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Selected Publications

  • m6A-mRNA methylation regulates cardiac gene expression and cellular growth. Kmietczyk V, Riechert E, Kalinski L, Boileau E, Malovrh E, Malone B, Gorska A, Hofmann C, Varma E, Jürgensen L, Kamuf-Schenk V, Altmüller J, Tappu R, Busch M, Most P, Katus HA, Dieterich C, Völkers M. Life Sci Alliance. 2019 Apr 9;2(2). pii: e201800233. doi: 10.26508/lsa.201800233. Print 2019 Apr. PMID: 30967445
  • Völkers M, Doroudgar S, Nguyen N, Konstandin MH, Quijada P, Din S, Ornelas L, Thuerauf DJ, Gude N, Friedrich K, Herzig S, Glembotski C, Sussman M. PRAS40 prevents development of diabetic cardiomyopathy and improves hepatic insulin sensitivity in obesity. EMBO Mol Med. 2014 Jan 1;6(1):57-65
  • Friedrich O, Yi B, Edwards JN, Reischl B, Wirth-Hücking A, Buttgereit A, Lang R, Weber C, Polyak F, Liu I, von Wegner F, Cully TR, Lee A, Most P, Völkers M. Interleukin-1α Reversibly Inhibits Skeletal Muscle Ryanodine Receptor: A Novel Mechanism for Critical Illness Myopathy? Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2014 Jan 8
  • Völkers M, Konstandin MH, Doroudgar S, Toko H, Quijada P, Din S, Joyo A, Ornelas L, Samse K, Thuerauf DJ, Gude N, Glembotski CC, Sussman MA.  Mechanistic target of rapamycin 2 protects the heart from ischemic damage. Circulation. 2013 Nov 5;128(19):2132-44
  • Völkers M, Toko H, Doroudgar S, Din S, Quijada P, Joyo AY, Ornelas L, Joyo E, Thuerauf DJ, Konstandin MH, Gude N, Glembotski CC, Sussman MA. Pathological hypertrophy amelioration by PRAS40-mediated inhibition of mTORC1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jul 30;110(31):12661-6
  • Völkers M, Dolatabadi N, Gude N, Most P, Sussman MA, Hassel D. Orai1 deficiency leads to heart failure and skeletal myopathy in zebrafish J Cell Sci. 2012 Jan 15;125(Pt 2):287-94
  • Völkers M, Weidenhammer C, Herzog N, Qiu G, Spaich K, von Wegner F, Peppel K, Müller OJ, Schinkel S, Rabinowitz JE, Hippe HJ, Brinks H, Katus HA, Koch WJ, Eckhart AD, Friedrich O, Most P. The inotropic peptide βARKct improves βAR responsiveness in normal and failing cardiomyocytes through G(βγ)-mediated L-type calcium current disinhibition. Circ Res. 2011 Jan 7;108(1):27-39
  • Doroudgar S, Quijada P, Konstandin M, Ilves K, Broughton K, Khalafalla FG, Casillas A, Nguyen K, Gude N, Toko H, Ornelas L, Thuerauf DJ, Glembotski CC, Sussman MA, Völkers M. S100A4 protects the myocardium against ischemic stress. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2016 Nov;100:54-63