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Britta Kaltwasser

Essen University Hospital

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Daniel Robert EngeliD· 2 shared Dirk Matthias HermanniD· 2 shared Egor DzyubenkoiD· 2 shared Olga ShevchukiD· 2 shared Alexandra Ferreira-OliveiraiD· 1 shared Ali Ata TuziD· 1 shared Angelo Novak· 1 shared Anran LiiD· 1 shared

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Histone neutralization protects the ischemic brain against stroke-associated pneumonia

Dongpei Yin, Anran Li, Olga Shevchuk, Ayan Mohamud Yusuf, Janine Gronewold, Stephanie Thiebes, Tobias Tertel, Chen Wang, Nina Hagemann, Yiqiao Zhang, Claudia Graser, Humeyra Tas, Michael Fleischer, Britta Kaltwasser, Benedikt Frank, , Dirk Matthias Hermann

This study shows that neutralizing extracellular histones reduces secondary brain injury and improves recovery after ischemic stroke complicated by pneumonia.

bioRxiv · Mar 3, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Astrocytic PIEZO activation by heartbeat sound promotes extracellular matrix and maturation in human brain organoids

Alexandra Ferreira-Oliveira, Florian Rambow, Samira Rambow-Makhzami, Yury A. Nikolaev, Angelo Novak, Olga Shevchuk, Hannah Voß, Daniel Robert Engel, Paul A Schult, Matthias Pillath‐Eilers, Britta Kaltwasser, Ulf Brockmeier, Christoph Kleinschnitz, Dirk Matthias Hermann, Egor Dzyubenko

This study shows that heartbeat sound activates PIEZO channels in astrocytes, promoting extracellular matrix synthesis and neural differentiation in human brain organoids.

bioRxiv · Oct 21, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience