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Thomas BRAUN

PhD in in Cellular Biochemistry
University of Hamburg, 1993

Visiting Professor
Division of Life Science

(852) 2358 7316
thomasbraun@ust.hk
Room 6201F

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ORCID

0000-0002-6165-4804

ResearcherID

B-2310-2008

Scopus ID

35432839500

Research Interest Publications

Research Interest

Skeletal and cardiac muscle development, regeneration and remodeling

Publications

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2026 6

Cell Type--Specific Targeting of Different Smooth Muscle Cell Populations by Intersectional Genetics

Circulation
Wang, Lei; Staps, Maximilian; Günther, Stefan; El Agha, Elie; Bellusci, Saverio; Kuenne, Carsten; Du, Junhua; Schneider, Andre; Braun, Thomas
Article

Coordinated Developmental Remodeling of IGF/FGF–MAPK Signaling and Cytoskeletal Plasticity Coincides with the Loss of Cardiac Regenerative Capacity

Cells, v. 15, (10), article number 873
Kubin, Natalia; Gajawada, Praveen; Körtl, Thomas; Schneider, Andre; Han, Lu; Zelarayán, Laura C.; BRAUN, Thomas; Sossalla, Samuel; Choi, Yeong-Hoon; Richter, Manfred
Article

Endothelial ZBTB16: a molecular shield against cardiac aging

European Heart Journal, v. 47, (10), p. 1186-1198
Stilz, Kathrin A.; Leonard, Vincent Elvin; Rodriguez Morales, David; Glaser, Simone Franziska; Larcher, Veronica; Ruz Jurado, Mariano; Malacarne, Pedro Felipe; Manickam, Nivethitha; Tombor, Lukas S.; Abplanalp, Wesley T.; Panthel, Josefine; Kujundzic, Haris; Fischer, Ariane; Schmitz, Katja; Müller, Oliver J.; Hille, Susanne; Kupatt, Christian; Bozoglu, Tarik; Sami, Haider; Ogris, Manfred; Procida-Kowalski, Tara; Bartkuhn, Marek; John, David; Yekelchyk, Michail; Schmachtel, Tessa; Rieger, Michael; Pham, Minh Duc; Krishnan, Jaya; Günther, Stefan; Brandes, Ralf P.; Braun, Thomas; Zeiher, Andreas M.; Wagner, Julian U.G.; Dimmeler, Stefanie
Article

Exosomal miR-92a-3p promotes pancreatic cancer cells' extravasation by inducing vascular permeability through inhibition of DAB2IP

Cell Death and Disease, v. 17, (1), article number 489
Li, Luhan; Cui, Yanyan; Zhang, Miao; Shen, Tianyu; Wang, Dekun; Mi, Xue; Zhang, Yuying; Tan, Xiaoyue; Vaquero, Alejandro; Braun, Thomas; Hao, Jihui; Ianni, Alessandro; Jiang, Chunyang; Yue, Shijing
Article

Human iPSC cardiomyocyte patch transplantation modifies extracellular matrix and fibroblast behavior after myocardial infarction

iScience, v. 29, (4), article number 115341
Torigata, Kosuke; Matsuura, Ryohei; Nagatomo, Fumiya; Thiha, Moe; Hikita, Takao; Iseoka, Hiroko; Takagi, Hiromitsu; Koshimizu, Uichi; Sakakima, Hiroki; Izumi, Satoshi; Hatano, Asuka; Braun, Thomas; Sawa, Yoshiki; Miyagawa, Shigeru; Nakayama, Masanori
Article

Targeting RUNX1 protects against diastolic dysfunction in a two-hit mousemodel of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Cardiovascular Research, article number cvag106
Elbassioni, Ali Ali Mohamed; Raheem, Anmar; Song, Jian; Johnston, Alexander S; Trivett, Cara; Lin, Hong; Zhang, Haobo; Bradley, Ashley; Higgins, Erin; Thomson, Cameron R; Mooney, Leanne; Koay, Yen Chin; O'Toole, Dylan; Herzyk, Pawel; Nixon, Colin; Blyth, Karen; Hughes, Mark; O'Sullivan, John F; Lang, Ninian N; Berry, Colin; BRAUN, Thomas; Schiattarella, Gabriele G; Giacca, Mauro; McBride, Martin W.; Nicklin, Stuart A.; Cameron, Ewan R.; Loughrey, Christopher M.; Macdonald, Eilidh A.
Article

2025 9

A Double-Edged Role for SIRT7 in Cancer: Can Anti-Cancer Immunity Tip the Balance?

Pharmaceuticals, v. 18, (12), article number 1878
Tarighi, Shahriar; Ning, Zifan; Gámez-García, Andrés; Vaquero, Alejandro; Braun, Thomas; Ianni, Alessandro
Article

Beneficial effects of vascular endothelial growth factor B gene transfer in the aged heart

Cardiovascular Research, v. 121, (10), p. 1594-1608
Manickam, Nivethitha; Sultan, Ibrahim; Panthel, Josefine; Kujundzic, Haris; Fischer, Ariane; Schmitz, Katja; Ruz Jurado, Mariano; Rodriguez Morales, David; John, David; Glaser, Simone Franziska; Stilz, Kathrin A.; Malacarne, Pedro Felipe; Brandes, Ralf Peter; Braun, Thomas; Lerchenmüller, Carolin; Betge, Fynn; Abplanalp, Wesley T.; Alitalo, Kari; Dimmeler, Stefanie; Wagner, Julian U.G.
Article

Comparative analysis of full-length 16s ribosomal RNA gene sequencing in human oropharyngeal swabs using primer sets with different degrees of degeneracy

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, v. 15, article number 1658615
Waechter, Christian; Wilkens, Janna Nele; Fehse, Leon; Heider, Dominik; Sassani, Kiarash; Chatzis, Georgios; Weyand, Sebastian; Pankuweit, Sabine; Luesebrink, Ulrich; Soufi, Muhidien; Pöling, Jochen; Braun, Thomas; Ausbuettel, Felix; Ruppert, Volker
Article

Enlargement of the muscle stem cell pool in linc-MYH-deficient mice does not prevent sarcopenia during aging

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, v. 13, article number 1667437
Yin, Qing; Labib, Christelle; Boettger, Thomas; Braun, Thomas
Article

Forkhead Box O3 is required for normal cardiac immune cell composition and protects from maladaptive right ventricle remodeling upon pressure overload and pulmonary hypertension

Circulation
Maroli, Giovanni; Nayakanti, Sreenath; Medrano Garcia, Sandra; Hesami, Golnaz; Mamazhakypov, Argen; Khassafi, Fatemeh; Koyonazarov, Baktybek; Guenther, Stefan; Looso, Mario; Braun, Thomas; Bonnet, Sebastien; Seeger, Werner; Savai, Rajkumar; Savai-Pullamsetti, Soni
Article

Rbpms2 prevents major cardiac defects in cardiomyocyte-specific Rbpms-deficient mice

Developmental Cell, v. 60, (20), p. 2791-2806.e6
Lin, Shan; Dieterich, Christoph; Britto-Borges, Thiago; Günther, Stefan; Kreher, Silke; Eibach, Yvonne; Kuenne, Carsten; Schneider, Andre; Braun, Thomas
Article

Regulation of NSL by TAF4A is critical for genome stability and quiescence of muscle stem cells

Nature Communications, v. 16, (1), article number 8726
Georgieva, Angelina M.; Sreenivasan, Krishna; Ding, Dong; Villeneuve, Clementine; Wickström, Sara A.; Günther, Stefan; Kuenne, Carsten; Gärtner, Ulrich; Guo, Xinyue; Zhou, Yonggang; Yuan, Xuejun; Braun, Thomas
Article

Induction of Connexin 43 expression increases hemichannel activityin isolated cardiomyoc

Acta Physiologica, v. 241, (S735), p. 408
Weiß, Tobias; Lissoni , Alessio; Allewaert , Rosalie; Leybaert, Luc; BRAUN, Thomas; Boengler, Kerstin
Conference paper

Regulation of Bronchioalveolar Stem Cells in Health and Disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, v. 211, (Supplement_1), p. A6826
Mura, Chiara; Salwig, Isabelle; BRAUN, Thomas
Conference paper

2023 1

Loss of the Transcription Factor ZBTB16 in the Aged Heart Impairs Endothelial Niche Functions and Induces Cardiac Dysfunction

Circulation Research, v. 133, (12), p. e54-e68
Stilz, Kathrin A.; Tombor, Lukas S.; John, David; Kettenhausen, Lisa Maria; Fischer, Ariane; Schmitz, Katja; Shumliakivska, Mariana; Yekelchyk, Michail; BRAUN, Thomas; Zeiher, Andreas M.; Wagner, Julian U.G.; Dimmeler, Stefanie
Article

2021 1

Mono- and Multi-nucleated Cardiomyocytes Do Not Constitute Transcriptionally Distinct Entities

Journal of Clinical Cardiology, v. 2, (1)
Yekelchyk, Michail; BRAUN, Thomas
Article

2012 1

The role of Numb/Numblike in lung epithelium

Pneumologie
Hofmann, Michael; Schneider, Andre; BRAUN, Thomas
Article

2006 1

Stability of lineage decisions in mesodermal derivatives

Journal of Vascular Research, v. 43, (6)
BRAUN, Thomas
Conference paper

1990 1

Correction to: Differential expression of myogenic determination genes in muscle cells: possible autoactivation by the Myf gene products

EMBO Journal, v. 9, (2), p. 592
Braun, T.; Bober, E.; Buschhausen-Denker, G.; Kohtz, S.; Grzeschik, K. H.; Arnold, H. H.
Article

Article 6

Cell Type--Specific Targeting of Different Smooth Muscle Cell Populations by Intersectional Genetics

Circulation
Wang, Lei; Staps, Maximilian; Günther, Stefan; El Agha, Elie; Bellusci, Saverio; Kuenne, Carsten; Du, Junhua; Schneider, Andre; Braun, Thomas

Coordinated Developmental Remodeling of IGF/FGF–MAPK Signaling and Cytoskeletal Plasticity Coincides with the Loss of Cardiac Regenerative Capacity

Cells, v. 15, (10), article number 873
Kubin, Natalia; Gajawada, Praveen; Körtl, Thomas; Schneider, Andre; Han, Lu; Zelarayán, Laura C.; BRAUN, Thomas; Sossalla, Samuel; Choi, Yeong-Hoon; Richter, Manfred

Endothelial ZBTB16: a molecular shield against cardiac aging

European Heart Journal, v. 47, (10), p. 1186-1198
Stilz, Kathrin A.; Leonard, Vincent Elvin; Rodriguez Morales, David; Glaser, Simone Franziska; Larcher, Veronica; Ruz Jurado, Mariano; Malacarne, Pedro Felipe; Manickam, Nivethitha; Tombor, Lukas S.; Abplanalp, Wesley T.; Panthel, Josefine; Kujundzic, Haris; Fischer, Ariane; Schmitz, Katja; Müller, Oliver J.; Hille, Susanne; Kupatt, Christian; Bozoglu, Tarik; Sami, Haider; Ogris, Manfred; Procida-Kowalski, Tara; Bartkuhn, Marek; John, David; Yekelchyk, Michail; Schmachtel, Tessa; Rieger, Michael; Pham, Minh Duc; Krishnan, Jaya; Günther, Stefan; Brandes, Ralf P.; Braun, Thomas; Zeiher, Andreas M.; Wagner, Julian U.G.; Dimmeler, Stefanie

Exosomal miR-92a-3p promotes pancreatic cancer cells' extravasation by inducing vascular permeability through inhibition of DAB2IP

Cell Death and Disease, v. 17, (1), article number 489
Li, Luhan; Cui, Yanyan; Zhang, Miao; Shen, Tianyu; Wang, Dekun; Mi, Xue; Zhang, Yuying; Tan, Xiaoyue; Vaquero, Alejandro; Braun, Thomas; Hao, Jihui; Ianni, Alessandro; Jiang, Chunyang; Yue, Shijing

Human iPSC cardiomyocyte patch transplantation modifies extracellular matrix and fibroblast behavior after myocardial infarction

iScience, v. 29, (4), article number 115341
Torigata, Kosuke; Matsuura, Ryohei; Nagatomo, Fumiya; Thiha, Moe; Hikita, Takao; Iseoka, Hiroko; Takagi, Hiromitsu; Koshimizu, Uichi; Sakakima, Hiroki; Izumi, Satoshi; Hatano, Asuka; Braun, Thomas; Sawa, Yoshiki; Miyagawa, Shigeru; Nakayama, Masanori

Targeting RUNX1 protects against diastolic dysfunction in a two-hit mousemodel of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Cardiovascular Research, article number cvag106
Elbassioni, Ali Ali Mohamed; Raheem, Anmar; Song, Jian; Johnston, Alexander S; Trivett, Cara; Lin, Hong; Zhang, Haobo; Bradley, Ashley; Higgins, Erin; Thomson, Cameron R; Mooney, Leanne; Koay, Yen Chin; O'Toole, Dylan; Herzyk, Pawel; Nixon, Colin; Blyth, Karen; Hughes, Mark; O'Sullivan, John F; Lang, Ninian N; Berry, Colin; BRAUN, Thomas; Schiattarella, Gabriele G; Giacca, Mauro; McBride, Martin W.; Nicklin, Stuart A.; Cameron, Ewan R.; Loughrey, Christopher M.; Macdonald, Eilidh A.

Article 7

A Double-Edged Role for SIRT7 in Cancer: Can Anti-Cancer Immunity Tip the Balance?

Pharmaceuticals, v. 18, (12), article number 1878
Tarighi, Shahriar; Ning, Zifan; Gámez-García, Andrés; Vaquero, Alejandro; Braun, Thomas; Ianni, Alessandro

Beneficial effects of vascular endothelial growth factor B gene transfer in the aged heart

Cardiovascular Research, v. 121, (10), p. 1594-1608
Manickam, Nivethitha; Sultan, Ibrahim; Panthel, Josefine; Kujundzic, Haris; Fischer, Ariane; Schmitz, Katja; Ruz Jurado, Mariano; Rodriguez Morales, David; John, David; Glaser, Simone Franziska; Stilz, Kathrin A.; Malacarne, Pedro Felipe; Brandes, Ralf Peter; Braun, Thomas; Lerchenmüller, Carolin; Betge, Fynn; Abplanalp, Wesley T.; Alitalo, Kari; Dimmeler, Stefanie; Wagner, Julian U.G.

Comparative analysis of full-length 16s ribosomal RNA gene sequencing in human oropharyngeal swabs using primer sets with different degrees of degeneracy

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, v. 15, article number 1658615
Waechter, Christian; Wilkens, Janna Nele; Fehse, Leon; Heider, Dominik; Sassani, Kiarash; Chatzis, Georgios; Weyand, Sebastian; Pankuweit, Sabine; Luesebrink, Ulrich; Soufi, Muhidien; Pöling, Jochen; Braun, Thomas; Ausbuettel, Felix; Ruppert, Volker

Enlargement of the muscle stem cell pool in linc-MYH-deficient mice does not prevent sarcopenia during aging

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, v. 13, article number 1667437
Yin, Qing; Labib, Christelle; Boettger, Thomas; Braun, Thomas

Forkhead Box O3 is required for normal cardiac immune cell composition and protects from maladaptive right ventricle remodeling upon pressure overload and pulmonary hypertension

Circulation
Maroli, Giovanni; Nayakanti, Sreenath; Medrano Garcia, Sandra; Hesami, Golnaz; Mamazhakypov, Argen; Khassafi, Fatemeh; Koyonazarov, Baktybek; Guenther, Stefan; Looso, Mario; Braun, Thomas; Bonnet, Sebastien; Seeger, Werner; Savai, Rajkumar; Savai-Pullamsetti, Soni

Rbpms2 prevents major cardiac defects in cardiomyocyte-specific Rbpms-deficient mice

Developmental Cell, v. 60, (20), p. 2791-2806.e6
Lin, Shan; Dieterich, Christoph; Britto-Borges, Thiago; Günther, Stefan; Kreher, Silke; Eibach, Yvonne; Kuenne, Carsten; Schneider, Andre; Braun, Thomas

Regulation of NSL by TAF4A is critical for genome stability and quiescence of muscle stem cells

Nature Communications, v. 16, (1), article number 8726
Georgieva, Angelina M.; Sreenivasan, Krishna; Ding, Dong; Villeneuve, Clementine; Wickström, Sara A.; Günther, Stefan; Kuenne, Carsten; Gärtner, Ulrich; Guo, Xinyue; Zhou, Yonggang; Yuan, Xuejun; Braun, Thomas

Conference paper 2

Induction of Connexin 43 expression increases hemichannel activityin isolated cardiomyoc

Acta Physiologica, v. 241, (S735), p. 408
Weiß, Tobias; Lissoni , Alessio; Allewaert , Rosalie; Leybaert, Luc; BRAUN, Thomas; Boengler, Kerstin

Regulation of Bronchioalveolar Stem Cells in Health and Disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, v. 211, (Supplement_1), p. A6826
Mura, Chiara; Salwig, Isabelle; BRAUN, Thomas

Article 1

Loss of the Transcription Factor ZBTB16 in the Aged Heart Impairs Endothelial Niche Functions and Induces Cardiac Dysfunction

Circulation Research, v. 133, (12), p. e54-e68
Stilz, Kathrin A.; Tombor, Lukas S.; John, David; Kettenhausen, Lisa Maria; Fischer, Ariane; Schmitz, Katja; Shumliakivska, Mariana; Yekelchyk, Michail; BRAUN, Thomas; Zeiher, Andreas M.; Wagner, Julian U.G.; Dimmeler, Stefanie

Article 1

Mono- and Multi-nucleated Cardiomyocytes Do Not Constitute Transcriptionally Distinct Entities

Journal of Clinical Cardiology, v. 2, (1)
Yekelchyk, Michail; BRAUN, Thomas

Article 1

The role of Numb/Numblike in lung epithelium

Pneumologie
Hofmann, Michael; Schneider, Andre; BRAUN, Thomas

Conference paper 1

Stability of lineage decisions in mesodermal derivatives

Journal of Vascular Research, v. 43, (6)
BRAUN, Thomas

Article 1

Correction to: Differential expression of myogenic determination genes in muscle cells: possible autoactivation by the Myf gene products

EMBO Journal, v. 9, (2), p. 592
Braun, T.; Bober, E.; Buschhausen-Denker, G.; Kohtz, S.; Grzeschik, K. H.; Arnold, H. H.

2012 1

The role of Numb/Numblike in lung epithelium

Pneumologie
Hofmann, Michael; Schneider, Andre; BRAUN, Thomas
Article

2006 1

Stability of lineage decisions in mesodermal derivatives

Journal of Vascular Research, v. 43, (6)
BRAUN, Thomas
Conference paper

1990 1

Correction to: Differential expression of myogenic determination genes in muscle cells: possible autoactivation by the Myf gene products

EMBO Journal, v. 9, (2), p. 592
Braun, T.; Bober, E.; Buschhausen-Denker, G.; Kohtz, S.; Grzeschik, K. H.; Arnold, H. H.
Article

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