Monika Siluschek

Pharmacological application of caffeine inhibits TGF-β-stimulated connective tissue growth factor expression in hepatocytes via PPARγ and SMAD2/3-dependent pathways

O Gressner, Birgit Lahme, Katharina Rehbein et al. · Journal of Hepatology · 2008 · 123 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +11

Activation of TGF‐β within cultured hepatocytes and in liver injury leads to intracrine signaling with expression of connective tissue growth factor

O Gressner, Birgit Lahme, Monika Siluschek et al. · Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine · 2008 · 58 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +14

Connective tissue growth factor is a Smad2 regulated amplifier of transforming growth factor β actions in hepatocytes—But without modulating bone morphogenetic protein 7 signaling†

O Gressner, Birgit Lahme, Monika Siluschek et al. · Hepatology · 2009 · 50 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +15

Identification of paraxanthine as the most potent caffeine‐derived inhibitor of connective tissue growth factor expression in liver parenchymal cells

O Gressner, Birgit Lahme, Monika Siluschek et al. · Liver International · 2009 · 37 citations

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +14

Intracrine signalling of activin A in hepatocytes upregulates connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) expression

O Gressner, Birgit Lahme, Monika Siluschek et al. · Liver International · 2008 · 34 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Pathology +17