Myc associated
Cancer biology
Arbeitsgruppe Prof. Dr. Ulrich Keller
Research Interests
Main focus areas:
- Myc-associated cancer biology
- Functional genomic screening
- Aberrant Ub/SUMO activity in cancer
- Chemokine receptor signaling, imaging and theranostics
Weber J, de la Rosa J, Grove CS, Schick M, Rad L, Baranov O, Strong A, Pfaus A, Friedrich MJ, Engleitner T, Lersch R, Öllinger R, Grau M, Menendez IG, Martella M, Kohlhofer U, Banerjee R, Turchaninova MA, Scherger A, Hoffman GJ, Hess J, Kuhn LB, Ammon T, Kim J, Schneider G, Unger K, Zimber-Strobl U, Heikenwälder M, Schmidt-Supprian M, Yang F, Saur D, Liu P, Steiger K, Chudakov DM, Lenz G, Quintanilla-Martinez L, Keller U, Vassiliou GS, Cadiñanos J, Bradley A, Rad R. PiggyBac transposon tools for recessive screening identify B-cell lymphoma drivers in mice. Nat Commun. 2019
Maurer S, Herhaus P, Lippenmeyer R, Hänscheid H, Kircher M, Schirbel A, Maurer HC, Buck AK, Wester HJ, Einsele H, Grigoleit GU, Keller U, Lapa C. Side effects of CXC-chemokine receptor 4 - directed Endoradiotherapy with Pentixather prior to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. J Nucl Med. 2019
Habringer S, Lapa C, Herhaus P, Schottelius M, Istvanffy R, Steiger K, Slotta-Huspenina J, Schirbel A, Hänscheid H, Kircher S, Buck AK, Götze K, Vick B, Jeremias I, Schwaiger M, Peschel C, Oostendorp R, Wester HJ, Grigoleit GU, Keller U. Dual Targeting of Acute Leukemia and Supporting Niche by CXCR4-Directed Theranostics. Theranostics. 2018
Schick M, Habringer S, Nilsson JA, Keller U. Pathogenesis and therapeutic targeting of aberrant MYC expression in haematological cancers. Br J Haematol. 2017
Jespersen H, Lindberg MF, Donia M, Söderberg EMV, Andersen R, Keller U, Ny L, Svane IM, Nilsson LM, Nilsson JA. Clinical responses to adoptive T-cell transfer can be modeled in an autologous immune-humanized mouse model. Nat Commun. 2017
Herhaus P, Habringer S, Philipp-Abbrederis K, Vag T, Gerngross C, Schottelius M, Slotta-Huspenina J, Steiger K, Altmann T, Weißer T, Steidle S, Schick M, Jacobs L, Slawska J, Müller-Thomas C, Verbeek M, Subklewe M, Peschel C, Wester HJ, Schwaiger M, Götze K, Keller U. Targeted positron emission tomography imaging of CXCR4 expression in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Haematologica. 2016
Eichner R, Heider M, Fernández-Sáiz V, van Bebber F, Garz AK, Lemeer S, Rudelius M, Targosz BS, Jacobs L, Knorn AM, Slawska J, Platzbecker U, Germing U, Langer C, Knop S, Einsele H, Peschel C, Haass C, Keller U, Schmid B, Götze KS, Kuster B, Bassermann F. Immunomodulatory drugs disrupt the cereblon-CD147-MCT1 axis to exert antitumor activity and teratogenicity. Nat Med. 2016
Knies N, Alankus B, Weilemann A, Tzankov A, Brunner K, Ruff T, Kremer M, Keller UB, Lenz G, Ruland J. Lymphomagenic CARD11/BCL10/MALT1 signaling drives malignant B-cell proliferation via cooperative NF-κB and JNK activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015
Tomiatti V, Istvánffy R, Pietschmann E, Kratzat S, Hoellein A, Quintanilla-Fend L, von Bubnoff N, Peschel C, Oostendorp RA, Keller U. Cks1 is a critical regulator of hematopoietic stem cell quiescence and cycling, operating upstream of Cdk inhibitors. Oncogene. 2015
Philipp-Abbrederis K, Herrmann K, Knop S, Schottelius M, Eiber M, Lückerath K, Pietschmann E, Habringer S, Gerngroß C, Franke K, Rudelius M, Schirbel A, Lapa C, Schwamborn K, Steidle S, Hartmann E, Rosenwald A, Kropf S, Beer AJ, Peschel C, Einsele H, Buck AK, Schwaiger M, Götze K, Wester HJ, Keller U. In vivo molecular imaging of chemokine receptor CXCR4 expression in patients with advanced multiple myeloma. EMBO Mol Med. 2015
Dechow T, Steidle S, Götze KS, Rudelius M, Behnke K, Pechloff K, Kratzat S, Bullinger L, Fend F, Soberon V, Mitova N, Li Z, Thaler M, Bauer J, Pietschmann E, Albers C, Grundler R, Schmidt-Supprian M, Ruland J, Peschel C, Duyster J, Rose-John S, Bassermann F, Keller U. GP130 activation induces myeloma and collaborates with MYC. J Clin Invest. 2014
Baumann U, Fernández-Sáiz V, Rudelius M, Lemeer S, Rad R, Knorn AM, Slawska J, Engel K, Jeremias I, Li Z, Tomiatti V, Illert AL, Targosz BS, Braun M, Perner S, Leitges M, Klapper W, Dreyling M, Miething C, Lenz G, Rosenwald A, Peschel C, Keller U, Kuster B, Bassermann F. Disruption of the PRKCD-FBXO25-HAX-1 axis attenuates the apoptotic response and drives lymphomagenesis. Nat Med. 2014
Hoellein A, Fallahi M, Schoeffmann S, Steidle S, Schaub FX, Rudelius M, Laitinen I, Nilsson L, Goga A, Peschel C, Nilsson JA, Cleveland JL, Keller U. Myc-induced SUMOylation is a therapeutic vulnerability for B-cell lymphoma. Blood. 2014
Principal Investigator
Prof. Ulrich Keller
E-Mail
Laboratory: Trogerstrasse 32
Lab Members (alphabetical)
Dr. Alexander Biederstädt, Clinician Scientist
Jacqueline Heermann, MD student
Richard Lewis, MD student
Markus Schick, Postdoc (TUM/Charité)
Jolanta Slawska, M.Sc.
Team (TUM and Charité):
Markus Schick, Postdoc (TUM/Charité)
Matthias Wirth, Dr. rer. nat., Postdoc (Charité)
Stefan Habringer, Dr. med. Dr. univ., Clinician scientist (Charité)
Jolanta Slawska, M.Sc. (TUM)
Konstandina Isaakidis, M.Sc. (Charité)
Veronika Schulze, M.Sc. (Charité)
Chary Nimmagada, Dr. rer. nat., Postdoc (Charité)
Nikita Nikita, PhD student (Charité)
Le Zhang, MD student (Charité)
Yingfen Hong, MD student (TUM)
Josefina Doffo, PhD student (Charité)
Elena Rohleder, Dr. med., Clinician scientist (Charité)
Sven Liebig, Clinician scientist (Charité)
Uta Demel, Dr. med., Clinician scientist (Charité)
Josefina Doffo, PhD student (Charité)
Richard Lewis, MD student (TUM)
Alexander Biederstädt, Clinician scientist (TUM)
Sabine Maurer, Clinician scientist (TUM)
Peter Herhaus, Clinician scientist (TUM)

Application
Written applications including CV are welcome and should be forwarded by e-mail to Prof. Keller

Third party funding
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 824, SFB 1335)
Deutsche Krebshilfe
Sander Stiftung
EU/BMBF Horizon 2020
German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)
Stiftung Charité
Berlin Institute of Health (BIH)