Prof. Dr. Jan G. Hengstler

Head of Department

Head of department

Prof. Dr. Jan G. Hengstler

hengstler@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-348

Secretariat

Monika Turajski

turajski@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-349

Address

Ardeystr. 67
44139 Dortmund

since 03/2007
Head of the research group "Systemtoxicology", Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
03/2006 – 02/2007
Provisional head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Toxicology, University of Leipzig
04/2003 - 02/2007
Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Leipzig
11/1990 - 03/2003
Research 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
06/1997
Physician specialized in Pharmacology and Toxicology (Ph.D. equivalent according to World Education Services, New York, NY)
08/1992
License to practice medicine
12/1991
Thesis (MD): DNA damage in patients treated with alkylating agents
10/1984 – 10/1990
Study of Medicine, University of Mainz, Germany

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.

Zeigerer A, Gilleron J, Bogorad RL, Marsico G, Nonaka H, Seifert S, Epstein-Barash H, Kuchimanchi S, Peng CG, Ruda VM, Del Conte-Zerial P, Hengstler JG, Kalaidzidis Y, Koteliansky V, Zerial M:

Rab5 is necessary for the biogenesis of the endolysosomal system in vivo. Nature 485 (7399): 465-470 (2012)

Chen Z, Gerhold-Ay A, Gebhard S, Boehm D, Solbach C, Lebrecht A, Battista M, Sicking I, Cotarelo C, Cadenas C, Marchan R, Stewart JD, Gehrmann M, Koelbl H, Hengstler JG, Schmidt M:

Immunoglobulin kappa C predicts overall survival in node-negative breast cancer. PLoS One 7(9):e44741 (2012) (9 pp)

Gabriel E, Schievenbusch S, Kolossov E, Hengstler JG, Rotshteyn T, Bohlen H, Nierhoff D, Hescheler J, Drobinskaya I:

Differentiation and selection of hepatocyte precursors in suspension spheroid culture of transgenic murine embryonic stem cells. PLoS One 7(9):e44912 (2012) (13 pp)

Schwender H, Selinski S, Blaszkewicz M, Marchan R, Ickstadt K, Golka K, Hengstler JG:

Distinct SNP combinations confer susceptibility to urinary bladder cancer in smokers and non-smokers. PLoS One 7(12): e51880 (2012)

Hartung T, Blaauboer BJ, Bosgra S, Carney E, Coenen J, Conolly RB, Corsini E, Green S, Faustman EM, Gaspari A, Hayashi M, Wallace Hayes A, Hengstler JG, Knudsen LE, Knudsen TB, McKim JM, Pfaller W, Roggen EL:

An expert consortium review of the EC-commissioned report "alternative (Non-Animal) methods for cosmetics testing: current status and future prospects - 2010". ALTEX 28: 183-209 (2011)

Ovsiannikov D, Golka K, Lehmann M-L, Selinski S, Blaszkewicz M, Moormann O, Haenel MW, Hengstler JG:

Harnblasenkrebs, polymorphe Enzyme und der Strukturwandel in einer Montanregion. In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmedizin und Umweltmedizin (Hrsg.): 52. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung der DGAUM, 14.-17. März 2012, Göttingen (S 181-183). Aachen: DGAUM, 2012

Cadenas C, Vosbeck S, Hein EM, Hellwig B, Langer A, Hayen H, Franckenstein D, Büttner B, Hammad S, Marchan R, Hermes M, Selinski S, Rahnenführer J, Peksel B, Török Z, Vígh L, Hengstler JG:

Glycerophospholipid profile in oncogene-induced senescence. Biochim Biophys Acta 1821: 1256-1268 (2012)

Bezler M, Hengstler JG, Ullrich A:

Inhibition of doxorubicin-induced HER3-PI3K-AKT signalling enhances apoptosis of ovarian cancer cells. Mol Oncol 6: 516-529 (2012)

Marchan R, Lesjak MS, Stewart JD, Winter R, Seeliger J, Hengstler JG:

Choline-releasing glycerophosphodiesterase EDI3 links the tumor metabolome to signaling network activities. Cell Cycle 11: 4499-4506 (2012)

Schmidt M, Hellwig B, Hammad S, Othman A, Lohr M, Chen Z, Boehm D, Gebhard S, Petry I, Lebrecht A, Cadenas C, Marchan R, Stewart JD, Solbach C, Holmberg L, Edlund K, Kultima HG, Rody A, Berglund A, Lambe M, Isaksson A, Botling J, Karn T, Müller V, Gerhold-Ay A, Cotarelo C, Sebastian M, Kronenwett R, Bojar H, Lehr HA, Sahin U, Koelbl H, Gehrmann M, Micke P, Rahnenführer J, Hengstler JG:

A comprehensive analysis of human gene expression profiles identifies stromal immunoglobulin κ C as a compatible prognostic marker in human solid tumors. Clin Cancer Res 18: 2695-2703 (2012)