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Ackermann J, Arndt L, Fröba J, Lindhorst A, Glaß M, Kirstein M, Hobusch C, Wunderlich FT, Braune J, Gericke M. IL-6 signaling drives self-renewal and alternative activation of adipose tissue macrophages. Front Immunol. 2024 Feb 28;15:1201439.

Brandt VP, Holland H, Blüher M, Klöting N. High-resolution genomic profiling and locus-specific FISH in subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue of obese patients. Front Genet. 2024 Mar 7;14:1323052.

Boesch M, Lindhorst A, Feio-Azevedo R, Rescigno M, Gericke M, Korf H, van der Merwe S. Adipose tissue macrophage dysfunction is associated with a breach of vascular integrity in NASH. J Hepatol. 2023 Nov 15:S0168-8278(23)05271-6.

Finkelstein O, Levakov G, Kaplan A, Zelicha H, Meir AY, Rinott E, Tsaban G, Witte AV, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Shelef I, Shai I, Riklin Raviv T, Avidan G. Deep learning-based BMI inference from structural brain MRI reflects brain alterations following lifestyle intervention. Hum Brain Mapp. 2024 Feb 15;45(3):e26595.

Goldberg DT, Yaskolka Meir A, Tsaban G, Rinott E, Kaplan A, Zelicha H, Klöting N, Ceglarek U, Iserman B, Shelef I, Rosen P, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Etzion O, Stampfer MJ, Hu FB, Shai I. Novel proteomic signatures may indicate MRI-assessed intrahepatic fat state and changes; the DIRECT PLUS clinical trial. Hepatology. 2024 Mar 27.

Hernandez-Resendiz I, Burkhardt R. Novel functions of Tribbles-homolog 1 in liver, adipocytes and atherosclerosis. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2024 Jan 18.

Krupka S, Hoffmann A, Jasaszwili M, Dietrich A, Guiu-Jurado E, Klöting N, Blüher M. Consequences of COVID-19 on Adipose Tissue Signatures. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Mar 2;25(5):2908.

Lorenz J, Richter S, Kirstein AS, Kolbig F, Nebe M, Schulze M, Kiess W, Spitzbarth I, Klöting N, Le Duc D, Baschant U, Garten A. Pten knockout in mouse preosteoblasts leads to changes in bone turnover and strength. JBMR Plus. 2024 Jan 4;8(3):ziad016.

Makarenkov N, Yoel U, Haim Y, Pincu Y, Bhandarkar NS, Shalev A, Shelef I, Liberty IF, Ben-Arie G, Yardeni D, Rudich A, Etzion O, Veksler-Lublinsky I. Circulating isomiRs May Be Superior Biomarkers Compared to Their Corresponding miRNAs: A Pilot Biomarker Study of Using isomiR-Ome to Detect Coronary Calcium-Based Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with NAFLD. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jan 10;25(2):890.

Pott J, Kheirkhah A, Gadin JR, Kleber ME, Delgado GE, Kirsten H, Forer L, Hauck SM, Burkhardt R, Scharnagl H, Loeffler M, März W, Thiery J, Gieger C, Peters A, Silveira A, Hooft FV, Kronenberg F, Scholz M. Sex and statin-related genetic associations at the PCSK9 gene locus: results of genome-wide association meta-analysis. Biol Sex Differ. 2024 Mar 26;15(1):26.

Rauscher FG, Elze T, Francke M, Martinez-Perez ME, Li Y, Wirkner K, Tönjes A, Engel C, Thiery J, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Kirsten T, Loeffler M, Ebert T, Wang M. Glucose tolerance and insulin resistance/sensitivity associate with retinal layer characteristics: the LIFE-Adult-Study. Diabetologia. 2024 Mar 2.

Reinisch I, Michenthaler H, Sulaj A, Moyschewitz E, Krstic J, Galhuber M, Xu R, Riahi Z, Wang T, Vujic N, Amor M, Zenezini Chiozzi R, Wabitsch M, Kolb D, Georgiadi A, Glawitsch L, Heitzer E, Schulz TJ, Schupp M, Sun W, Dong H, Ghosh A, Hoffmann A, Kratky D, Hinte LC, von Meyenn F, Heck AJR, Blüher M, Herzig S, Wolfrum C, Prokesch A. Adipocyte p53 coordinates the response to intermittent fasting by regulating adipose tissue immune cell landscape. Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 15;15(1):1391.

Röthe J, Kraft R, Ricken A, Kaczmarek I, Matz-Soja M, Winter K, Dietzsch AN, Buchold J, Ludwig MG, Liebscher I, Schöneberg T, Thor D. The adhesion GPCR GPR116/ADGRF5 has a dual function in pancreatic islets regulating somatostatin release and islet development. Commun Biol. 2024 Jan 16;7(1):104.   

Schenk M, König N, Hey-Hawkins E, Beck-Sickinger AG. Illuminating the Path to Enhanced Bioimaging by Phosphole-based Fluorophores. Chembiochem. 2024 Jan 11

Scholz M, Horn K, Pott J, Wuttke M, Kühnapfel A, ..., Isermann B, ... Kiess W, ..., Körner A, Kovacs P, ... Stumvoll M,... Tönjes A, .... X-chromosome and kidney function: evidence from a multi-trait genetic analysis of 908,697 individuals reveals sex-specific and sex-differential findings in genes regulated by androgen response elements. Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 18;15(1):586.

Stassart RM, Gomez-Sanchez JA, Lloyd AC. Targeting ion channels with ultra-large library screening for hit discovery. Front Mol Neurosci. 2024 Jan 5;16:1336004.

Vallat B, Webb BM, Westbrook JD, Goddard TD, Hanke CA, Graziadei A, Peisach E, Zalevsky A, Sagendorf J, Tangmunarunkit H, Voinea S, Sekharan M, Yu J, A M J J Bonvin A, DiMaio F, Hummer G, Meiler J, Tajkhorshid E, Ferrin TE, Lawson CL, Leitner A, Rappsilber J, Seidel CAM, Jeffries CM, Burley SK, Hoch JC, Kurisu G, Morris K, Patwardhan A, Velankar S, Schwede T, Trewhella J, Kesselman C, Berman HM, Sali A. IHMCIF: An Extension of the PDBx/mmCIF Data Standard for Integrative Structure Determination Methods. J Mol Biol. 2024 Mar 18:168546.

Abdul Majeed S, Dunzendorfer H, Weiner J, Heiker J T, Kiess W, Körner A, Landgraf K. COBL, MKX and MYOC Are Potential Regulators of Brown Adipose Tissue Development Associated with Obesity-Related Metabolic Dysfunction in Children. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 4: 3085.

Arndt L, Hernandez-Resendiz I, Moos D, Dokas J, Müller S, Jeromin F, Wagner R, Ceglarek U, Heid IM, Höring M, Liebisch G, Stadler SC, Burkhardt R. Trib1 Deficiency Promotes Hyperlipidemia, Inflammation, and Atherosclerosis in LDL Receptor Knockout Mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2023 Jun;43(6):979-994.

Arndt L, Lindhorst A, Neugebauer J, Hoffmann A, Hobusch C, Alexaki VI, Ghosh A, Blüher M, Wolfrum C, Glaß M, Gericke M. The Role of IL-13 and IL-4 in Adipose Tissue Fibrosis. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Mar 16;24(6):5672.

Avila Castillo A, Hagemann T, Hoffmann A, Baber R, Biemann R, Wirkner K, Krupka S, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Klöting N. Associations between vitamin D, immunoglobulin E concentrations, and obesity. Front Nutr. 2023 Mar 30;10:1147407.

Baalmann F, Brendler J, Butthof A, Popkova Y, Engel KM, Schiller J, Winter K, Lede V, Ricken A, Schöneberg T, Schulz A. Reduced urine volume and changed renal sphingolipid metabolism in P2ry14-deficient mice. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2023 May 11;11:1128456.

Begcevic Brkovic I, Reinicke M, Chey S, Bechmann I, Ceglarek U. Characterization of Non-Cholesterol Sterols in Microglia Cell Membranes Using Targeted Mass Spectrometry. Cells. 2023 Mar 23;12(7):974.

Beuchel C, Dittrich J, Becker S, Kirsten H, Tönjes A, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Loeffler M, Teren A, Thiery J, Isermann B, Ceglarek U, Scholz M. An atlas of genome-wide gene expression and metabolite associations and possible mediation effects towards body mass index. J Mol Med (Berl). 2023 Sep 6.

Breitfeld J, Horn K, Le Duc D, Velluva A, Marzi C, Grallert H, Friedrich N, Pietzner M, Völker U, Völzke H, Ahlqvist E, Aly DM, Tuomi T, Baber R, Kratzsch J, Thiery J, Isermann B, Loeffler M, Klöting N, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Heiker JT, Tönjes A, Scholz M, Kovacs P. Genetic dissection of serum vaspin highlights its causal role in lipid metabolism. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 Sep 26.  

Boczki P, Colombo M, Weiner J, Rapöhn I, Lacher M, Kiess W, Hanschkow M, Körner A, Landgraf K. Inhibition of AHCY impedes proliferation and differentiation of mouse and human adipocyte progenitor cells. Adipocyte. 2024 Dec;13(1):2290218.

Bundalian L, Su YY, Chen S, Velluva A, Kirstein AS, Garten A, Biskup S, Battke F, Lal D, Heyne HO, Platzer K, Lin CC, Lemke JR, Le Duc D. Epi25 Collaborative. The role of rare genetic variants enrichment in epilepsies of presumed genetic etiology. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Mar 10:2023.01.17.23284702.

Ebert T, Behre G, Weidhase L, Vucinic V, Gewert C, Semple RK, Stumvoll M, Tönjes A. Case report: Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for type B insulin resistance. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Aug 29;10:1200037.

Emonds JJ, Arlt F, Gaudl A, Reinicke M, Heinemann M, Lindner D, Laudi S, Ceglarek U, Meixensberger J. Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage: a prospective observational study. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2023 Jan 25.

Frenster JD, Erdjument-Bromage H, Stephan G, Ravn-Boess N, Wang S, Liu W, Bready D, Wilcox J, Kieslich B, Jankovic M, Wilde C, Horn S, Sträter N, Liebscher I, Schöneberg T, Fenyo D, Neubert TA, Placantonakis DG. PTK7 is a positive allosteric modulator of GPR133 signaling in glioblastoma. Cell Rep. 2023 Jun 23;42(7):112679.

Hagemann T, Czechowski P, Ghosh A, Sun W, Dong H, Noé F, Wolfrum C, Blüher M, Hoffmann A. Laminin α4 Expression in Human Adipose Tissue Depots and Its Association with Obesity and Obesity Related Traits. Biomedicines. 2023 Oct 17;11(10):2806.

Hammel MC, Stein R, Kratzsch J, Vogel M, Eckert AJ, Triatin RD, Colombo M, Meigen C, Baber R, Stanik J, Spielau U, Stoltze A, Wirkner K, Tönjes A, Snieder H, Holl RW, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Kiess W, Körner A. Fasting indices of glucose-insulin-metabolism across life span and prediction of glycemic deterioration in children with obesity from new diagnostic cut-offs. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2023 May 23;30:100652. eCollection 2023 Jul.

Hartmann H, Janssen L K, Herzog N, Morys F, Fängström D, Fallon S J, Horstmann A., Self-reported intake of high-fat and high-sugar diet is not associated with cognitive stability and flexibility in healthy men. Appetite. 2023 Feb 8;183:106477. 

Henschke V, Hild K, Schilling E, Haas J, Filipova V, Erbe S, König R, Hübschen JM, Laufs U, Claus C, Boeckel JN. Rubella virus infection in endothelial cells reduces angiogenesis via interferon beta-induced CXCL10. iScience. 2023 Mar 7;26(4):106352.

Hoffmann A, Meir AY, Hagemann T, Czechowski P, Müller L, Engelmann B, Haange SB, Rolle-Kampczyk U, Tsaban G, Zelicha H, Rinott E, Kaplan A, Shelef I, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Liang L, Ceglarek U, Isermann B, von Bergen M, Kovacs P, Keller M, Shai I. A polyphenol-rich green Mediterranean diet enhances epigenetic regulatory potential: the DIRECT PLUS randomized controlled trial. Metabolism. 2023 May 24:155594.

Kabbani N, Blüher M, Stepan H, Stumvoll M, Ebert T, Tönjes A, Schrey-Petersen S. Adipokines in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Clinical Data. Biomedicines. 2023 May 11;11(5):1419.

Kabbani N, Stepan H, Blüher M, Ebert T, Baber R, Vogel M, Kiess W, Stumvoll M, Breitfeld J, Lössner U, Tönjes A, Schrey-Petersen S. Association between TGFβ1 Levels in Cord Blood and Weight Progress in the First Year of Life. Biomedicines. 2023 Aug 8;11(8):2220.

Kaczmarek I, Wower I, Ettig K, Kuhn CK, Kraft R, Landgraf K, Körner A, Schöneberg T, Horn S, Thor D. Identifying G protein-coupled receptors involved in adipose tissue function using the innovative RNA-seq database FATTLAS. iScience. 2023 Sep 9;26(10):107841.

Kamer O, Rinott E, Tsaban G, Kaplan A, Yaskolka Meir A, Zelicha H, Knights D, Tuohy K, Fava F, Uwe Scholz M, Ziv O, Rubin E, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Ceglarek U, Clément K, Koren O, Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Wang DD, Youngster I, Shai I. Successful weight regain attenuation by autologous fecal microbiota transplantation is associated with non-core gut microbiota changes during weight loss; randomized controlled trial. Gut Microbes. 2023 Dec;15(2):2264457.

Lammer L, Beyer F, Luppa M, Sanders C, Baber R, Engel C, Wirkner K, Loffler M, Riedel-Heller SG, Villringer A, Witte AV. Impact of social isolation on grey matter structure and cognitive functions: A population-based longitudinal neuroimaging study. Elife. 2023 Jun 20;12:e83660.

Lammert M, Medawar E, Hartmann H, Grasser L, Dietrich A, Fenske W, Horstmann A. Distinct adaptations of endocrine and cognitive functions may contribute to high variability in long-term weight loss outcome after bariatric surgery. Physiol Behav. 2023 Jun 23:114279.

Leopold J, Prabutzki P, Engel KM, Schiller J. A Five-Year Update on Matrix Compounds for MALDI-MS Analysis of Lipids. Biomolecules. 2023; 13(3):546.

Levakov G, Kaplan A, Yaskolka Meir A, Rinott E, Tsaban G, Zelicha H, Blüher M, Ceglarek U, Stumvoll M, Shelef I, Avidan G, Shai I. The effect of weight loss following 18 months of lifestyle intervention on brain age assessed with resting-state functional connectivity. Elife. 2023 Apr 6;12:e83604.

Liessmann F, Künze G, Meiler J. Improving the Modeling of Extracellular Ligand Binding Pockets in RosettaGPCR for Conformational Selection. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Apr 24;24(9):7788.

Makarenkov N, Haim Y, Yoel U, Pincu Y, Tarnovscki T, Liberty IF, Kukeev I, Baraf L, Dukhno O, Zilber O, Blüher M, Rudich A, Veksler-Lublinsky I. Circulating miRNAs detect high versus low visceral adipose tissue inflammation in patients living with obesity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Sep 15:dgad550.

Medawar E, Beyer F, Thieleking R, Haange SB, Rolle-Kampczyk U, Reinicke M, Chakaroun R, von Bergen M, Stumvoll M, Villringer A, Witte AV. Prebiotic diet changes neural correlates of food decision-making in overweight adults: a randomised controlled within-subject cross-over trial. Gut. 2023 Oct 4:gutjnl-2023-330365.

Meen AJ, Doncheva AI, Böttcher Y, Dankel SN, Hoffmann A, Blüher M, Fernø J, Mellgren G, Ghosh A, Sun W, Dong H, Noé F, Wolfrum C, Pejler G, Dalen KT, Kolset SO. Obesity Is Associated with Distorted Proteoglycan Expression in Adipose Tissue. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Apr 7;24(8):6884.

Molder J, Guiu-Jurado E, Moulla Y, Stroh C, Dietrich A, Schön MR, Gärtner D, Lohmann T, Dressler M, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P, Blüher M, Klöting N., Sex-Specific Effects of the Genetic Variant rs10487505 Upstream of leptin in the Development of Obesity. Genes. 2023; 14(2):378.  

Mueller K, Thiel F, Taskin B, Beutner F, Teren A, Dubovoy VK, Möller HE, Villringer A, Schroeter ML. Brain dysconnectivity with heart failure. Brain Commun. 2023 Mar 30;5(2):fcad103.

Ott R, Stein R, Hauta-Alus HH, Ronkainen J, Fernández-Barrés S, Spielau U, Kirsten H, Poulain T, Melton PE, Küpers LK, Azaryah H, Colombo M, Landgraf K, Tobi EW, O'Sullivan T, Huang RC, Campoy C, Winkler C, Vioque J, Vrijheid M, Kiess W, Körner A, Sebert S, Jarvelin MR, Ziegler AG, Hummel S. Epigenome-Wide Meta-Analysis Reveals Associations Between Dietary Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load and DNA Methylation in Children and Adolescents of Different Body Sizes. Diabetes Care. 2023 Sep 26:dc230474.

Pincu Y, Makarenkov N, Tsitrina AA, Rosengarten-Levine M, Haim Y, Yoel U, Liberty IF, Dukhno O, Kukeev I, Blüher M, Veksler-Lublinsky I, Rudich A. Visceral adipocyte size links obesity with dysmetabolism more than fibrosis, and both can be estimated by circulating miRNAs. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 Sep 25.  

Rajcsanyi LS, Hoffmann A, Ghosh A, Matrisch-Dinkler B, Zheng Y, Peters T, Sun W, Dong H, Noé F, Wolfrum C, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, Seitz J, de Zwaan M, Herzog W, Ehrlich S, Zipfel S, Giel K, Egberts K, Burghardt R, Föcker M, Tsai LT, Müller TD, Blüher M, Hebebrand J, Hirtz R, Hinney A. Genetic variants in genes involved in creatine biosynthesis in patients with severe obesity or anorexia nervosa. Front Genet. 2023 Apr 10;14:1128133.

Rapöhn I, Elias I, Weiner J, Pujol A, Kehr S, Chadt A, Al-Hasani H, Burkhardt R, Klöting N, Stumvoll M, Bosch F, Kovacs P, Heiker JT, Breitfeld J. Overexpressing high levels of human vaspin limits high fat diet-induced obesity and enhances energy expenditure in a transgenic mouse. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 Apr 19;14:1146454.

Roth L, Johann K, Hönes GS, Oelkrug R, Wagner L, Hoffmann A, Krohn K, Moeller LC, Weiner J, Heiker JT, Klöting N, Tönjes A, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Mittag J, Krause K., Thyroid hormones regulate Zfp423 expression in regionally distinct adipose depots through direct and cell-autonomous action. Cell Rep. 2023 Feb 7;42(2):112088.  

Sacher J, Witte AV. Genetic heart-brain connections. Science. 2023 Jun 2;380(6648):897-898.

Schaefer SM, Kaiser A, Eichner G, Fasshauer M. Association of sugar intake from different sources with incident dementia in the prospective cohort of UK Biobank participants. Nutr J. 2023 Sep 4;22(1):42.

Schäffner E, Bosch-Queralt M, Edgar JM, Lehning M, Strauß J, Fleischer N, Kungl T, Wieghofer P, Berghoff SA, Reinert T, Krueger M, Morawski M, Möbius W, Barrantes-Freer A, Stieler J, Sun T, Saher G, Schwab MH, Wrede C, Frosch M, Prinz M, Reich DS, Flügel A, Stadelmann C, Fledrich R, Nave KA, Stassart RM. Myelin insulation as a risk factor for axonal degeneration in autoimmune demyelinating disease. Nat Neurosci. 2023 Jul;26(7):1218-1228.

Schlögl H, Villringer A, Miehle K, Fasshauer M, Stumvoll M, Mueller K. Metreleptin Robustly Increases Resting-state Brain Connectivity in Treatment-naïve Female Patients With Lipodystrophy.  J Endocr Soc. 2023 Jun 6;7(8):bvad072.

Schönauer R, Jin W, Findeisen C, Valenzuela I, Devlin LA, Murrell J, Bedoukian EC, Pöschla L, Hantmann E, Riedhammer KM, Hoefele J, Platzer K, Biemann R, Campeau PM, Münch J, Heyne H, Hoffmann A, Ghosh A, Sun W, Dong H, Noé F, Wolfrum C, Woods E, Parker MJ, Neatu R, Le Guyader G, Bruel AL, Perrin L, Spiewak H; Genomics England Research Consortium; Missotte I, Fourgeaud M, Michaud V, Lacombe D, Paolucci SA, Buchan JG, Glissmeyer M, Popp B, Blüher M, Sayer JA, Halbritter J. Monoallelic intragenic POU3F2 variants lead to neurodevelopmental delay and hyperphagic obesity, confirming the gene's candidacy in 6q16.1 deletions. Am J Hum Genet. 2023 May 16:S0002-9297(23)00157-X.

Schroeter ML, Godulla J, Thiel F, Taskin B, Beutner F, Dubovoy VK, Teren A, Camilleri J, Eickhoff S, Villringer A, Mueller K. Heart failure decouples the precuneus in interaction with social cognition and executive functions. Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 23;13(1):1236.

Schürfeld R, Baratashvili E, Würfel M, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Tönjes A, Ebert T. Circulating acyl-CoA-binding protein/diazepam-binding inhibitor in gestational diabetes mellitus. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2023 Oct 23;21(1):96.

Schürfeld R, Sandner B, Hoffmann A, Klöting N, Baratashvili E, Nowicki M, Paeschke S, Kosacka J, Kralisch S, Bachmann A, Frille A, Dietel A, Stolzenburg JU, Blüher M, Zhang MZ, Harris RC, Isermann B, Stumvoll M, Tönjes A, Ebert T. Renal function is a major predictor of circulating acyl-CoA-binding protein/diazepam-binding inhibitor. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 May 23;14:1152444.

Stein R, Koutny F, Riedel J, Dörr N, Meyer K, Colombo M, Vogel M, Anderwald CH, Blüher M, Kiess W, Körner A, Weghuber D. Single Point Insulin Sensitivity Estimator (SPISE) As a Prognostic Marker for Emerging Dysglycemia in Children with Overweight or Obesity. Metabolites. 2023 Jan 7;13(1):100.

Stein R, Göpel E, Weghuber D, Hammel MC, Vogel M, Kiess W, Körner A. Are there relevant thresholds of insulin-independent indices across the lifespan to predict alterations in glycemic control?-Authors' reply. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2023 Sep 6;33:100734.

Tindall CA, Möhlis K, Rapöhn I, Dommel S, Riedl V, Schneekönig M, Höfling C, Roßner S, Stichel J, Beck-Sickinger AG, Weiner J, Heiker JT. LRP1 is the cell-surface endocytosis receptor for vaspin in adipocytes. FEBS J. 2023 Nov 3.

Useini A, Engelberger F, Künze G, Sträter N., Structural basis of the activation of PPARγ by the plasticizer metabolites MEHP and MINCH. Environ Int. 2023 Feb 18;173:107822.

Weiner J, Dommel S, Gebhardt C, Hanschkow M, Popkova Y, Krause K, Klöting N, Blüher M, Schiller J, Heiker JT. Differential expression of immunoregulatory cytokines in adipose tissue and liver in response to high fat and high sugar diets in female mice. Frontiers in Nutrition (2023), 10:3389.

Wilde C, Chaudhry PM, Luo R, Simon KU, Piao X, Liebscher I. Collagen VI Is a Gi-Biased Ligand of the Adhesion GPCR GPR126/ADGRG6. Cells. 2023 Jun 5;12(11):1551.

Würfel M, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Ebert T, Kovacs P, Tönjes A, Breitfeld J. Adipokines as Clinically Relevant Therapeutic Targets in Obesity. Biomedicines. 2023 May 11;11(5):1427.

Yaskolka Meir A, Keller M, Hoffmann A, Rinott E, Tsaban G, Kaplan A, Zelicha H, Hagemann T, Ceglarek U, Isermann B, Shelef I, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Li J, Haange SB, Engelmann B, Rolle-Kampczyk U, von Bergen M, Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Kovacs P, Liang L, Shai I. The effect of polyphenols on DNA methylation-assessed biological age attenuation: the DIRECT PLUS randomized controlled trial. BMC Med. 2023 Sep 25;21(1):364.

Zhang X, Weiß T, Cheng MH, Chen S, Ambrosius CK, Czerniak AS, Li K, Feng M, Bahar I, Beck-Sickinger AG, Zhang C. Structural basis of CMKLR1 signaling induced by chemerin9. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Jun 10:2023.06.09.544295.

Barth LAG, Nebe M, Kalwa H, Velluva A, Kehr S, Kolbig F, Prabutzki P, Kiess W, Le Duc D, Garten A, Kirstein AS. Phospholipid Scramblase 4 (PLSCR4) Regulates Adipocyte Differentiation via PIP3-Mediated AKT Activation. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Aug 29;23(17):9787.

Begcevic Brkovic I, Zöhrer B, Scholz M, Reinicke M, Dittrich J, Kamalsada S, Baber R, Beutner F, Teren A, Engel C, Wirkner K, Thiele H, Löffler M, Riedel-Heller SG, Ceglarek U. Simultaneous Mass Spectrometry-Based Apolipoprotein Profiling and Apolipoprotein E Phenotyping in Patients with ASCVD and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Nutrients. 2022 Jun 15;14(12):2474. 

Belda E, Voland L, 〈...〉, Blüher M, Chakaroun R, Chilloux J, Coelho LP, Dao MC, Das P, Fellahi S, Forslund S, 〈...〉, Vieira-Silva S; MetaCardis Consortium, Galan P, Holst J, Gøtze JP, Køber L, Vestergaard H, Hansen T, Hercberg S, Oppert JM, Nielsen J, Letunic I, Dumas ME, Stumvoll M, Pedersen OB, Bork P, Ehrlich SD, Zucker JD, Bäckhed F, Raes J, Clément K. Impairment of gut microbial biotin metabolism and host biotin status in severe obesity: effect of biotin and prebiotic supplementation on improved metabolism. Gut. 2022 Jan 11;gutjnl-2021-325753.

Boeschen M, Le Duc D, Stiller M, von Laffert M, Schöneberg T, Horn S. Interactive webtool for analyzing drug sensitivity and resistance associated with genetic signatures of cancer cell lines. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2022 Dec 6. 

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Poessel M, Freiherr J, Wiencke K, Villringer A, Horstmann A. Insulin Resistance Is Associated with Reduced Food Odor Sensitivity across a Wide Range of Body Weights. Nutrients. 2020 Jul 24;12(8):E2201.

Rohde K, Rønningen T, la Cour Poulsen L, Keller M, Blüher M, Böttcher Y. Role of the DNA repair genes H2AX and HMGB1 in human fat distribution and lipid profiles. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2020 Feb;8(1).

Rolle-Kampczyk U, Gebauer S, Haange SB, Schubert K, Kern M, Moulla Y, Dietrich A, Schön MR, Klöting N, von Bergen M, Blüher M. Accumulation of distinct persistent organic pollutants is associated with adipose tissue inflammation. Sci Total Environ. 2020 Dec 15;748:142458.

Röthe J, Kraft R, Schöneberg T, Thor D. Exploring G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling in Primary Pancreatic Islets. Biol Proced Online. 2020 Feb 15;22:4.

Ruiz-Ojeda FJ, Wang J, Bäcker T, Krueger M, Zamani S, Rosowski S, Gruber T, Onogi Y, Feuchtinger A, Schulz TJ, Fässler R, Müller TD, García-Cáceres C, Meier M, Blüher M, Ussar S. Active integrins regulate white adipose tissue insulin sensitivity and brown fat thermogenesis. Mol Metab. 2020 Dec 21:101147.

Schleinitz D, Krause K, Wohland T, Gebhardt C, Linder N, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Bechmann I, Kovacs P, Gericke M, Tönjes A. Identification of distinct transcriptome signatures of human adipose tissue from fifteen depots. Eur J Hum Genet. 2020 Jul 13.

Schopow N, Kallendrusch S, Gong S, Rapp F, Körfer J, Gericke M, Spindler N, Josten C, Langer S, Bechmann I. Examination of Ex-Vivo Viability of Human Adipose Tissue Slice Culture. PLoS One. 2020 May 26; 15(5):e0233152.

Sela I, Yaskolka Meir A, Brandis A, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Zeibich L, Chang D, Dirks B, Tsaban G, Kaplan A, Rinott E, Zelicha H, Arinos S, Ceglarek U, Isermann B, Lapidot M, Green R, Shai I. Wolffia globosa-Mankai Plant-Based Protein Contains Bioactive Vitamin B 12 and Is Well Absorbed in Humans. Nutrients . 2020 Oct 8;12(10):3067.

Streidl T, Karkossa I, Segura Muñoz RR, Eberl C, Zaufel A, Plagge J, Schmaltz R, Schubert K, Basic M, Schneider KM, Afify M, Trautwein C, Tolba R, Stecher B, Doden HL, Ridlon JM, Ecker J, Moustafa T, von Bergen M, Ramer-Tait AE, Clavel T. The gut bacterium Extibacter muris produces secondary bile acids and influences liver physiology in gnotobiotic mice. Gut Microbes. 2021 Jan-Dec;13(1):1-21. 

Streit WJ, Khoshbouei H, Bechmann I. Dystrophic microglia in late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Glia. 2020 Apr;68(4):845-854.

Suchý T, Zieschang C, Popkova Y, Kaczmarek I, Weiner J, Liebing AD, Çakir MV, Landgraf K, Gericke M, Pospisilik JA, Körner A, Heiker JT, Dannenberger D, Schiller J, Schöneberg T, Liebscher I, Thor D. The repertoire of Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors in adipocytes and their functional relevance. Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 Mar 19. 

Sun C, Kovacs P, Guiu-Jurado E. Genetics of Obesity in East Asians.  Front Genet. 2020 Oct 20;11:575049.

Tindall CA, Dommel S, Riedl V, Ulbricht D, Hanke S, Sträter N, Heiker JT. Membrane Phospholipids and Polyphosphates as Cofactors and Binding Molecules of SERPINA12 (vaspin). Molecules. 2020 Apr 24;25(8). pii: E1992. 

Voigtmann F, Wolf P, Landgraf K, Stein R, Kratzsch J, Schmitz S, Jamra RA, Blüher M, Meiler J, Beck-Sickinger AG, Kiess W, Körner A. Identification of a novel leptin receptor (LEPR) variant and proof of functional relevance directing treatment decisions in patients with morbid obesity. Metabolism. 2020 Nov 19:154438. 

Wiencke K, Horstmann A, Mathar D, Villringer A, Neumann J. Dopamine release, diffusion and uptake: A computational model for synaptic and volume transmission. PLoS Comput Biol 2020;16(11):e1008410.

Wittrisch S, Klöting N, Mörl K, Chakaroun R, Blüher M, Beck-Sickinger AG. NPY1R-targeted peptide-mediated delivery of a dual PPARα/γ agonist to adipocytes enhances adipogenesis and prevents diabetes Progression. Mol Metab. 2020 Jan;31:163-180.

Zacharia A, Saidemberg D, Mannully CT, Kogan NM, Shehadeh A, Sinai R, Zucker A, Bruck-Haimson R, Goldstein N, Haim Y, Dani C, Rudich A, Moussaieff A. Distinct infrastructure of lipid networks in visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissues in overweight humans. Am J Clin Nutr. 2020 Aug 7;nqaa195.

Zhao S, Todorov MI, Cai R, -Maskari RA, Steinke H, Kemter E, Mai H, Rong Z, Warmer M, Stanic K, Schoppe O, Paetzold JC, Gesierich B, Wong MN, Huber TB, Duering M, Bruns OT, Menze B, Lipfert J, Puelles VG, Wolf E, Bechmann I, Ertürk A. Cellular and Molecular Probing of Intact Human Organs. Cell. 2020 Feb 20;180(4):796-812.e19.

Ziffert I, Kaiser A, Babilon S, Mörl K, Beck-Sickinger AG. Unusually persistent Gαi-signaling of the neuropeptide Y2 receptor depletes cellular Gi/o pools and leads to a Gi-refractory state. Cell Commun Signal. 2020 Mar 30;18(1):49.

Ziffert I, Kaiser A, Hoppenz P, Mörl K, Beck-Sickinger AG. Shuttling of Peptide-Drug Conjugates by G Protein-coupled Receptors is Significantly Improved by Pulsed Application. ChemMedChem. 2020 Jul 22.

Abshagen K, Mense L, Fischer F, Liebig M, Schaeper U, Navarro G, Glass Ä, Frank M, Klöting N, Vollmar B. Repin1 deficiency in liver tissue alleviates NAFLD progression in mice. J Adv Res. 2018 Nov 22;16:99-111.

Beuchel C, Becker S, Dittrich J, Kirsten H, Toenjes A, Stumvoll M, Loeffler M, Thiele H, Beutner F, Thiery J, Ceglarek U, Scholz M., Clinical and lifestyle related factors influencing whole blood metabolite levels - A comparative analysis of three large cohorts. Mol Metab. 2019 Nov;29:76-85.

Beyer F, García-García I, Heinrich M, Schroeter ML, Sacher J, Luck T, Riedel-Heller SG, Stumvoll M, Villringer A, Witte AV. Neuroanatomical correlates of food addiction symptoms and body mass index in the general population. Hum Brain Mapp. 2019 Feb 28.

Beyer F, Kharabian Masouleh S, Kratzsch J, Schroeter ML, Röhr S, Riedel-Heller SG, Villringer A, Witte AV. A Metabolic Obesity Profile Is Associated With Decreased Gray Matter Volume in Cognitively Healthy Older Adults. Front Aging Neurosci. 2019 Aug 2;11:202.

Blücher C, Zilberfain C, Venus T, Spindler N, Dietrich A, Burkhardt R, Stadler SC, Estrela-Lopis I. Single cell study of adipose tissue mediated lipid droplet formation and biochemical alterations in breast cancer cells. Analyst. 2019 Aug 13

Blüher M. Obesity: global epidemiology and pathogenesis. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2019 Feb 27.

Blüher M., Neuregulin 4: A "Hotline" Between Brown Fat and Liver., Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 Oct;27(10):1555-1557 

Bradley EC, Cunningham RL, Wilde C, Morgan RK, Klug EA, Letcher SM, Schöneberg T, Monk KR, Liebscher I, Petersen SC. In vivo identification of small molecules mediating Gpr126/Adgrg6 signaling during Schwann cell development., Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2019 Sep 16.

Breitfeld J, Wiele N, Gutsmann B, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Scholz M, Kovacs P, Tönjes A. Circulating Adipokine VASPIN Is Associated with Serum Lipid Profiles in Humans. Lipids. 2019 Mar 18.

Eichler W, Lohrenz A, Simon KU, Krohn S, Lange J, Bürger S, Liebscher I. The role of ADGRE5/CD97 in human retinal pigment epithelial cell growth and survival. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2019 Aug 9.

Friedrich K, Sommer M, Strobel S, Thrum S, Blüher M, Wagner U, Rossol M. Perturbation of the Monocyte Compartment in Human Obesity. Front Immunol. 2019 Aug 8;10:1874. 

Fromm SP, Horstmann A., Psychometric Evaluation of the German Version of the Dietary Fat and Free Sugar-Short Questionnaire. Obes Facts. 2019;12(5):518-528.

García-Cáceres C, Balland E, Prevot V, Luquet S, Woods SC, Koch M, Horvath TL, Yi CX, Chowen JA, Verkhratsky A, Araque A, Bechmann I, Tschöp MH. Role of astrocytes, microglia, and tanycytes in brain control of systemic metabolism. Nat Neurosci. 2019 Jan;22(1):7-14.

García-García I, Kube J, Morys F, Schrimpf A, Kanaan AS, Gaebler M, Villringer A, Dagher A, Horstmann A, Neumann J. Liking and left amygdala activity during food versus non-food processing are modulated by emotional context. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2019 Nov 11.

Garten A, Grohmann T, Kluckova K, Lavery GG, Kiess W, Penke M. Sorafenib-Induced Apoptosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Is Reversed by SIRT1. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Aug 19;20(16). pii: E4048.

Gepner Y, Shelef I, Komy O, Cohen N, Schwarzfuchs D, Bril N, Rein M, Serfaty D, Kenigsbuch S, Zelicha H, Yaskolka Meir A, Tene L, Bilitzky A, Tsaban G, Chassidim Y, Sarusy B, Ceglarek U, Thiery J, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Stampfer MJ, Rudich A, Shai I. The beneficial effects of Mediterranean diet over low-fat diet may be mediated by decreasing hepatic fat Content. EBioMedicine. 2019 May 29. pii: S2352-3964(19)30358-5.

Goldstein N, Haim Y, Mattar P, Hadadi-Bechor S, Maixner N, Kovacs P, Blüher M, Rudich A. Leptin stimulates autophagy/lysosome-related degradation of long-lived proteins in adipocytes. Adipocyte. 2019 Jan 24.

Hadadi-Bechor S, Haim Y, Pecht T, Gat R, Tarnovsky T, Gericke M, Rudich A, Autophagy differentially regulates macrophage lipid handling depending on the lipid substrate (oleic acid vs. acetylated-LDL) and inflammatory activation state., Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids. 2019 Sep 11:158527

Hankir MK, Rullmann M, Seyfried F, Preusser S, Poppitz S, Heba S, Gousias K, Hoyer J, Schütz T, Dietrich A, Müller K, Pleger B. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery progressively alters radiologic measures of hypothalamic inflammation in obese patients. JCI Insight. 2019 Aug 29. pii: 131329.

Heinitz S, Gebhardt C, Piaggi P, Krüger J, Heyne H, Weiner J, Heiker JT, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Baier L, Rudich A, Kovacs P, Tönjes A. Atg7-knockdown reduces chemerin secretion in murine adipocytes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Jun 21. pii: jc.2018-01980.

van den Heuvel MP, Scholtens LH, van der Burgh HK, Agosta F, Alloza C, Arango C, Auyeung B, Baron-Cohen S, Basaia S, Benders MJNL, Beyer F, Booij L, Braun KPJ, Filho GB, Cahn W, Cannon DM, Chaim-Avancini TM, Chan SSM, Chen EYH, Crespo-Facorro B, Crone EA, Dannlowski U, de Zwarte SMC, Dietsche B, Donohoe G, Plessis SD, Durston S, Díaz-Caneja CM, Díaz-Zuluaga AM, Emsley R, Filippi M, Frodl T, Gorges M, Graff B, Grotegerd D, Gąsecki D, Hall JM, Holleran L, Holt R, Hopman HJ, Jansen A, Janssen J, Jodzio K, Jäncke L, Kaleda VG, Kassubek J, Masouleh SK, Kircher T, Koevoets MGJC, Kostic VS, Krug A, Lawrie SM, Lebedeva IS, Lee EHM, Lett TA, Lewis SJG, Liem F, Lombardo MV, Lopez-Jaramillo C, Margulies DS, Markett S, Marques P, Martínez-Zalacaín I, McDonald C, McIntosh AM, McPhilemy G, Meinert SL, Menchón JM, Montag C, Moreira PS, Morgado P, Mothersill DO, Mérillat S, Müller HP, Nabulsi L, Najt P, Narkiewicz K, Naumczyk P, Oranje B, Ortiz-Garcia de la Foz V, Peper JS, Pineda JA, Rasser PE, Redlich R, Repple J, Reuter M, Rosa PGP, Ruigrok ANV, Sabisz A, Schall U, Seedat S, Serpa MH, Skouras S, Soriano-Mas C, Sousa N, Szurowska E, Tomyshev AS, Tordesillas-Gutierrez D, Valk SL, van den Berg LH, van Erp TGM, van Haren NEM, van Leeuwen JMC, Villringer A, Vinkers CH, Vollmar C, Waller L, Walter H, Whalley HC, Witkowska M, Witte AV, Zanetti MV, Zhang R, de Lange SC. 10Kin1day: A Bottom-Up Neuroimaging Initiative. Front Neurol. 2019 May 9;10:425.

Hoppenz P, Els-Heindl S, Kellert M, Kuhnert R, Saretz S, Lerchen HG, Köbberling J, Riedl B, Hey-Hawkins E, Beck-Sickinger AG. A Selective Carborane-Functionalized Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptor Agonist as Boron Delivery Agent for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. J Org Chem. 2019 Dec 23.

Hoppenz P, Els-Heindl S, Beck-Sickinger AG. Identification and stabilization of a highly selective gastrin-releasing peptide receptor agonist. J Pept Sci. 2019 Nov 19:e3224. Epub ahead of print

Janssen LK, Herzog N, Waltmann M, Breuer N, Wiencke K, Rausch F, Hartmann H, Poessel M, Horstmann A. Lost in Translation? On the Need for Convergence in Animal and Human Studies on the Role of Dopamine in Diet-Induced Obesity. Curr Addict Rep (2019) 6: 229.

Janssen LK, Mahner FP, Schlangenhauf F, Deserno L, Horstmann A. Reliance on model-based and model-free control in obesity. Jul 17,2019.

Joost E, Jordão MJC, Mages B, Prinz M, Bechmann I, Krueger M. Microglia contribute to the glia limitans around arteries, capillaries and veins under physiological conditions, in a model of neuroinflammation and in human brain tissue. Brain Struct Funct. 2019 Jan 31.

Kellert M, Hoppenz P, Lönnecke P, Worm DJ, Riedl B, Koebberling J, Beck-Sickinger AG, Hey-Hawkins E. Tuning a modular system - synthesis and characterisation of a boron-rich s-triazine-based carboxylic acid and amine bearing a galactopyranosyl moiety. Dalton Trans. 2019 Dec 6. 

Kirstein A, Augustin A, Penke M, Cea M, Körner A, Kies W, Garten A.The Novel Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase (PI3K) Inhibitor Alpelisib Effectively Inhibits Growth of PTEN-Haploinsufficient Lipoma Cells. Cancers (Basel). 2019 Oct 17;11(10)

Klöting N, Kern M, Moruzzi M, Stumvoll M, Blüher M. Tamoxifen treatment causes early hepatic insulin resistance. Acta Diabetol. 2020 Jan 6.

Knierim AB, Röthe J, Çakir MV, Lede V, Wilde C, Liebscher I, Thor D, Schöneberg T. Genetic basis of functional variability in adhesion G protein-coupled receptors. Sci Rep. 2019 Jul 30;9(1):11036

Kögler LM, Stichel J, Kaiser A, Beck-Sickinger AG. Cell-Free Expression and Photo-Crosslinking of the Human Neuropeptide Y2 Receptor. Front Pharmacol. 2019 Mar 1;10:176.

Kosacka J, Woidt K, Toyka KV, Paeschke S, Klöting N, Bechmann I, Blüher M, Thiery J, Ossmann S, Baum P, Nowicki M. The role of dietary non-heme iron load and peripheral nerve inflammation in the development of peripheral neuropathy (PN) in obese non-diabetic leptin-deficient ob/ob mice. Neurol Res. 2019 Jan 13:1-13.

Lammert, M., Morys, F., Hartmann, H., Janssen, L., & Horstmann, A. MIS – a new scoring method for the operation span task that accounts for math, remembered items and sequence. PsyArXiv.Aug2019

Lampe L, Zhang R, Beyer F, Huhn S, Kharabian Masouleh S, Preusser S, Bazin PL, Schroeter ML, Villringer A, Witte AV. Visceral obesity relates to deep white matter hyperintensities via inflammation. Ann Neurol. 2019 Feb;85(2):194-203.

Lindhorst A, Bechmann I, Gericke M. Unspecific DNA recombination in AdipoqCre-ERT2 - mediated knockout approaches in transgenic mice is sex-, age- and genotype-dependent. Adipocyte. 2020 Dec;9(1):1-6.

Mancini G, Pirruccio K, Yang X, Blüher M, Rodeheffer M, Horvath TL., Mitofusin 2 in Mature Adipocytes Controls Adiposity and Body Weight. Cell Rep. 2019 Mar 12;26(11):2849-2858.e4.

Mandić AD, Woting A, Jaenicke T, Sander A, Sabrowski W, Rolle-Kampcyk U, von Bergen M, Blaut M. Clostridium ramosum regulates enterochromaffin cell development and serotonin release. Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 4;9(1):1177.

Medawar E, Huhn S, Villringer A, Witte A., The effects of plant-based diets on the body and the brain: a systematic Review., Transl Psychiatry. 2019 Sep 12;9(1):226.

Meemken MT, Horstmann A. Appetitive Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer in Participants with Normal-Weight and Obesity. Nutrients. 2019 May 9;11(5). pii: E1037.

Mehl N, Morys F, Villringer A, Horstmann A. Unhealthy yet Avoidable-How Cognitive Bias Modification Alters Behavioral and Brain Responses to Food Cues in Individuals with Obesity. Nutrients. 2019 Apr 18;11(4).

Miletić Vukajlović J, Drakulić D, Pejić S, Ilić TV, Stefanović A, Petković M, Schiller J., INCREASED PLASMA PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE / LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE RATIOS IN PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2019 Sep 13.

Peters A, Krumbholz P, Jäger E, Heintz-Buschart A, Çakir MV, Rothemund S, Gaudl A, Ceglarek U, Schöneberg T, Stäubert C. Metabolites of lactic acid bacteria present in fermented foods are highly potent agonists of human hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 3. PLoS Genet. 2019 May 23;15(5):e1008145.

Poessel M, Freiherr J, Horstmann A. Rapid assessment of olfactory sensitivity using the “Sniffin’ Sticks. Springer 2019.

Popkova Y, Dannenberger D, Schiller J, Engel KM. Differences in the lipid patterns during maturation of 3T3-L1 adipocytes investigated by thin-layer chromatography, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometric approaches. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2019 Dec 3.

Püschel J, Miehle K, Müller K, Villringer A, Stumvoll M, Fasshauer M, Schlögl H. Beneficial effects of leptin substitution on impaired eating behavior in lipodystrophy are sustained beyond 150 weeks of treatment. Cytokine. 2019 Jan;113:400-404.

Reinicke M, Dorow J, Bischof K, Leyh J, Bechmann I, Ceglarek U. Tissue pretreatment for LC-MS/MS analysis of PUFA and eicosanoid distribution in mouse brain and liver. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2019 Dec 21.

Rohde K, Keller M, la Cour Poulsen L, Rønningen T, Stumvoll M, Tönjes A, Kovacs P, Horstmann A, Villringer A, Blüher M, Böttcher Y. (Epi)genetic regulation of CRTC1 in human eating behaviour and fat Distribution. EBioMedicine.2019Jun;44:476-488.

Röthe J, Thor D, Winkler J, Knierim AB, Binder C, Huth S, Kraft R, Rothemund S, Schöneberg T, Prömel S. Involvement of the Adhesion GPCRs Latrophilins in the Regulation of Insulin Release. Cell Rep. 2019 Feb 5;26(6):1573-1584.

Rullmann M, Preusser S, Poppitz S, Heba S, Gousias K, Hoyer J, Schütz T, Dietrich A, Müller K, Hankir MK, Pleger B., Adiposity Related Brain Plasticity Induced by Bariatric Surgery., Front Hum Neurosci. 2019 Aug 27;13:290.

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Seyfried F, Hankir MK. Could de-stressing the brain be the solution for long-term weight loss?, Cell Stress. 2019 Jan 25;3(2):29-37. 

Schmidleithner L, Thabet Y, Schönfeld E, Köhne M, Sommer D, Abdullah Z, Sadlon T, Osei-Sarpong C, Subbaramaiah K, Copperi F, Haendler K, Varga T, Schanz O, Bourry S, Bassler K, Krebs W, Peters AE, Baumgart AK, Schneeweiss M, Klee K, Schmidt SV, Nüssing S, Sander J, Ohkura N, Waha A, Sparwasser T, Wunderlich FT, Förster I, Ulas T, Weighardt H, Sakaguchi S, Pfeifer A, Blüher M, Dannenberg AJ, Ferreirós N, Muglia LJ, Wickenhauser C, Barry SC, Schultze JL, Beyer M. Enzymatic Activity of HPGD in Treg Cells Suppresses Tconv Cells to Maintain Adipose Tissue Homeostasis and Prevent Metabolic Dysfunction. Immunity. 2019 Apr 15. pii: S1074-7613(19)30131-1.

Scholz N, Langenhan T, Schöneberg T. Revisiting the classification of adhesion GPCRs. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2019 Jul 31.

Schöneberg T, Prömel S. Latrophilins and Teneurins in Invertebrates: No Love for Each Other? Front. Neurosci., 12 March 2019

Teumer A, [...], Körner A, Kovacs P, [...], Stumvoll M, [...], Köttgen A. Genome-wide association meta-analyses and fine-mapping elucidate pathways influencing albuminuria. Nat Commun. 2019 Sep 11;10(1):4130.

Thomas K, Beyer F, Lewe G, Zhang R, Schindler S, Schönknecht P, Stumvoll M, Villringer A, Witte AV. Higher body mass index is linked to altered hypothalamic microstructure. Sci Rep. 2019 Nov 22;9(1):17373.

Wagner R, Dittrich J, Thiery J, Ceglarek U, Burkhardt R. Simultaneous LC-MS/MS quantification of eight apolipoproteins in normal and hypercholesterolemic mouse plasma. J Lipid Res. 2019 Feb 5. pii: jlr.D084301

Warrington NM, [...], Kovacs P, [...], Tönjes A, Stumvoll M, Michaelsen KF, Eloranta AM, Lakka TA, van Duijn CM, Kiess W, Körner A, [...], Freathy RM. Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors. Nat Genet. 2019 May;51(5):804-814.

Weingarten MFJ, Scholz M, Wohland T, Horn K, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P, Tönjes A. Circulating oxytocin is genetically determined and associated with obesity and impaired glucose tolerance. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Jul 30. pii: jc.2019-00643

Wuttke M,[...] Kiess W, Kleber M, Koenig W, Kooner JS, Körner A, Kovacs P,[...] Stumvoll M., Pattaro C. A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals. Nat Genet. 2019 Jun;51(6):957-972.

Yaskolka Meir A, Tsaban G, Zelicha H, Rinott E, Kaplan A, Youngster I, Rudich A, Shelef I, Tirosh A, Brikner D, Pupkin E, Sarusi B, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Thiery J, Ceglarek U, Stampfer MJ, Shai I. A Green-Mediterranean Diet, Supplemented with Mankai Duckweed, Preserves Iron-Homeostasis in Humans and Is Efficient in Reversal of Anemia in Rats. J Nutr. 2019 Mar 27. pii: nxy321.

Yu H, Dilbaz S, Coßmann J, Hoang AC, Diedrich V, Herwig A, Harauma A, Hoshi Y, Moriguchi T, Landgraf K, Körner A, Lucas C, Brodesser S, Balogh L, Thuróczy J, Karemore G, Kuefner MS, Park EA, Rapp C, Travers JB, Röszer T. Breast milk alkylglycerols sustain beige adipocytes through adipose tissue macrophages. J Clin Invest. 2019 May 13;130:2485-2499.

Zelicha H, Kaplan A, Yaskolka Meir A, Tsaban G, Rinott E, Shelef I, Tirosh A, Brikner D, Pupkin E, Qi L, Thiery J, Stumvoll M, Kloting N, von Bergen M, Ceglarek U, Blüher M, Stampfer MJ, Shai I. The Effect of Wolffia globosa Mankai, a Green Aquatic Plant, on Postprandial Glycemic Response: A Randomized Crossover Controlled Trial. Diabetes Care. 2019 Jul;42(7):1162-1169

Zsido RG, Heinrich M, Slavich GM, Beyer F, Kharabian Masouleh S, Kratzsch J, Raschpichler M, Mueller K, Scharrer U, Löffler M, Schroeter ML, Stumvoll M, Villringer A, Witte AV, Sacher J. Association of Estradiol and Visceral Fat With Structural Brain Networks and Memory Performance in Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Jun 5;2(6):e196126.

Abshagen K, Degenhardt B, Liebig M, Wendt A, Genz B, Schaeper U, Stumvoll M, Hofmann U, Frank M, Vollmar B, Klöting N. Liver-specific Repin1 deficiency impairs transient hepatic steatosis in liver regeneration. Sci Rep. 2018 Nov 15;8(1):16858.

Arndt L, Burkhardt R. Lipid metabolism: spotlight on modulators of lipoprotein lipase activity. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2018 Apr;29(2):164-165

Arndt L, Dokas J, Gericke M, Kutzner CE, Müller S, Jeromin F, Thiery J, Burkhardt R. Tribbles homolog 1 deficiency modulates function and polarization of murine bone marrow-derived macrophages. J Biol Chem. 2018 Jun 13. pii: jbc.RA117.000703.

Bartels MS, Scheffler L, Chakaroun R, Dietrich A, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Tönjes A, Breitfeld J, Kovacs P. Increased circulating cell-free DNA in insulin resistance.Diabetes Metab. 2018 Jun 20.

Boura-Halfon S, Pecht T, Jung S, Rudich A. Obesity and dysregulated central and peripheral Macrophage-neuron crosstalk. Eur J Immunol. 2018 Nov 8.

Dittrich J, Beutner F, Teren A, Thiery J, Burkhardt R, Scholz M, Ceglarek U. Plasma levels of apolipoproteins C-III, A-IV, and E are independently associated with stable atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis. 2018 Nov 9;281:17-24.

Ditz T, Schnapka-Hille L, Noack N, Dorow J, Ceglarek U, Niederwieser D, Schiller J, Fuchs B, Cross M. Phospholipase A2 products predict the hematopoietic support capacity of horse serum. Differentiation. 2018 Dec 6;105:27-32. 

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Engel K, Griesinger H, Schulz M, Schiller J.Normal Phase versus Reversed Phase TLC to monitor Oxidized Phosphatidylcholines by TLC/Mass Spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2018 Jul 18.

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Oertwig K, Ulbricht D, Hanke S, Pippel J, Bellmann-Sickert K, Sträter N, Heiker JT. Glycosylation of human vaspin (SERPINA12) and its impact on serpin activity, heparin binding and thermal stability. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2017;1865:1100-3.

Penke M, Schuster S, Gorski T, Gebhardt R, Kiess W, Garten A. Oleate ameliorates palmite-induced reduction of NAMPT activity and NAD levels in primary human hepatocytes and hepatocarcinoma cells. Lipids Health Dis. 2017;16:191.

Polyakova M, Schlögl H, Sacher J, Schmidt-Kassow M, Kaiser J, Stumvoll M, Kratzsch J, Schroeter ML. Stability of BDNF in human samples stored up to 6 months and correlations of serum and EDTA-plasma concentrations. Int J Mol Sci. 2017;18:1189.

Popkova Y, Schiller J. TAG suppression by CsCl addition. Rapid Commun Mass Spetrom. 2017;31:411-8.

Quarta C, Clemmensen C, Zhu Z, Yang B, Joseph SS, Lutter D, Yi CX, Graf E, García-Cáceres C, Legutko B, Fischer K, Brommage R, Zizzari P, Franklin BS, Krueger M, Koch M, Vettorazzi S, Li P, Hofmann SM, Bakhti M, Bastidas-Ponce A, Lickert H, Strom TM, Gailus-Durner V, Bechmann I, Perez-Tilve D, Tuckermann J, Hrabě de Angelis M, Sandoval D, Cota D, Latz E, Seeley RJ, Müller TD, DiMarchi RD, Finan B, Tschöp MH. Molecular Integration of Incretin and Glucocorticoid Action Reverses Immunometabolic Dysfunction and Obesity. Cell Metab. 2017;26:620-32.

Raulien N, Friedrich K, Strobel S, Rubner S, Baumann S, von Bergen M, Körner A, Krueger M, Rossol M, Wagner U. Fatty acid oxidation compensates for lipopolysaccharide-induced Warburg effect in glucose-deprived monocytes. Front Immunol. 2017;8:609.

Rodriguez FS, Schroeter ML, Witte AV, Engel C, Löffler M, Thiery J, Villringer A, Luck T, Riedel-Heller SG. Could high mental demands at work offset the adverse association between social isolation and cognitive functioning? Results of population-based LIFE-adult-study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2017;25:1258-69.

Rohde K, Klös M, Hopp L, Liu X, Keller M, Stumvoll M, Dietrich A, Schön MR, Gärtner D, Lohmann T, Dreßler M, Kovacs P, Binder H, Blüher M, Böttcher Y. IRS1 DNA promoter methylation and expression in human adipose tissue are related to fat distribution and metabolic traits. Sci Rep. 2017;7:12369.

Rosendahl J, Kirsten H, Hegyi E, Kovacs P, Weiss FU, Laumen H, Lichtner P, Ruffert C, Chen JM, Masson E, Beer S, Zimmer C, Seltsam K, Algül H, Bühler F, Bruno MJ, Bugert P, Burkhardt R, Cavestro GM, Cichoz-Lach H, Farré A, Frank J, Gambaro G, Gimpfl S, Grallert H, Griesmann H, Grützmann R, Hellerbrand C, Hegyi P, Hollenbach M, Iordache S, Jurkowska G, Keim V, Kiefer F, Krug S, Landt O, Leo MD, Lerch MM, Lévy P, Löffler M, Löhr M, Ludwig M, Macek M, Malats N, Malecka-Panas E, Malerba G, Mann K, Mayerle J, Mohr S, Te Morsche RHM, Motyka M, Mueller S, Müller T, Nöthen MM, Pedrazzoli S, Pereira SP, Peters A, Pfützer R, Real FX, Rebours V, Ridinger M, Rietschel M, Rösmann E, Saftoiu A, Schneider A, Schulz HU, Soranzo N, Soyka M, Simon P, Skipworth J, Stickel F, Strauch K, Stumvoll M, Testoni PA, Tönjes A, Werner L, Werner J, Wodarz N, Ziegler M, Masamune A, Mössner J, Férec C, Michl P, P H Drenth J, Witt H, Scholz M, Sahin-Tóth M; all members of the PanEuropean Working group on ACP. Genome-wide association study identifies inversion in the CTRB1-CTRB2 locus to modify risk for alcoholic and non-alcoholic chronic pancreatitis. Gut. 2017; Epub ahead of print.

Schrimpf A, Kube J, Neumann J, Horstmann A, Villringer A, Gaebler M. Parasympathetic cardio-regulation during social interactions in individuals with obesity - The influence of negative body image. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2017;17:330-47.

Schröter J, Schiller J. Chlorinated phospholipids and fatty acids: (Patho)Physiological relevance, potential toxicity, and analysis of lipid chlorohydrins. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2016;2016:8386362.

Tönjes A, Scholz M, Krüger J, Krause K, Schleinitz D, Kirsten H, Gebhardt C, Marzi C, Grallert H, Ladenvall C, Heyne H, Laurila E, Kriebel J, Meisinger C, Rathmann W, Gieger C, Groop L, Prokopenko I, Isomaa B, Beutner F, Kratzsch J, Fischer-Rosinsky A, Pfeiffer A, Krohn K, Spranger J, Thiery J, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P. Genome wide meta-analysis identifies novel determinants of circulating serum progranulin. Hum Mol Genet. 2017; Epub ahead of print.

Tsaban G, Wolak A, Avni-Hassid H, Gepner Y, Shelef I, Henkin Y, Schwarzfuchs D, Cohen N, Bril N, Rein M, Serfaty D, Kenigsbuch S, Tene L, Zelicha H, Yaskolka-Meir A, Komy O, Bilitzky A, Chassidim Y, Ceglarek U, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Thiery J, Dicker D, Rudich A, Stamper MJ, Shai I. Dynamics of intrapericardial and extrapericardial fat tissues during long-term, dietary-induced, moderate weight loss. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017;106:984-95.

Ulbricht D, Oertwig K, Arnsburg K, Saalbach A, Pippel J, Sträter N, Heiker JT. Basic residues of ß-sheet a contribute to heparin binding and activation of vaspin (serpin A12). J Biol Chem. 2017;292:994-1004.

Wanka L, Babilon S, Burkert K, Mörl K, Gurevich VV, Beck-Sickinger AG. C-terminal motif of human neuropeptide Y4 receptor determines internalization and arrestin recruitment. Cell Signal. 2017;29:233-9.

Weiner J, Rohde K, Krause K, Zieger K, Klöting N, Kralisch S, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Böttcher Y, Heiker JT. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) specific vaspin expression is increased after obesogenic diets and cold exposure and linked to acute changes in DNA-methylation. Mol Met. 2017;6:482-93.

Weise CM, Piaggi P, Reinhardt M, Chen K, Savage CR, Krakoff J, Pleger B. The obese brain as a heritable phenotype - A combined morphometry and twin study. Int J Obes (Lond). 2017;41:458-66.

Windholz J, Kovacs P, Schlicke M, Franke C, Mahajan A, Morris AP, Lemke JR, Klammt J, Kiess W, Schöneberg T, Pfäffle R, Körner A. Copy number variations in "classical" obesity candidate genes are not frequently associated with severe early-onset obesity in children. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2017;30:507-15.

Zelicha H, Schwarzfuchs D, Shelef I, Gepner Y, Tsaban G, Tene L, Yaskolka Meir A, Bilitzky A, Komy O, Cohen N, Bril N, Rein M,Serfaty D, Kenigsbuch S, Chassidim Y, Sarusi B, Thiery J, Ceglarek U, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Haviv YS, Stampfer MJ, Rudich A, Shai I.Changes of renal sinus fat and renal parenchymal fat during an 18-month randomized weight loss trial. Clin Nutr. 2017: S0261-5614(17)30146-2

Zieger K, Weiner J, Krause K, Schwarz M, Kohn M, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Heiker JT. Vaspin suppresses cytokine-induced inflammation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes via inhibition of NFkB pathway. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2017; Epub ahead of print.

Zieger K, Weiner J, Kunath A, Gericke M, Krause K, Kern M, Stumvoll M, Klöting N, Blüher M, Heiker JT. Ablation of kallikrein 7 (KLK7) in adipose tissue ameliorates metabolic consequences of high-fat diet induced obesity by counteracting adipose tissue inflammation in vivo. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2017; Epub ahead of print.

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Baum P, Kosacka J, Estrela-Lopis I, Woidt K, Serke H, Paeschke S, Stockinger M, Klöting N, Blüher M, Dorn M, Classen J, Thiery J, Bechmann I, Toyka KV, Nowicki M. The role of nerve inflammation and exogenous iron load in experimental peripheral diabetic neuropathy (PDN). Metabolism. 2016;65:391-405.

Brune JE, Kern M, Kunath A, Flehmig G, Schön MR, Lohmann T, Dressler M, Dietrich A, Fasshauer M, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Klöting N. Fat depot-specific expression of HOXC9 and HOXC10 may contribute to adverse fat distribution and related metabolic traits. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016;24:51-9.

Carmody RN, Dannemann M, Briggs AW, Nickel B, Groopmann EE, Wrangham RW, Kelso J. Genetic evidence of human adaption to a cooked diet. Genome Biol Evol. 2016;8:1091-103.

Dalgaard K, Landgraf K, Heyne S, Lempradi A, Longinotto J, Gossens K, Ruf M, Orthofer M, Strogantsev R, Selvaraj M, Tsai-Hsiu Lu T, Casas E, Teperino R, Surani MA, Zvetkova I, Rimmington D, Loraine Tung YCL, Lam B, Larder R, Yeo GSH, O'Rahilly S, Vavouri T, Whitelaw E, Penninger JM, Jenuwein T, Cheung CL, Ferguson-Smith AC, Coll AP, Körner A, Pospisilik JA. Trim28 haploinsufficiency triggers bi-stable epigenetic obesity. Cell. 2016;164:1-12.

Dannemann M, Andres AM, Kelso J. Introgression of Neandertal- and Denisovan-like haplotypes contributesto adaptive variation in human toll-like receptors. Am J Hum Genet. 2016;98:22-33.

Dietrich A, De Wit S, Horstmann A. General habit propensity relates to the sensation seeking subdomain of impulsivity but not obesity. Front Behav Neurosci. 2016;10:213.

Ebert T, Platz M, Kralisch S, Lossner U, Jessnitzer B, Richter J, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Fasshauer M. Serum levels of copeptin are decreased in gestational diabetes mellitus. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 2016;124:257-60.

Ehehalt S, Wiegand S, Körner A, Schweizer R, Liesenkötter KP, Partsch CJ, Blumenstock G, Spielau U, Denzer C, Ranke MB, Neu A, Binder G, Wabitsch M, Kiess W, Reinehr T. Low association between fasting and OGTT stimulated glucose levels with HbA1c in overweight children and adolescents. Pediatr Diabetes. 2016; Epub ahead of print.

Ehehalt S, Wiegand S, Körner A, Schweizer R, Liesenkötter KP, Partsch CJ, Blumenstock G, Spielau U, Denzer C, Ranke MB, Neu A, Binder G, Wabitsch M, Kiess W, Reinehr T. Low association between fasting and OGTT stimulated glucose levels with HbA1c in overweight children and adolescents. Pediatr Diabetes. 2016; Epub ahead of print.

Felix JF, Bradfield JP, Monnereau C, van der Valk RJ, [47 authors], Kiess W, [14 authors], Pfäffle R, [33 authors], Körner A, [9 authors], Grant SF, Jaddoe VW, Early Growth Genetics C, Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study BC. Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index. Hum Mol Genet. 2016;25:389-403.

Fu Q, Posth C, Hajdinjak M, Petr M, Mallick S, Fernandes D, Furtwängler A, Haak W, Meyer M, Mittnik A, Nickel B, Peltzer A, Rohland N, Slon V, Talamo S, Lazaridis I, Lipson M, Mathieson I, Schiffels S, Skoglund P, Derevianko AP, Drozdov N, Slavinsky V, Tsybankov A, Cremonesi RG, Mallegni F, Gely B, Vacca E, Morales MR, Straus LG, Neugebauer-Maresch C, Teschler-Nicola M, Constantin S, Moldovan OT, Benazzi S, Peresani M, Coppola D, Lari M, Ricci S, Ronchitelli A, Valentin F, Thevenet C, Wehrberger K, Grigorescu D, Rougier H, Crevecoeur I, Flas D, Semal P, Mannino MA, Cupillard C, Bocherens H, Conard NJ, Harvati K, Moiseyev V, Drucker DG, Svoboda J, Richards MP, Caramelli D, Pinhasi R, Kelso J, Patterson N, Krause J, Pääbo S, Reich D. The genetic history of Ice Age Europe. Nature. 2016;534:200-5.

Garcia-Garcia I, Kube J, Gaebler M, Horstmann A, Villringer A, Neumann J. Neural processing of negative emotional stimuli and the influence of age, sex and task-related characteristics. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2016;68:773-93.

Gepner Y, Bril N, Shelef I, Schwarzfuchs D, Serfaty D, Rein M, Cohen N, Shemesh E, Tangi-Rosental O, Sarusi B, Goshen E, Kenigsbuch S1, Chassidim Y, Golan R, Witkow S, Henkin Y, Stampfer MJ, Rudich A, Shai I.Higher visceral adiposity is associated with an enhanced early thermogenic response to carbohydrate-rich food.Clin Nutr. 2016 Apr;35(2):422-427

Grellmann C, Neumann J, Bitzer S, Kovacs P, Tönjes A, Westlye LT, Anreassen OA, Stumvoll M, Villringer A, Horstmann A. Random projection for fast and efficient multivariate correlation analysis of high-dimensional data: A new approach. Front Genet. 2016;7:102.

Guiu-Jurado E, Unthan M, Böhler N, Kern M, Landgraf K, Dietrich A, Schleinitz D, Ruschke K, Klöting N, Faßhauer M, Tönjes A, Stumvoll M, Körner A, Kovacs P, Blüher M. Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) may contribute to partition of energy storage into visceral and subcutaneous fat depots. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016;24:2092-100.

Hankir MK, Kranz M, Gnad T, Weiner J, Wagner S, Deuther-Conrad W, Bronisch F, Steinhoff K, Luthardt J, Klöting N, Hesse S, Seibyl JP, Sabri O, Heiker JT, Blüher M, Pfeifer A, Brust P, Fenske WK. A novel thermoregulatory role for PDE10A in mouse and human adipocytes. EMBO Mol Med. 2016;8:796-812.

Hoffmann A, Manjowk GM, Wagner V, Klöting N, Ebert T, Jessnitzer B, Lössner U, Stukenborg JB, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Söder O, Svechnikov K, Fasshauer M, Kralisch S. Leptin within the subphysiological to physiological range dose-dependently improves male reproductive function in an obesity mouse model. Endocrinology. 2016;157:2641-8.

Horikoshi M, Beaumont RN, Day FR, Warrington NM, Kooijman MN, Fernandez-Tajes J, Feenstra B, van Zuydam NR, Gaulton KJ, Grarup N, Bradfield JP, Strachan DP, Li-Gao R, Ahluwalia TS, Kreiner E, Rueedi R, Lyytikäinen LP, Cousminer DL, Wu Y, Thiering E, Wang CA, Have CT, Hottenga JJ, Vilor-Tejedor N, Joshi PK, Boh ET, Ntalla I, Pitkänen N, Mahajan A, van Leeuwen EM, Joro R, Lagou V, Nodzenski M, Diver LA, Zondervan KT, Bustamante M, Marques-Vidal P, Mercader JM, Bennett AJ, Rahmioglu N, Nyholt DR, Ma RC, Tam CH, Tam WH; CHARGE Consortium Hematology Working Group, Ganesh SK, van Rooij FJ, Jones SE, Loh PR, Ruth KS, Tuke MA, Tyrrell J, Wood AR, Yaghootkar H, Scholtens DM, Paternoster L, Prokopenko I, Kovacs P, Atalay M, Willems SM, Panoutsopoulou K, Wang X, Carstensen L, Geller F, Schraut KE, Murcia M, van Beijsterveldt CE, Willemsen G, Appel EV, Fonvig CE, Trier C, Tiesler CM, Standl M, Kutalik Z, Bonàs-Guarch S, Hougaard DM, Sánchez F, Torrents D, Waage J, Hollegaard MV, de Haan HG, Rosendaal FR, Medina-Gomez C, Ring SM, Hemani G, McMahon G, Robertson NR, Groves CJ, Langenberg C, Luan J, Scott RA, Zhao JH, Mentch FD, MacKenzie SM, Reynolds RM; Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, Lowe WL, Tönjes A, Stumvoll M, Lindi V, Lakka TA, van Duijn CM, Kiess W, Körner A, Sørensen TI, Niinikoski H, Pahkala K, Raitakari OT, Zeggini E, Dedoussis GV, Teo YY, Saw SM, Melbye M, Campbell H, Wilson JF, Vrijheid M, de Geus EJ, Boomsma DI, Kadarmideen HN, Holm JC, Hansen T, Sebert S, Hattersley AT, Beilin LJ, Newnham JP, Pennell CE, Heinrich J, Adair LS, Borja JB, Mohlke KL, Eriksson JG, Widén E, Kähönen M, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki T, Vollenweider P, Bønnelykke K, Bisgaard H, Mook-Kanamori DO, Hofman A, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Pisinger C, Pedersen O, Power C, Hyppönen E, Wareham NJ, Hakonarson H, Davies E, Walker BR, Jaddoe VW, Järvelin MR, Grant SF, Vaag AA, Lawlor DA, Frayling TM, Smith GD, Morris AP, Ong KK, Felix JF, Timpson NJ, Perry JR, Evans DM, McCarthy MI, Freathy RM. Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease. Nature. 2016;538:248-52.

Jendrny C, Beck-Sickinger AG. Inhibition of kallikrein-related peptidases 7 and 5 by grafting serpin reactive-center loop sequences onto sunflower trypsin inhibitor-1 (SFTI-1). Chembiochem. 2016;17:719-26.

Keller M, Hopp L, Liu X, Wohland T, Rohde K, Cancello R, Klös M, Bacos K, Kern M, Eichelmann F, Dietrich A, Schön MR, Gärtner D, Lohmann T, Dreßler M, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P, DiBlasio AM, Ling C, Binder H, Blüher M, Böttcher Y. Genome-wide DNA promoter methylation and transcriptome analysis in human adipose tissue unravels novel candidate genes for obesity. Mol Metab. 2016;6:86-100.

Kharabian Masouleh S, Arelin K, Horstmann A, Lample L, Kipping JA, Luck T, Riedel-Heller SG, Schroeter ML, Stumvoll M, Villringer A, Witte AV. Higher body mass index in older adults is associated with lower gray matter volume: implications for memory performance. Neurobiol Aging. 2016;40:1-10.

Köbe T, Witte AV, Schnelle A, Grittner U, Tesky VA, Pantel J, Schuchardt JP, Hahn A, Bohlken J, Rujescu D, Flöel A. Vitamin B-12 concentration, memory performance, and hippocampal structure in patients with mild cognitive impairment. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016;103:1045-54.

Köbe T, Witte AV, Schnelle A, Lesemann A, Fabian S, Tesky VA, Pantel J, Flöel A. Combined omega-3 fatty acids, aerobic exercise and cognitive stimulation prevents decline in gray matter volume of the frontal, parietal and cingulate cortex in patients with mild cognitive impairment. Neuroimage. 2016;131:226-38.

Kube J, Schrimpf A, Garcia-Garcia I, Villringer A, Neumann J, Horstmann A. Differential heart rate responses to social and monetary reinforcement in women with obesity. Psychophysiology. 2016;53:868-79.

Kumar S, Grundeis F, Brand C, Hwang HJ, Mehnert J, Pleger B. Differences in insula and pre-/frontal responses during reappraisal of food in lean and obese humans. Front Hum Neurosci. 2016;10:233.

Kunath A, Hesselbarth N, Gericke M, Kern M, Dommel S, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Klöting N. Repin1 deficiency improves insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism in db/db mice by reducing adipose tissue mass and inflammation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2016;478:398-402.

Kunath A, Klöting N. Adipocyte biology and obesity-mediated adipose tissue remodeling. Obesity Medicine. 2016;4:15-20.

Landgraf K, Scholz M, Kovacs P, Kiess W, Körner A. FTO obesity risk variants are linked to adipocyte IRX3 expression and BMI of children - relevance of FTO variants to defend body weight in lean children? PLoS One. 2016;11:e0161739.

Lazaridis I, Nadel D, Rollefson G, Merrett DC, Rohland N, Mallick S, Fernandes D, Novac M, Gamarra B, Sirak K, Connell S, Stewardson K, Harney E, Fu Q, Gonzales-Fortes G, Jones ER, Roodenberg SA, Lengyel G, Bocquentin F, Gasparian B, Monge JM, Gregg M, Eshed V, Mizrahi AS, Meiklejohn C, Gerritsen F, Bejenaru L, Blüher M, Campbell A, Cavalleri G, Comas D, Froguel P, Gilbert E, Kerr SM, Kovacs P, Krause J, McGettigan D, Merrigan M, Merriwether DA, O'Reilly S, Richards MB, Semino O, Shamoon-Pour M, Stefanescu G, Stumvoll M, Tönjes A, Torroni A, Wilson JF, Yengo L, Hovhannisyan NA, Patterson N, Pinhasi R, Reich D. Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East. Nature. 2016;536:419-24.

Lede V, Franke C, Meusel A, Teupser D, Ricken A, Thiery J, Schiller J, Huster D, Schöneberg T, Schulz A. Severe atherosclerosis and hypercholesterolemia in mice lacking both the melanocortin type 4 receptor and low density lipoprotein receptor. PLoS One. 2016;11:e0167888.

Löffler D, Behrendt S, Creemers JW, Klammt J, Aust G, Stanik J, Kiess W, Kovacs P, Körner A. Functional and clinical relevance of novel and known PCSK1 variants for childhood obesity and glucose metabolism. Mol Metab. 2016;6:295-305.

Mathar D, Horstmann A, Pleger B, Villringer A, Neumann J. Is it worth the effort? Novel insights into obesity-associated alterations ins cost-benefit decision-making. Front Behav Neurosci. 2016;9:360.

Mathar D, Wilkinson L, Holl A, Neumann J, Deserno L, Villringer A, Jahanshahi M, Horstmann A. The role of dopamine in positive and negative prediction error utilization during incidental learning–insights from Positron Emission Tomography, Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease. Cortex. 2016; Epub ahead of print.

Melasch J, Rullmann M, Hilbert A, Luthardt J, Becker GA, Patt M, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Villringer A, Arelin K, Meyer PM, Bresch A, Sabri O, Hesse S, Pleger B. Sex differences in serotonin-hypothalamic connections underpin a diminished sense of emotional well-being with increasing body weight. Int J Obes (Lond). 2016;40:1268-77.

Melasch J, Rullmann M, Hilbert A, Luthardt J, Becker GA, Patt M, Villringer A, Arelin K, Meyer PM, Lobsien D, Ding Y-S, Müller K, Sabri O, Hesse S, Pleger B. The central nervours norepinephrine network links a diminished sense of emotional well-being to an increased body weight. Int J Obes. 2016;40:779-87.

Miehle K, Ebert T, Kralisch S, Hoffmann A, Kratzsch J, Schlögl H, Stumvoll M, Fasshauer M. Progranulin is increased in human and murine lipodystrophy. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2016;120:1-7.

Miehle K, Ebert T, Kralisch S, Hoffmann A, Kratzsch J, Schlögl H, Stumvoll M, Fasshauer M. Serum concentrations of fibroblast growth factor 21 are elevated in patients with congenital or acquired lipodystrophy. Cytokine. 2016;83:239-44.

Mühlberg C, Mathar D, Villringer A, Horstmann A, Neumann J. Stopping at the sight of food - How gender and obesity impact on response inhibition. Appetite. 2016;107:663-76.

Orthgiess J, Gericke M, Immig K, Schulz A, Hirrlinger J, Bechmann I, Eilers J. Neurons exhibit Lyz2 promotor activity in vivo: Implications for using LysM-Cre mice in myeloid cell research. Eur J Immunol. 2016;46:1529-32.

Pecht T, Haim Y, Bashan N, Shapiro H, Harman-Boehm I, Kirshtein B, Clement K, Shai I, Rudich A. Circulating blood monocyte subclasses and lipid-laden adipose tissue macrophages in human obesity. PLoS One. 2016;11:e0159350.

Pfeiffer S, Krüger J, Maierhofer A, Böttcher Y, Klöting N, El Hajj N, Schleinitz D, Schön MR, Dietrich A, Fasshauer M, Lohmann T, Dreßler M, Stumvoll M, Haaf T, Blüher M, Kovacs P. Hypoxia-inducible factor 3A gene expression and methylation in adipose tissue is related to adipose tissue dysfunction. Sci Rep. 2016;6:27969.

Prasad RB, Lessmark A, Almgren P, Kovacs G, Hansson O, Oskolkov N, Vitai M, Ladenvall C, Kovacs P, Fadista J, Lachmann M, Zhou Y, Sonestedt E, Poon W, Wollheim CB, Orho-Melander M, Stumvoll M, Tuomi T, Pääbo S, Koranyi L, Groop L. Excess maternal transmission of variants in the THADA gene to offspring with type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia. 2016;59:1702-13.

Ried JS, Jeff M J, Chu AY, Bragg-Gresham JL, van Dongen J, Huffman JE, Ahluwalia TS, Cadby G, Eklund N, Eriksson J, Esko T, Feitosa MF, Goel A, Gorski M, Hayward C, Heard-Costa NL, Jackson AU, Jokinen E, Kanoni S, Kristiansson K, Kutalik Z, Lahti J, Luan J, Mägi R, Mahajan A, Mangino M, Medina-Gomez C, Monda KL, Nolte IM, Pérusse L, Prokopenko I, Qi L, Rose LM, Salvi E, Smith MT, Snieder H, Stančáková A, Ju Sung Y, Tachmazidou I, Teumer A, Thorleifsson G, van der Harst P, Walker RW, Wang SR, Wild SH, Willems SM, Wong A, Zhang W, Albrecht E, Couto Alves A, Bakker SJ, Barlassina C, Bartz TM, Beilby J, Bellis C, Bergman RN, Bergmann S, Blangero J, Blüher M, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Bornstein SR, Bruinenberg M, Campbell H, Chen YI, Chiang CW, Chines PS, Collins FS, Cucca F, Cupples LA, D'Avila F, de Geus EJ, Dedoussis G, Dimitriou M, Döring A, Eriksson JG, Farmaki AE, Farrall M, Ferreira T, Fischer K, Forouhi NG, Friedrich N, Gjesing AP, Glorioso N, Graff M, Grallert H, Grarup N, Gräßler J, Grewal J, Hamsten A, Harder MN, Hartman CA, Hassinen M, Hastie N, Hattersley AT, Havulinna AS, Heliövaara M, Hillege H, Hofman A, Holmen O, Homuth G, Hottenga JJ, Hui J, Husemoen LL, Hysi PG, Isaacs A, Ittermann T, Jalilzadeh S, James AL, Jørgensen T, Jousilahti P, Jula A, Marie Justesen J, Justice AE, Kähönen M, Karaleftheri M, Tee Khaw K, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi SM, Kinnunen L, Knekt PB, Koistinen HA, Kolcic I, Kooner IK, Koskinen S, Kovacs P, Kyriakou T, Laitinen T, Langenberg C, Lewin AM, Lichtner P, Lindgren CM, Lindström J, Linneberg A, Lorbeer R, Lorentzon M, Luben R, Lyssenko V, Männistö S, Manunta P, Leach IM, McArdle WL, Mcknight B, Mohlke KL, Mihailov E, Milani L, Mills R, Montasser ME, Morris AP, Müller G, Musk AW, Narisu N, Ong KK, Oostra BA, Osmond C, Palotie A, Pankow JS, Paternoster L, Penninx BW, Pichler I, Pilia MG, Polašek O, Pramstaller PP, Raitakari OT, Rankinen T, Rao DC, Rayner NW, Ribel-Madsen R, Rice TK, Richards M, Ridker PM, Rivadeneira F, Ryan KA, Sanna S, Sarzynski MA, Scholtens S, Scott RA, Sebert S, Southam L, Sparsø TH, Steinthorsdottir V, Stirrups K, Stolk RP, Strauch K, Stringham HM, Swertz MA, Swift AJ, Tönjes A, Tsafantakis E, van der Most PJ, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Vandenput L, Vartiainen E, Venturini C, Verweij N, Viikari JS, Vitart V, Vohl MC, Vonk JM, Waeber G, Widén E, Willemsen G, Wilsgaard T, Winkler TW, Wright AF, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Hua Zhao J, Carola Zillikens M, Boomsma DI, Bouchard C, Chambers JC, Chasman DI, Cusi D, Gansevoort RT, Gieger C, Hansen T, Hicks AA, Hu F, Hveem K, Jarvelin MR, Kajantie E, Kooner JS, Kuh D, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Lakka TA, Lehtimäki T, Metspalu A, Njølstad I, Ohlsson C, Oldehinkel AJ, Palmer LJ, Pedersen O, Perola M, Peters A, Psaty BM, Puolijoki H, Rauramaa R, Rudan I, Salomaa V, Schwarz PE, Shudiner AR, Smit JH, Sørensen TI, Spector TD, Stefansson K, Stumvoll M, Tremblay A, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Wilson JF, Zeggini E, Abecasis GR, Boehnke M, Borecki IB, Deloukas P, van Duijn CM, Fox C, Groop LC, Heid IM, Hunter DJ, Kaplan RC, McCarthy MI, North KE, O'Connell JR, Schlessinger D, Thorsteinsdottir U, Strachan DP, Frayling T, Hirschhorn JN, Müller-Nurasyid M, Loos RJ. A principal component meta-analysis on multiple anthropometric traits identifies novel loci for body shape. Nat Commun. 2016;;7:13357.

Quach H, Rotival M, Pothlichet J, Loh YE, Dannemann M, Zidane N, Laval G, Patin E, Harmant C, Lopez M, Deschamps M, Naffakh N, Duffy D, Coen A, Leroux-Roels G, Clément F, Boland A, Deleuze JF, Kelso J, Albert ML, Quintana-Murci L. Genetic Adaptation and Neandertal Admixture Shaped the Immune System of Human Populations. Cell. 2016;167:643-656.

Rockstroh D, Löffler D, Kiess W, Landgraf K, Körner A. Regulation of human adipogenesis by miR125b-5p. Adipocyte. 2016;5:283-97.

Saalbach A, Tremel J, Herbert D, Schwede K, Wandel E, Schirmer C, Anderegg U, Beck-Sickinger AG, Heiker JT, Schultz S, Magin T, Simon JC. Anti-inflammatory action of keratinocyte-derived vaspin: relevance for the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Am J Pathol. 2016;186:639-51.

Schlögl H, Müller K, Horstmann A, Miehle K, Püschel J, Villringer A, Pleger B, Stumvoll M, Fasshauer M. Leptin substitution in patients with lipodystrophy: Neural correlates for long-term success in the normalization of eating behavior. Diabetes. 2016;65:2179-86.

Schlögl H, Horstmann A, Villringer A, Stumvoll M. Functional neuroimaging in obesity and the potential for development of novel treatments. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2016;4:695-705.

Schreier M, Schwartze JT, Landgraf K, Scheuermann K, Erbs S, Herberth G, Pospisilik JA, Kratzsch J, Kiess W, Körner A. Osteopontin is BMI-independently related to early endothelial dysfunction in children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016;101:4161-9.

Schröter J, Griesinger H, Reuß E, Schulz M, Riemer T, Süß R, Schiller J, Fuchs B. Unexpected products of the hypochlorous acid-induced oxidation of oleic acid: A study using high performance thin-layer chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A. 2016;1439:89-96.

Schröter J, Schiller J. Chlorinated phospholipids and fatty acids: (patho)physiological relevance, potential toxicity, and analysis of lipid chlorohydrins. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2016;2016:8386362.

Sjoerds Z, Dietrich A, Deserno L, de Wit S, Villringer A, Heinze HJ, Schlagenhauf F, Horstmann A. Slips of action and sequential decisions: A cross-validation study of tasks assessing habitual and goal-directed action control. Front Behav Neurosci. 2016;10:234.

Slutsky N, Vatarescu M, Haim Y, Goldstein N, Kirshtein B, Harman-Boehm I, Gepner Y, Shai I, Bashan N, Blüher M, Rudich A. Decreased adiponectin links elevated adipose tissue autophagy with adipocyte endocrine dysfunction in obesity. Int J Obes (Lond). 2016;40:912-20.

Stelzner K, Herbert D, Popkova Y, Lorz A, Schiller J, Gericke M, Klöting N, Blüher M, Franz S, Simon JC, Saalbach A. Free fatty acids sensitize dendritic cells to amplify TH1/TH17-immune responses. Eur J Immunol. 2016;46:2043-53.

Thieme V, Jolly N, Madsen AN, Bellmann-Sickert K, Schwartz TW, Holst B, Cox HM, Beck-Sickinger AG. High molecular weight PEGylation of human pancreatic polypeptide at position 22 improves stability and reduces food intake in mice. Br J Pharmacol. 2016;173:3208-21.

Vausort M, Salgado-Somoza A, Zhang L, Leszek P, Scholz M, Teren A, Burkhardt R, Thiery J, Wagner DR, Devaux Y. Myocardial infarction-associated circular RNA predicting left ventricular dysfunction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;68:1247-8.

Vernot B, Tucci S, Kelso J, Schraiber JG, Wolf AB, Gittelman RM, Dannemann M, Grote S, McCoy RC, Norton H, Scheinfeldt LB, Merriwether DA, Koki G, Friedlaender JS, Wakefield J, Pääbo S, Akey JM. Excavating Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from the genomes of Melanesian individuals. Science. 2016;352:235-9.

Wagner IV, Klöting N, Atanassova N, Savchuk I, Spröte C, Kiess W, Söder O, Svechnikov K. Prepubertal onset of obesity negatively impacts on testicular steroidogenesis in rats. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2016;437:154-62.

Weiner J, Kranz M, Klöting N, Kunath A, Steinhoff K, Rijntjes E, Köhrle J, Zeisig V, Hankir M, Gebhardt C, Deuther-Conrad W, Heiker JT, Fasshauer M, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Sabri O, Hesse S, Brust P, Tönjes A, Krause K. Thyroid hormone status defines brown adipose tissue activity and browning of white adipose tissue in mice. Sci Rep. 2016;6:38124.

Weingarten A, Turchetti L, Krohn K, Klöting I, Kern M, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Klöting N. Novel genes on rat chromosome 10 are linked to body fat mass, preadipocyte number and adipocyte size. Int J Obes (Lond). 2016;40:1832-40.

Welker F, Hajdinjak M, Talamo S, Jaouen K, Dannemann M, David F, Julien M, Meyer M, Kelso J, Barnes I, Brace S, Kamminga P, Fischer R, Kessler BM, Stewart JR, Pääbo S, Collins MJ, Hublin JJ. Palaeoproteomic evidence identifies archaic hominins associated with the Chatelperronian at the Grotte du Renne. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016;113:11162-7.

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Yaskolka Meir A, Shelef I, Schwarzfuchs D, Gepner Y, Tene L, Zelicha H, Tsaban G, Bilitzky A, Komy O, Cohen N, Bril N, Rein M, Serfaty D, Kenigsbuch S, Chassidim Y, Zeller L, Ceglarek U, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Thiery J, Stampfer MJ, Rudich A, Shai I. Intermuscular adipose tissue and thigh muscle area dynamics during an 18-month randomized weight loss trial. J Appl Physiol (1985);121(2):518-27.

Breitling C, Gross A, Büttner P, Weise S, Schleinitz D, Kiess W, Scholz M, Kovacs P, Körner A. Genetic contribution of variants near SORT1 and APOE on LDL cholesterol independent of obesity in children. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0138064.

Burkhardt R, Kirsten H, Beutner F, Holdt LM, Gross A, Teren A, Tönjes A, Becker S, Krohn K, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Teupser D, Thiery J, Ceglarek U, Scholz M. Integration of genome-wide SNP data and gene-expression profiles reveals six novel loci and regulatory mechanisms for amino acids and acylcarnitines in whole blood. PLoS Genet. 2015;11:e1005510.

Deserno L, Wilbertz T, Reiter A, Horstmann A, Neumann J, Villringer A, Heinze HJ, Schlagenhauf F. Lateral prefrontal model-based signatures are reduced in individuals with high trait impulsivity. Transl Psychiatry. 2015;5:e659.

du Plessis J, van Pelt J, Korf H, Mathieu C, van der Schueren B, Lannoo M, Oyen T, Topal B, Fetter G, Nayler S, van der Merwe T, Windmolders P, van Gaal L, Verrijken A, Hubens G, Gericke M, Cassiman D, Francque S, Nevens F, van der Merwe S. Association of adipose tissue inflammation with histological severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Gastroenterology. 2015;149:635-48.

Garcia-Garcia I, Jurado MA, Garolera M, Marques-Iturria I, Horstmann A, Segura B, Pueyo R, Sender-Palacios MJ, Vernet-Vernet M, Villringer A, Junque C, Margulies DS, Neumann J. Functional network centrality in obesity: A resting-state and task fMRI study. Psychiatry Res. 2015;233:331-8.

Gericke M, Weyer U, Braune J, Bechmann I, Eilers J. A method for long-term live-imaging of tissue macrophages in adipose tissue explants. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2015;308:E1023-33.

Grellmann C, Bitzer S, Neumann J, Westlye LT, Andreasseen OA, Villringer A, Horstmann A. Comparison of variants of canonical correlation analysis and partial least squares for combined analysis of MRI and genetic data. Neuroimage. 2015;107C:289-310.

Garcia-Garcia I, , Jurado MA, Garolera M, Marques-Iturria I, Horstmann A, Segura B, Pueyo R, Sender-Palacios MJ, Vernet-Vernet M, Villringer A, Junque C, Margulies DS, Neumann J. Functional network centrality in obesity: A resting-state and task fMRI study. Psychiatry Res. 2015;233:3331-8.

Haim Y, Blüher M, Slutsky N, Goldstein N, Klöting N, Harman-Boehm I, Kirshstein B, Ginsberg D, Gericke M, Guiu Jurado E, Kovsan J, Tarnovscki T, Kachko L, Bashan N, Gepner Y, Shai I, Rudich A. Elevated autophagy gene expression in adipose tissue of humans: A potential non-cell-cycle-dependent function of E2F1. Autophagy. 2015;11:2074-88.

Hankir MK, Ashrafian H, Hesse S, Horstmann A, Fenske WK. Distinctive striatal dopamine signaling after dieting and gastric bypass. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2015;26:223-30.

Hellrung L, Hollmann M, Zscheyge O, Schlumm T, Kalberlah C, Roggenhofer E, Okon-Singer H, Villringer A, Horstmann A. Flexible adaptive paradigms for fMRI using a novel software package 'Brain Analysis in Real-Time' (BART). PLoS One. 2015;10:e0118890.

Hesselbarth N, Petinelli C, Gericke M, Berger C, Kunath A, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Klöting N. Tamoxifen affects glucose and lipid metabolism parameters, causes browning of subcutaneous adipose tissue and transient body composition changes in C57BL/6NTac mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2015;464:724-9.

Horstmann A, Dietrich A, Mathar D, Pössel M, Villringer A, Neumann J. Slave to habit? Obesity is associated with decreased behavioural sensitivity to reward devaluation. Appetite. 2015;87:175-83.

Horstmann A, Fenske WK, Hankir MK. Argument for a non-linear relationship between severity of human obesity and dopaminergic tone. Obes Rev. 2015;16:821-30.

Huhn S, Kharabian Masouleh S, Stumvoll M, Villringer A, Witte V. Components of a Mediterranean diet and their impact on cognitive functions in aging. Front Aging Neurosci. 2015;7:132.

Kaiser A, Müller P, Zellmann T, Scheidt HA, Thomas L, Bosse M, Meier R, Meiler J, Huster D, Beck-Sickinger AG, Schmidt P. Unwinding of the C-terminal residues of neuropeptide Y is critical for Y2 receptor binding and activation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015;54:7446-9.

Kälin S, Heppner FL, Bechmann I, Prinz M, Tschöp MH, Yi CX. Hypothalamic innate immune reaction in obesity. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2015;11:339-51.

Kannt A, Pfenniger A, Teichert L, Tönjes A, Dietrich A, Schön MR, Klöting N, Blüher M. Association of nicotinamide-N-methyltransferase mRNA expression in human aidpose tissue and the plasma concentration of its product, 1-methylnicotinamide, with insulin resistance. Diabetologia. 2015;58:799-808.

Kilian TM, Klöting N, Bergmann R, Els-Heindl S, Babilon S, Clement-Ziza M, Zhang Y, Beck-Sickinger AG, Chollet C. Rational design of dual peptides targeting ghrelin and Y2 receptors to regulate food intake and body weight. J Med Chem. 2015;58:4180-93.

Klöting N, Hesselbarth N, Gericke M, Kunath A, Biemann R, Chakaroun R, Kosacka J, Kovacs P, Kern M, Stumvoll M, Fischer B, Rolle-Kampczyk U, Feltens R, Otto W, Wissenbach DK, von Bergen M, BlüherM. Di-(2 Ehtylhexyl)-Phtalate (DEHP) causes impaired adipocyte function and alters serum metabolites. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0143190.

Knigge A, Klöting N, Schön MR, Dietrich A, Fasshauer M, Gärtner D, Lohmann T, Dreßler M, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P, Blüher M. ADCY5 gene expression in adipose tissue is related to obesity in men and mice. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0120742.

Koch M, Varela L, Kim JG, Kim JD, Hernández-Nuño F, Simonds SE, Castorena CM, Vianna CR, Elmquist JK, Morozov YM, Rakic P, Bechmann I, Cowley MA, Szigeti-Buck K, Dietrich MO, Gao XB, Diano S, Horvath TL. Hypothalamic POMC neurons promote cannabinoid-induced feeding. Nature. 2015;519:45-50.

Kosacka J, Kern M, Klöting N, Paeschke S, Rudich A, Haim Y, Gericke M, Serke H, Stumvoll M, Bechmann I, Nowicki M, Blüher M. Autophagy in adipose tissue of patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2015;409:21-31.

Kralisch S, Klöting N, Ebert T, Kern M, Hoffmann A, Krause K, Jessnitzer B, Lossner U, Sommerer I, Stumvoll M, Fasshauer M. Circulating adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein induces insulin resistance in mice in vivo. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015;23:1007-13.

Krause K, Weiner J, Hönes S, Klöting N, Rijntjes E, Heiker JT, Gebhardt C, Köhrle J, Führer D, Steinhoff K, Hesse S, Moeller LC, Tönjes A. The effects of thyroid hormones on gene expression of acyl-coenzyme A thioesterases in adipose tissue and liver of mice. Eur Thyroid J. 2015;4 (suppl 1):59-66.

Lakowa N, Trieu N, Flehmig G, Lohmann T, Schön MR, Dietrich A, Zeplin PH, Langer S, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Klöting N. Telomere length differences between subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in humans. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2015;457:426-32.

Landgraf K, Rockstroh D, Wagner IV, Weise S, Tauscher R, Schwarze JT, Löffler D, Bühligen U, Wojan M, Till H, Kratzsch J, Kiess W, Blüher M, Körner A. Evidence of early alterations in adipose tissue biology and function and its association with obesity-related inflammation and insulin resistance in children. Diabetes. 2015;64:1249-61.

Löffler A, Luck T, Then FS, Luppa M, Sikorski C, Kovacs P, Tönjes A, Böttcher Y, Breitfeld J, Horstmann A, Löffler M, Engel C, Thiery J, Stumvoll M, Riedel-Heller SG. Age- and gender-specific norms for the German version of the Three-Factor Eating-Questionnaire (TFEQ). Appetite. 2015;91:241-7.

Löffler A, Luck T, Then FS, Sikorski C, Kovacs P, Böttcher Y, Breitfeld J, Tönjes A, Horstmann A, Löffler M, Engel C, Thiery J, Villringer A, Stumvoll M, Riedel-Heller SG. Eating behaviour in the general population: An analysis of the factor structure of the German version of the Three-Factor-Eating-Questionnaire (TFEQ) and its association with the body mass index. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0133977.

Löffler D, Müller U, Scheuermann K, Friebe D, Gesing J, Bielitz J, Erbs S, Landgraf K, Wagner IV, Kiess W, Körner A. Serum irisin levels are regulated by acute strenous exercise. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015;100:1289-99.

Löffler D, Landgraf K, Körner A, Kratzsch J, Kirkby KC, Himmerich H. Modulation of triglyceride accumulation in adipocytes by psychopharmacological agents in vitro. J Psychiatr Res. 2015;72:37-42.

Mardinoglu A, Heiker JT, Gärtner D, Björnson E, Schön MR, Flehmig G, Klöting N, Krohn K, Fasshauer M, Stumvoll M, Nielsen J, Blüher M. Extensive weight loss reveals distinct gene expression changes in human subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue. Sci Rep. 2015;5:14841.

Mueller K, Möller HE, Horstmann A, Busse-Voigt FP, Lepsien J, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Villringer A, Pleger B. Physical exercise in overweight to obese individuals induces metabolic- and neurotrophic-related structural brain plasticity. Front Hum Neurosci. 2015;9:372.

Park M, Sivertsen BB, Els-Heindl S, Huber T, Holst B, Beck-Sickinger AG, Schwartz TW, Sakmar TP. Bioorthogonal labeling of ghrelin receptor to facilitate studies of ligand-dependent conformational dynamics. Chem Biol. 2015;22:1431-6.

Pippel J, Küttner EB, Ulricht D, Daberger J, Schultz S, Heiker JT, Sträter N. Crystal structure of cleaved vaspin (serpinA12). Biol Chem. 2016;397:111-23.

Popkova Y, Meusel A, Breitfeld J, Schleinitz D, Hirrlinger J, Dannenberger D, Kovacs P, Schiller J. Nutrition-dependent changes of mouse adipose tissue compositions monitored by NMR, MS, and chromatographic methods. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2015;407:5113-23.

Qi Q, Downer MK, Kilpelainen TO, Taal HR, Barton SJ, Ntalla I, Standl M, Boraska V, Huikari V, Kiefte-de Jong JC, Körner A, Lakka TA, Liu G, Magnusson J, Okuda M, Raitakari O, Richmond R, Scott RA, Bailey ME, Scheuermann K, Holloway JW, Inskip H, Isasi CR, Mossaar-Rahmani Y, Jaddoe VW, Laitinen J, Lindi V, Melen E, Pitsiladis Y, Pitkanen N, Snieder H, Heinrich J, Timpson NJ, Wang T, Yuji H, Zeggini E, Dedoussis GV, Kaplan RC, Wylie-Rosett J, Loos RJ, Hu FB, Qi L. Dietary intake, FTO genetic variants and adiposity: a combined analysis of over 16,000 children and adolescents. Diabetes. 2015;64:2467-76. 

Rockstroh D, Landgraf K, Wagner IV, Gesing J, Tauscher R, Lakowa N, Kiess W, Bühligen U, Wojan M, Till H, Blüher M, Körner A. Direct evidence of brown adipocytes in different fat depots in children. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0117841.

Rohde K, Keller M, Horstmann A, Liu X, Eichelmann F, Stumvoll M, Villringer A, Kovacs P, Tönjes A, Böttcher Y. Role of genetic variants in ADIPOQ in human eating behavior. Genes Nutr. 2015;10:449.

Rohde K, Federbusch M, Horstmann A, Keller M, Villringer A, Stumvoll M, Tönjes A, Kovacs P, Böttcher Y. Genetic variants in AKR1B10 associate with human eating behavior. BMC Genet. 2015;16:31.

Ronke C, Dannemann M, Halbwax M, Fischer A, Helmschrodt C, Brügel M, André C, Atencia R, Mugisha L, Scholz M, Ceglarek U, Thiery J, Pääbo S, Prüfer K, Kelso J. Lineage-specific changes in biomarkers in great apes and humans. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0134548.

Schrey S, Wurst U, Ebert T, Kralisch S, Drewlo S, Stepan H, Lössner U, Platz M, Kratzsch J, Stumvoll M, Fasshauer M. The adipokine preadipocyte factor-1 is downregulated in preeclampsia and expressed in placenta. Cytokine. 2015;75:338-43.

Schunter JA, Löffler D, Wiesner T, Kovacs P, Badenhoop K, Aust G, Tönjes A, Müller P, Baber R, Simon JC, Führer D, Pfäffle RW, Thiery J, Stumvoll M, Kiess W, Kratzsch J, Körner A. A novel FoxD3 variant is associated with vitiligo and elevated thyroid auto-antibodies. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015;100:E1335-42.

Shungin D, Winkler TW, Croteau-Chonka DC, Ferreira T, Locke AE, Mägi R, Strawbridge RJ, Pers TH, Fischer K, [ ….],Kovacs P, [….], Zillikens MC, McCarthy MI, Speliotes EK, North KE, Fox CS, Barroso I, Franks PW, Ingelsson E, Heid IM, Loos RJ, Cupples LA, Morris AP, Lindgren CM, Mohlke KL. New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat di stribution. Nature. 2015;518:187-96.

Simmank J, Murawski C, Bode S, Horstmann A. Incidental rewarding cues influence economic decisions in people with obesity. Front Behav Neurosci. 2015;9:278.

Stenkamp-Strahm CM, Nyavor YE, Kappmeyer AJ, Horton S, Gericke M, Balemba OB. Prolonged high fat diet ingestion, obesity, and type 2 diabetes symptoms correlate with phenotypic plasticity in myenteric neurons and nerve damage in the mouse duodenum. Cell Tissue Res. 2015;361:411-26.

Ulbricht D, Pippel J, Schultz S, Meier R, Sträter N, Heiker JT. A unique serpin P1' glutamate and a conserved beta-sheet C arginine are key residues for activity, protease recognition and stability of serpinA12 (vaspin). Biochem J. 2015;470:357-67.

van der Valk RJ, Kreiner-Moller E, Kooijman MN, Guxens M, Stergiakouli E, Saaf A, Bradfield JP, Geller F, Hayes MG, Cousminer DL, Körner A, Thiering E, Curtin JA, [42 authors], Kiess W, Mahajan A, [45 authors], Sergeyev E, [14 authors], Bonnelykke K, Jaddoe VW. A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood. Hum Mol Genet. 2015;24:1155-68.

Voisin S, Almen MS, Zheleznyakova GY, Lundberg L, Zarei S, Castillo S, Eriksson FE, Nilsson EK, Blüher M, Böttcher Y, Kovacs P, Klovins J, Rask-Andersen M, Schiöth HB. Many obesity-associated SNPs strongly associate with DNA methylation changes at proximal promoters and enhancers. Genome Med. 2015;7:103.

Weiß CL, Dannemann M, Prüfer K, Burbano HA. Contesting the presence of wheat in the British Isles 8,000 years ago by assessing ancient DNA authenticity from low-coverage data. Elife. 2015;4.

Winkler TW, Justice AE, Graff M, [...], Blüher M, [...], Kovacs P, [...], Stumvoll M, [...], Loos RJ. The influence of age and sex on genetic associations with adult body size and shape: A large-scale genome-wide interaction study. PLoS One. 2015;11:e1005378.

Benyamin B, Esko T, Ried JS, Radhakrishnan A, Vermeulen SH, Traglia M, Gögele M, Anderson D, Broer L, Podmore C, Luan J, Kutalik Z, Sanna S, van der meer P, Tanaka T, Wang F, Westra HJ, Franke L, Mihailov E, Milani L, Häldin J, Winkelmann J, Meitinger T, Thiery J, Peters A, Waldenberger M, Rendon A, Jolley J, Sambrook J, Kiemeney LA, Sweep FC, Sala CF, Schwienbacher C, Pichler I, Hui J, Demirkan A, Isaacs A, Amin N, Steri M, Waeber G, Verweij N, Powell JE, Nyholt DR, Heath AC, Madden PA, Visscher Uda M, Vollenweider P, Scott RA, Langenberg C, Wareham N; InterAct Consortium, van Dujin C, Beilgy J, Pramstaller PP, Hicks AA, Ouwehand WH, Oexle K, Gieger C, Metspalu A, Camaschella C, Toniolo D, Swinkels DW, Whitfield JB. Novel loci affecting iron homeostasis and their effects in individuals at risk for hemochromatosis. Nat Commun. 2014;5:4926.

Berry R, Church CD, Gericke MT, Jeffery E, Colman L, Rodeheffer MS. Imaging of adipose tissue. Methods Enzymol. 2014;537:47-73. 

Blüher M, Klöting N, Wueest S, Schoenle EJ, Schön MR, Dietrich A, Fasshauer M, Stumvoll M, Konrad D. Fas and FasL Expression in Human Adipose Tissue Is Related to Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Type 2 Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab . 2014;99:E36-44.

Ceglarek U, Dittrich J, Helmschrodt C, Wagner K, Nofer JR, Thiery J, Becker S. Preanalytical standardization of sphingosine-1-phosphate, sphinganine-1-phosphate and sphingosine analysis in human plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Clin Chim Acta. 2014;435:1-6.

Cousminer DL, Stergiakouli E, Berry DJ, Ang W, Groen-Blokhuis MM, Körner A, Siitonen N, Ntalla I, Marinelli M, Perry JR, Kettunen J, Jansen R, Surakka I, Timpson NJ, Ring S, Mcmahon G, Power C, Wang C, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Middeldorp CM, Hulshoff Pol HE, Neef M, Weise S, Pahkala K, Niinikoski H, Zeggini E, Panoutsopoulou K, Bustamante M, Penninx BW; ReproGen Consortium, Murabito J, Torrent M, Dedoussis GV, Kiess W, Boomsma DI, Pennell CE, Raitakari OT, Hyppönen E, Davey Smith G, Ripatti S, McCarthy MI, Widén E; Early Growth Genetics Consortium. Genome-wide association study of sexual maturation in males and females highlights a role for body mass and menarche loci in male puberty. Hum Mol Genet. 2014;23:4452-64.

Claussnitzer M, Dankel SN, Klocke B, Grallert H, Glunk V, Berulava T, Lee H, Oskolkov N, Fadista J, Ehlers K, Wahl S, Hoffmann C, Qian K, Rönn T, Riess H, Müller-Nurasyid M, Bretschneider N, Schroeder T, Skurk T, Horsthemke B; DIAGRAM+Consortium, Spieler D, Klingenspor M, Seifert M, Kern MJ, Mejhert N, Dahlman I, Hansson O, Hauck SM, Blüher M, Arner P, Groop L, Illig T, Suhre K, Hsu YH, Mellgren G, Hauner H, Laumen H. Leveraging cross-species transcription factor binding site patterns: from diabetes risk Loci to disease mechanisms. Cell. 2014;156:343-58.

Cottilard A, Poitou C, Torcivia A, Bouillot JL, Dietrich A, Klöting N, Gregoire C, Lolmede K, Blüher M, Clement K. Adipocyte size treshold matters: link with risk of type 2 diabetes and improved insulin resistance after gastric bypass. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014;99:E1466-70.

Cousminer DL, Stergiakouli E, Berry DJ, Ang W, Groen-Blokhuis MM, Körner A, Siitonen N, Ntalla I, Marinelli M, Perry JR, Kettunen J, Jansen R, Surakka I, Timpson NJ, Ring S, McMahon G, Power C, Wang C, Kahonen M, Viikari J, Lehtimaki T, Mitteldorp CM, Hulshoff Pol HE, Neef M, Weise S, Pahkala K, Niinikoski H, Zeggini E, Panoutsopoulou K, Bustamante M, Penninx BW, Murabito J, Torrent M, Dedoussis GV, Kiess W, Boomsma DI, Pennell CE, Raitakari OT, Hypponen E, Davey SG, Ripatti S, McCarthy MI, Widen E. Genome-wide association study of sexual maturation in males and females highlights a role for body mass and menarche loci in male puberty. Hum Mol Genet. 2014;23:4452-64.

Derikx MH, Kovacs P, Scholz M, Masson E, Chen JM, Ruffert C, Lichtner P, Te Morsche RH, Cavestro GM, Algül H, Berg T, Bödeker H, Blüher M, Bruno MJ, Buch S, Bugert P, Cichoz-Lach H, Dabrowski A, Farré A, Frank J, Gasiorowska A, Geisz A, Goni E, Grothaus J, Grützmann R, Haas S, Hampe J, Hellerbrand C, Hegyi P, Huster D, Ioana M, Iordache S, Jurkowska G, Keim V, Landt O, Di Leo M, Lerch MM, Lévy P, Löhr MJ, Macek M, Malats N, Malecka-Panas E, Mariani A, Martorana D, Mayerle J, Mora J, Mössner J, Müller S, Ockenga J, Paderova J, Pedrazzoli S, Pereira SP, Pfützer R, Real FX, Rebours V, Ridinger M, Rietschel M, Rohde K, Sack S, Saftoiu A, Schneider A, Schulz HU, Syoka M, Simon P, Skipworth J, Stickel F, Stumvoll M, Testoni PA, Tönjes A, Treiber M, Weiss FU, Werner J, Wodarz N, Férec C, Drenth JP, Witt H, Rosendahl J. Polymorphisms at PRSS1-PRSS2 and CLDN2-MORC4 loci associate with alcoholic and non-alcoholic chronic pancreatitis in a European replication study. Gut. 2014;64:1426-33.

Diaz Gimenez LE, Babilon S, Wanka L, Beck-Sickinger AG, Gurevich VV. Mutations in arrestin-3 differentially affect binding to neuropeptide Y receptor subtypes. Cell Signal. 2014;26:1523-31.

Dietrich A*, Federbusch MG*, Grellmann C, Villringer A, Horstmann A. Body weight status, eating behavior, sensitivity to reward/punishment, and gender: relationships and interdependencies. Front Psychol. 2014;5:1073. *contributed equally.

Ebert T, Roth I, Richter J, Tönjes A, Kralisch S, Lossner U, Kratzsch J,Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Fasshauer M. Different associations of adipokines in lean and healthy adults.  Horm Metab Res. 2014;46:41-7

Ebert T, Stepan H, Schrey S, Kralisch S, Hindricks J, Hopf L, Platz M, Lossner U, Jessnitzer B, Drewlo S, Blüher M, Stumvoll M,Fasshauer M. Serum levels of irisin in gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy and after delivery. Cytokine. 2014;65:153-8.

Ebert T, Focke D, Petroff D, Wurst U, Richter J, Bachmann A, Lössner U, Kralisch S, Kratzsch J, Beige J, Bast I, Anders M, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Fasshauer M. Serum levels of the myokine irisin in relation to metabolic and renal function. Eur J Endocrinol. 2014;170:501-6.

Ebert T, Hindricks J, Kralisch S, Lößner U, Jeßnitzer B, Richter J, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Fasshauer M. Serum levels of fractalkine are associated with markers of insulin resistance in gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetic Med. 2014;31:1014-7.

Ebert T, Kralisch S, Hoffmann A, Bachmann A, Lössner U, Kratzsch J, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Tönjes A, Faßhauer M. Circulation angiopoietin-like protein 8 is independently associated with fasting plasma glucose and type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014;99:E2510-7.

Eibisch M, Popkova Y, Süß R, Schiller J, Dannenberger D. Evaluation of a commercial enzymatic test kit regarding the quantitative analysis of different free fatty acids. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2014;406:7410-5.

Fasshauer M, Blüher M, Stumvoll M. Adipokines in gestational diabetes. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2014;2:488-99.

Flehmig G, Scholz M, Klöting N, Fasshauer M, Tönjes A, Stumvoll M, Youn BS, Blüher M. Identification of adipokine clusters related to parameters of fat mass, insulin sensitivity and inflammation. PLoS One. 2014;9:e99785.

Garcia-Garcia I, Horstmann A, Jurado MA, Garolea M, Chaudhry SJ, Margulies DS, Villringer A, Neumann J. Reward processing in obesity, substance addiction and non-substance addiction. Obes Rev. 2014;11:853-69.

Garnov N, Linder N, Schaudinn A, Blüher M, Karlas T, Schütz T, Dietrich A, Kahn T, Busse H. Comparison of T1 relaxation times in adipose tissue of severely obese patients and healthy lean subjects measured by 1.5 T MRI. NMR Biomed. 2014;27:1123-8.

Griesinger H, Fuchs B, Süß R, Matheis K, Schulz M, Schiller J. Stationary phase thickness determines the quality of thin-layer chromatography/matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization mass spectra of lipids. Anal Biochem Chem. 2014;406:1291-306.

Haase J, Weyer U, Immig K, Klöting N, Blüher M, Eilers J, Bechmann I, Gericke M. Local proliferation of macrophages in adipose tissue during obesity-induced inflammation.  Diabetologia. 2014;57:562-71.

Heiker JT*, Kunath A*, Kosacka J, Flehmig G, Knigge A, Kern M, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P, Blüher M, Klöting N. Identification of genetic loci associated with different responses to high fat died induced obesity (DIO) in C57BL/6N and C57BL/6J substrains. Physiol Genomics. 2014;46:377-84. (*contributed equally)

Heiker JT. Vaspin (serpinA12) in obesity, insulin resistance, and inflammation. J Pept Sci. 2014;20:299-306.

Helmschrodt C, Becker S, Thiery J, Ceglarek U. Preanalytical standardization for reactive oxygen species derived oxysterol analysis in human plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2014;446:726-30.

Hindricks J, Ebert T, Bachmann A, Kralisch S, Lössner U, Kratzsch J, Stolzenburg JU, Dietel A, Beige J, Anders M, Bast I, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Fasshauer M. Serum levels of fibroblast growth factor-21 are increased in chronic and acute renal dysfunction. Clin Endocrinol. 2014;80:918-24.

Jaskolla TW, Onischke K, Schiller J. 2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid salts for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometric lipid analysis: Simplified spectra interpretation and insights into gasphase fragmentation. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2014;28:1353-63.

Keller M, Kralisch S, Rohde K, Schleinitz D, Dietrich A, Schön MR, Gärtner D, Lohmann T, Dreßler M, Tönjes A, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P, Faßhauer M, Blüher M, Böttcher Y. Global DNA methylation levels in human adipose tissue are related to fat distribution and glucose homeostasis. Diabetologia. 2014;57:2374-83.

Kelso J, Prüfer K. Ancient humans and the origin of modern humans.Curr Opin Gen Dev. 2014;29:133-8.

Kern M, Kosacka J, Hesselbarth N, Brückner J, Heiker JT, Flehmig G, Klöting I, Kovacs P, Matz-Soja M, Gebhardt R, Krohn K, Sales S, Abshagen K, Shevchenko A, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Klöting N. Liver-restricted Repin1 deficiency improves whole body insulin sensitivity, alters lipid metabolism and causes secondary changes in adipose tissue in mice. Diabetes. 2014;63:3295-309.

Khrameeva EE, Bozek K, He L, Yan Z, Jiang X, Wei Y, Tang K, Gelfand MS, Prufer K, Kelso J, Paabo S, Giavalisco P, Lachmann M, Khaitovich P. Neanderthal ancestry drives evolution of lipid catabolism in contemporary Europeans. Nat Commun. 2014;5:3584.

Kralisch S, Ebert T, Lossner U, Jesnitzer B, Stumvoll M, Fasshauer M. Adipocyte fatty acid binding protein is released from adipocytes by a non-conventional mechanism. Int J Obes (Lond). 2014;38:1251-4.

Lo JC, Ljubicic S, Leibiger B, Kern M, Leibiger IB, Moede T, Kelly ME, Chatterjee Bhowmick D, Murano I, Cohen P, Banks AS, Khandekar MJ, Dietrich A, Flier JS, Cinti S, Blüher M, Danial NN, Berggren PO, Spiegelman BM. Adipsin is an adipokine that improves β cell function in diabetes. Cell. 2014;158:41-53.

Mäde V, Babilon S, Jolly N, Wanka L, Bellmann-Sickert K, Diaz Gimenez LE, Mörl K, Cox HM, Gurevich VV, Beck-Sickinger AG. Peptide modifications differentialy alter G protein-coupled receptor internalization and signaling bias. Angew Chem Int Ed. 2014;53:10067-71.

Mäde V, Els-Heindl S, Beck-Sickinger AG. Automated solid-phase peptide synthesis to obtain therapeutic peptides. Beilstein J Org Chem. 2014;10:1197-212.

Mangner N, Scheuermann K, Winzer E, Wagner I, Hoellriegel R, Sandri M, Zimmer M, Mende M, Linke A, Kiess W, Schuler G, Körner A, Erbs S. Childhood obesity: Impact on cardiac geometry and function. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014;7:1198-205.

Maric S, Skar-Gislinge N, Midtgaard S, Thygesen MB, Schiller J, Frielinghaus H, Moulin M, Haertlein M, Forsyth VT, Günther-Pomorski T, Arleth L. Stealtth carriers for low-resolution structure determination of membrance proteins in solution. Acta Cryst. 2014;70:317-28.

Mattern A, Zellmann T, Beck-Sickinger AG. Processing, signaling, and physiological function of chemerin. IUBMB Life. 2014;66:19-26.

Müller K*, Horstmann A*, Möller HE, Anwander A, Lepsien J, Schroeter ML, Villringer A, Pleger B. Obesity associated cerebral gray and white matter alterations are interrelated in the female brain. PLoS One. 2014;9:e114206. (*contributed equally)

Nimptsch A, Pyttel S, Paasch U, Mohr C, Heinrich JM, Schiller J. A MALDI MS Investigation of the Lysophosphatidylcholine/Phosphatidylcholine Ratio in Human Spermatozoa and Erythrocytes as a Useful Fertility Marker. Lipids. 2014;49:287-93.

Pecht T, Gutman-Tirosh A, Bashan N, Rudich A. Peripheral blood leucocyte subclasses as potential biomarkers of adipose tissue inflammation and obesity subphenotypes in humans. Obes Rev. 2014;15:322-37.

Pedragosa-Badia X, Sliwoski GR, Dong Nguyen E, Lindner D, Stichel J, Kaufmann KW, Meiler J, Beck-Sickinger AG. Pancreatic polypeptide is recognized by two hydrophobic domains of the human Y4 receptor binding pocket. J Biol Chem. 2014;289:5846-59.

Pirkl A, Meier M, Popkova Y, Letzel MC, Schnapp A, Schiller J, Dreisewerd K. Analysis of free fatty acids by ultraviolet laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry using insect wings as hydrophobic sample substrates. Anal Chem. 2014;86:10763-71.

Rohde K, Keller M, Klös M, Schleinitz D, Schön MR, Gärtner D, Lohmann T, Dreßler M, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P, Blüher M, Böttcher Y. Adipose tissue depot specific promotor methylation of TMEM18. J Mol Med. 2014;92:881-8.

Schleinitz D, Klöting N, Lindgren CM, Breitfeld J, Dietrich A, Schön MR, Lohmann T, Dreßler M, Stumvoll M, McCarthy MI, Blüher M, Kovacs P. Fat depot-specific mRNA expression of novel loci associated with waist-hip ratio. Int J Obes (Lond). 2014;38:120-5.

Schleinitz D, Böttcher Y, Blüher M, Kovacs P. The genetics of fat distribution. Diabetologia. 2014;57:1276-86.

Stienstra R, Haim Y, Riahi Y, Netea M, Rudich A, Leibowitz G. Autophagy in adipose tissue and the beta cell: implications for obesity and diabetes. Diabetologia. 2014;57:1505-16.

Stöckl D, Peters A, Thorand B, Heier M, Koenig W, Seissler J, Thiery J, Rathmann W, Meisinger C. Reproductive factors, intima media thickness and carotid plaques in a cross-sectional study of postmenopausal women enrolled in the population-based KORA F4 study. BMC Womens Health. 2014;14:17.

Tönjes A, Scholz M, Breitfeld J, Marzi C, Grallert H, Gross A, Ladenvall C, Schleinitz D, Krause K, Kirsten H, Laurila E, Kriebel J, Thorand B, Rathmann W, Groop L, Prokopenko I, Isomaa B, Beutner F, Kratzsch J, Thiery J, Fasshauer M, Klöting N, Gieger C, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P. Genome wide meta-analysis highlights the role of genetic variation in RARRES2 in the regulation of circulating serum chemerin. PLoS Genet. 2014;10:e1004854.

Wilbertz T, Deserno L, Horstmann A, Neumann J, Villringer A, Heinze HJ, Boehler CN, Schlagenhauf F. Response inhibition and its relation to multidimensional impulsivity. Neuroimage. 2014;103:241-8.

Zschörnig K, Schiller J. A simple method to generate oxidized phosphotidylcholines in amounts close to one milligram. Chem Phys Lipids. 2014;184:30-7.

Gast MT, Tönjes A, Keller M, Horstmann A, Steinle N, Scholz M, Müller I, Villringer A, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P, Böttcher Y. The role of rs2237781 within GRM8 in eating behavior. Brain Behav. 2013;3:495-502.

Haim Y, Tarnovscki T, Bashari D, Rudich A. A chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) protocol for use in whole human adipose tissue. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2013;305:E1172-7.

Horstmann A, Kovacs P, Kabisch S, Boettcher Y, Schlögl H, Tönjes A, Stumvoll M, Pleger B, Villringer A. Common genetic variation near MC4R has a sex-specific impact on human brain structure and eating behavior. PLoS One. 2013;8:e74362.

Heiker JT, Kern M, Kosacka J, Flehmig G, Stumvoll M, Shang E, Lohmann T, Dreßler M, Kovacs P, Blüher M, Klöting N. Nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase mRNA expression is related to human obesity.  Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013;21:529-34.

Hoffmeister A, Tuennemann J, Sommerer I, Mössner J, Rittger A, Schleinitz D, Kratzsch J, Rosendahl J, Klöting N, Stahl T, Rossner S, Paroni F, Maedler K, Kovacs P, Blüher M. Genetic and biochemical evidence for a functional role of BACE1 in the regulation of insulin mRNA expression. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013;21:E626-33.

Hollmann M, Pleger B, Villringer A, Horstmann A. Brain imaging in the context of food perception and eating. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2013;24:18-24. Review.

Keller M, Schleinitz D, Förster J, Tönjes A, Böttcher Y, Fischer-Rosinsky A, Breitfeld J, Weidle K, Rayner NW, Burkhardt R, Enigk B, Müller I, Halbritter J, Koriath M, Pfeiffer A, Krohn K, Groop L, Spranger J, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P. THOC5 : a novel gene involved in HDL-cholesterol metabolism. J Lipid Res. 2013;54:3170-6.

Keller M, Liu X, Wohland T, Rohde K, Gast MT, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P, Tönjes A, Böttcher Y. TAS2R38 and its influence on smoking behavior and glucose homeostasis in the German Sorbs. PLoS One. 2013;8:e80512.

Kosacka J, Koch K, Gericke M, Nowicki M, Heiker JT, Klöting I, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Klöting N. The polygenetically inherited metabolical syndrome of male WOKW rats is associated with enhanced autophagy in adipose tissue. Diabetol Metabol Syndr. 2013;5:23.

Kosacka J, Nowicki M, Blüher M, Baum P, Stockinger M, Toyka KV, Klöting I, Stumvoll M, Serke H, Bechmann I, Klöting N. Increased autophagy in peripheral nerves may protect Wistar Ottawa Karlsburg W rats against neuropathy. Exp Neurol. 2013;250:125-35.

Kovacs P, Miehle K, Sandner B, Stumvoll M, Blüher M. Insulin administration acutely decreases vaspin serum concentrations in humans. Obes Facts. 2013;6:86-8.

Krist J, Wieder K, Klöting N, Oberbach A, Kralisch S, Wiesner T, Schön MR, Gärtner D, Dietrich A, Shang E, Lohmann T, Dreßler M, Fasshauer M, Stumvoll M, Blüher M. Effects of weight loss and exercise on apelin serum concentrations and adipose tissue expression in human obesity. Obes Facts. 2013;6:57-69.

Machann J, Horstmann A, Born M, Hesse S, Hirsch FW. Diagnostic imaging in obesity. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013;27:261-77. Review.

Mai M, Tönjes A, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Fiedler GM, Leichtle AB. Serum levels of acylcarnitines are altered in prediabetic conditions. PLoS One. 2013;8:e82459.

Nimptsch A, Fuchs B, Süß R, Zschörnig K, Jakop U, Göritz F, Schiller J, Müller K. A simple method to identify ether lipids in spermatozoa samples by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2013;405:6675-82.

Scheidt HA, Meyer T, Nikolaus J, Baek DJ, Haralampiev I, Thomas L, Bittmann R, Müller P, Herrmann A, Huster D. Cholesterol's Aliphatic Side Chain Modulates Membrane Properties. Angew Chem Int Ed. 2013;52:12848–51.

Schlögl H*, Kabisch S*, Horstmann A, Lohmann G, Müller K, Lepsien J, Busse-Voigt F, Kratzsch J, Pleger B, Villringer A, Stumvoll A. Exenatide-induced reduction in energy intake is associated with increase in hypothalamic connectivity. Diabetes Care. 2013;36:1933-40. (*contributed equally)

Blüher M, Klöting N, Schlich R, Willems M, Ruppe F, Knoefel WT, Dietrich A, Fielding BA, Arner P, Frayn KN, Eckel J. Adipose dipeptidyl peptidase-4 and obesity: correlation with insulin resistance and depot-specific release from adipose tissue in vivo and in vitro. Diabetes Care. 2013;36:4083-90.

Steingroever H, Wetzels R, Horstmann A, Neumann J, Wagenmakers EJ. Performance of healthy participants on the Iowa Gambling Task. Psychol Assess. 2013;25:180-93. Review.

Wegener J, Zschörnig K, Onischke K, Fuchs B, Schiller J, Müller K. Conservation of honey bee (Apis mellifera) sperm phospholipids during storage in the bee queen — A TLC/MALDI–TOF MS study. Exp Gero. 2013;48:213-22 .