Research Topics

• Epigenetic markers as risk markers
• Fatty acid metabolism and cardiometabolic diseases
• Cardiometabolic biomarkers

Selected Publications

Wittenbecher, C., Eichelmann, F., Toledo, E., Guasch-Ferre, M., Ruiz-Canela, M., Li, J., Arós Borau, F., Lee, C. H., Liang, L., Salas-Salvadó, J., Clish, C. B., Schulze, M. B., Martínez-González, M. A., Hu, F. B.: Lipid Profiles and Heart Failure Risk: Results from Two Prospective Studies. Circ. Res. in press (E-pub ahead of print) (2021).

Birukov, A., Eichelmann, F., Kuxhaus, O.,Polemiti, E., Fritsche, A., Wirth, J., Boeing, H., Weikert, C., Schulze, M. B.: Opposing Associations of NT-proBNP With Risks of Diabetes and Diabetes-Related Complications. Diab. Care 43(12), 2930-2937 (2020). [Open Access]

Ouni, M., Saussenthaler, S., Eichelmann, F., Jähnert, M., Stadion, M., Wittenbecher, C., Rönn, T., Zellner, L., Gottmann, P., Ling, C., Schulze, M. B., Schürmann, A.: Epigenetic Changes in Islets of Langerhans Preceding the Onset of Diabetes. Diabetes 69(11), 2503-2517 (2020).

Eichelmann, F., Schulze, M. B., Wittenbecher, C., Menzel, J., Weikert, C., di Giuseppe, R., Biemann, R., Isermann, B., Fritsche, A., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K.: Association of chemerin plasma concentration with risk of colorectal cancer. JAMA Network Open 2(3): e190896 (2019). [Open Access]

Eichelmann, F., Schulze, M. B., Wittenbecher, C., Menzel, J., Weikert, C., di Giuseppe, R., Biemann, R., Isermann, B., Fritsche, A., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K.: Chemerin as a biomarker linking inflammation and cardiovascular diseases. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 73, 378-379 (2019).

Eichelmann, F., Weikert, C., di Giuseppe, R., Biemann, R., Isermann, B., Schulze, M. B., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K.: Methodological utility of chemerin as a novel biomarker of immunity and metabolism. Endocr. Connect. 6, 340-347 (2017). [Open Access]

Schwingshackl, L., Knüppel, S., Schwedhelm, C., Hoffmann, G., Missbach, B., Stelmach-Mardas, M., Dietrich, S., Eichelmann, F., Kontopanteils, E., Iqbal, K., Aleksandrova, K., Lorkowski, S., Leitzmann, M. F., Kroke, A., Boeing, H.: Perspective: NutriGrade: A scoring system to assess and judge the meta-evidence of randomized controlled trials and cohort studies in nutrition research. Adv. Nutr. 7, 994-1004 (Open Access) (2016). [Open Access]

Eichelmann, F., Schwingshackl, L., Fedirko, V., Aleksandrova, K.: Effect of plant-based diets on obesity-related inflammatory profiles: a systematic review and meta-analysis of intervention trials. Obes. Rev. 17, 1067-1079 (2016). [Open Access]

Keller, M., Hopp, L., Liu, X., Wohland, T., Rohde, K., Cancello, R., Klös, M., Bacos, K., Kern, M., Eichelmann, F., Dietrich, A., Schön, M.R., Gärtner, D., Lohmann, T., Dreßler, M., Stumvoll, M., Kovacs, P., DiBlasio, A.-M., Ling, C., Binder, H., Blüher, M., Böttcher, Y.: Genome-wide DNA promoter methylation and transcriptome analysis in human adipose tissue unravels novel candidate genes for obesity. Mol Metab 6, 86–100 (2017). [Open Access]