Publications of W Hoch

Megeath, L.; Kirber, M.; Hopf, C.; Hoch, W.; Fallon, J.: Calcium-dependent maintenance of agrin-induced postsynaptic specializations. Neuroscience 122 (3), pp. 659 - 668 (2003)

Liyanage, Y.; Hoch, W.; Beeson, D.; Vincent, A.: The agrin/muscle-specific kinase pathway: new targets for autoimmune and genetic disorders at the neuromuscular junction. Muscle & Nerve 25 (1), pp. 4 - 16 (2002)

Strochlic, L.; Cartaud, A.; Labas, V.; Hoch, W.; Rossier, J.; Cartaud, J.: MAGI-1c: a synaptic MAGUK interacting with muSK at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction. Journal of Cell Biology 153 (5), pp. 1127 - 1132 (2001)

Hoch, W.; McConville, J.; Helms, S.; Newsom-Davis, J.; Melms, A.; Vincent, A.: Auto-antibodies to the receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK in patients with myasthenia gravis without acetylcholine receptor antibodies. Nature Medicine 7 (3), pp. 365 - 368 (2001)

Lück, G.; Hoch, W.; Hopf, C.; Blottner, D.: Nitric oxide synthase (NOS-1) coclustered with agrin-induced AChR-specializations on cultured skeletal myotubes. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 16 (3), pp. 269 - 281 (2000)

Hoch, W.: Formation of the neuromuscular junction: Agrin and its unusual receptors. European Journal of Biochemistry 265 (1), pp. 1 - 10 (1999)

Leuschner, W.; Hoch, W.: Subtype-specific assembly of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptor subunits is mediated by their n-terminal domains. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 274 (24), pp. 16907 - 16916 (1999)

Raats, C.; Bakker, M.; Hoch, W.; Tamboer, W.; Groffen, A.; van den Heuvel, L.; Berden, J.; van den Born, J.: Differential expression of agrin in renal basement membranes as revealed by domain-specific antibodies. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 273 (28), pp. 17832 - 17838 (1998)

Hopf, C.; Hoch, W.: Tyrosine phosphorylation of the muscle-specific kinase is exclusively induced by acetylcholine receptor-aggregating agrin fragments. European Journal of Biochemistry 253 (2), pp. 382 - 389 (1998)

Hopf, C.; Hoch, W.: Dimerization of the muscle-specific kinase induces tyrosine phosphorylation of acetylcholine receptors and their aggregation on the surface of myotubes. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 273 (11), pp. 6467 - 6473 (1998)

Rohwedel, J.; Kleppisch, T.; Pich, U.; Guan, K.; Jin, S.; Zuschratter, W.; Hopf, C.; Hoch, W.; Hescheler, J.; Witzemann, V. et al.; Wobus, A.: Formation of Postsynaptic-Like Membranes during Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cellsin Vitro. Experimental Cell Research 239 (2), pp. 214 - 225 (1998)

Rohwedel, J.; Kleppisch, T.; Pich, U.; Guan, K.; Jing, S.; Zuschratter, W.; Hopf, C.; Hoch, W.; Hescheler, J.; Witzemann, V. et al.; Wobus, A.: Formation of postsynaptic-like membranes during differentiation of embryonic stem cells in vitro. Experimental Cell Research 239 (2), pp. 214 - 225 (1998)

Hopf, C.; Hoch, W.: Heparin inhibits acetylcholine receptor aggregation at two distinct steps in the agrin-induced pathway. European Journal of Neuroscience 9 (6), pp. 1170 - 1177 (1997)

Hopf, C.; Hoch, W.: Agrin binding to alpha-dystroglycan. Domains of agrin necessary to induce acetylcholine receptor clustering are overlapping but not identical to the alpha-dystroglycan-binding region. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 271 (9), pp. 5231 - 5236 (1996)

Hopf, C.; Hohn, A.; Hoch, W.: Antibodies against the muscle specific kinase (MUSK) induce tyrosine phosphorylation of acetylcholine receptors and their aggregation on the surface of myotubes. In Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 23 (2), 557.10, p. 1410. 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 1997), New Orleans, LA, USA, October 25, 1997 - October 30, 1997. Society for Neuroscience, Bethesda, MD, USA (1997)