Mareike Barth

Endothelial and virgultar cell formations in the mammalian lymph node sinus: endothelial differentiation morphotypes characterized by a special kind of junction (complexus adhaerens).

Cordial connections: molecular ensembles and structures of adhering junctions connecting interstitial cells of cardiac valves in situ and in cell culture.

The junctions that don't fit the scheme: special symmetrical cell-cell junctions of their own kind.

The area composita of adhering junctions connecting heart muscle cells of vertebrates. VII. The different types of lateral junctions between the special cardiomyocytes of the conduction system of ovine and bovine hearts.

Acetylcholine as a possible signaling molecule in embryonic stem cells: studies on survival, proliferation and death.

Desmosomal molecules in and out of adhering junctions: normal and diseased States of epidermal, cardiac and mesenchymally derived cells.

Opposite effects of transforming growth factor-β1 and vascular endothelial growth factor on the degeneration of aortic valvular interstitial cell are modified by the extracellular matrix protein fibronectin: implications for heart valve engineering.

The quest for an optimized protocol for whole-heart decellularization: a comparison of three popular and a novel decellularization technique and their diverse effects on crucial extracellular matrix qualities.

The adhering junctions of valvular interstitial cells: molecular composition in fetal and adult hearts and the comings and goings of plakophilin-2 in situ, in cell culture and upon re-association with scaffolds.

A novel function of FoxO transcription factors in thrombin-stimulated vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation.

A novel culture device for the evaluation of three-dimensional extracellular matrix materials.

Transplantation material bovine pericardium: biomechanical and immunogenic characteristics after decellularization vs. glutaraldehyde-fixing.

A novel customizable modular bioreactor system for whole-heart cultivation under controlled 3D biomechanical stimulation.

A novel native derived coronary artery tissue-flap model.

Acceleration of autologous in vivo recellularization of decellularized aortic conduits by fibronectin surface coating.

Simvastatin does not diminish the in vivo degeneration of decellularized aortic conduits.

The degeneration of biological cardiovascular prostheses under pro-calcific metabolic conditions in a small animal model.