Rainer Meyer

Estrogenic hormone action in the heart: regulatory network and function.

Neopterin inhibits ATP-induced calcium release in alveolar epithelial cells in vitro.

Induction of atrial fibrillation in mice by rapid transesophageal atrial pacing.

Increasing myocardial contraction and blood pressure in C57BL/6 mice during early postnatal development.

17 Beta-estradiol regulates the expression of endothelin receptor type B in the heart.

The cardiac cocaine connection.

Sex-specific differences in ventricular expression and function of parathyroid hormone-related peptide.

Female mice lacking estrogen receptor beta display prolonged ventricular repolarization and reduced ventricular automaticity after myocardial infarction.

The influence of oestrogen-deficiency and ACE inhibition on the progression of myocardial hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Toll-like receptor 4, nitric oxide, and myocardial depression in endotoxemia.

Estrogen receptor beta protects the murine heart against left ventricular hypertrophy.

Myocardial injury modulates the innate immune system and changes myocardial sensitivity.

Bone loss after total hip arthroplasty.

Toll-like receptor 4 modulates myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury: Role of matrix metalloproteinases.

Toll-like receptor 4 deficiency: smaller infarcts, but no gain in function.

Enhanced heterogeneity of myocardial conduction and severe cardiac electrical instability in annexin A7-deficient mice.

CpG oligonucleotide activates Toll-like receptor 9 and causes lung inflammation in vivo.

Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) signal cascade modulates myocardial dysfunction in the pressure overloaded heart.

Bacterial DNA induces myocardial inflammation and reduces cardiomyocyte contractility: role of toll-like receptor 9.

Absence of 2-hydroxylated sphingolipids is compatible with normal neural development but causes late-onset axon and myelin sheath degeneration.

Cell-specific effects of nitric oxide deficiency on parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) responsiveness and PTH1 receptor expression in cardiovascular cells.

Age and hypertrophy related changes in contractile post-rest behavior and action potential properties in isolated rat myocytes.

Lack of gelsolin promotes perpetuation of atrial fibrillation in the mouse heart.

Complete loss of murine Xin results in a mild cardiac phenotype with altered distribution of intercalated discs.

The toll-like receptor 4-antagonist eritoran reduces murine cardiac hypertrophy.

In vivo Toll-like receptor 4 antagonism restores cardiac function during endotoxemia.

Interactions of adiponectin and lipopolysaccharide from Porphyromonas gingivalis on human oral epithelial cells.

Effect of intermittent PTH(1-34) on human periodontal ligament cells transplanted into immunocompromised mice.

Vascular dysfunction following polymicrobial sepsis: role of pattern recognition receptors.

Priming with synthetic oligonucleotides attenuates pressure overload-induced inflammation and cardiac hypertrophy in mice.

Bisphenol A inhibits voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels in vitro: mechanisms and structural requirements.

Toll-like receptor 9 promotes cardiac inflammation and heart failure during polymicrobial sepsis.

TLR2 stimulation induces cardiac inflammation but not cardiac depression in vivo.

Antibiotics regulate the immune response in both presence and absence of lipopolysaccharide through modulation of Toll-like receptors, cytokine production and phagocytosis in vitro.

The toxic effect of R350P mutant desmin in striated muscle of man and mouse.

Ly6C(low) and not Ly6C(high) macrophages accumulate first in the heart in a model of murine pressure-overload.

Postconditioning with a CpG containing Oligodeoxynucleotide ameliorates myocardial infarction in a murine closed-chest model.

Evaluation of near-infrared spectroscopy under apnea-dependent hypoxia in humans.

Linezolid, vancomycin and daptomycin modulate cytokine production, Toll-like receptors and phagocytosis in a human in vitro model of sepsis.

Antifungal antibiotics modulate the pro-inflammatory cytokine production and phagocytic activity of human monocytes in an in vitro sepsis model.

Ghrelin promotes oral tumor cell proliferation by modifying GLUT1 expression.

Tlr4 Deficiency Protects against Cardiac Pressure Overload Induced Hyperinflammation.

Loss of the LIM-only protein Fhl2 impairs inflammatory reaction and scar formation after cardiac ischemia leading to better hemodynamic performance.

Tlr2 deficiency does not limit the development of left ventricular hypertrophy in a model of transverse aortic constriction induced pressure overload.

Sarcomeric lesions and remodeling proximal to intercalated disks in overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy.