2025
Haase L, Belkacemi A, Neises L, Kiweler N, Wesely C, Huchzermeier R, Bozic M, Khakdan A, Sánchez M, Mary A, Sachs N, Winter H, Glaab E, Heneka MT, van der Vorst EP, Mittelbronn M, Meiser J, Schneider JG.J Clin Invest. 2025 Jun 12:e182472. doi: 10.1172/JCI182472.
Winski G, Chernogubova E, Busch A, Eken SM, Jin H, Lindquist Liljeqvist M, Khan T, Bäcklund A, Paloschi V, Roy J, Hultgren R, Brostjan C, de Borst GJ, Sluijter JPG, Sachs N, Eckstein HH, Boon RA, Spin JM, Tsao PS, Asselbergs FW, Maegdefessel L.Commun Med (Lond). 2025 Jun 6;5(1):218. doi: 10.1038/s43856-025-00892-w.
Nackenhorst MC, Menges F, Bohmann B, Zschäpitz D, Bollwein C, Flemming S, Sachs N, Eilenberg W, Brostjan C, Neumayer C, Trenner M, Ibing W, Schelzig H, Reeps C, Maegdefessel L, Regele H, Wagenhäuser MU, Scholz CJ, Gasser TC, Busch A.Cardiovasc Res. 2025 Apr 29:cvaf071. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaf071. Online ahead of print.
An atypical atherogenic chemokine that promotes advanced atherosclerosis and hepatic lipogenesis.
El Bounkari O, Zan C, Yang B, Ebert S, Wagner J, Bugar E, Kramer N, Bourilhon P, Kontos C, Zarwel M, Sinitski D, Milic J, Jansen Y, Kempf WE, Sachs N, Maegdefessel L, Ji H, Gokce O, Riols F, Haid M, Gerra S, Hoffmann A, Brandhofer M, Avdic M, Bucala R, Megens RTA, Willemsen N, Messerer D, Schulz C, Bartelt A, Harm T, Rath D, Döring Y, Gawaz M, Weber C, Kapurniotu A, Bernhagen J.Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 7;16(1):2297. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57540-z.
Parma L, Sachs N, Sobczak N, Li Z, Merchant K, Pauli J, Depuydt MAC, Wezel A, Smeets HJ, Bot I, Slütter B, Maegdefessel L, Weber C, Duchêne J, Megens RTA.Circulation. 2025 Feb 25;151(8):581-584. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072560. Epub 2025 Feb 24.
Ezh2 Shapes T Cell Plasticity to Drive Atherosclerosis.
Bonfiglio CA, Lacy M, Triantafyllidou V, Farina FM, Janjic A, Nitz K, Wu Y, Bazioti V, Avcilar-Kücükgöze I, Marques YFS, Joppich M, Kumkum M, Röß K, Venkatasubramani AV, Imhof A, Enard W, Maegdefessel L, de Winther M, Weber C, Santovito D, Lutgens E, Atzler D.Circulation. 2025 May 13;151(19):1391-1408. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072384. Epub 2025 Feb 7.
Circular RNAs increase during vascular cell differentiation and are biomarkers for vascular disease.
Northoff BH, Herbst A, Wenk C, Weindl L, Gäbel G, Brezski A, Zarnack K, Küpper A, Dimmeler S, Moretti A, Laugwitz KL, Engelhardt S, Maegdefessel L, Boon RA, Doppler S, Dreßen M, Lahm H, Lange R, Krane M, Krohn K, Kohlmaier A, Holdt LM, Teupser D.Cardiovasc Res. 2025 Apr 29;121(3):405-423. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaf013.
2024
Long Non-Coding RNA Function in Smooth Muscle Cell Plasticity and Atherosclerosis.
Maegdefessel L, Fasolo F.Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2025 Feb;45(2):172-185. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.124.320393. Epub 2024 Dec 5.
Ticagrelor vs Prasugrel for Acute Coronary Syndrome in Routine Care.
Krüger N, Krefting J, Kessler T, Schmieder R, Starnecker F, Dutsch A, Graesser C, Meyer-Lindemann U, Storz T, Pugach I, Frieß C, Chen Z, Bongiovanni D, Manea I, Dreischulte T, Offenborn F, Krase P, Sager HB, Wiebe J, Kufner S, Xhepa E, Joner M, Trenkwalder T, Gueldener U, Kastrati A, Cassese S, Schunkert H, von Scheidt M; DigiMed Bayern Consortium.JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Dec 2;7(12):e2448389. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.48389.
Liu W, Hardaway BD, Kim E, Pauli J, Wettich JL, Yalcinkaya M, Hsu CC, Xiao T, Reilly MP, Tabas I, Maegdefessel L, Schlepckow K, Haass C, Wang N, Tall AR.J Clin Invest. 2024 Nov 12;135(1):e182939. doi: 10.1172/JCI182939.
Kontidou E, Humoud R, Chernogubova E, Alvarsson M, Maegdefessel L, Collado A, Pernow J, Zhou Z.Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2024 Nov 1;327(5):H1296-H1302. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00609.2024. Epub 2024 Oct 18.
Bamezai S, Zhang Y, Kumari M, Lotfi M, Alsaigh T, Luo L, Kumar GS, Wang F, Ye J, Puri M, Manchanda R, Paluri S, Adkar SS, Kojima Y, Ingelsson A, Bell CF, Lopez NG, Fu C, Choi RB, Miller Z, Barrios L, Walsh S, Ahmad F, Maegdefessel L, Smith BR, Leeper NJ.Nat Commun. 2024 Sep 13;15(1):8034. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52005-1.
Pourteymour S, Fan J, Majhi RK, Guo S, Sun X, Huang Z, Liu Y, Winter H, Bäcklund A, Skenteris NT, Chernogubova E, Werngren O, Li Z, Skogsberg J, Li Y, Matic L, Hedin U, Maegdefessel L, Ehrenborg E, Tian Y, Jin H.Cell Mol Life Sci. 2024 Aug 6;81(1):331. doi: 10.1007/s00018-024-05372-3.
Wang Y, Li G, Chen B, Shakir G, Volz M, van der Vorst EPC, Maas SL, Geiger M, Jethwa C, Bartelt A, Li Z, Wettich J, Sachs N, Maegdefessel L, Nazari Jahantigh M, Hristov M, Lacy M, Lutz B, Weber C, Herzig S, Guillamat Prats R, Steffens S.Cardiovasc Res. 2024 Oct 14;120(12):1411-1426. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvae125.
Atherosclerosis Is a Smooth Muscle Cell-Driven Tumor-Like Disease.
Pan H, Ho SE, Xue C, Cui J, Johanson QS, Sachs N, Ross LS, Li F, Solomon RA, Connolly ES Jr, Patel VI, Maegdefessel L, Zhang H, Reilly MP.Circulation. 2024 Apr 30. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067587.
Ducommun S, Jannig PR, Cervenka I, Murgia M, Mittenbühler MJ, Chernogubova E, Dias JM, Jude B, Correia JC, Van Vranken JG, Ocana-Santero G, Porsmyr-Palmertz M, McCann Haworth S, Martínez-Redondo V, Liu Z, Carlström M, Mann M, Lanner JT, Teixeira AI, Maegdefessel L, Spiegelman BM, Ruas JL. Mol Metab. 2024 Apr. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2024.101912.
High-Dimensional Single-Cell Multimodal Landscape of Human Carotid Atherosclerosis.
Bashore AC, Yan H, Xue C, Zhu LY, Kim E, Mawson T, Coronel J, Chung A, Sachs N, Ho S, Ross LS, Kissner M, Passegué E, Bauer RC, Maegdefessel L, Li M, Reilly MP. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 Feb 22. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.320524.
Fidler TP, Dunbar A, Kim E, Hardaway B, Pauli J, Xue C, Abramowicz S, Xiao T, O'Connor K, Sachs N, Wang N, Maegdefessel L, Levine R, Reilly M, Tall AR. Nat Cardiovasc Res. 2024 Jan;3(1):60-75. doi: 10.1038/s44161-023-00405-9.
Noncoding RNAs in the Vasculature: Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Perspectives.
Maegdefessel L, Boon RA, Dimmeler S. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 Jan;44(1):3-6. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.319564.
2023
Paloschi V, Pauli J, Winski G, Wu Z, Li Z, Botti L, Meucci S, Conti P, Rogowitz F, Glukha N, Hummel N, Busch A, Chernogubova E, Jin H, Sachs N, Eckstein HH, Dueck A, Boon RA, Bausch AR, Maegdefessel L. Adv Healthc Mater. 2023 Oct 5:e2302907. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202302907.
Fasolo F, Winski G, Li Z, Wu Z, Winter H, Ritzer J, Glukha N, Roy J, Hultgren R, Pauli J, Busch A, Sachs N, Knappich C, Eckstein HH, Boon RA, Paloschi V, Maegdefessel L. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2023 Aug 17;33:848-865. doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2023.08.017.
Pauli J, Reisenauer T, Winski G, Sachs N, Chernogubova E, Freytag H, Otto C, Reeps C, Eckstein HH, Scholz CJ, Maegdefessel L, Busch A. Biomolecules. 2023 Jul 4;13(7):1074. doi: 10.3390/biom13071074.
Targeting non-coding RNAs for novel treatment strategies in vascular diseases.
Winter H, Maegdefessel L. Eur Heart J. 2023 Jul 1;44(25):2267-2269. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad240.
Winter H, Winski G, Busch A, Chernogubova E, Fasolo F, Wu Z, Bäcklund A, Khomtchouk BB, Van Booven DJ, Sachs N, Eckstein HH, Wittig I, Boon RA, Jin H, Maegdefessel L. Mol Ther. 2023 Jun 7;31(6):1775-1790. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2023.04.020.
Endothelial microRNAs and long noncoding RNAs in cardiovascular ageing.
Bink DI, Pauli J, Maegdefessel L, Boon RA. Atherosclerosis. 2023 Jun;374:99-106. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2023.03.019.
Fasolo F, Paloschi V, Maegdefessel L.Atherosclerosis. 2023 Jun;374:34-43. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.11.021.
2022
Cynn E, Li DY, O'Reilly ME, Wang Y, Bashore AC, Jha A, Foulkes AS, Zhang H, Winter H, Maegdefessel L, Yan H, Li M, Ross L, Xue C, Reilly MP.Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2023 Feb;43(2):286-299. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.318353.
CXCR4 - a possible serum marker for risk stratification of abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Reutersberg B, Metschl S, Salvermoser M, Eckstein HH, Knappich C, Maegdefessel L, Jaroslav P, Busch A. Vasa. 2023 Mar. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a001049.
Fasolo F, Paloschi V, Maegdefessel L.Atherosclerosis. 2023 Jun. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.11.021.
Metschl S, Bruder L, Paloschi V, Jakob K, Reutersberg B, Reeps C, Maegdefessel L, Gee M, Eckstein HH, Pelisek J.Thromb Haemost. 2022 Sep. doi: 10.1055/a-1772-0574.
Downregulation of Erythrocyte miR-210 Induces Endothelial Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes.
Zhou Z, Collado A, Sun C, Tratsiakovich Y, Mahdi A, Winter H, Chernogubova E, Seime T, Narayanan S, Jiao T, Jin H, Alvarsson M, Zheng X, Yang J, Hedin U, Catrina SB, Maegdefessel L, Pernow J.Diabetes. 2022 Feb 1;71(2):285-297. doi: 10.2337/db21-0093.