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Intravascular crosstalk of interleukin-6 and therapeutic glucocorticoids in SARS-CoV2 infection

Scientists from the Institute of Biology at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg plan to investigate the causes and molecular mechanisms of severe COVID-19 courses over the next three years.

In a research project just approved by the German Research Foundation DFG with 500,000 euros, the scientists from the Chair of Systems Biology at the University of Magdeburg, together with colleagues from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research HZI in Braunschweig, will investigate under laboratory conditions what leads to the serious damage to our vascular system associated with a severe COVID-19 course and thus advance new therapeutic approaches.

Press release OvGU 24.01.2022

 

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Name:      Prof. Dr. Iris Behrmann
  Signal Transduction Laboratory
Life Sciences Research Unit
University of Luxembourg
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Date/Location: Thursday, March, 05th 2020, 5:00 pm,  Building 28 /  Room 27
Title:  Signal transduction of IL-6-type cytokines: involvement of (short and long) non-coding RNAs

 

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Name:      PD Dr. Heike M. Hermanns
  Department of Medicine II / Hepatology, Medical School University of Würzburg
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Date/Location: Friday, March, 08th 2019, 2.30 pm,  Building 28 /  Room 27
Title:  JAK-STAT signaling in liver diseases

 

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Name:      Prof. Dr. Gerhard Müller-Newen
  Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie der RWTH Aachen
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Date/Location: Thursday, 08.11.2018 17:00 Building 28 (Pflälzer Platz) Room 27
Title:  Non-canonical aspects of Jak-STAT signaling

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Name:      PD Dr. Christoph Garbers
  Institute of Biochemistry, Christan-Albrechts-University Kiel
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Date/Location: Thursday, March, 08th 2018, 5 pm,  Building 28 /  Room 27
Title:  Control of intracellular signaling pathways by extracellular cytokine receptors

Abstract:

Intracellular signaling cascades, e.g. the Jak/STAT pathway, have several different functions in health and disease. Their activation and the duration of signaling must be tightly controlled. Dysregulated, overshooting activities of such pathways are often associated with human diseases. The pleiotropic cytokines Interleukin-11 (IL-11) and IL-6 are secreted glycoproteins that activate their target cells via specific membrane-bound IL-6/IL-11 alpha receptors (IL-11R and IL-6R, respectively). Formation of cytokine/cytokine receptor complexes leads to the formation of a homodimer of the ubiquitously expressed signal-transducing beta-receptor gp130 (termed classic signaling), which induces signaling cascades like the Jak/STAT pathway. Thus, the cellular expression pattern of the alpha receptors determines which cells respond to IL-6 and IL-11, respectively, as gp130 is ubiquitously expressed. Importantly, the ectodomains of the IL-11R and IL-6R can be cleaved off the cells by several proteases, albeit with different preferences and specificities. The resulting soluble receptors (sIL-11R and sIL-6R) act as agonists and can activate cells via gp130 (termed trans-signaling), which widens the spectrum of cells that can be activated by IL-11 and IL-6. The presentation will give an overview how signaling on the inside is regulated by cytokine receptors on the outside of the cell, and how knowledge about these processes can be exploited therapeutically.

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Name:      Prof. Dr. Raymond Kaempfer
  Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Medicine, IMRIC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Israel
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Date/Location: Monday, December 04st 2017 16:00 Uhr in Building  28 / Pfälzer Platz, Room 027
Title:  Conrol of mRNA splicing by noncoding intragenic RNA elements that evoke a cellular stress response

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We define structure and function of novel noncoding RNA elements within the tumor necrosis factor and hemoglobin genes that by activating a cellular stress response hitherto thought only to repress translation, render splicing of their mRNAs highly efficient. These RNA elements activate the RNA-dependent kinase, PKR. PKR-mediated mRNA splicing, we show, depends strictly on phosphorylation of translation initiation factor eIF2α which is both necessary and sufficient to achieve efficient splicing,while leaving translation intact.

References:
Cell Research (http://rdcu.be/qB2k)
Cell Reports (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.06.035 ).

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Name:      Dr. Niamh Connolly
  Physiology & Medical Physics Department, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
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Date/Location: Thursday, November 09th 2017, 5 pm,  Building 28 /  Room 27
Title:  Using systems modelling to investigate bioenergetic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease

 

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Mitochondrial bioenergetic dysfunction is implicated in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s Diseases. It is unknown, however, whether mitochondrial dysfunction is sufficient to trigger neurodegeneration, or whether it constitutes an additional risk factor. As part of the interdisciplinary, multi-lab consortium, ‘Cellular Bioenergetics in Neurodegenerative Diseases’ (CeBioND; cebiond.org), we are combining systems modelling with in vitro experiments in a cellular model of Alzheimer’s Disease, to holistically investigate the impact of neurodegenerative defects on mitochondrial bioenergetic output.

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Name:      Dr. Manuela Benary
  Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University Berlin
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Date/Location: Thursday, March 09th 2017, 5 pm,  Building 28 /  Room 27
Title:  Information theory reveals the contribution of MAPK signaling to cell cycle

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Name:      Dr. Ulfert Rand
  Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Research Group Immune Aging and Chronic Infection (IMCI), Department of Vaccinology (VAC)
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Date/Location: Monday, November 07th 2016, 5 pm,  Building 28 /  Room 27
Title:  Dynamics of the antiviral interferon response

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Name:      Dr. Chrstian Ehlting
  Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, University Hospital Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf
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Date/Location: Thursday, October 20th 2016, 5 pm,  Building 28 /  Room 27
Title:  The p38MAPK-STAT3 axis as a key regulator of the inflammatory response of macrophages

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