in ADTKD-MUC1 allows complete assembly of the VNTR and exact positioning of causative mutations. Sci Rep. 2018;8(1):
- (2018) Hypoxia-inducible factor-1? is a critical transcription factor for IL-10-producing B cells in autoimmune disease. Nat Commun. 2018;9(1): 251
- (2018) Is Early Complement Activation in Renal Transplantation Associated with Later Graft Outcome? Kidney Blood Press Res. 2018;43(5): 1488-1504
- (2018) Biallelic Expression of Mucin-1 in Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease: Implications for Nongenetic Disease Recognition. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018;29(9): 2298-2309
- (2017) Monitoring of complement activation biomarkers and eculizumab in complement-mediated renal disorders. Clin Exp Immunol. 2017;187(2): 304-315
- (2017) Mutations in mitochondrial DNA causing tubulointerstitial kidney disease. PLoS Genet. 2017;13(3): e1006620
- (2017) Induction therapy with rabbit antithymocyte globulin versus basiliximab after kidney transplantation: a health economic analysis from a German perspective. Transpl Int. 2017;30(10): 1011-1019
- (2017) HIF is not essential for suppression of experimental tumor growth by mTOR inhibition. J Cancer. 2017;8(10): 1809-1817
- (2016) Complement Factor H-Related 5-Hybrid Proteins Anchor Properdin and Activate Complement at Self-Surfaces. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016;27(5): 1413-25
- (2016) Experience with belatacept rescue therapy in kidney transplant recipients. Transpl Int. 2016;29(11): 1184-1195
- (2016) Rabbit-ATG or basiliximab induction for rapid steroid withdrawal after renal transplantation (Harmony): an open-label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2016;388(10063): 3006-3016
- (2015) Identification of Cyclin D1 and OtherNovel Targets for the von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Gene by Expression Array Analysis and Investigation of Cyclin D1 Genotype as a Modifier in von Hippel-Lindau Disease (vol 62, pg 3803, 2002) Cancer Res. 2015;75(18): 3993-3993
- (2015) Autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease: diagnosis, classification, and management-A KDIGO consensus report. Kidney Int. 2015;88(4): 676-83
- (2015) The proteasome inhibitior bortezomib depletes plasma cells and ameliorates clinical manifestations of refractory systemic lupus erythematosus. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015;74(7): 1474-8
- (2015) Discordant Clinical Course of Vitamin-D-Hydroxylase (CYP24A1) Associated Hypercalcemia in Two Adult Brothers With Nephrocalcinosis. Kidney Blood Press Res. 2015;40(5): 443-51
- (2015) Hypoxia inhibits nephrogenesis through paracrine Vegfa despite the ability to enhance tubulogenesis. Kidney Int. 2015;88(6): 1283-1292
- (2015) Depression, Anxiety, Resilience and Coping Pre and Post Kidney Transplantation - Initial Findings from the Psychiatric Impairments in Kidney Transplantation (PI-KT)-Study. PLoS ONE. 2015;10(11): e0140706
- (2015) Association of a coding polymorphism in Fc gamma receptor 2A and graft survival in re-transplant candidates. Hum Immunol. 2015;76(10): 759-64
- (2014) Complement factor H-related hybrid protein deregulates complement in dense deposit disease. J Clin Invest. 2014;124(1): 145-55
- (2014) Renal fibrosis is the common feature of autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney diseases caused by mutations in mucin 1 or uromodulin. Kidney Int. 2014;86(3): 589-99
- (2014) Hypoxia regulates the sperm associated antigen 4 (SPAG4) via HIF, which is expressed in renal clear cell carcinoma and promotes migration and invasion in vitro. Mol Carcinog. 2014;53(12): 970-8
- (2013) Renal uptake of the antiapoptotic protein survivin is mediated by megalin at the apical membrane of the proximal tubule. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2013;305(5): F734-44
- (2012) Renal Tubular HIF-2? Expression Requires VHL Inactivation and Causes Fibrosis and Cysts. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(1): e31034
- (2011) The GTPase RAB20 is a HIF target with mitochondrial localization mediating apoptosis in hypoxia. BBA - MOL CELL RES. 2011;1813(1): 1-13
- (2011) Hypoxia-inducible transcription factors stabilization in the thick ascending limb protects against ischemic acute kidney injury. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011;22(11): 2004-15
- (2010) The lysyl oxidases LOX and LOXL2 are necessary and sufficient to repress E-cadherin in hypoxia: insights into cellular transformation processes mediated by HIF-1. J Biol Chem. 2010;285(9): 6658-69
- (2010) Hypoxia-inducible protein 2 is a novel lipid droplet protein and a specific target gene of hypoxia-inducible factor-1. FASEB J. 2010;24(11): 4443-58
- (2010) Inhibition of prolyl hydroxylases increases erythropoietin production in ESRD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;21(12): 2151-6
- (2009) Mutual regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor and mammalian target of rapamycin as a function of oxygen availability. Mol Cancer Res. 2009;7(1): 88-98
- (2009) Key role for activin B in cellular transformation after loss of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor. Mol Cell Biol. 2009;29(7): 1707-18
- (2009) HIF-1 or HIF-2 induction is sufficient to achieve cell cycle arrest in NIH3T3 mouse fibroblasts independent from hypoxia. Cell Cycle. 2009;8(9): 1386-95
- (2009) HIF-prolyl hydroxylases in the rat kidney: physiologic expression patterns and regulation in acute kidney injury. Am J Pathol. 2009;174(5): 1663-74
- (2009) Hypoxia interferes with connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) gene expression in human proximal tubular cell lines. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009;24(11): 3319-25
- (2009) Novel insights into the role of the tumor suppressor von Hippel Lindau in cellular differentiation, ciliary biology, and cyst repression. J Mol Med. 2009;87(9): 871-7
- (2009) The human HIF (hypoxia-inducible factor)-3alpha gene is a HIF-1 target gene and may modulate hypoxic gene induction. Biochem J. 2009;424(1): 143-51
- (2009) Donor treatment with a PHD-inhibitor activating HIFs prevents graft injury and prolongs survival in an allogenic kidney transplant model. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009;106(50): 21276-81
- (2009) Mutation analysis of hypoxia-inducible factors HIF1A and HIF2A in renal cell carcinoma. Anticancer Res. 2009;29(11): 4337-43
- (2008) HIF activation protects from acute kidney injury. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008;19(3): 486-94
- (2008) Hypoxia and Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1{alpha} Modulate Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Dendritic Cell Activation and Function. J Immunol. 2008;180(7): 4697-705
- (2008) The specific contribution of hypoxia-inducible factor-2alpha to hypoxic gene expression in vitro is limited and modulated by cell type-specific and exogenous factors. Exp Cell Res. 2008;314(10): 2016-27
- (2008) Epidermal sensing of oxygen is essential for systemic hypoxic response. Cell. 2008;133(2): 223-34
- (2008) Chondrogenic differentiation of growth factor-stimulated precursor cells in cartilage repair tissue is associated with increased HIF-1alpha activity. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2008;16(12): 1457-65
- (2008) Role of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha in the integrity of articular cartilage in murine knee joints. Arthritis Res Ther. 2008;10(5): R111
- (2008) Hypoxia, via stabilization of the hypoxia-inducible factor HIF-1alpha, is a direct and sufficient stimulus for brain-type natriuretic peptide induction. Biochem J. 2008;409(1): 233-42
- (2007) Identification of novel VHL targets that are associated with the development of renal cell carcinoma. Oncogene. 2007;26(11): 1661-72
- (2007) Characterization of a 3;6 translocation associated with renal cell carcinoma. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2007;46(4): 311-7
- (2007) Involvement of hypoxia-inducible transcription factors in polycystic kidney disease. Am J Pathol. 2007;170(3): 830-42
- (2007) Hypoxia-inducible transcription factors and their role in renal disease. Semin Nephrol. 2007;27(3): 363-72
- (2007) Erythropoietin gene expression in renal carcinoma is considerably more frequent than paraneoplastic polycythemia. Int J Cancer. 2007;121(11): 2434-42
- (2007) The tumor gene survivin is highly expressed in adult renal tubular cells: implications for a pathophysiological role in the kidney. Am J Pathol. 2007;171(5): 1483-98
- (2007) Organ protection by hypoxia and hypoxia-inducible factors. Methods Enzymol. 2007;435(): 219-45
- (2006) Inconsistent effects of acidosis on HIF-alpha protein and its target genes. Pflugers Arch. 2006;451(4): 534-43
- (2006) Hypoxia-inducible factors and tubular cell survival in isolated perfused kidneys. Kidney Int. 2006;70(1): 60-70
- (2006) Preconditional activation of hypoxia-inducible factors ameliorates ischemic acute renal failure. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006;17(7): 1970-8
- (2006) HIF prolyl hydroxylases in the rat; organ distribution and changes in expression following hypoxia and coronary artery ligation. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2006;41(1): 68-77
- (2006) Expression of hypoxia-inducible transcription factors in developing human and rat kidneys. Kidney Int. 2006;69(1): 114-22
- (2005) Role of hypoxia in the pathogenesis of renal disease Kidney Int. 2005;68 Suppl. (): 46-51
- (2005) Role of hypoxia in the pathogenesis of renal disease. Kidney Int Suppl. 2005;(99): S46-51
- (2005) Tumor suppressor activity and epigenetic inactivation of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type 2/SPINT2 in papillary and clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Res. 2005;65(11): 4598-606
- (2005) Inhibition of mTOR attenuates hypoxic gene regulation in renal cells Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2005;20 Suppl.(): V16-V17
- (2005) Preconditional induction of HIF by carbon monoxide ameliorates ischemic acute renal failure Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2005;20 Suppl.(): V54-V54
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