Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Karina Reiß
Department of Dermatology, CAU Kiel
Born 04. 12. 1974

| 1994-1999 | Studies of Biology at the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel |
| 1998-1999 | Diploma thesis at the Forschungszentrum Borstel |
| 1999-2001 | PhD in Cell Biology at the Institute of Anatomy, CAU Kiel/ Prof. J. Sievers |
| 2001-2002 | Research Associate at the Institute of Anatomy, CAU Kiel Prof. J. Sievers |
| 2002-2006 | Assistant Professor/ University of Kiel, Institute of Biochemistry |
| 2006 | Juniorprofessorship of Biochemistry, CAU Kiel |
| 2007 | Habilitation in Biochemistry |
| since Oct 2008 | W2 Professorship in the Department of Dermatology |
10 Selected Publications
- Sommer A, Fries A, Cornelsen I, Speck N, Koch-Nolte F, Gimpl G, Andrä J, Bhakdi S, Reiss K (2012) Melittin Provokes ADAM-Dependent Keratinocyte Proliferation and Migration through P2-Receptor-Induced Transactivation of the EGF-Receptor. J. Biol. Chem. In Press.
- Dasari, P., Heber, S. D., Beisele, M., Torzewski, M., Reifenberg, K., Orning, C., Fries, A., Zapf, A. L., Baumeister, S., Lingelbach, K., Udomsangpetch, R., Bhakdi, S. C., Reiss, K., and Bhakdi, S. (2012) Digestive vacuole of Plasmodium falciparum released during erythrocyte rupture dually activates complement and coagulation. Blood, In Press.
- Dasari, P., Reiss, K., Lingelbach, K., Baumeister, S., Lucius, R., Udomsangpetch, R., Bhakdi, S. C., and Bhakdi, S. (2011) Digestive vacuoles of Plasmodium falciparum are selectively phagocytosed by and impair killing function of polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Blood 118, 4946-4956
- Reiss K, Cornelsen I, Husmann M, Gimpl G, Bhakdi S (2011) Unsaturated Fatty Acids Drive Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase (ADAM)-dependent Cell Adhesion, Proliferation, and Migration by Modulating Membrane Fluidity J. Biol. Chem., 286, 26931-26942
- Koenen RR, Pruessmeyer J, Soehnlein O, Fraemohs L, Zernecke A, Schwarz N, Reiss K, Sarabi A, Lindbom L, Hackeng TM, Weber C, Ludwig A. (2009) Regulated release and functional modulation of junctional adhesion molecule A by disintegrin metalloproteinase. Blood 113: 4799-4809
- Liu Q, Zhang J, Tran H, Verbeek MM, Reiss K, Estus S, Bu G. (2009) LRP1 shedding in human brain: roles of ADAM10 and ADAM17. Mol Neurodegener 4: 17
- Foveau B, Ancot F, Leroy C, Petrelli A, Reiss K, Vingtdeux V, Giordano S, Fafeur V, Tulasne D. (2009) Downregulation of the Met receptor tyrosine kinase by presenilin-dependent regulated intramembrane proteolysis. Mol Biol Cell 20: 2495-2507
- Tousseyn T, Thathiah A, Jorissen E, Raemaekers T, Konietzko U, Reiss K, Maes E, Snellinx A, Serneels L, Nyabi O, Annaert W, Saftig P, Hartmann D, De Strooper B. (2009) ADAM10, The rate-limiting protease of regulated intramembrane proteolysis of Noch and other proteins, is processed by ADAMs9,-15, and the Gamma Secreates. J Biol Chem 284: 11738-11747
- Le Gall S, Bobé P, Reiss K, Horiuchi K, Niu XD, Lundell D, Gibb DR, Conrad D, Saftig P, Blobel CP. (2009) ADAMs 10 and 17 are differentially regulated components of the sheddingmachinery for TGFα, TNFα and other membrane proteins. Mol Biol Cell 20: 1785- 1794
- Bloch L, Sineshchekova O, Reichenbach D, Reiss K, Saftig P, Makoto Kuro M, Kaether C. (2009) Klotho is a substrate for α-, β- and γ-secretase. FEBS Letters, FEBS Lett. 2009 Oct 6;583(19):3221-4.


