Publications by Kunz, Lars

Journal article

Götz, Stefanie; Bribian, Ana; López‐Mascaraque, Laura; Götz, Magdalena; Grothe, Benedikt; Kunz, Lars (2021): Heterogeneity of astrocytes: Electrophysiological properties of juxtavascular astrocytes before and after brain injury. In: GLIA, Vol. 69, No. 2: pp. 346-361 [PDF, 5MB]

Özugur, Suzan; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Straka, Hans ORCID: 0000-0003-2874-0441 (3. July 2020): Relationship between oxygen consumption and neuronal activity in a defined neural circuit. In: BMC Biology 18:76 [PDF, 2MB]

Gleiss, Helge; Encke, Jörg; Lingner, Andrea ORCID: 0000-0002-3570-7386; Jennings, Todd; Brosel, Sonja; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Grothe, Benedikt ORCID: 0000-0001-7317-0615; Pecka, Michael ORCID: 0000-0001-8960-1651 (29. July 2019): Cooperative population coding facilitates efficient sound-source separability by adaptation to input statistics.
In: PLOS Biology [PDF, 2MB]

Bagnjuk, Konstantin; Stöckl, Jan Bernd; Fröhlich, Thomas; Arnold, Georg Josef; Behr, Rüdiger; Berg, Ulrike; Berg, Dieter; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Bishop, Cecily; Xu, Jing; Mayerhofer, Artur (2019): Necroptosis in primate luteolysis: a role for ceramide. In: Cell Death Discovery, Vol. 5, 67: pp. 1-14 [PDF, 7MB]

Buck, Theresa; Hack, Carsten Theo; Berg, Dieter; Berg, Ulrike; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Mayerhofer, Artur (2019): The NADPH oxidase 4 is a major source of hydrogen peroxide in human granulosa-lutein and granulosa tumor cells. In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, 3585 [PDF, 1MB]

Bagnjuk, Konstantin; Kast, Verena Jasmin; Tiefenbacher, Astrid; Kaseder, Melanie; Yanase, Toshihiko; Burges, Alexander; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Mayr, Doris; Mayerhofer, Artur (2019): Inhibitor of apoptosis proteins are potential targets for treatment of granulosa cell tumors - implications from studies in KGN. In: Journal of Ovarian Research 12:76 [PDF, 1MB]

Hack, Carsten Theo; Buck, Theresa; Bagnjuk, Konstantin; Eubler, Katja; Kunz, Lars; Mayr, Doris; Mayerhofer, Artur (2019): A Role for H2O2 and TRPM2 in the Induction of Cell Death: Studies in KGN Cells. In: Antioxidants, Vol. 8, No. 11, 518

Schmid, Nina; Flenkenthaler, Florian; Stöckl, Jan B.; Dietrich, Kim-Gwendolyn; Koehn, Frank M.; Schwarzer, J. Ullrich; Kunz, Lars; Luckner, Manja; Wanner, Gerhard; Arnold, Georg J.; Fröhlich, Thomas; Mayerhofer, Artur (2019): Insights into replicative senescence of human testicular peritubular cells. In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, 15052 [PDF, 7MB]

Brosel, Sonja; Grothe, Benedikt ORCID: 0000-0001-7317-0615; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005 (2018): An auditory brainstem nucleus as a model system for neuronal metabolic demands. In: European Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 47, No. 3: pp. 222-235

Keplinger, Stefan; Beiderbeck, Barbara; Michalakis, Stylianos; Biel, Martin; Grothe, Benedikt ORCID: 0000-0001-7317-0615; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005 (2018): Optogenetic Control of Neural Circuits in the Mongolian Gerbil. In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Vol. 12, 111 [PDF, 2MB]

Eubler, Katja; Herrmann, Carola; Tiefenbacher, Astrid; Köhn, Frank-Michael; Schwarzer, J. Ullrich; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Mayerhofer, Artur (2018): Ca2+ Signaling and IL-8 Secretion in Human Testicular Peritubular Cells Involve the Cation Channel TRPV2. In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. 19, No. 9, 2829 [PDF, 6MB]

Bagnjuk, K.; Blohberger, J.; Tiefenbacher, A.; Kunz, Lars; Mayr, D.; Mayerhofer, A. (2017): Necroptosis - an unexplored form of cell death in the ovary. In: Reproduction in Domestic Animals, Vol. 52, No. S1: p. 7

Buck, T.; Herrmann, C.; Tiefenbacher, A.; Blohberger, J.; Berg, D.; Berg, U.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Mayerhofer, A. (2017): ROS-generating NOX enzymes and H2O2 in human ovary and granulosa cells. In: Reproduction in Domestic Animals, Vol. 52, No. S1: p. 12

Blohberger, J.; Buck, T.; Berg, D.; Berg, U.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Mayerhofer, A. (2016): L-DOPA in the human ovarian follicular fluid acts as an antioxidant factor on granulosa cells. In: Journal of Ovarian Research 9:62 [PDF, 828kB]

Merz, Christoph; Saller, Sabine; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Xu, Jing; Yeoman, Richard R.; Ting, Alison Y.; Lawson, Maralee S.; Stouffer, Richard L.; Hennebold, Jon D.; Pau, Francis; Dissen, Gregory A.; Ojeda, Sergio R.; Zelinski, Mary B.; Mayerhofer, Artur (2015): Expression of the beta-2 adrenergic receptor (ADRB-2) in human and monkey ovarian follicles: a marker of growing follicles? In: Journal of Ovarian Research 8:8 [PDF, 1MB]

Blohberger, J.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Einwang, D.; Berg, U.; Berg, D.; Ojeda, S. R.; Dissen, G. A.; Fröhlich, T.; Arnold, G. J.; Soreq, H.; Lara, H.; Mayerhofer, A. (2015): Readthrough acetylcholinesterase (AChE-R) and regulated necrosis: pharmacological targets for the regulation of ovarian functions? In: Cell Death & Disease, Vol. 6, e1685 [PDF, 2MB]

Direnberger, Stephan; Banchi, Roberto; Brosel, Sonja; Seebacher, Christian; Laimgruber, Stefan; Uhl, Rainer; Felmy, Felix; Straka, Hans ORCID: 0000-0003-2874-0441; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005 (2015): Analysis of signal processing in vestibular circuits with a novel light-emitting diodes-based fluorescence microscope. In: European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN), Vol. 41, No. 10: pp. 1332-1344

Saller, S.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Berg, D.; Berg, U.; Lara, H.; Urra, J.; Hecht, S.; Pavlik, R.; Thaler, C. J.; Mayerhofer, Artur (2014): Dopamine in human follicular fluid is associated with cellular uptake and metabolism-dependent generation of reactive oxygen species in granulosa cells: implications for physiology and pathology. In: Human Reproduction, Vol. 29, No. 3: pp. 555-567

Trattner, Barbara; Berner, Sarah; Grothe, Benedikt ORCID: 0000-0001-7317-0615; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005 (2013): Depolarization-induced suppression of a glycinergic synapse in the superior olivary complex by endocannabinoids. In: Journal of Neurochemistry, Vol. 127, No. 1: pp. 78-90

Trattner, Barbara; Gravot, Celine M.; Grothe, Benedikt ORCID: 0000-0001-7317-0615; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005 (2013): Metabolic Maturation of Auditory Neurones in the Superior Olivary Complex.
In: PLOS One 8(6), e67351

Direnberger, Stephan; Banchi, Roberto; Seebacher, Christian; Felmy, Felix; Straka, Hans ORCID: 0000-0003-2874-0441; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005 (2013): Calcium Imaging and Optical Manipulation of Neuronal Activity in Axolotl using a LED-Based Microscope. In: Biophysical Journal, Vol. 104, No. 2: 338A-338A

Matzkin, M. E.; Lauf, S.; Spinnler, K.; Rossi, S. P.; Köhn, F. M.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Calandra, R. S.; Frungieri, M. B.; Mayerhofer, Artur (2013): The Ca2+-activated, large conductance K+-channel (BKCa) is a player in the LH/hCG signaling cascade in testicular Leydig cells. In: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Vol. 367, No. 1/2: pp. 41-49

Saller, S.; Merz-Lange, J.; Raffael, S.; Hecht, S.; Pavlik, R.; Thaler, C.; Berg, D.; Berg, U.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Mayerhofer, Artur (2012): Norepinephrine, Active Norepinephrine Transporter, and Norepinephrine-Metabolism Are Involved in the Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in Human Ovarian Granulosa Cells. In: Endocrinology, Vol. 153, No. 3: pp. 1472-1483

Spinnler, Katrin; Fröhlich, Thomas; Arnold, Georg J.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Mayerhofer, Artur (2011): Human Tryptase Cleaves Pro-Nerve Growth Factor (Pro-NGF): Hints of local, mast cell-dependent regulation of NGF/PRO-NGF action. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 286, No. 36: pp. 31707-31713

Saller, S.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Dissen, G. A.; Stouffer, R.; Ojeda, S. R.; Berg, D.; Berg, U.; Mayerhofer, Artur (2010): Oxytocin receptors in the primate ovary: molecular identity and link to apoptosis in human granulosa cells. In: Human Reproduction, Vol. 25, No. 4: pp. 969-976

Schell, C.; Albrecht, M.; Spillner, S.; Mayer, C.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Köhn, F. M.; Schwarzer, U.; Mayerhofer, Artur (2010): 15-Deoxy-Delta(12-14)-Prostaglandin-J2 Induces Hypertrophy and Loss of Contractility in Human Testicular Peritubular Cells: Implications for Human Male Fertility. In: Endocrinology, Vol. 151, No. 3: pp. 1257-1268

Traut, Matthias H.; Berg, Dieter; Berg, Ulrike; Mayerhofer, Artur; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005 (2009): Identification and characterization of Ca2+-activated K plus channels in granulosa cells of the human ovary. In: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 7:28 [PDF, 1MB]

Rey-Ares, Veronica; Lazarov, Nikolai; Berg, Dieter; Berg, Ulrike; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Mayerhofer, Artur (2007): Dopamine receptor repertoire of human granulosa cells. In: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 5:40 [PDF, 926kB]

Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Roggors, C.; Mayerhofer, Artur (2007): Ovarian acetylcholine and ovarian KCNQ channels: Insights into cellular regulatory systems of steroidogenic granulosa cells. In: Life Sciences, Vol. 80, No. 24-25: pp. 2195-2198

Braun, Thomas; Voland, Petra; Kunz, Lars; Prinz, Christian; Gratzl, Manfred (2007): Enterochromaffin cells of the human gut: Sensors for spices and odorants. In: Gastroenterology, Vol. 132, No. 5: pp. 1890-1901

Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Connelly, James P.; Woodhams, Josephine H.; MacRobert, Alexander J. (2007): Photodynamic modi. cation of disulfonated aluminium phthalocyanine. fluorescence in a macrophage cell line. In: Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 9: pp. 940-948

Mayerhofer, Artur; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Krieger, Annette; Proskocil, Becky; Spindel, Eliot; Amsterdam, Abraham; Dissen, Gregory A.; Ojeda, Sergio R.; Wessler, Ignaz (2006): FSH regulates acetycholine production by ovarian granulosa cells. In: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 4:37 [PDF, 1MB]

Mayerhofer, Artur; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005 (2006): Ion channels of primate ovarian endocrine cells: identification and functional significance. In: Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol. 1, No. 4: pp. 549-555

Steffl, M.; Schweiger, M.; Wessler, I.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Mayerhofer, Artur; Amselgruber, W. M. (2006): Non-neuronal acetylcholine and choline acetyltransferase in oviductal epithelial cells of cyclic and pregnant pigs. In: Anatomy and Embryology, Vol. 211, No. 6: pp. 685-690

Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Richter, Johanna S.; Mayerhofer, Artur (2006): The adenosine 5 '-triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel in endocrine cells of the human ovary: Role in membrane potential generation and steroidogenesis. In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol. 91, No. 5: pp. 1950-1955

Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Rämsch, Romi; Krieger, Annette; Young, Kelly A.; Dissen, Gregory A.; Stouffer, Richard L.; Ojeda, Sergio R.; Mayerhofer, Artur (2006): Voltage-dependent K+ channel acts as sex steroid sensor in endocrine cells of the human ovary. In: Journal of Cellular Physiology, Vol. 206, No. 1: pp. 167-174

Doepner, Richard F. G.; Geigerseder, Christof; Frungieri, Monica B.; Gonzalez-Calvar, Silvia I.; Calandra, Ricardo S.; Raemsch, Romi; Föhr, Karl; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Mayerhofer, Artur (2005): Insights into GABA receptor signalling in TM3 Leydig cells. In: Neuroendocrinology, No. 6: pp. 381-390 [PDF, 272kB]

Albrecht, M.; Frungieri, M. B.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Ramsch, R.; Meineke, V.; Kohn, F. M.; Mayerhofer, Artur (2005): Divergent effects of the major mast cell products histamine, tryptase and TNF-alpha on human fibroblast behaviour. In: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Vol. 62, No. 23: pp. 2867-2876

Mayerhofer, Artur; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005 (2005): A non-neuronal cholinergic system of the ovarian follicle. In: Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger, Vol. 187, No. 5/6: pp. 521-528

Weidinger, S.; Mayerhofer, Artur; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Albrecht, M.; Sbornik, M.; Wunn, E.; Hollweck, R.; Ring, J.; Kohn, F. M. (2005): Tryptase inhibits motility of human spermatozoa mainly by activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. In: Human Reproduction, Vol. 20, No. 2: pp. 456-461

Agoston, Agnes; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Krieger, Annette; Mayerhofer, Artur (2004): Two types of calcium channels in human ovarian endocrine cells: Involvement in steroidogenesis. In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol. 89, No. 9: pp. 4503-4512

Woodhams, J. H.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Bown, S. G.; MacRobert, A. J. (2004): Correlation of real-time haemoglobin oxygen saturation monitoring during photodynamic therapy with microvascular effects and tissue necrosis in normal rat liver. In: British Journal of Cancer, Vol. 91, No. 4: pp. 788-794

Gamel-Didelon, Katia; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Föhr, Karl Josef; Gratzl, Manfred; Mayerhofer, Artur (2003): Molecular and physiological evidence for functional gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-C receptors in growth hormone-secreting cells. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 278, No. 22: pp. 20192-20195

Mayerhofer, Artur; Dimitrijevic, Nicola; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005 (2003): The expression and biological role of the non-neuronal cholinergic system in the ovary. In: Life Sciences, Vol. 72, No. 18-19: pp. 2039-2045

Woodhams, Josephine H.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Bown, Stephen G.; MacRobert, Alexander J. (2003): Monitoring the effect of PDT on in vivo oxygen saturation and microvascular circulation. In: Oxygen Transport to Tissue, Vol. 540: pp. 235-244

Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Thalhammer, Andrea; Berg, Frank D.; Berg, Ulrike; Duffy, Diane M.; Stouffer, Richard L.; Dissen, Gregory A.; Ojeda, Sergio R.; Mayerhofer, Artur (2002): Ca2+-activated, large, conductance K+ channel in the ovary: Identification, characterization, and functional involvement in steroidogenesis. In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol. 87, No. 12: pp. 5566-5574

Fritz, Stephanie; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Dimitrijevic, Nicola; Grunert, Robert; Heiss, Christoph; Mayerhofer, Artur (2002): Muscarinic receptors in human luteinized granulosa cells: Activation blocks gap junctions and induces the transcription factor early growth response factor-1. In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol. 87, No. 3: pp. 1362-1367

Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; MacRobert, Alexander J. (2002): Intracellular photobleaching of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(m-hydroxyphenyl) chlorin (Foscan((R))) exhibits a complex dependence on oxygen level and fluence rate. In: Photochemistry and Photobiology, Vol. 75, No. 1: pp. 28-35

Suhr, M. A. A.; Hopper, C.; MacRobert, A. J.; Speight, P. M.; Kübler, A. C.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005 (2001): Klinische Pilotstudie zur interstitiellen photodynamischen Therapie für die Behandlung von fortgeschrittenen Kopf-Hals-Tumoren. In: Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Vol. 5, No. 5: pp. 277-282

Connelly, James P.; Botchway, Stanley W.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Pattison, David; Parker, Anthony W.; MacRobert, Alexander J. (2001): Time-resolved fluorescence imaging of photosensitiser distributions in mammalian cells using a picosecond laser line-scanning microscope. In: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Vol. 142, No. 2/3: pp. 169-175

Killig, F.; Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Stark, Günther (2001): Photomodification of the electrical properties of the plasma membrane: A comparison between 6 different membrane-active photosensitizers. In: Journal of Membrane Biology, Vol. 181, No. 1: pp. 41-46

Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Weizsäcker, P. von; Mendez, F.; Stark, Günther (1999): Radiolytic and photodynamic modifications of ion transport through the plasma membrane of OK cells: a comparison. In: International Journal of Radiation Biology (RAB), Vol. 75, No. 8: pp. 1029-1034

Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Stark, Günther (1998): Photofrin II sensitized modifications of ion transport across the plasma membrane of an epithelial cell line: I. Electrical measurements at the whole-cell level. In: Journal of Membrane Biology, Vol. 166, No. 3: pp. 179-185

Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Stark, Günther (1998): Photofrin II sensitized modifications of ion transport across the plasma membrane of an epithelial cell line: II. Analysis at the level of membrane patches. In: Journal of Membrane Biology, Vol. 166, No. 3: pp. 187-196

Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Stark, Günther (1997): Photodynamic membrane damage at the level of single ion channels. In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, Vol. 1327, No. 1: pp. 1-4

Kunz, Lars ORCID: 0000-0003-3141-0005; Zeidler, Ulrich; Haegele, Klaus; Przybylski, Michael; Stark, Günther (1995): Photodynamic and Radiolytic Inactivation of Ion Channels Formed by Gramicidin A: Oxidation and Fragmentation. In: Biochemistry, Vol. 34, No. 37: pp. 11895-11903