Items where Division is "05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Neurobiology > Pharmacology/Neurobiology (Rüegg)"

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Aimi, Fabio and Georgiopoulou, Stavroula and Kalus, Ina and Lehner, Fabienne and Hegglin, Alica and Limani, Përparim and Gomes de Lima, Vinicius and Rüegg, Markus A. and Hall, Michael N. and Lindenblatt, Nicole and Haas, Elvira and Battegay, Edouard J. and Humar, Rok. (2015) Endothelial Rictor is crucial for midgestational development and sustained and extensive FGF2-induced neovascularization in the adult. Scientific Reports, 5. p. 17705.

Angliker, Nico and Burri, Michael and Zaichuk, Mariana and Fritschy, Jean-Marc and Rüegg, Markus A.. (2015) mTORC1 and mTORC2 have largely distinct functions in Purkinje cells. European Journal of Neuroscience, 42 (8). pp. 2595-2612.

Angliker, Nico. Distinct and common functions of mTORC1 and mTORC2 in Purkinje cells. 2015, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Angliker, Nico and Rüegg, Markus A.. (2013) In vivo evidence for mTORC2-mediated actin cytoskeleton rearrangement in neurons. Bioarchitecture, 3 (4). pp. 113-118.

Annaheim, Christine. Untersuchungen über die funktionelle Rolle des Neurotrophinrezeptors p75 basierend auf embryonalen Stammzellen der Maus. 2008, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Annies, M. and Bittcher, G. and Ramseger, R. and Loschinger, J. and Woll, S. and Porten, E. and Abraham, C. and Ruegg, M. A. and Kroger, S.. (2006) Clustering transmembrane-agrin induces filopodia-like processes on axons and dendrites. Molecular and cellular neuroscience, Vol. 31, H. 3. pp. 515-524.

Abicht, A. and Stucka, R. and Schmidt, C. and Briguet, A. and Hopfner, S. and Song, I. -H. and Pongratz, D. and Muller-Felber, W. and Ruegg, M. A. and Lochmuller, H.. (2002) A newly identified chromosomal microdeletion and an N-box mutation of the AChR epsilon gene cause a congenital myasthenic syndrome. Brain, 125 (5). pp. 1005-1013.

Alexandrescu, A. T. and Maciejewski, M. W. and Ruegg, M. A. and Engel, J. and Kammerer, R. A.. (2001) 1H, 13C and 15N backbone assignments for the C-terminal globular domain of agrin. Journal of Biomolecular NMR, 20 (3). pp. 295-296.

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Brockhoff, Marielle and Rion, Nathalie and Chojnowska, Kathrin and Wiktorowicz, Tatiana and Eickhorst, Christopher and Erne, Beat and Frank, Stephan and Angelini, Corrado and Furling, Denis and Rüegg, Markus A. and Sinnreich, Michael and Castets, Perrine. (2017) Targeting deregulated AMPK/mTORC1 pathways improves muscle function in myotonic dystrophy type I. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 127 (2). pp. 549-563.

Brockhoff, Marielle. Identification of deregulated AMPK and mTORC1 signalling in myotonic dystrophy type I and their potential as therapeutic targets. 2016, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Bentzinger, C. Florian and Lin, Shuo and Romanino, Klaas and Castets, Perrine and Guridi, Maitea and Summermatter, Serge and Handschin, Christoph and Tintignac, Lionel A. and Hall, Michael N. and Rüegg, Markus A.. (2013) Differential response of skeletal muscles to mTORC1 signaling during atrophy and hypertrophy. Skeletal muscle, Vol. 3, H. 1 , 6.

Blättler, Sharon M. and Cunningham, John T. and Verdeguer, Francisco and Chim, Helen and Haas, Wilhelm and Liu, Huifei and Romanino, Klaas and Rüegg, Markus A. and Gygi, Steven P. and Shi, Yang and Puigserver, Pere. (2012) Yin yang 1 deficiency in skeletal muscle protects against rapamycin-induced diabetic-like symptoms through activation of insulin/IGF signaling. Cell Metabolism, 15 (4). pp. 505-517.

Blättler, Sharon M. and Verdeguer, Francisco and Liesa, Marc and Cunningham, John T. and Vogel, Rutger O. and Chim, Helen and Liu, Huifei and Romanino, Klaas and Shirihai, Orian S. and Vazquez, Francisca and Rüegg, Markus A. and Shi, Yang and Puigserver, Pere. (2012) Defective mitochondrial morphology and bioenergetic function in mice lacking the transcription factor Yin Yang 1 in skeletal muscle. Molecular and cellular biology, 32 (16). pp. 3333-3346.

Baldo, Barbara. Innovative approaches to monitor mutant huntingtin and to facilitate its degradation in Huntington's disease models. 2011, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Bentzinger, Conrad Florian. Function of mTOR complex 1 and 2 in skeletal muscle. 2009, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Bentzinger, C. F. and Romanino, K. and Cloetta, D. and Lin, S. and Mascarenhas, J. B. and Oliveri, F. and Xia, J. and Casanova, E. and Costa, C. F. and Brink, M. and Zorzato, F. and Hall, M. N. and Ruegg, M. A.. (2008) Skeletal muscle-specific ablation of raptor, but not of rictor, causes metabolic changes and results in muscle dystrophy. Cell Metabolism, Vol. 8, H. 5. pp. 411-424.

Bittcher, Godela. The role of transmembrane agrin in reorganizing the cytoskeleton in neurons and non-neuronal cells. 2006, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Bolmont, Tristan. Mechanisms underlying the initiation of cerebral betaamyloidosis and neurofibrillary tau pathology : new insights form transgenic mice. 2006, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Bentzinger, C. F. and Barzaghi, P. and Lin, S. and Ruegg, M. A.. (2005) Overexpression of mini-agrin in skeletal muscle increases muscle integrity and regenerative capacity in laminin-alpha2-deficient mice. FASEB Journal, 19 (8). pp. 934-942.

Bartoccioni, E. and Marino, M. and Evoli, A. and Ruegg, M. A. and Scuderi, F. and Provenzano, C.. (2003) Identification of disease-specific autoantibodies in seronegative myasthenia gravis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 998. pp. 356-358.

Bezakova, G. and Ruegg, M. A.. (2003) New insights into the roles of agrin. Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, Vol. 4, H. 4. pp. 295-308.

Bixby, J. L. and Baerwald-De la Torre, K. and Wang, C. and Rathjen, F. G. and Ruegg, M. A.. (2002) A neuronal inhibitory domain in the N-terminal half of agrin. Journal of Neurobiology, 50 (2). pp. 164-179.

Briguet, A. and Ruegg, M. A.. (2000) The Ets transcription factor GABP is required for postsynaptic differentiation in vivo. Journal of neuroscience, Vol. 20, H. 16. pp. 5989-5996.

Brancaccio, A. and Ruegg, M. A. and Engel, J.. (1995) Cloning and sequencing of mouse skeletal muscle alpha-dystroglycan. Matrix biology, Vol. 14, H. 8. pp. 681-685.

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Castets, Perrine and Frank, Stephan and Sinnreich, Michael and Rüegg, Markus A.. (2016) "Get the Balance Right": Pathological Significance of Autophagy Perturbation in Neuromuscular Disorders. Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, 3 (2). pp. 127-155.

Carr, T. D. and Feehan, R. P. and Hall, M. N. and Rüegg, M. A. and Shantz, L. M.. (2015) Conditional disruption of rictor demonstrates a direct requirement for mTORC2 in skin tumor development and continued growth of established tumors. Carcinogenesis, 36 (4). pp. 487-497.

Chen, J. and Tu, X. and Esen, E. and Joeng, K. S. and Lin, C. and Arbeit, J. M. and Rüegg, M. A. and Hall, M. N. and Ma, L. and Long, F.. (2014) WNT7B promotes bone formation in part through mTORC1. PLoS Genetics, 10 (1). e1004145.

Chou, Po-Chien and Oh, Won Jun and Wu, Chang-Chih and Moloughney, Joseph and Rüegg, Markus A. and Hall, Michael N. and Jacinto, Estela and Werlen, Guy. (2014) Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 modulates αβTCR processing and surface expression during thymocyte development. Journal of Immunology, 193 (3). pp. 1162-1170.

Castets, P. and Lin, S. and Rion, N. and Di Fulvio, S. and Romanino, K. and Guridi, M. and Frank, S. and Tintignac, L. A. and Sinnreich, M. and Ruegg, M. A.. (2013) Sustained activation of mTORC1 in skeletal muscle inhibits constitutive and starvation-induced autophagy and causes a severe, late-onset myopathy. Cell metabolism, Vol. 17, H. 5. pp. 731-744.

Castets, Perrine and Rüegg, Markus A.. (2013) MTORC1 determines autophagy through ULK1 regulation in skeletal muscle. Autophagy, 9 (9). pp. 1435-1437.

Cloëtta, Dimitri and Thomanetz, Venus and Baranek, Constanze and Lustenberger, Regula M. and Lin, Shuo and Oliveri, Filippo and Atanasoski, Suzana and Rüegg, Markus A.. (2013) Inactivation of mTORC1 in the Developing Brain Causes Microcephaly and Affects Gliogenesis. Journal of neuroscience, Vol. 33, H. 18. pp. 7799-7810.

Cloëtta, Dimitri Yves Reto. A conditional mouse model for the characterization of mTORC1 function in muscle and brain. 2010, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Clavaguera, Florence. Initiation and spreading of Tau pathology. is β-Amyloid the only key? 2009, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Cybulski, N. and Polak, P. and Auwerx, J. and Ruegg, M. A. and Hall, M. N.. (2009) mTOR complex 2 in adipose tissue negatively controls whole-body growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (24). pp. 9902-9907.

Camilleri, A. A. and Willmann, R. and Sadasivam, G. and Lin, S. and Ruegg, M. A. and Gesemann, M. and Fuhrer, C.. (2007) Tyrosine phosphatases such as SHP-2 act in a balance with Src-family kinases in stabilization of postsynaptic clusters of acetylcholine receptors. BMC Neuroscience, 8 (46). pp. 1-16.

Cueni, Lucius D.. Low-voltage-activated Ca²+ channels. from burst generators to Ca²+ sources in thalamic oscillatory activity. 2007, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Campagna, J. A. and Ruegg, M. A. and Bixby, J. L.. (1997) Evidence that agrin directly influences presynaptic differentiation at neuromuscular junctions in vitro. The European journal of neuroscience, Vol. 9, H. 11. pp. 2269-2283.

Campagna, J. A. and Ruegg, M. A. and Bixby, J. L.. (1995) Agrin is a differentiation-inducing "stop signal" for motoneurons in vitro. Neuron, Vol. 15, H. 6. pp. 1365-1374.

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Domi, Teuta and Porrello, Emanuela and Velardo, Daniele and Capotondo, Alessia and Biffi, Alessandra and Tonlorenzi, Rossana and Amadio, Stefano and Ambrosi, Alessandro and Miyagoe-Suzuki, Yuko and Takeda, Shin'ichi and Ruegg, Markus A. and Previtali, Stefano Carlo. (2015) Mesoangioblast delivery of miniagrin ameliorates murine model of merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy type 1A. Skeletal Muscle, 5 (30). pp. 1-17.

De Paola, Vincenzo. Pre-synaptic terminal dynamics in the hippocampus. 2003, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Denzer, A. J. and Schulthess, T. and Fauser, C. and Schumacher, B. and Kammerer, R. A. and Engel, J. and Ruegg, M. A.. (1998) Electron microscopic structure of agrin and mapping of its binding site in laminin-1. The EMBO Journal, 17 (2). pp. 335-343.

Denzer, A. J. and Brandenberger, R. and Gesemann, M. and Chiquet, M. and Ruegg, M. A.. (1997) Agrin binds to the nerve-muscle basal lamina via laminin. The Journal of cell biology, Vol. 137, H. 3. pp. 671-683.

Denzer, A. J. and Hauser, D. M. and Gesemann, M. and Ruegg, M. A.. (1997) Synaptic differentiation : the role of agrin in the formation and maintenance of the neuromuscular junction. Cell and Tissue Research, 290 (2). pp. 357-365.

Denzer, A. J. and Gesemann, M. and Schumacher, B. and Ruegg, M. A.. (1995) An amino-terminal extension is required for the secretion of chick agrin and its binding to extracellular matrix. The Journal of cell biology, Vol. 131, H. 6. pp. 1547-1560.

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Escher, Claudia Andrea. Proteomic profiling of Duchenne muscular dystrophy : protein patterns and candidate markers of disease. 2011, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Escher, Claudia and Lochmüller, Hanns and Fischer, Dirk and Frank, Stephan and Reimann, Jens and Walter, Maggie C. and Ehrat, Markus and Ruegg, Markus A. and Gygax, Daniel. (2010) Reverse protein arrays as novel approach for protein quantification in muscular dystrophies. Neuromuscular disorders, 20. pp. 302-309.

Egler, Viviane. A combinatorial preclinical in vitro strategy against human glioblastoma cells. specific targeting of protein kinases, histone deacetylases and glycolysis. 2009, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Erb, M. and Meinen, S. and Barzaghi, P. and Sumanovski, L. T. and Courdier-Fruh, I. and Ruegg, M. A. and Meier, T.. (2009) Omigapil ameliorates the pathology of muscle dystrophy caused by laminin-α2 deficiency. Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 331 (3). pp. 787-795.

Ermini, Florian V.. Neural stem cell biology and neurogenesis in mouse models of aging and Alzheimer's disease. 2006, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Eusebio, A. and Oliveri, F. and Barzaghi, P. and Ruegg, M. A.. (2003) Expression of mouse agrin in normal, denervated and dystrophic muscle. Neuromuscular Disorders, Vol. 13, H. 5. pp. 408-415.

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Fitter, Stephen and Matthews, Mary P. and Martin, Sally K. and Xie, Jianling and Ooi, Soo Siang and Walkley, Carl R. and Codrington, John D. and Ruegg, Markus A. and Hall, Michael N. and Proud, Christopher G. and Gronthos, Stan and Zannettino, Andrew C. W.. (2017) mTORC1 Plays an Important Role in Skeletal Development by Controlling Preosteoblast Differentiation. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 37 (7). e00668-16.

Failly, Mike. Combinatorial strategy using protein kinase inhibitors and a cytotoxic compound for highly resistant glioblastoma cells : "in vitro studies". 2007, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

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Grahammer, Florian and Nesterov, Viatcheslav and Ahmed, Azaz and Steinhardt, Frederic and Sandner, Lukas and Arnold, Frederic and Cordts, Tomke and Negrea, Silvio and Bertog, Marko and Ruegg, Marcus A. and Hall, Michael N. and Walz, Gerd and Korbmacher, Christoph and Artunc, Ferruh and Huber, Tobias B.. (2016) mTORC2 critically regulates renal potassium handling. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 126 (5). pp. 1773-1782.

Guridi, Maitea and Kupr, Barbara and Romanino, Klaas and Lin, Shuo and Falcetta, Denis and Tintignac, Lionel and Rüegg, Markus A.. (2016) Alterations to mTORC1 signaling in the skeletal muscle differentially affect whole-body metabolism. Skeletal Muscle, 6 (13). pp. 1-14.

Guridi, Maitea and Tintignac, Lionel A. and Lin, Shuo and Kupr, Barbara and Castets, Perrine and Rüegg, Markus A.. (2015) Activation of mTORC1 in skeletal muscle regulates whole-body metabolism through FGF21. Science Signaling, 8 (402). ra113.

Grahammer, F. and Haenisch, N. and Steinhardt, F. and Sander, L. and Roerden, M. and Arnold, F. and Cordts, T. and Wanner, N. and Reichardt, W. and Kerjaschki, D. and Ruegg, M. A. and Hall, M. N. and Moulin, P. and Busch, H. and Boerries, M. and Walz, G. and Artunc, F. and Huber, T. B.. (2014) mTORC1 maintains renal tubular homeostasis and is essential in response to ischemic stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (27). E2817-E2826.

Godel, M. and Hartleben, B. and Herbach, N. and Liu, S. and Zschiedrich, S. and Lu, S. and Debreczeni-Mor, A. and Lindenmeyer, M. T. and Rastaldi, M. -P. and Hartleben, G. and Wiech, T. and Fornoni, A. and Nelson, R. G. and Kretzler, M. and Wanke, R. and Pavenstadt, H. and Kerjaschki, D. and Cohen, C. D. and Hall, M. N. and Ruegg, M. A. and Inoki, K. and Walz, G. and Huber, T. B.. (2011) Role of mTOR in podocyte function and diabetic nephropathy in humans and mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 121 (6). pp. 2197-2209.

Giacometti, Emanuela. Epigenetic and central nervous system function : insights from the study of the rett syndrome mouse model. 2008, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Galic, Milos. Regulation of dendritic spine morphogenesis and synapse formation by copines. 2006, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Güntert, Andreas. Characterization of amyloid-ß and other proteins related to Alzheimer's disease, their role in neurodegeneration and biomarker discovery. 2006, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Guo, L. T. and Zhang, X. U. and Kuang, W. and Xu, H. and Liu, L. A. and Vilquin, J. -T. and Miyagoe-Suzuki, Y. and Takeda, S. and Ruegg, M. A. and Wewer, U. M. and Engvall, E.. (2003) Laminin alpha2 deficiency and muscular dystrophy : genotype-phenotype correlation in mutant mice. Neuromuscular Disorders, Vol. 13, H. 3. pp. 207-215.

Gesemann, M. and Brancaccio, A. and Schumacher, B. and Ruegg, M. A.. (1998) Agrin is a high-affinity binding protein of dystroglycan in non-muscle tissue. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 273 (1). pp. 600-605.

Groffen, A. J. and Ruegg, M. A. and Dijkman, H. and van de Velden, T. J. and Buskens, C. A. and van den Born, J. and Assmann, K. J. and Monnens, L. A. and Veerkamp, J. H. and van den Heuvel, L. P.. (1998) Agrin is a major heparan sulfate proteoglycan in the human glomerular basement membrane. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, 46 (1). pp. 19-27.

Gesemann, M. and Cavalli, V. and Denzer, A. J. and Brancaccio, A. and Schumacher, B. and Ruegg, M. A.. (1996) Alternative splicing of agrin alters its binding to heparin, dystroglycan, and the putative agrin receptor. Neuron, Vol. 16, H. 4. pp. 755-767.

Gesemann, M. and Denzer, A. J. and Ruegg, M. A.. (1995) Acetylcholine receptor-aggregating activity of agrin isoforms and mapping of the active site. The Journal of cell biology, Vol. 128, H. 4. pp. 625-636.

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Hettwer, Stefan and Lin, Shuo and Kucsera, Stefan and Haubitz, Monika and Oliveri, Filippo and Fariello, Ruggero G. and Ruegg, Markus A. and Vrijbloed, Jan W.. (2014) Injection of a soluble fragment of neural agrin (NT-1654) considerably improves the muscle pathology caused by the disassembly of the neuromuscular junction. PLoS ONE, 9 (2). e88739.

Haefeli, Roman Hans. Molecular effects of Idebenone. 2012, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Hagiwara, Asami and Cornu, Marion and Cybulski, Nadine and Polak, Pazit and Betz, Charles and Trapani, Francesca and Terracciano, Luigi and Heim, Markus H. and Rüegg, Markus A. and Hall, Michael N.. (2012) Hepatic mTORC2 activates glycolysis and lipogenesis through akt, glucokinase, and SREBP1c. Cell Metabolism, 15 (5). pp. 725-738.

Huze, C. and Bauche, S. and Richard, P. and Chevessier, F. and Goillot, E. and Gaudon, K. and Ben Ammar, A. and Chaboud, A. and Grosjean, I. and Lecuyer, H. -A. and Bernard, V. and Rouche, A. and Alexandri, N. and Kuntzer, T. and Fardeau, M. and Fournier, E. and Brancaccio, A. and Ruegg, M. A. and Koenig, J. and Eymard, B. and Schaeffer, L. and Hantai, D.. (2009) Identification of an agrin mutation that causes congenital myasthenia and affects synapse function. American Journal of Human Genetics, 85 (2). pp. 155-167.

Heitz, Stéphane. Neuronal death mechanisms in cerebellar Purkinje cells. 2008, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Hausser, H. -J. and Ruegg, M. A. and Brenner, R. E. and Ksiazek, I.. (2007) Agrin is highly expressed by chondrocytes and is required for normal growth. Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 127 (4). pp. 363-374.

Halfter, W. and Dong, S. and Schurer, B. and Osanger, A. and Schneider, W. and Ruegg, M. and Cole, G. J.. (2000) Composition, synthesis, and assembly of the embryonic chick retinal basal lamina. Developmental biology, Vol. 220, H. 2. pp. 111-128.

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Inoki, K. and Mori, H. and Wang, J. and Suzuki, T. and Hong, S. and Yoshida, S. and Blattner, S. M. and Ikenoue, T. and Ruegg, M. A. and Hall, M. N. and Kwiatkowski, D. J. and Rastaldi, M. P. and Huber, T. B. and Kretzler, M. and Holzman, L. B. and Wiggins, R. C. and Guan, K. -L.. (2011) mTORC1 activation in podocytes is a critical step in the development of diabetic nephropathy in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 121 (6). pp. 2181-2196.

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Jokic, N. and Gonzalez de Aguilar, J. -L. and Dimou, L. and Lin, S. and Fergani, A. and Ruegg, M. A. and Schwab, M. E. and Dupuis, L. and Loeffler, J. -P.. (2006) The neurite outgrowth inhibitor Nogo-A promotes denervation in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis model. EMBO reports, Vol. 7, H. 11. pp. 1162-1167.

Jacinto, E. and Loewith, R. and Schmidt, A. and Lin, S. and Ruegg, M. A. and Hall, A. and Hall, M. N.. (2004) Mammalian TOR complex 2 controls the actin cytoskeleton and is rapamycin insensitive. Nature Cell Biology, Vol. 6, H. 11. pp. 1122-1128.

Jones, G. and Herczeg, A. and Ruegg, M. A. and Lichtsteiner, M. and Kroger, S. and Brenner, H. R.. (1996) Substrate-bound agrin induces expression of acetylcholine receptor epsilon-subunit gene in cultured mammalian muscle cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 93 (12). pp. 5985-5990.

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Kleinert, Maximilian and Parker, Benjamin L. and Fritzen, Andreas M. and Knudsen, Jonas R. and Jensen, Thomas E. and Kjøbsted, Rasmus and Sylow, Lykke and Ruegg, Markus and James, David E. and Richter, Erik A.. (2017) Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 regulates muscle glucose uptake during exercise in mice. Journal of Physiology, 595 (14). pp. 4845-4855.

Kleinert, Maximilian and Parker, Benjamin L. and Chaudhuri, Rima and Fazakerley, Daniel J. and Serup, Annette and Thomas, Kristen C. and Krycer, James R. and Sylow, Lykke and Fritzen, Andreas M. and Hoffman, Nolan J. and Jeppesen, Jacob and Schjerling, Peter and Rüegg, Markus A. and Kiens, Bente and James, David E. and Richter, Erik A.. (2016) mTORC2 and AMPK differentially regulate muscle triglyceride content via Perilipin 3. Molecular Metabolism, 5 (8). pp. 646-655.

Kleinert, Maximilian and Sylow, Lykke and Fazakerley, Daniel J. and Krycer, James R. and Thomas, Kristen C. and Oxbøll, Anne-Julie and Jordy, Andreas B. and Jensen, Thomas E. and Yang, Guang and Schjerling, Peter and Kiens, Bente and James, David E. and Ruegg, Markus A. and Richter, Erik A.. (2014) Acute mTOR inhibition induces insulin resistance and alters substrate utilization in vivo. Molecular Metabolism, 3 (6). pp. 630-641.

Kriz, Alexander. Copine 6, a novel calcium sensor translating synaptic activity into spine plasticity : or, "Copine 6 a brainsporter in action". 2010, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Ksiazek, Iwona and Burkhardt, Constanze and Lin, Shuo and Seddik, Riad and Maj, Marcin and Bezakova, Gabriela and Jucker, Mathias and Arber, Silvia and Caroni, Pico and Sanes, Joshua R. and Bettler, Bernhard and Ruegg, Markus A.. (2007) Synapse loss in cortex of agrin-deficient mice after genetic rescue of perinatal death. Journal of Neuroscience, 27 (27). pp. 7183-7195.

Kong, X. C. and Barzaghi, P. and Ruegg, M. A.. (2004) Inhibition of synapse assembly in mammalian muscle in vivo by RNA interference. EMBO reports, Vol. 5, H. 2. pp. 183-188.

Kong, Xian Chu. RNA interference: a new tool to study gene functions in adult mammalian muscle "in vivo". 2003, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Kammerer, R. A. and Schulthess, T. and Landwehr, R. and Schumacher, B. and Lustig, A. and Yurchenco, P. D. and Ruegg, M. A. and Engel, J. and Denzer, A. J.. (1999) Interaction of agrin with laminin requires a coiled-coil conformation of the agrin-binding site within the laminin gamma1 chain. The EMBO Journal, 18 (23). pp. 6762-6770.

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Lopez, Rubén J. and Mosca, Barbara and Treves, Susan and Maj, Marcin and Bergamelli, Leda and Calderon, Juan C. and Bentzinger, C. Florian and Romanino, Klaas and Hall, Michael N. and Rüegg, Markus A. and Delbono, Osvaldo and Caputo, Carlo and Zorzato, Francesco. (2015) Raptor ablation in skeletal muscle decreases Cav1.1 expression and affects the function of the excitation-contraction coupling supramolecular complex. Biochemical Journal, 466 (1). pp. 123-135.

Lebrun-Julien, F. and Bachmann, L. and Norrmén, C. and Trötzmüller, M. and Köfeler, H. and Rüegg, M. A. and Hall, M. N. and Suter, U.. (2014) Balanced mTORC1 activity in oligodendrocytes is required for accurate CNS myelination. Journal of Neuroscience, 34 (25). pp. 8432-8448.

Lustenberger, Regula Maria. The role of raptor during brain development and in adult forebrain neurons. 2012, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Laxhmi Chellappa, Sarah. Circadian and ultradian NREM-REM sleep modulation of dream recall : effects of age and spectral activity. 2011, Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.

Lin, S. and Landmann, L. and Ruegg, M. A. and Brenner, H. R.. (2008) The role of nerve- versus muscle-derived factors in mammalian neuromuscular junction formation. Journal of neuroscience, Vol. 28, H. 13. pp. 3333-3340.

Lin, S. and Maj, M. and Bezakova, G. and Magyar, J. P. and Brenner, H. R. and Ruegg, M. A.. (2008) Muscle-wide secretion of a miniaturized form of neural agrin rescues focal neuromuscular innervation in agrin mutant mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105 (32). pp. 11406-11411.

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McKee, Karen K. and Crosson, Stephanie C. and Meinen, Sarina and Reinhard, Judith R. and Rüegg, Markus A. and Yurchenco, Peter D.. (2017) Chimeric protein repair of laminin polymerization ameliorates muscular dystrophy phenotype. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 127 (3). pp. 1075-1089.

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