Gerald Birk
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Recent Articles
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Klee S, Picart-Armada S, Wenger K, Birk G, Quast K, Veyel D, et al.
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol
. 2023 Jan;
324(3):L245-L258.
PMID: 36625483
The most common preclinical, in vivo model to study lung fibrosis is the bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis model in 2- to 3-mo-old mice. Although this model resembles key aspects of idiopathic...
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Oldenburger A, Birk G, Schleputz M, Broermann A, Stierstorfer B, Pullen S, et al.
Pharmacol Res Perspect
. 2021 May;
9(3):e00768.
PMID: 34014044
Fibrotic processes in the liver of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients cause microcirculatory dysfunction in the organ which increases blood vessel resistance and causes portal hypertension. Assessing blood vessel function in...
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Zingman I, Zippel N, Birk G, Eder S, Thomas L, Schonberger T, et al.
Toxicol Pathol
. 2021 Apr;
49(4):862-871.
PMID: 33896293
Proliferative retinopathies, such as diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity, are leading causes of vision impairment. A common feature is a loss of retinal capillary vessels resulting in hypoxia and...
4.
Birk G, Kastle M, Tilp C, Stierstorfer B, Klee S
Respir Res
. 2020 May;
21(1):124.
PMID: 32448249
Background: One of the main diagnostic tools for lung diseases in humans is computed tomography (CT). A miniaturized version, micro-CT (μCT) is utilized to examine small rodents including mice. However,...
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Gindele J, Kiechle T, Benediktus K, Birk G, Brendel M, Heinemann F, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2020 Apr;
10(1):6257.
PMID: 32277131
Cigarette smoke (CS) is the leading risk factor to develop COPD. Therefore, the pathologic effects of whole CS on the differentiation of primary small airway epithelial cells (SAEC) were investigated,...
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Heinemann F, Birk G, Stierstorfer B
Sci Rep
. 2019 Dec;
9(1):18454.
PMID: 31804575
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the progressive form of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are diseases of major importance with a high unmet medical need. Efficacy studies on novel compounds to...
7.
Heinemann F, Birk G, Schoenberger T, Stierstorfer B
PLoS One
. 2018 Aug;
13(8):e0202708.
PMID: 30138413
Preclinical studies of novel compounds rely on quantitative readouts from animal models. Frequently employed readouts from histopathological tissue scoring are time consuming, require highly specialized staff and are subject to...
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Kritzinger A, Ferger B, Gillardon F, Stierstorfer B, Birk G, Kochanek S, et al.
Neurobiol Aging
. 2018 Mar;
66:97-111.
PMID: 29550548
Mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) age-dependently cause Parkinson's disease and are associated with several inflammatory diseases. So far, the potential role of LRRK2 expression in glial cells as...
9.
Bianchi A, Tibiletti M, Kjorstad A, Birk G, Schad L, Stierstorfer B, et al.
NMR Biomed
. 2015 Sep;
28(11):1471-9.
PMID: 26403226
Emphysema is a life-threatening pathology that causes irreversible destruction of alveolar walls. In vivo imaging techniques play a fundamental role in the early non-invasive pre-clinical and clinical detection and longitudinal...
10.
Bianchi A, Tibiletti M, Kjorstad A, Birk G, Schad L, Stierstorfer B, et al.
Invest Radiol
. 2015 Jul;
50(12):812-20.
PMID: 26146872
Objective: To demonstrate the feasibility of proton magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ventilation-related maps in rodents for the evaluation of lung function in the presence of pancreatic porcine elastase (PPE)-induced emphysema....