• Participation in “Cells in Motion”

    • Research interests: vascular biology, integrity of blood vessels and vascular permeability, cell biology of junction formation and stability, leukocyte trafficking, inflammation
    • Executive Board member of the Cells in Motion Interfaculty Centre
    • Member of the Research and Careers Committee
    • Management Board member of the CiM-IMPRS Graduate Programme

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  • Papers in the research focus “cell dynamics and imaging”

    2023

    Bauer N, Maisuls I, Pereira da Graca A, Reinhardt D, Erapaneedi R, Kirschnick N, Schäfers M, Grashoff C, Landfester K, Vestweber D, Strassert CA, Kiefer F. Genetically encoded dual fluorophore reporters for graded oxygen-sensing in light microscopy. Biosens Bioelectron 2023;221: 114917. Abstract
    Pruenster M, Immler R, Roth J, Kuchler T, Bromberger T, Napoli M, Nussbaumer K, Rohwedder I, Wackerbarth LM, Piantoni C, Hennis K, Fink D, Kallabis S, Schroll T, Masgrau-Alsina S, Budke A, Liu W, Vestweber D, Wahl-Schott C, Roth J, Meissner F, Moser M, Vogl T, Hornung V, Broz P, Sperandio M. E-selectin-mediated rapid NLRP3 inflammasome activation regulates S100A8/S100A9 release from neutrophils via transient gasdermin D pore formation. Nat Immunol 2023;24: 2021-2031. Abstract

    2022

    Jin Y, Ding Y, Richards M, Kaakinen M, Giese W, Baumann E, Szymborska A, Rosa A, Nordling S, Schimmel L, Akmeric EB, Pena A, Nwadozi E, Jamalpour M, Holstein K, Sáinz-Jaspeado M, Bernabeu MO, Welsh M, Gordon E, Franco CA, Vestweber D, Eklund L, Gerhardt H, Claesson-Welsh L. Tyrosine-protein kinase Yes controls endothelial junctional plasticity and barrier integrity by regulating VE-cadherin phosphorylation and endocytosis. Nat Cardiovasc Res 2022;1: 1156-1173. Abstract
    Thomas K, Zondler L, Ludwig N, Kardell M, Lüneburg C, Henke K, Mersmann S, Margraf A, Spieker T, Tekath T, Velic A, Holtmeier R, Hermann J, Jankowski V, Meersch M, Vestweber D, Westphal M, Roth J, Schäfers MA, Kellum JA, Lowell CA, Rossaint J, Zarbock A. Glutamine prevents acute kidney injury by modulating oxidative stress and apoptosis in tubular epithelial cells. JCI Insight 2022;7Abstract

    2021

    Duong CN, Brückner R, Schmitt M, Nottebaum AF, Braun LJ, Meyer Zu Brickwedde M, Ipe U, Vom Bruch H, Schöler HR, Trapani G, Trappmann B, Ebrahimkutty MP, Huveneers S, de Rooij J, Ishiyama N, Ikura M, Vestweber D. Force-induced changes of alpha-catenin conformation stabilize vascular junctions independently of vinculin. J Cell Sci 2021;134Abstract

    2020

    Duong CN, Nottebaum AF, Butz S, Volkery S, Zeuschner D, Stehling M, Vestweber D. Interference With ESAM (Endothelial Cell-Selective Adhesion Molecule) Plus Vascular Endothelial-Cadherin Causes Immediate Lethality and Lung-Specific Blood Coagulation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2020;40: 378-393. Abstract
    Margraf A, Germena G, Drexler HCA, Rossaint J, Ludwig N, Prystaj B, Mersmann S, Thomas K, Block H, Gottschlich W, Liu C, Krenn PW, Haller H, Heitplatz B, Meyer Zu Brickwedde M, Moser M, Vestweber D, Zarbock A. The integrin-linked kinase is required for chemokine-triggered high-affinity conformation of the neutrophil beta2-integrin LFA-1. Blood 2020;136: 2200-2205. Abstract
    Samus M, Li Y-T, Sorokin L, Rottner K, Vestweber D. Actin-Binding Protein Cortactin Promotes Pathogenesis of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Supporting Leukocyte Infiltration into the Central Nervous System. J Neurosci 2020;40: 1389-1404. Abstract

    2019

    Braun LJ, Zinnhardt M, Vockel M, Drexler HC, Peters K, Vestweber D. VE-PTP inhibition stabilizes endothelial junctions by activating FGD5. EMBO Rep 2019;20: e47046. Abstract
    Herich S, Schneider-Hohendorf T, Rohlmann A, Khaleghi Ghadiri M, Schulte-Mecklenbeck A, Zondler L, Janoschka C, Ostkamp P, Richter J, Breuer J, Dimitrov S, Rammensee H-G, Grauer OM, Klotz L, Gross CC, Stummer W, Missler M, Zarbock A, Vestweber D, Wiendl H, Schwab N. Human CCR5high effector memory cells perform CNS parenchymal immune surveillance via GZMK-mediated transendothelial diapedesis. Brain 2019;142: 3411-3427. Abstract
    Li Y-T, Goswami D, Follmer M, Artz A, Pacheco-Blanco M, Vestweber D. Blood flow guides sequential support of neutrophil arrest and diapedesis by PILR-beta1 and PILR-alpha. Elife 2019;8Abstract

    2018

    Hägerling R, Hoppe E, Dierkes C, Stehling M, Makinen T, Butz S, Vestweber D, Kiefer F. Distinct roles of VE‐cadherin for development and maintenance of specific lymph vessel beds. EMBO J 2018: e98271. Abstract
    Samus M, Seelige R, Schafer K, Sorokin L, Vestweber D. CD99L2 deficiency inhibits leukocyte entry into the central nervous system and ameliorates neuroinflammation. J Leukoc Biol 2018;104: 787-797. Abstract

    2017

    Bixel MG, Kusumbe AP, Ramasamy SK, Sivaraj KK, Butz S, Vestweber D, Adams RH. Flow Dynamics and HSPC Homing in Bone Marrow Microvessels. Cell Rep 2017;18: 1804-1816. Abstract
    Goswami D, Marz S, Li Y-T, Artz A, Schafer K, Seelige R, Pacheco-Blanco M, Jing D, Bixel MG, Araki M, Araki K, Yamamura K-I, Vestweber D. Endothelial CD99 supports arrest of mouse neutrophils in venules and binds to neutrophil PILRs. Blood 2017;129: 1811-1822. Abstract
    Hägerling R, Drees D, Scherzinger A, Dierkes C, Martin-Almedina S, Butz S, Gordon K, Schäfers M, Hinrichs K, Ostergaard P, Vestweber D, Goerge T, Mansour S, Jiang X, Mortimer PS, Kiefer F. VIPAR, a quantitative approach to 3D histopathology applied to lymphatic malformations. JCI Insight 2017;2: e93424. Abstract
    Latasiewicz J, Artz A, Jing D, Blanco MP, Currie SM, Avila MV, Schnoor M, Vestweber D. HS1 deficiency impairs neutrophil recruitment in vivo and activation of the small GTPases Rac1 and Rap1. J Leukoc Biol 2017;101: 1133-1142. Abstract
    Song J, Zhang X, Buscher K, Wang Y, Wang H, Di Russo J, Li L, Lütke-Enking S, Zarbock A, Stadtmann A, Striewski P, Wirth B, Kuzmanov I, Wiendl H, Schulte D, Vestweber D, Sorokin L. Endothelial Basement Membrane Laminin 511 Contributes to Endothelial Junctional Tightness and Thereby Inhibits Leukocyte Transmigration. Cell Rep 2017;18: 1256-1269. Abstract

    2016

    Artz A, Butz S, Vestweber D. GDF-15 inhibits integrin activation and mouse neutrophil recruitment through the ALK-5/TGF-betaRII heterodimer. Blood 2016;128: 529-541. Abstract

    2015

    Frye M, Dierkes M, Kuppers V, Vockel M, Tomm J, Zeuschner D, Rossaint J, Zarbock A, Koh GY, Peters K, Nottebaum AF, Vestweber D. Interfering with VE-PTP stabilizes endothelial junctions in vivo via Tie-2 in the absence of VE-cadherin. J Exp Med 2015;212: 2267-2287. Abstract
    Hillgruber C, Poppelmann B, Weishaupt C, Steingraber AK, Wessel F, Berdel WE, Gessner JE, Ho-Tin-Noe B, Vestweber D, Goerge T. Blocking neutrophil diapedesis prevents hemorrhage during thrombocytopenia. J Exp Med 2015;212: 1255-1266. Abstract
    Vestweber D. Cadherins in tissue architecture and disease. J Mol Med (Berl) 2015;93: 5-11. Abstract
    Yamamoto H, Ehling M, Kato K, Kanai K, van Lessen M, Frye M, Zeuschner D, Nakayama M, Vestweber D, Adams RH. Integrin beta1 controls VE-cadherin localization and blood vessel stability. Nat Commun 2015;6: 6429. Abstract

    2014

    Bentley K, Franco CA, Philippides A, Blanco R, Dierkes M, Gebala V, Stanchi F, Jones M, Aspalter IM, Cagna G, Westrom S, Claesson-Welsh L, Vestweber D, Gerhardt H. The role of differential VE-cadherin dynamics in cell rearrangement during angiogenesis. Nat Cell Biol 2014;16: 309-321. Abstract
    Dartsch N, Schulte D, Hägerling R, Kiefer F, Vestweber D. Fusing VE-Cadherin to alpha-Catenin Impairs Fetal Liver Hematopoiesis and Lymph but Not Blood Vessel Formation. Mol Cell Biol 2014;34: 1634-1648. Abstract
    Gorina R, Lyck R, Vestweber D, Engelhardt B. beta2 integrin-mediated crawling on endothelial ICAM-1 and ICAM-2 is a prerequisite for transcellular neutrophil diapedesis across the inflamed blood-brain barrier. J Immunol 2014;192: 324-337. Abstract
    Hillgruber C, Steingraber AK, Poppelmann B, Denis CV, Ware J, Vestweber D, Nieswandt B, Schneider SW, Goerge T. Blocking von Willebrand factor for treatment of cutaneous inflammation. J Invest Dermatol 2014;134: 77-86. Abstract
    Kraus H, Kaiser S, Aumann K, Bonelt P, Salzer U, Vestweber D, Erlacher M, Kunze M, Burger, Pieper K, Sic H, Rolink A, Eibel H, Rizzi M. A feeder-free differentiation system identifies autonomously proliferating B cell precursors in human bone marrow. J Immunol 2014;192: 1044-1054. Abstract
    Schneider-Hohendorf T, Rossaint J, Mohan H, Boning D, Breuer J, Kuhlmann T, Gross CC, Flanagan K, Sorokin L, Vestweber D, Zarbock A, Schwab N, Wiendl H. VLA-4 blockade promotes differential routes into human CNS involving PSGL-1 rolling of T cells and MCAM-adhesion of TH17 cells. J Exp Med 2014;211: 1833-1846. Abstract

    2013

    Hayashi M, Majumdar A, Li X, Adler J, Sun Z, Vertuani S, Hellberg C, Mellberg S, Koch S, Dimberg A, Koh GY, Dejana E, Belting H-G, Affolter M, Thurston G, Holmgren L, Vestweber D, Claesson-Welsh L. VE-PTP regulates VEGFR2 activity in stalk cells to establish endothelial cell polarity and lumen formation. Nat Commun 2013;4: 1672. Abstract
    Nakayama M, Nakayama A, van Lessen M, Yamamoto H, Hoffmann S, Drexler HCA, Itoh N, Hirose T, Breier G, Vestweber D, Cooper JA, Ohno S, Kaibuchi K, Adams RH. Spatial regulation of VEGF receptor endocytosis in angiogenesis. Nat Cell Biol 2013;15: 249-260. Abstract
    Rossaint J, Vestweber D, Zarbock A. GDF-15 prevents platelet integrin activation and thrombus formation. J Thromb Haemost 2013;11: 335-344. Abstract
    Seelige R, Natsch C, Marz S, Jing D, Frye M, Butz S, Vestweber D. Cutting edge: Endothelial-specific gene ablation of CD99L2 impairs leukocyte extravasation in vivo. J Immunol 2013;190: 892-896. Abstract
    Sehnert B, Burkhardt H, Wessels JT, Schroder A, May MJ, Vestweber D, Zwerina J, Warnatz K, Nimmerjahn F, Schett G, Dubel S, Voll RE. NF-kappaB inhibitor targeted to activated endothelium demonstrates a critical role of endothelial NF-kappaB in immune-mediated diseases. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2013;110: 16556-16561. Abstract
    Vockel M, Vestweber D. How T cells trigger the dissociation of the endothelial receptor phosphatase VE-PTP from VE-cadherin. Blood 2013;122: 2512-2522. Abstract

    2011

    Broermann A, Winderlich M, Block H, Frye M, Rossaint J, Zarbock A, Cagna G, Linnepe R, Schulte D, Nottebaum AF, Vestweber D. Dissociation of VE-PTP from VE-cadherin is required for leukocyte extravasation and for VEGF-induced vascular permeability in vivo. J Exp Med 2011;208: 2393-2401. Abstract