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Ralf Weiskirchen

RWTH Aachen UniversityORCID 0000-0003-3888-0931Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cell Biology· 2 Bioinformatics· 1 Immunology· 1

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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Christian LiedtkeiD· 2 shared Michael HuberiD· 2 shared Steffen K. MeureriD· 2 shared Anastasia AsimakopoulosiD· 1 shared Angela Maurer· 1 shared Anne DropmanniD· 1 shared Chao‐Chung KuoiD· 1 shared Christian PennersiD· 1 shared

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Cell BiologyFrontiers in ImmunologyPeer-reviewedJul 14, 2026

Identification, Purification and Characterization of Mast Cells in Murine Liver Fibrosis: Novel Methods, Expression Signatures and Correlation with Disease Severity

Christian Penners, Julia Otto, Steffen K. Meurer…·Christian Liedtke

This study identifies and characterizes mast cells in murine liver fibrosis, showing their expression correlates with fibrosis severity and defines their spatial localization and frequency.

DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1852344

mousebulk RNA-seq

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ImmunologybioRxivPreprintJul 27, 2025

SMAD2: Regulatory junction of TGF-β and antigen signaling in mast cells

Gina Bronneberg, Steffen K. Meurer, Marlies Kauffmann…·Michael Huber

This study investigates SMAD2's role in integrating TGF-β and antigen signaling in mast cells, showing its necessity for both anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory responses.

1 citation

mousebulk RNA-seq

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BioinformaticsBriefings in BioinformaticsPeer-reviewedSep 23, 2024

SIngle cell level Genotyping Using scRna Data (SIGURD)

Martin Graßhoff, Milena Kalmer, Nicolas Chatain…·Ivan G. Costa

SIGURD quantifies clones in scRNA-seq data by integrating somatic and mitochondrial variants and enables functional analysis of detected clones.

3 citations

humanscRNA-seq

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Cell BiologyCellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and HepatologyPeer-reviewedDec 26, 2023

The interplay of TGF-β1 and cholesterol orchestrating hepatocyte cell fate, EMT, and signals for HSC activation

Sai Wang, Frederik Link, Mei Han…·Steven Dooley

This study investigates how TGF-β1 and cholesterol interact to influence hepatocyte fate, EMT, and HSC activation in MASLD.

29 citations

mousebulk RNA-seq

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