Joerg Lauber
Hochschule Hannover
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Journal of Experimental Medicine | 2004
Jochen Huehn; Kerstin Siegmund; Joachim C.U. Lehmann; Christiane Siewert; Uta Haubold; Markus Feuerer; Gudrun F. Debes; Joerg Lauber; Oliver Frey; Grzegorz K. Przybylski; Uwe Niesner; Maurus de la Rosa; Christian A. Schmidt; Rolf Bräuer; Jan Buer; Alexander Scheffold; Alf Hamann
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) fulfill a central role in immune regulation. We reported previously that the integrin αEβ7 discriminates distinct subsets of murine CD4+ regulatory T cells. Use of this marker has now helped to unravel a fundamental dichotomy among regulatory T cells. αE −CD25+ cells expressed L-selectin and CCR7, enabling recirculation through lymphoid tissues. In contrast, αE-positive subsets (CD25+ and CD25−) displayed an effector/memory phenotype expressing high levels of E/P-selectin–binding ligands, multiple adhesion molecules as well as receptors for inflammatory chemokines, allowing efficient migration into inflamed sites. Accordingly, αE-expressing cells were found to be the most potent suppressors of inflammatory processes in disease models such as antigen-induced arthritis.
British Journal of Cancer | 2002
A J Schrader; O Lechner; M Templin; Kurt E. J. Dittmar; S Machtens; Michael Mengel; M Probst-Kepper; Anke Franzke; T Wollensak; Patricia Gatzlaff; J Atzpodien; Jan Buer; Joerg Lauber
CXCL12 (SDF-1), a CXC-chemokine, and its specific receptor, CXCR4, have recently been shown to be involved in tumourgenesis, proliferation and angiogenesis. Therefore, we analysed CXCL12α/CXCR4 expression and function in four human kidney cancer cell lines (A-498, CAKI-1, CAKI-2, HA-7), 10 freshly harvested human tumour samples and corresponding normal kidney tissue. While none of the analysed tumour cell lines expressed CXCL12α, A-498 cells were found to express CXCR4. More importantly, real-time RT–PCR analysis of 10 tumour samples and respective adjacent normal kidney tissue disclosed a distinct and divergent downregulation of CXCL12α and upregulation of CXCR4 in primary tumour tissue. To prove that the CXCR4 protein is functionally active, rhCXCL12α was investigated for its ability to induce changes of intracellular calcium levels in A-498 cells. Moreover, we used cDNA expression arrays to evaluate the biological influence of CXCL12α. Comparing gene expression profiles in rhCXCL12α stimulated vs unstimulated A-498 kidney cancer cells revealed specific regulation of 31 out of 1176 genes tested on a selected human cancer array, with a prominent stimulation of genes involved in cell-cycle regulation and apoptosis. The genetic changes reported here should provide new insights into the developmental paths leading to tumour progression and may also aid the design of new approaches to therapeutic intervention.
Journal of Bacteriology | 2004
Franz von Götz; Susanne Häussler; Doris Jordan; Senthil Selvan Saravanamuthu; Dirk Wehmhöner; André Strüßmann; Joerg Lauber; Ina Attrée; Jan Buer; Burkhard Tümmler; Ivo Steinmetz
The heterogeneous environment of the lung of the cystic fibrosis (CF) patient gives rise to Pseudomonas aeruginosa small colony variants (SCVs) with increased antibiotic resistance, autoaggregative growth behavior, and an enhanced ability to form biofilms. In this study, oligonucleotide DNA microarrays were used to perform a genome-wide expression study of autoaggregative and highly adherent P. aeruginosa SCV 20265 isolated from a CF patients lung in comparison with its clonal wild type and a revertant generated in vitro from the SCV population. Most strikingly, SCV 20265 showed a pronounced upregulation of the type III protein secretion system (TTSS) and the respective effector proteins. This differential expression was shown to be biologically meaningful, as SCV 20265 and other hyperpiliated and autoaggregative SCVs with increased TTSS expression were significantly more cytotoxic for macrophages in vitro and were more virulent in a mouse model of respiratory tract infection than the wild type. The observed cytotoxicity and virulence of SCV 20265 required exsA, an important transcriptional activator of the TTSS. Thus, the prevailing assumption that P. aeruginosa is subject to selection towards reduced cytotoxicity and attenuated virulence during chronic CF lung infection might not apply to all clonal variants.
Arthritis & Rheumatism | 2001
Simone Hess; Claudia Rheinheimer; Felicitas Tidow; Gerda Bartling; Christian Kaps; Joerg Lauber; Jan Buer; Andreas Klos
OBJECTIVE Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis is a known cause of sexually transmitted diseases, eye infections (including trachoma), and reactive arthritis (ReA). Because the mechanisms of Chlamydia-induced changes leading to ReA are poorly defined, this study sought to identify the target genes involved at the molecular level. METHODS Chlamydia-induced changes in host cells were investigated by combining a screening technique, which utilized complementary DNA arrays on C trachomatis-infected and mock-infected epithelial HeLa cells, with real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of gene products. Some responses were additionally demonstrated on human primary chondrocytes and a human synovial fibroblast cell line, both of which served as model cells for ReA. RESULTS Eighteen genes (of 1,176) were found to be up-regulated after 24 hours of infection with this obligate intracellular bacterium, among them the glycoprotein 130 family members IL-11 and LIF, the chemokine gene MIP2-alpha, the transcription factor genes EGR1, ETR101, FRA1, and c-jun, the apoptosis-related genes IEX-1L and MCL-1, adhesion molecule genes such as ICAM1, and various other functionally important genes. In the context of this rheumatic disease, the cytokines and transcription factors seem to be especially involved, since various connections to chondrocytes, synoviocytes, bone remodeling, joint pathology, and other rheumatic diseases have been demonstrated. CONCLUSION Infection with C trachomatis seems to reprogram the host cells (independent of activation by lipopolysaccharide or other ultraviolet-resistant bacterial components) at various key positions that act as intra- or intercellular switches, suggesting that these changes and similar Chlamydia-induced functional alterations constitute an important basis of the pathogenic inflammatory potential of these cells in ReA. Our results suggest that this approach is generally useful for the broad analysis of host-pathogen interactions involving obligate intracellular bacteria, and for the identification of target genes for therapeutic intervention in this rheumatic disease.
Microbiology | 2004
Mario Juhas; Lutz Wiehlmann; Birgit Huber; Doris Jordan; Joerg Lauber; Prabhakar Salunkhe; Anna Silke Limpert; Franz von Götz; Ivo Steinmetz; Leo Eberl; Burkhard Tümmler
Blood | 2003
Andreas Matussek; Joerg Lauber; Anna Bergau; Wiebke Hansen; Manfred Rohde; Kurt E. J. Dittmar; Matthias Gunzer; Michael Mengel; Patricia Gatzlaff; Maike Hartmann; Jan Buer; Florian Gunzer
Tuberculosis | 2004
Christopher Keller; Joerg Lauber; Antje Blumenthal; Jan Buer; Stefan Ehlers
The Journal of Urology | 2003
A.J. Schrader; Joerg Lauber; Oskar Lechner; Axel Heidenreich; Rainer Hofmann; Jan Buer
Archive | 2013
Angela Schmitt-Thomsen; Bernd Hertenstein; Jan Buer; Arnold Ganser; Anke Franzke; Wenji Piao; Joerg Lauber; Patricia Gatzlaff; Christian Koenecke; Wiebke Hansen
Archive | 2003
Andres J. Schrader; Joerg Lauber; Oskar Lechner; Axel Heidenreich; Rainer Hofmann; Jan Buer