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Olena Potapenko

Max Delbrück CenterORCID 0000-0002-4397-568XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:flow cytometry· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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Alex YarrituiD· 2 shared Alma ZerneckeiD· 2 shared Ariana RauchiD· 2 shared Arne ThieleiD· 2 shared Felix BehrensiD· 2 shared Harithaa AnandakumariD· 2 shared Hendrik BartolomaeusiD· 2 shared Johannes Benjamin HolleiD· 2 shared

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Interleukin-17A Mediates Cardiorenal Injury In Oxalate Nephropathy

Moritz I. Wimmer, Martin Reichel, Arne Thiele, Alex Yarritu, Ariana Rauch, Harithaa Anandakumar, Luisa Hernández Götz, Till Robin Lesker, Olena Potapenko, Natnael Gebremedhin, Wibke Anders, Sarah V. Liévano Contreras, Rongling Wang, Felix Behrens, Bernd Hoppe, , Hendrik Bartolomaeus

This study identifies IL-17A as a mediator of oxalate-induced cardiorenal injury in CKD, showing its role in inflammation and cardiac dysfunction.

Cardiovascular Research · Jul 7, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology

Kidney disease reprograms microbiome-host signaling to promote heart failure

Alex Yarritu, W Anders, Arne Thiele, Olena Potapenko, Fabian Schumacher, István András Szijártó, Ariana Rauch, Jakob Versnjak, Natnael Gebremedhin, Victoria J. McParland, Simon Heckscher, Sakshi Kamboj, Giuseppe Trimarchi, Harithaa Anandakumar, Franziska Fuckert, , Nicola Wilck

This study identifies a microbiome-AhR-IL-17A axis that drives CKD-associated cardiac fibrosis and shows that AhR inhibition prevents remodeling.

bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2026 · PreprintImmunology