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Eckhard U. Alt, MD, PhD
Eckhard U Alt, MD, PhD

Education

  • MD: University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 1974
  • ECFMG: Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, Philadelphia, PA 1975
  • Cardiology-Medicine: Rechts der Isar Medical Center, Technische Universitaet, Munich, Germany, Habilitation, Internal Medicine, 1984
  • Clinical Internship, Medical Intern, Krankenhaus Schwabing, Munich, Germany
  • Clinical Internship, Surgical Intern, Krankenhaus Harlaching, Munich, Germany
  • Clinical Residency, Surgical Resident, Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilian Universitaet, Munich, Germany
  • Clinical Fellowship, Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Rechts der Isar Medical Center, Technische Universitaet, Munich, Germany
  • Clinical Fellowship, Professor of Medicine, Rechts der Isar Medical Center, Technische Universitaet, Munich, Germany

Publications

Ilmer M, Mazurek N, Gilcrease MZ, Byrd JC, Woodward WA, Buchholz TA, Acklin K, Ramirez K, Hafley M, Alt E, Vykoukal J, Bresalier RS. (2016). Low expression of galectin- 3 is associated with poor survival in node-positive breast cancers and mesenchymal phenotype in breast cancer stem cells. Breast Cancer Res. Sep 29;18(1):97.
 
Recio-Boiles A, Ilmer M, Rhea PR, Kettlun C, Heinemann ML, Ruetering J, Vykoukal J, Alt E.
 (2016) JNK pathway inhibition selectively primes pancreatic cancer stem cells to TRAIL-
 induced apoptosis without affecting the physiology of normal tissue resident stem cells.
 Oncotarget ;7 (9), 9890- 9906
 
Lin D, Chai Y, Izadpanah R, Braun SE, Alt E. (2016) NPR3 protects cardiomyocytes from apoptosis
 through inhibition of cytosolic BRCA1 and TNF-α. Cell Cycle. Sep 16;15(18):2414-9.
 
Klein SM, Vykoukal J, Li DP, Pan HL, Zeitler K, Alt E, Geis S, Felthaus O,
 Prantl L. (2016 )Peripheral Motor and Sensory Nerve Conduction following Transplantation of Undifferentiated Autologous Adipose Tissue–Derived Stem Cells in a Biodegradable
 US Food and Drug Administration–Approved Nerve Conduit. Plastic and reconstructive
 surgery. Jul 1;138(1):132-9.
 
Prantl L, Schreml J, Gehmert S, Klein S, Bai X, Zeitler K, Schreml S, Alt E, Gehmert S,
 Felthaus O. (2016)Transcription Profile in Sporadic Multiple Symmetric Lipomatosis Reveals
 Differential Expression at the Level of Adipose Tissue–Derived Stem Cells.
 Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Apr 1;137(4):1181-90.