Prof. Dr. Jan G. Hengstler
Head of Department
- since 03/2007Head of the research group "Systemtoxicology", Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
- 03/2006 – 02/2007Provisional head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Toxicology, University of Leipzig
- 04/2003 - 02/2007Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Leipzig
- 11/1990 - 03/2003Research scientist at the Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz (Director of Institute: Prof. Dr. Franz Oesch)
- 11/1998“Habilitation“ (German university lecturing qualification) in Pharmacology and Toxicology
- 06/1997Physician specialized in Pharmacology and Toxicology (Ph.D. equivalent according to World Education Services, New York, NY)
- 08/1992License to practice medicine
- 12/1991Thesis (MD): DNA damage in patients treated with alkylating agents
- 10/1984 – 10/1990Study of Medicine, University of Mainz, Germany
- Liver physiology
- Liver pathology
- Imaging of the functions of the liver
Here you will find the Key publications from 2010 onwards. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Pubmed.
Schneider KM, Candels LS, Hov JR, Myllys M, Hassan R, Schneider CV, Wahlström A, Mohs A, Zühlke S, Liao L, Elfers C, Kilic K, Henricsson M, Molinaro A, Hatting M, Zaza A, Drasdo D, Frissen M, Devlin AS, Gálvez EJC, Strowig T, Karlsen TH, Hengstler JG, Marschall HU, Ghallab A, Trautwein C:
Gut microbiota depletion exacerbates cholestatic liver injury via loss of FXR signalling. Nat Metab 3 (9):1228-1241 (2021)
Remetic J, Ghallab A, Hobloss Z, Brackhagen L, Hassan R, Myllys M, Radun R, Mlitz V, Zhu C, Baumgartner M, Schrottmaier WC, Mussbacher M, Timelthaler G, Scharnagl H, Stojakovic T, Assinger A, Fuchs CD, Hengstler JG, Trauner M:
Loss of bile salt export pump aggravates lipopolysaccharide-induced liver injury in mice due to impaired hepatic endotoxin clearance. Hepatology 75: 1095-1109 (2022)
Nell P, Kattler K, Feuerborn D, Hellwig B, Rieck A, Salhab A, Lepikhov K, Gasparoni G, Thomitzek A, Belgasmi K, Blüthgen N, Morkel M, Küppers-Munther B, Godoy P, Hay DC, Cadenas C, Marchan R, Vartak N, Edlund K, Rahnenführer J, Walter J, Hengstler JG:
Identification of an FXR-modulated liver-intestine hybrid state in iPSC-derived hepatocyte-like cells. J Hepatol 77: 1386-1398 (2022)
Mohs A, Otto T, Schneider KM, Peltzer M, Boekschoten M, Holland CH, Hudert CA, Kalveram L, Wiegand S, Saez-Rodriguez J, Longerich T, Hengstler JG, Trautwein C:
Hepatocyte-specific NRF2 activation controls fibrogenesis and carcinogenesis in steatohepatitis. J Hepatol 74: 638-648 (2021)
Gui W, Hole MJ, Molinaro A, Edlund K, Jørgensen KK, Su H, Begher-Tibbe B, Gaßler N, Schneider CV, Muthukumarasamy U, Mohs A, Liao L, Jaeger J, Mertens CJ, Bergheim I, Strowig T, Hengstler JG, Hov JR, Marschall HU, Trautwein C, Schneider KM:
Colitis ameliorates cholestatic liver disease via suppression of bile acid synthesis. Nat Commun 14 (1): 3304 (2023) (17 pp)
Edlund K, Madjar K, Lebrecht A, Aktas B, Pilch H, Hoffmann G, Hofmann M, Kolberg HC, Boehm D, Battista MJ, Seehase M, Stewen K, Gebhard S, Cadenas C, Marchan R, Brenner W, Hasenburg A, Koelbl H, Solbach C, Gehrmann M, Tanner B, Weber K, Loibl S, Sachinidis A, Rahnenführer J, Schmidt M, Hengstler JG:
Gene expression-based prediction of neoadjuvant chemotherapy response in early breast cancer: results of the prospective multicenter EXPRESSION trial. Clin Cancer Res 27: 2148-2158 (2021)
Bloch D, Diel P, Epe B, Hellwig M, Lampen A, Mally A, Marko D, Villar Fernández MA, Guth S, Roth A, Marchan R, Ghallab A, Cadenas C, Nell P, Vartak N, van Thriel C, Luch A, Schmeisser S, Herzler M, Landsiedel R, Leist M, Marx-Stoelting P, Tralau T, Hengstler JG:
Basic concepts of mixture toxicity and relevance for risk evaluation and regulation. Arch Toxicol 97: 3005-3017 (2023)
Albrecht W, Kappenberg F, Brecklinghaus T, Stoeber R, Marchan R, Zhang M, Ebbert K, Kirschner H, Grinberg M, Leist M, Moritz W, Cadenas C, Ghallab A, Reinders J, Vartak N, van Thriel C, Golka K, Tolosa L, Castell JV, Damm G, Seehofer D, Lampen A, Braeuning A, Buhrke T, Behr AC, Oberemm A, Gu X, Kittana N, van de Water B, Kreiling R, Fayyaz S, van Aerts L, Smedsrød B, Ellinger-Ziegelbauer H, Steger-Hartmann T, Gundert-Remy U, Zeigerer A, Ullrich A, Runge D, Lee SML, Schiergens TS, Kuepfer L, Aguayo-Orozco A, Sachinidis A, Edlund K, Gardner I, Rahnenführer J, Hengstler JG:
Prediction of human drug-induced liver injury (DILI) in relation to oral doses and blood concentrations. Arch Toxicol 93: 1609-1637 (2019)
Vartak N, Drasdo D, Geisler F, Itoh T, Oude Elferink RPJ, van de Graaf SFJ, Chiang J, Keitel V, Trauner M, Jansen P, Hengstler JG:
On the mechanisms of biliary flux. Hepatology 74: 3497-3512 (2021)
Marchan R, Büttner B, Lambert J, Edlund K, Glaeser I, Blaszkewicz M, Leonhardt G, Marienhoff L, Kaszta D, Anft M, Watzl C, Madjar K, Grinberg M, Rempel E, Hergenröder R, Selinski S, Rahnenführer J, Lesjak MS, Stewart JD, Cadenas C, Hengstler JG:
Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 1 promotes tumor cell migration and poor survival in ovarian carcinoma. Cancer Res 77: 4589-4601 (2017)
Jansen PL, Ghallab A, Vartak N, Reif R, Schaap FG, Hampe J, Hengstler JG:
The ascending pathophysiology of cholestatic liver disease. Hepatology 65: 722-738 (2017)
Guth S, Hüser S, Roth A, Degen G, Diel P, Edlund K, Eisenbrand G, Engel K-H, Epe B, Grune T, Heinz V, Henle T, Humpf H-U, Jäger H, Joost H-G, Kulling SE, Lampen A, Mally A, Marchan R, Marko D, Mühle E, Nitsche MA, Röhrdanz E, Stadler R, van Thriel C, Vieths S, Vogel RF, Wascher E, Watzl C, Nöthlings U, Hengstler JG:
Toxicity of fluoride: critical evaluation of evidence for human developmental neurotoxicity in epidemiological studies, animal experiments and in vitro analyses. Arch Toxicol 94: 1375-1415 (2020)
Ghallab A, Hofmann U, Sezgin S, Vartak N, Hassan R, Zaza A, Godoy P, Schneider KM, Guenther G, Ahmed YA, Abbas AA, Keitel V, Kuepfer L, Dooley S, Lammert F, Trautwein C, Spiteller M, Drasdo D, Hofmann AF, Jansen PLM, Hengstler JG, Reif R:
Bile microinfarcts in cholestasis are initiated by rupture of the apical hepatocyte membrane and cause shunting of bile to sinusoidal blood. Hepatology 69: 666-683 (2019)
Here you will find the Publications from 2010 onwards. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Pubmed.
Batke M, Damm G, Foth H, Freyberger A, Hengstler JG, Mangerich A, Mielke H, Partosch F, Schupp T, Sonnenburg A, Vom Brocke J, Wollin KM, Algharably EA, Gundert-Remy U:
A tool to assess the internal validity of toxicokinetic studies. Arch Toxicol 100: 2955–2965 (2026) doi: 10.1007/s00204-026-04387-y
Hammour MM, Herzberger L, Xin Y, Chen G, Tombaz M, Ehnert S, Springer F, Damm G, Vosough M, Hengstler JG, Müller-Vieira U, Nüssler AK, Aspera-Werz RH:
Free Fatty acid-induced disruption of hepatic vitamin D metabolism impairs bone homeostasis in an in vitro 3D human liver-bone model. Arch Toxicol (2026) doi: 10.1007/s00204-026-04431-x
Volkert I, Grube J, Woitok MM, Mohamed MR, Edlund K, Duda JC, Dietrich J, Schneider U, Yin G, Lin C, Erschfeld S, Berger H, Candels L, Davis RJ, Bartneck M, Kühnel MP, Guillot A, Schneider KM, Schneider CV, Jonigk D, Rahnenführer J, Tacke F, Hengstler J, Trautwein C:
Selective genetic inactivation of Caspase 8 in hepatocytes ameliorates progression of MASH following Jnk deficiency. Hepatology 83(2): 344-361 (2026) doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000001286
Hazari Y, Habbouche L, Garcia Lopez VA, Urra H, Diaz J, Tamburini G, Milani M, Durand S, Aprahamian F, Baxter R, Huang M, Dong XC, Gonzalez-Rojas L, Francisco SJ, Tapia-Dufey I, Vihinen H, Ratziu V, Foufelle F, Hengstler JG, Jokitalo E, Maiers JL, Plate L, Kroemer G, Bailly-Maitre B, Hetz C:
Targeting the ER stress sensor IRE1 protects the liver from fibrosis through the downregulation of the proteostasis factor P4HB/PDIA1. Hepatology 83(1): 75-93 (2026) doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000001335
Aslan D, Korf H, Dumarey A, Smets L, Ghallab A, Hengstler JG, Marques PE, Van Der Merwe S:
Dysfunctional macrophages along the gut-liver axis: a driver of infection in cirrhosis. Front Immunol 17: 1870116 (2026) doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1870116
Colyn L, Grube J, Wang C, Dietrich J, Kühnel M, Reinders J, Edlund K, Jonigk D, Gaßler N, Hengstler J, Trautwein C:
Keap1 Deletion Rescues Cell Death Associated With Gpx4 Loss in Hepatocytes During Acute Liver Injury. Liver Int 45(9): e70210 (2025) doi: 10.1111/liv.70210.
Kappenberg F, Brecklinghaus T, Schürmeyer L, Albrecht W, Schorning K, Hengstler JG, Rahnenführer J:
Adjustment for day-to-day variability in the estimation of effective concentrations for the assessment of mixture toxicity. Arch Toxicol 99(11): 4439-4454 (2025) doi: 10.1007/s00204-025-04141-w
Sonnenburg A, Batke M, Damm G, Foth H, Freyberger A, Hengstler JG, Mangerich A, Partosch F, Schupp T, Wollin KM, Vom Brocke J, Gundert-Remy U:
Fluoride intake during pregnancy: calculation of realistic exposure scenarios for individual risk assessment. Arch Toxicol 99(12): 4931-4940 (2025) doi: 10.1007/s00204-025-04143-8
Gajewski PD, Bröde P, Claus M, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Reinders J, Watzl C, Wascher E, Getzmann S:
Changes of cognitive functions and proinflammatory cytokines across the lifespan in latent Toxoplasma gondii infection. Brain Behav Immun Health 49: 101105 (2025) doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2025.101105.
Hildebrandt X, Veli Ö, Hyoubi A, Zinngrebe J, Abdallah AT, Rodefeld J, Hoffmann A, Gardeweg L, Kaya Ö, Wagner E, Lindhorst A, Poggenberg M, Wang Y, Dimmler J, Schillings J, Koci P, Bonechi F, Capuccino LV, Kiefer C, Kelepouras K, Ghosh A, Noé F, Wolfrum C, Singer M, Liccardi G, Luedde T, Yavas A, Ghallab A, Hengstler JG, Antczak P, Gericke M, Winkels H, Blüher M, Walczak H, Annibaldi A, Fischer-Posovszky P, Peltzer N:
Linear ubiquitination prevents lipodystrophy and obesity-associated metabolic syndrome. Sci Adv 11(38): eadw2539 (2025) doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adw2539