Prof. Dr. Klaus Stark

• 1991-1996 Studium der Biologie (Diplom) an der Universit?t Regensburg
• 1996-1999 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Genetik der Universit?t Regensburg
• 1999 Promotion zum Dr. rer. nat.
• 2000-2002 Wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Lehrstuhl für Genetik der Universit?t Regensburg
• 2002-2004 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter bei einem Biotech Start-up Unternehmen
• 2004-2012 Forschungslaborleiter an der Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II des Universit?tsklinikums Regensburg
• 2011 Feststellung der Lehrbef?higung durch die Fakult?t für Medizin der Universit?t Regensburg und Erteilung der Lehrbefugnis für das Fachgebiet Experimentelle Medizin
• Seit 2012 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Genetische Epidemiologie, Institut für Epidemiologie und Pr?ventivmedizin, Universit?t Regensburg
• 2020 Ernennung zum au?erplanm??igen Professor

• Molekulare und Genetische Epidemiologie
• Augenstudie der Universit?t Regensburg (AugUR)
• Aspekte des (gesunden) Alterns
• Altersbedingte Makuladegeneration (AMD)
• Genetik der Nierenfunktion
• Kardiovaskul?re Erkrankungen
• Metabolische Ph?notypen
• Biomarker

Gorski M, Wiegrebe S, Burkhardt R, Behr M, Küchenhoff H, Stark KJ, B?ger CA,
Heid IM. Bias-corrected serum creatinine from UK Biobank electronic medical
records generates an important data resource for kidney function trajectories.
Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 28;15(1):3540. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-85391-7. PMID:
39875408; PMCID: PMC11775100.

Gorman BR, Voloudakis G, Igo RP Jr, Kinzy T, Halladay CW, Bigdeli TB, Zeng B,
Venkatesh S, Cooke Bailey JN, Crawford DC, Markianos K, Dong F, Schreiner PA,
Zhang W; VA Million Veteran Program; International AMD Genomics Consortium
(IAMDGC); Hadi T, Anger MD, Stockwell A, Melles RB, Yin J, Choquet H, Kaye R,
Patasova K, Patel PJ, Yaspan BL, Jorgenson E, Hysi PG, Lotery AJ, Gaziano JM,
Tsao PS, Fliesler SJ, Sullivan JM, Greenberg PB, Wu WC, Assimes TL, Pyarajan S,
Roussos P, Peachey NS, Iyengar SK. Genome-wide association analyses identify
distinct genetic architectures for age-related macular degeneration across
ancestries. Nat Genet. 2024 Dec;56(12):2659-2671. doi:
10.1038/s41588-024-01764-0. Epub 2024 Dec 2. PMID: 39623103.

Winkler TW, Wiegrebe S, Herold JM, Stark KJ, Küchenhoff H, Heid IM. Genetic-
by-age interaction analyses on complex traits in UK Biobank and their potential
to identify effects on longitudinal trait change. Genome Biol. 2024 Nov
28;25(1):300. doi: 10.1186/s13059-024-03439-9. PMID: 39609904; PMCID:
PMC11606088.

Wiegrebe S, Gorski M, Herold JM, Stark KJ, Thorand B, Gieger C, B?ger CA,
Sch?del J, Hartig F, Chen H, Winkler TW, Küchenhoff H, Heid IM. Analyzing
longitudinal trait trajectories using GWAS identifies genetic variants for
kidney function decline. Nat Commun. 2024 Nov 20;15(1):10061. doi:
10.1038/s41467-024-54483-9. PMID: 39567532; PMCID: PMC11579025.

Drewitz KP, Stark KJ, Zimmermann ME, Heid IM, Apfelbacher CJ. Frequency of
Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis in the Elderly: Cross-Sectional Findings from
the German AugUR Study. Dermatology. 2025;241(1):1-9. doi: 10.1159/000541590.
Epub 2024 Sep 27. PMID: 39342937; PMCID: PMC11793095.

Herold JM, Wiegrebe S, Nano J, Jung B, Gorski M, Thorand B, Koenig W, Zeller
T, Zimmermann ME, Burkhardt R, Banas B, Küchenhoff H, Stark KJ, Peters A, B?ger
CA, Heid IM. Population-based reference values for kidney function and kidney
function decline in 25- to 95-year-old Germans without and with diabetes. Kidney
Int. 2024 Oct;106(4):699-711. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2024.06.024. Epub 2024 Jul 29.
PMID: 39084259.

Koller A, Filosi M, Weissensteiner H, Fazzini F, Gorski M, Pattaro C,
Sch?nherr S, Forer L, Herold JM, Stark KJ, D?ttelmayer P, Hicks AA, Pramstaller
PP, Würzner R, Eckardt KU, Heid IM, Fuchsberger C, Lamina C, Kronenberg F.
Nuclear and mitochondrial genetic variants associated with mitochondrial DNA
copy number. Sci Rep. 2024 Jan 24;14(1):2083. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-52373-0.
PMID: 38267512; PMCID: PMC10808213.

Scholz M, Horn K, Pott J, Wuttke M, Kühnapfel A, Nasr MK, Kirsten H, Li Y,
Hoppmann A, Gorski M, Ghasemi S, Li M, Tin A, Chai JF, Cocca M, Wang J, Nutile
T, Akiyama M, ?svold BO, Bansal N, Biggs ML, Boutin T, Brenner H, Brumpton B,
Burkhardt R, Cai J, Campbell A, Campbell H, Chalmers J, Chasman DI, Chee ML,
Chee ML, Chen X, Cheng CY, Cifkova R, Daviglus M, Delgado G, Dittrich K, Edwards
TL, Endlich K, Michael Gaziano J, Giri A, Giulianini F, Gordon SD, Gudbjartsson
DF, Hallan S, Hamet P, Hartman CA, Hayward C, Heid IM, Hellwege JN, Holleczek B,
Holm H, Hutri-K?h?nen N, Hveem K, Isermann B, Jonas JB, Joshi PK, Kamatani Y,
Kanai M, Kastarinen M, Khor CC, Kiess W, Kleber ME, K?rner A, Kovacs P,
Krajcoviechova A, Kramer H, Kr?mer BK, Kuokkanen M, K?h?nen M, Lange LA, Lash
JP, Lehtim?ki T, Li H, Lin BM, Liu J, Loeffler M, Lyytik?inen LP, Magnusson PKE,
Martin NG, Matsuda K, Milaneschi Y, Mishra PP, Mononen N, Montgomery GW, Mook-
Kanamori DO, Mychaleckyj JC, M?rz W, Nauck M, Nikus K, Nolte IM, Noordam R,
Okada Y, Olafsson I, Oldehinkel AJ, Penninx BWJH, Perola M, Pirastu N, Polasek
O, Porteous DJ, Poulain T, Psaty BM, Rabelink TJ, Raffield LM, Raitakari OT,
Rasheed H, Reilly DF, Rice KM, Richmond A, Ridker PM, Rotter JI, Rudan I,
Sabanayagam C, Salomaa V, Schneiderman N, Sch?ttker B, Sims M, Snieder H, Stark
KJ, Stefansson K, Stocker H, Stumvoll M, Sulem P, Sveinbjornsson G, Svensson PO,
Tai ES, Taylor KD, Tayo BO, Teren A, Tham YC, Thiery J, Thio CHL, Thomas LF,
Tremblay J, T?njes A, van der Most PJ, Vitart V, V?lker U, Wang YX, Wang C, Wei
WB, Whitfield JB, Wild SH, Wilson JF, Winkler TW, Wong TY, Woodward M, Sim X,
Chu AY, Feitosa MF, Thorsteinsdottir U, Hung AM, Teumer A, Franceschini N, Parsa
A, K?ttgen A, Schlosser P, Pattaro C. X-chromosome and kidney function: evidence
from a multi-trait genetic analysis of 908,697 individuals reveals sex-specific
and sex-differential findings in genes regulated by androgen response elements.
Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 18;15(1):586. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44709-1. PMID:
38233393; PMCID: PMC10794254.

Koller A, Lamina C, Brandl C, Zimmermann ME, Stark KJ, Weissensteiner H,
Würzner R, Heid IM, Kronenberg F. Systemic Evidence for Mitochondrial
Dysfunction in Age-Related Macular Degeneration as Revealed by mtDNA Copy Number
Measurements in Peripheral Blood. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Nov 16;24(22):16406. doi:
10.3390/ijms242216406. PMID: 38003595; PMCID: PMC10671207.

Stanzick KJ, Stark KJ, Gorski M, Sch?del J, Krüger R, Kronenberg F, Warth R,
Heid IM, Winkler TW. KidneyGPS: a user-friendly web application to help
prioritize kidney function genes and variants based on evidence from genome-wide
association studies. BMC Bioinformatics. 2023 Sep 21;24(1):355. doi:
10.1186/s12859-023-05472-0. PMID: 37735349; PMCID: PMC10512588.

Herold JM, Zimmermann ME, Gorski M, Günther F, Weber BHF, Helbig H, Stark
KJ, Heid IM, Brandl C. Genetic Risk Score Analysis Supports a Joint View of
Two?Classification Systems for Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Invest
Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023 Sep 1;64(12):31. doi: 10.1167/iovs.64.12.31. PMID:
37721739; PMCID: PMC10511022.

COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative. A second update on mapping the human
genetic architecture of COVID-19. Nature. 2023 Sep;621(7977):E7-E26. doi:
10.1038/s41586-023-06355-3. Epub 2023 Sep 6. PMID: 37674002; PMCID: PMC10482689.

Graham SE, Clarke SL, Wu KH, Kanoni S, Zajac GJM, Ramdas S, Surakka I,
Ntalla I, Vedantam S, Winkler TW, Locke AE, Marouli E, Hwang MY, Han S, Narita
A, Choudhury A, Bentley AR, Ekoru K, Verma A, Trivedi B, Martin HC, Hunt KA, Hui
Q, Klarin D, Zhu X, Thorleifsson G, Helgadottir A, Gudbjartsson DF, Holm H,
Olafsson I, Akiyama M, Sakaue S, Terao C, Kanai M, Zhou W, Brumpton BM, Rasheed
H, Ruotsalainen SE, Havulinna AS, Veturi Y, Feng Q, Rosenthal EA, Lingren T,
Pacheco JA, Pendergrass SA, Haessler J, Giulianini F, Bradford Y, Miller JE,
Campbell A, Lin K, Millwood IY, Hindy G, Rasheed A, Faul JD, Zhao W, Weir DR,
Turman C, Huang H, Graff M, Mahajan A, Brown MR, Zhang W, Yu K, Schmidt EM,
Pandit A, Gustafsson S, Yin X, Luan J, Zhao JH, Matsuda F, Jang HM, Yoon K,
Medina-Gomez C, Pitsillides A, Hottenga JJ, Willemsen G, Wood AR, Ji Y, Gao Z,
Haworth S, Mitchell RE, Chai JF, Aadahl M, Yao J, Manichaikul A, Warren HR,
Ramirez J, Bork-Jensen J, K?rhus LL, Goel A, Sabater-Lleal M, Noordam R, Sidore
C, Fiorillo E, McDaid AF, Marques-Vidal P, Wielscher M, Trompet S, Sattar N,
M?llehave LT, Thuesen BH, Munz M, Zeng L, Huang J, Yang B, Poveda A, Kurbasic A,
Lamina C, Forer L, Scholz M, Galesloot TE, Bradfield JP, Daw EW, Zmuda JM,
Mitchell JS, Fuchsberger C, Christensen H, Brody JA, Feitosa MF, Wojczynski MK,
Preuss M, Mangino M, Christofidou P, Verweij N, Benjamins JW, Engmann J, Kember
RL, Slieker RC, Lo KS, Zilhao NR, Le P, Kleber ME, Delgado GE, Huo S, Ikeda DD,
Iha H, Yang J, Liu J, Leonard HL, Marten J, Schmidt B, Arendt M, Smyth LJ,
Ca?adas-Garre M, Wang C, Nakatochi M, Wong A, Hutri-K?h?nen N, Sim X, Xia R,
Huerta-Chagoya A, Fernandez-Lopez JC, Lyssenko V, Ahmed M, Jackson AU, Yousri
NA, Irvin MR, Oldmeadow C, Kim HN, Ryu S, Timmers PRHJ, Arbeeva L, Dorajoo R,
Lange LA, Chai X, Prasad G, Lorés-Motta L, Pauper M, Long J, Li X, Theusch E,
Takeuchi F, Spracklen CN, Loukola A, Bollepalli S, Warner SC, Wang YX, Wei WB,
Nutile T, Ruggiero D, Sung YJ, Hung YJ, Chen S, Liu F, Yang J, Kentistou KA,
Gorski M, Brumat M, Meidtner K, Bielak LF, Smith JA, Hebbar P, Farmaki AE, Hofer
E, Lin M, Xue C, Zhang J, Concas MP, Vaccargiu S, van der Most PJ, Pitk?nen N,
Cade BE, Lee J, van der Laan SW, Chitrala KN, Weiss S, Zimmermann ME, Lee JY,
Choi HS, Nethander M, Freitag-Wolf S, Southam L, Rayner NW, Wang CA, Lin SY,
Wang JS, Couture C, Lyytik?inen LP, Nikus K, Cuellar-Partida G, Vestergaard H,
Hildalgo B, Giannakopoulou O, Cai Q, Obura MO, van Setten J, Li X, Schwander K,
Terzikhan N, Shin JH, Jackson RD, Reiner AP, Martin LW, Chen Z, Li L, Highland
HM, Young KL, Kawaguchi T, Thiery J, Bis JC, Nadkarni GN, Launer LJ, Li H, Nalls
MA, Raitakari OT, Ichihara S, Wild SH, Nelson CP, Campbell H, J?ger S, Nabika T,
Al-Mulla F, Niinikoski H, Braund PS, Kolcic I, Kovacs P, Giardoglou T, Katsuya
T, Bhatti KF, de Kleijn D, de Borst GJ, Kim EK, Adams HHH, Ikram MA, Zhu X,
Asselbergs FW, Kraaijeveld AO, Beulens JWJ, Shu XO, Rallidis LS, Pedersen O,
Hansen T, Mitchell P, Hewitt AW, K?h?nen M, Pérusse L, Bouchard C, T?njes A,
Chen YI, Pennell CE, Mori TA, Lieb W, Franke A, Ohlsson C, Mellstr?m D, Cho YS,
Lee H, Yuan JM, Koh WP, Rhee SY, Woo JT, Heid IM, Stark KJ, V?lzke H, Homuth G,
Evans MK, Zonderman AB, Polasek O, Pasterkamp G, Hoefer IE, Redline S, Pahkala
K, Oldehinkel AJ, Snieder H, Biino G, Schmidt R, Schmidt H, Chen YE, Bandinelli
S, Dedoussis G, Thanaraj TA, Kardia SLR, Kato N, Schulze MB, Girotto G, Jung B,
B?ger CA, Joshi PK, Bennett DA, De Jager PL, Lu X, Mamakou V, Brown M, Caulfield
MJ, Munroe PB, Guo X, Ciullo M, Jonas JB, Samani NJ, Kaprio J, Pajukanta P,
Adair LS, Bechayda SA, de Silva HJ, Wickremasinghe AR, Krauss RM, Wu JY, Zheng
W, den Hollander AI, Bharadwaj D, Correa A, Wilson JG, Lind L, Heng CK, Nelson
AE, Golightly YM, Wilson JF, Penninx B, Kim HL, Attia J, Scott RJ, Rao DC,
Arnett DK, Hunt SC, Walker M, Koistinen HA, Chandak GR, Yajnik CS, Mercader JM,
Tusié-Luna T, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Villalpando CG, Orozco L, Fornage M, Tai ES,
van Dam RM, Lehtim?ki T, Chaturvedi N, Yokota M, Liu J, Reilly DF, McKnight AJ,
Kee F, J?ckel KH, McCarthy MI, Palmer CNA, Vitart V, Hayward C, Simonsick E, van
Duijn CM, Lu F, Qu J, Hishigaki H, Lin X, M?rz W, Parra EJ, Cruz M, Gudnason V,
Tardif JC, Lettre G, 't Hart LM, Elders PJM, Damrauer SM, Kumari M, Kivimaki M,
van der Harst P, Spector TD, Loos RJF, Province MA, Psaty BM, Brandslund I,
Pramstaller PP, Christensen K, Ripatti S, Widén E, Hakonarson H, Grant SFA,
Kiemeney LALM, de Graaf J, Loeffler M, Kronenberg F, Gu D, Erdmann J, Schunkert
H, Franks PW, Linneberg A, Jukema JW, Khera AV, M?nnikk? M, Jarvelin MR, Kutalik
Z, Cucca F, Mook-Kanamori DO, van Dijk KW, Watkins H, Strachan DP, Grarup N,
Sever P, Poulter N, Rotter JI, Dantoft TM, Karpe F, Neville MJ, Timpson NJ,
Cheng CY, Wong TY, Khor CC, Sabanayagam C, Peters A, Gieger C, Hattersley AT,
Pedersen NL, Magnusson PKE, Boomsma DI, de Geus EJC, Cupples LA, van Meurs JBJ,
Ghanbari M, Gordon-Larsen P, Huang W, Kim YJ, Tabara Y, Wareham NJ, Langenberg
C, Zeggini E, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Ingelsson E, Abecasis G, Chambers JC, Kooner
JS, de Vries PS, Morrison AC, North KE, Daviglus M, Kraft P, Martin NG,
Whitfield JB, Abbas S, Saleheen D, Walters RG, Holmes MV, Black C, Smith BH,
Justice AE, Baras A, Buring JE, Ridker PM, Chasman DI, Kooperberg C, Wei WQ,
Jarvik GP, Namjou B, Hayes MG, Ritchie MD, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Hveem K,
?svold BO, Kubo M, Kamatani Y, Okada Y, Murakami Y, Thorsteinsdottir U,
Stefansson K, Ho YL, Lynch JA, Rader DJ, Tsao PS, Chang KM, Cho K, O'Donnell CJ,
Gaziano JM, Wilson P, Rotimi CN, Hazelhurst S, Ramsay M, Trembath RC, van Heel
DA, Tamiya G, Yamamoto M, Kim BJ, Mohlke KL, Frayling TM, Hirschhorn JN,
Kathiresan S; VA Million Veteran Program; Global Lipids Genetics Consortium;
Boehnke M, Natarajan P, Peloso GM, Brown CD, Morris AP, Assimes TL, Deloukas P,
Sun YV, Willer CJ. Author Correction: The power of genetic diversity in genome-
wide association studies of lipids. Nature. 2023 Jun;618(7965):E19-E20. doi:
10.1038/s41586-023-06194-2. Erratum for: Nature. 2021 Dec;600(7890):675-679.
doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04064-3. PMID: 37237109; PMCID: PMC10355188.

Herold JM, Nano J, Gorski M, Winkler TW, Stanzick KJ, Zimmermann ME, Brandl
C, Peters A, Koenig W, Burkhardt R, Gessner A, Heid IM, Gieger C, Stark KJ.
Polygenic scores for estimated glomerular filtration rate in a population of
general adults and elderly - comparative results from the KORA and AugUR study.
BMC Genom Data. 2023 May 25;24(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s12863-023-01130-9. PMID:
37231333; PMCID: PMC10210501.

Donhauser FJ, Zimmermann ME, Steinkirchner AB, Wiegrebe S, Dietl A, Brandl
C, Burkhardt R, Gessner A, Schweda F, Bergler T, Sch?ffner E, B?ger CA,
Kronenberg F, Luchner A, Stark KJ, Heid IM. Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control
in 70- to 95-Year-Old Individuals: Cross-Sectional Results from the Population-
Based AugUR Study. J Clin Med. 2023 Mar 7;12(6):2102. doi: 10.3390/jcm12062102.
PMID: 36983106; PMCID: PMC10054695.

Brandl C, Zimmermann ME, Herold JM, Helbig H, Stark KJ, Heid IM. Photostress
Recovery Time as a Potential Predictive Biomarker for Age-Related Macular
Degeneration. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2023 Feb 1;12(2):15. doi:
10.1167/tvst.12.2.15. PMID: 36763052; PMCID: PMC9927759.

Stanzick KJ, Simon J, Zimmermann ME, Schachtner M, Peterhoff D, Niller HH,
?berla K, Wagner R, Heid IM, Stark KJ. DNA extraction from clotted blood in
genotyping quality. Biotechniques. 2023 Jan;74(1):23-29. doi:
10.2144/btn-2022-0061. Epub 2023 Jan 3. PMID: 36597257; PMCID: PMC9887531.

Kanoni S, Graham SE, Wang Y, Surakka I, Ramdas S, Zhu X, Clarke SL, Bhatti
KF, Vedantam S, Winkler TW, Locke AE, Marouli E, Zajac GJM, Wu KH, Ntalla I, Hui
Q, Klarin D, Hilliard AT, Wang Z, Xue C, Thorleifsson G, Helgadottir A,
Gudbjartsson DF, Holm H, Olafsson I, Hwang MY, Han S, Akiyama M, Sakaue S, Terao
C, Kanai M, Zhou W, Brumpton BM, Rasheed H, Havulinna AS, Veturi Y, Pacheco JA,
Rosenthal EA, Lingren T, Feng Q, Kullo IJ, Narita A, Takayama J, Martin HC, Hunt
KA, Trivedi B, Haessler J, Giulianini F, Bradford Y, Miller JE, Campbell A, Lin
K, Millwood IY, Rasheed A, Hindy G, Faul JD, Zhao W, Weir DR, Turman C, Huang H,
Graff M, Choudhury A, Sengupta D, Mahajan A, Brown MR, Zhang W, Yu K, Schmidt
EM, Pandit A, Gustafsson S, Yin X, Luan J, Zhao JH, Matsuda F, Jang HM, Yoon K,
Medina-Gomez C, Pitsillides A, Hottenga JJ, Wood AR, Ji Y, Gao Z, Haworth S,
Yousri NA, Mitchell RE, Chai JF, Aadahl M, Bjerregaard AA, Yao J, Manichaikul A,
Hwu CM, Hung YJ, Warren HR, Ramirez J, Bork-Jensen J, K?rhus LL, Goel A,
Sabater-Lleal M, Noordam R, Mauro P, Matteo F, McDaid AF, Marques-Vidal P,
Wielscher M, Trompet S, Sattar N, M?llehave LT, Munz M, Zeng L, Huang J, Yang B,
Poveda A, Kurbasic A, Lamina C, Forer L, Scholz M, Galesloot TE, Bradfield JP,
Ruotsalainen SE, Daw E, Zmuda JM, Mitchell JS, Fuchsberger C, Christensen H,
Brody JA, Vazquez-Moreno M, Feitosa MF, Wojczynski MK, Wang Z, Preuss MH,
Mangino M, Christofidou P, Verweij N, Benjamins JW, Engmann J, Tsao NL, Verma A,
Slieker RC, Lo KS, Zilhao NR, Le P, Kleber ME, Delgado GE, Huo S, Ikeda DD, Iha
H, Yang J, Liu J, Demirkan A, Leonard HL, Marten J, Frank M, Schmidt B, Smyth
LJ, Ca?adas-Garre M, Wang C, Nakatochi M, Wong A, Hutri-K?h?nen N, Sim X, Xia R,
Huerta-Chagoya A, Fernandez-Lopez JC, Lyssenko V, Nongmaithem SS, Bayyana S,
Stringham HM, Irvin MR, Oldmeadow C, Kim HN, Ryu S, Timmers PRHJ, Arbeeva L,
Dorajoo R, Lange LA, Prasad G, Lorés-Motta L, Pauper M, Long J, Li X, Theusch E,
Takeuchi F, Spracklen CN, Loukola A, Bollepalli S, Warner SC, Wang YX, Wei WB,
Nutile T, Ruggiero D, Sung YJ, Chen S, Liu F, Yang J, Kentistou KA, Banas B,
Nardone GG, Meidtner K, Bielak LF, Smith JA, Hebbar P, Farmaki AE, Hofer E, Lin
M, Concas MP, Vaccargiu S, van der Most PJ, Pitk?nen N, Cade BE, van der Laan
SW, Chitrala KN, Weiss S, Bentley AR, Doumatey AP, Adeyemo AA, Lee JY, Petersen
ERB, Nielsen AA, Choi HS, Nethander M, Freitag-Wolf S, Southam L, Rayner NW,
Wang CA, Lin SY, Wang JS, Couture C, Lyytik?inen LP, Nikus K, Cuellar-Partida G,
Vestergaard H, Hidalgo B, Giannakopoulou O, Cai Q, Obura MO, van Setten J, Li X,
Liang J, Tang H, Terzikhan N, Shin JH, Jackson RD, Reiner AP, Martin LW, Chen Z,
Li L, Kawaguchi T, Thiery J, Bis JC, Launer LJ, Li H, Nalls MA, Raitakari OT,
Ichihara S, Wild SH, Nelson CP, Campbell H, J?ger S, Nabika T, Al-Mulla F,
Niinikoski H, Braund PS, Kolcic I, Kovacs P, Giardoglou T, Katsuya T, de Kleijn
D, de Borst GJ, Kim EK, Adams HHH, Ikram MA, Zhu X, Asselbergs FW, Kraaijeveld
AO, Beulens JWJ, Shu XO, Rallidis LS, Pedersen O, Hansen T, Mitchell P, Hewitt
AW, K?h?nen M, Pérusse L, Bouchard C, T?njes A, Chen YI, Pennell CE, Mori TA,
Lieb W, Franke A, Ohlsson C, Mellstr?m D, Cho YS, Lee H, Yuan JM, Koh WP, Rhee
SY, Woo JT, Heid IM, Stark KJ, Zimmermann ME, V?lzke H, Homuth G, Evans MK,
Zonderman AB, Polasek O, Pasterkamp G, Hoefer IE, Redline S, Pahkala K,
Oldehinkel AJ, Snieder H, Biino G, Schmidt R, Schmidt H, Bandinelli S, Dedoussis
G, Thanaraj TA, Kardia SLR, Peyser PA, Kato N, Schulze MB, Girotto G, B?ger CA,
Jung B, Joshi PK, Bennett DA, De Jager PL, Lu X, Mamakou V, Brown M, Caulfield
MJ, Munroe PB, Guo X, Ciullo M, Jonas JB, Samani NJ, Kaprio J, Pajukanta P,
Tusié-Luna T, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Adair LS, Bechayda SA, de Silva HJ,
Wickremasinghe AR, Krauss RM, Wu JY, Zheng W, Hollander AI, Bharadwaj D, Correa
A, Wilson JG, Lind L, Heng CK, Nelson AE, Golightly YM, Wilson JF, Penninx B,
Kim HL, Attia J, Scott RJ, Rao DC, Arnett DK, Hunt SC, Walker M, Koistinen HA,
Chandak GR, Mercader JM, Costanzo MC, Jang D, Burtt NP, Villalpando CG, Orozco
L, Fornage M, Tai E, van Dam RM, Lehtim?ki T, Chaturvedi N, Yokota M, Liu J,
Reilly DF, McKnight AJ, Kee F, J?ckel KH, McCarthy MI, Palmer CNA, Vitart V,
Hayward C, Simonsick E, van Duijn CM, Jin ZB, Qu J, Hishigaki H, Lin X, M?rz W,
Gudnason V, Tardif JC, Lettre G, Hart LM', Elders PJM, Damrauer SM, Kumari M,
Kivimaki M, van der Harst P, Spector TD, Loos RJF, Province MA, Parra EJ, Cruz
M, Psaty BM, Brandslund I, Pramstaller PP, Rotimi CN, Christensen K, Ripatti S,
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Dietl A, Stark K, Zimmermann ME, Meisinger C, Schunkert H, Birner C, Maier
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Stark K, Rovensk? J, Blazicková S, Grosse-Wilde H, Ferencik S, Hengstenberg
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Wiedmann S, Neureuther K, Stark K, Reinhard W, Kallmünzer B, Baessler A,
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Samani NJ, Braund PS, Erdmann J, G?tz A, Tomaszewski M, Linsel-Nitschke P,
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with serum cholesterol. J Mol Med (Berl). 2008 Nov;86(11):1233-41. doi:
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Reinhard W, Stark K, Neureuther K, Sedlacek K, Fischer M, Baessler A, Weber
S, Kaess B, Wiedmann S, Erdmann J, Lieb W, Jeron A, Riegger G, Hengstenberg C.
Common polymorphisms in the cannabinoid CB2 receptor gene (CNR2) are not
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Lieb W, Zeller T, Mangino M, G?tz A, Braund P, Wenzel JJ, Horn C, Proust C,
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Lack of association of genetic variants in the LRP8 gene with familial and
sporadic myocardial infarction. J Mol Med (Berl). 2008 Oct;86(10):1163-70. doi:
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Stark K, Reinhard W, Neureuther K, Wiedmann S, Sedlacek K, Baessler A,
Fischer M, Weber S, Kaess B, Erdmann J, Schunkert H, Hengstenberg C. Association
of common polymorphisms in GLUT9 gene with gout but not with coronary artery
disease in a large case-control study. PLoS One. 2008 Apr 9;3(4):e1948. doi:
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Schunkert H, G?tz A, Braund P, McGinnis R, Tregouet DA, Mangino M, Linsel-
Nitschke P, Cambien F, Hengstenberg C, Stark K, Blankenberg S, Tiret L,
Ducimetiere P, Keniry A, Ghori MJ, Schreiber S, El Mokhtari NE, Hall AS, Dixon
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prospective meta-analysis of the association between chromosome 9p21.3 and
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Reinhard W, Stark K, Sedlacek K, Fischer M, Baessler A, Neureuther K, Weber
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Linsel-Nitschke P, G?tz A, Medack A, K?nig IR, Bruse P, Lieb W, Mayer B,
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(ALOX5AP) is associated with myocardial infarction in the German population.
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Kaess B, Fischer M, Baessler A, Stark K, Huber F, Kremer W, Kalbitzer HR,
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Baessler A, Fischer M, Hubauer U, Stark K, Hengstenberg W, Wiedmann S,
Neureuther K, Holmer S, Mayer B, Schunkert H, Hengstenberg C. Nach dem ersten
Myokardinfarkt. Je schlechter die Lipidtherapie, desto schlechter die Prognose
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Sedlacek K, Neureuther K, Mueller JC, Stark K, Fischer M, Baessler A,
Reinhard W, Broeckel U, Lieb W, Erdmann J, Schunkert H, Riegger G, Illig T,
Meitinger T, Hengstenberg C. Lymphotoxin-alpha and galectin-2 SNPs are not
associated with myocardial infarction in two different German populations. J Mol
Med (Berl). 2007 Sep;85(9):997-1004. doi: 10.1007/s00109-007-0211-4. Epub 2007
May 12. PMID: 17497114.

Stark K, Neureuther K, Sedlacek K, Hengstenberg W, Fischer M, Baessler A,
Wiedmann S, Jeron A, Holmer S, Erdmann J, Schunkert H, Hengstenberg C. The
common Y402H variant in complement factor H gene is not associated with
susceptibility to myocardial infarction and its related risk factors. Clin Sci
(Lond). 2007 Aug;113(4):213-8. doi: 10.1042/CS20070028. PMID: 17472578.

Baessler A, Fischer M, Mayer B, Koehler M, Wiedmann S, Stark K, Doering A,
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interaction between haplotypes of the ghrelin ligand and receptor genes
influence susceptibility to myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease.
Hum Mol Genet. 2007 Apr 15;16(8):887-99. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddm033. Epub 2007 Feb
26. PMID: 17324965.

Jakobiak T, Mages W, Scharf B, Babinger P, Stark K, Schmitt R. The
bacterial paromomycin resistance gene, aphH, as a dominant selectable marker in
Volvox carteri. Protist. 2004 Dec;155(4):381-93. doi: 10.1078/1434461042650343.
PMID: 15648719.

Stark K, Schmitt R. Genetic control of germ-soma differentiation in Volvox
carteri. Protist. 2002 Jun;153(2):99-107. doi: 10.1078/1434-4610-00088. PMID:
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Stark K, Kirk DL, Schmitt R. Two enhancers and one silencer located in the
introns of regA control somatic cell differentiation in Volvox carteri. Genes
Dev. 2001 Jun 1;15(11):1449-60. doi: 10.1101/gad.195101. PMID: 11390364; PMCID:
PMC312706.

Meissner M, Stark K, Cresnar B, Kirk DL, Schmitt R. Volvox germline-
specific genes that are putative targets of RegA repression encode chloroplast
proteins. Curr Genet. 1999 Dec;36(6):363-70. doi: 10.1007/s002940050511. PMID:
10654090.

Kirk MM, Stark K, Miller SM, Müller W, Taillon BE, Gruber H, Schmitt R,
Kirk DL. regA, a Volvox gene that plays a central role in germ-soma
differentiation, encodes a novel regulatory protein. Development. 1999
Feb;126(4):639-47. doi: 10.1242/dev.126.4.639. PMID: 9895312.