Research Fellow
Chemical Risks / Systems Toxicology
Phone: +49 / 231 1084 384
Email: foellmann@ifado.de
Curriculum Vitae:
- since 1991 research associate at IfADo, Germany, head: Prof. Dr. Dr. H. M. Bolt; since 2008: Prof. Dr. J. G. Hengstler
- 1989-1990 Postdoc at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Justus-Liebig University in Gießen, Germany, head: Prof. Dr. E. Petzinger
- 1986-1989 Dissertation at the Max-Planck Institute for Systemic Physiology (now: MPI for Molecular Physiology) in Dortmund, Germany, head: Prof. Dr. Dr. R.K.H. Kinne, degree Dr. rer. nat.
- 1980-1986 Study of Biology at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, degree Diplom-Biologe
Research topics:
- cell biology in general, cell culture of primary cells (epithelial cells from the urinary bladder, ureter, and colon, lymphocytes, hepatocytes; each from different species) and cell lines
- establishing and validation of new cell culture systems
- cytotoxic, genotoxic and mutagenic effects of toxic substances in vitro
- mycotoxins (especially ochratoxin A, enniatin B and citrinin), cutting fluids, flame retardants, toxicity of tobacco smoke ingredients
- cellular uptake of xenobiotics, molecular toxicology, genotyping, phenotyping
Key publications:
- Föllmann, W.; Ali, N.; Blaszkewicz, M.; Degen, G. H.: Biomonitoring of mycotoxins in urine: pilot study in mill workers
J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 79A: 1015-1025 (2016)
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2016.1219540 - Üstündag, A.; Behm, C.; Föllmann, W.; Duydu, Y.; Degen, G. H.: Protective effect of boric acid on lead- and cadmium-induced genotoxicity in V79 cells
Arch. Toxicol. 88: 1281-1289 (2014)
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00204-014-1235-5 - Föllmann, W.; Behm, C.; Degen, G. H.: Toxicity of the mycotoxin citrinin and its metabolite dihydrocitrinone and of mixtures of citrinin and ochratoxin A in vitro
Arch. Toxicol. 88: 1097-1107 (2014)
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00204-014-1216-8 - Föllmann, W.; Degen, G.; Oesch, F.; Hengstler, J. G.: Ames Test.
In: Brenner's encyclopedia of genetics. 2. ed. (S. Vol. 1: 104-107) / ed.-in-chief Stanley Maloy ; Kelly Hughes. Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier AP, 2013.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374984-0.00048-6 - Föllmann, W.; Blaszkewicz, M.; Behm, C.; Degen, G. H.; Golka, K.: N-Acetylation of p-aminobenzoic acid and p-phenylenediamine in primary porcine urinary bladder epithelial cells and in the human urothelial cell line 5637
J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 75A: 1206-1215 (2012)
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2012.709167 - Plöttner, S.; Behm, C.; Bolt, H. M.; Föllmann, W.: Effects of cigarette smoke condensate on primary urothelial cells in vitro
J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 75A: 1194-1205 (2012)
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2012.709166 - Behm, C.; Föllmann, W.; Degen, G. H.: Cytotoxic potency of mycotoxins in cultures of V79 lung fibroblast cells
J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 75A: 1226-1231 (2012)
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2012.709170 - Bridger, P. S.; Mohr, M.; Stamm, I.; Fröhlich, J.; Föllmann, W.; Birkner, S.; Metcalfe, H.; Werling, D.: Primary bovine colonic cells: a model to study strain-specifiic responses to Escherichia coli
Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 137: 54-63 (2010)
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.04.010
