Publications

Vaso, M., Dukic, M., Pennitz, P., Manukyan, A., Collum, S., Lin, W., Winder, C.L., Dunn,W.B., Schupp, J.C, Braubach, P., Wygrecka, M., Ren, D.,  Suarez, E.E., Huang, H.J., Hussain, R., Patel, B., Karmouty-Quintana, H., Akalin, A., Landthaler, M., Nouailles, G., Ochs, M., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Giambelluca,

Riaño-Rivera AJ, Diaz Rivera A, Alvarez-Tinjacá AC, Alfonso Leyva J, Lopez-Rodriguez E, Perez-Gil J, Ospina Ramirez OL To access the full article, click here: Native pulmonary surfactant (NPS) biophysical activity, reducing surface tension at the alveolar air–liquid interface and decreasing the work of breathing, is essential for life. Here

Karen Hoffmann, Ulrike Behrendt, Peter Pennitz, Holger Kirsten, Jessica Pohl, Elena Lopez-Rodriguez, Chantal Weissfuss, Jens Kollmeier, Mario Tönnies, Sebastian Brill, Konrad Steinestel, Martin Witzenrath, Werner Wenzel, Christian Zobel, and Geraldine Nouailles. J Clin Invest. 2025 (In-Press Preview) To access the full article, click here: Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is

Berger, S.,  Goekeri, C., Pennitz, P., Gutbier, B., Michalick, L., Hoffmann, K., Lopez-Rodriguez, E.,  Gluhovic, V.,  Wienhold, S.M., Behrendt, U., Taylor, A., Dietert, K., Kirsten, H., Kunder, S., Mueller, K., Weigel, M., Hain, T., Volkers, S.M., Weis, S., Gruber, A.D., Sander, L.E., Kuebler, W.M., CAPSyS

Giambelluca S., Ochs M. and Lopez-Rodriguez E. BMC Biol. 2025;23(1):369. To access the full article, click here: The role of cholesterol‑ and cholesterol crystal‑mediated inflammation has been extensively investigated in circulating macrophages in the context of cardiovascular diseases while little is known about its contributionto lung

Jubilant Kwame Abledu, Christopher J. Herbst, Raphael Brandt, Alen Kocak, Pritam Ghosh, Jacob L. Gorenflos López, Kevin Diestelhorst, Stephan Block, Christian Hackenberger, Oliver Seitz, Elena Lopez-Rodriguez, Cengiz Gökeri, Martin Witzenrath, Matthias Ochs, and Wolfgang M Kuebler. Am J Resp Cell Mol Biol 2025: in press. To access the full article,

Cengiz Goekeri, Kerstin A.K. Linke, Karen Hoffmann, Elena Lopez-Rodriguez, Vladimir Gluhovic, Anne Voß, Sandra Kunder, Andreas Zappe, Sara Timm, Alina Nettesheim, Sebastian M.K. Schickinger, Christian M. Zobel, Kevin Pagel, Achim D Gruber, Matthias Ochs, Martin Witzenrath, Geraldine Nouailles. Am J Res Cell Mol Biol 2024: 71(6):646-658.

Vladimir Gluhovic, Sara Timm, Wolfgang M. Kuebler, Elena Lopez-Rodriguez, Matthias Ochs. Journal of Anatomy 2025;246(5):770-81. To access the full article, click here: The alveolar surface of the lung is lined by an epithelium consisting of type I (AECI) and type II alveolar epithelial cells (AECII). This epithelium

Avcibas R., Vermul A., Gluhovic V., Boback N., Arroyo R., Kingma P.S., Isasi-Campillo M., Garcia-Ortega L., Griese M., Kuebler W.M., Ochs M., Lauster D., and Lopez-Rodriguez E. Am J Physiol-Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2024 326:5, L524-L538 To access the full article, click here: Lung surfactant collectins, surfactant