Professor Harald Schmidt

Research Interests

Oxidative stress

Nitric oxide (NO)

Parkinson Disease

Neurodegeneration

Stroke

Neurotrauma

Contact Details

Representative Publications

1. Schmidt H.H.H.W., Hofmann H., Schindler U., Shutenko Z., Cunningham, D., Feelisch M. No NO from NO synthase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93, 13712-13717, 199690.
2. Zabel U, Kleinschnitz C, Oh P, Smolenski A, Nedvetsky P, Kugler P, Walter U, Schnitzer JE, Schmidt HHHW (2002) Calcium-dependent membrane association sensitises soluble guanylyl cyclase to NO. Nature Cell Biol 4, 307-311
3. Melichar VO, Kumar A, Behr-Roussel D, Zabel U, Uttenthal LO, Smolenski A, Walter U, Beckman JS, Lohmann SM, Rodrigo J, Rupin, Verbeuren TJ, Schmidt HHHW Activity and Expression of signalling enzymes downstream of nitric oxide is decreased in hypercholesterolemia-induced atherosclerosis in rabbits (2004) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (in press)
4. Schmidt, H.H.H.W. and Walter, U.: NO at work. Cell: 78: 919-925, 1994
5. Nedvetsky PI, Sessa WC, Schmidt HHHW (2002) There's NO binding like NOS binding: protein-protein interactions in NO/cGMP signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 99:16510-16512