Institute of Surgical Pathology
Department of Pathology - University of Zurich

Publications Zimmermann D.

 

 

2008  
Stoeck K, Hess K, Amsler L, Eckert T, Zimmermann D, Aguzzi A, Glatzel M.  
Heightened incidence of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is associated with a shift in clinicopathological profiles.
J Neurol. 2008 Oct;255(10):1464-72. Epub 2008 Oct 29.
 
Zimmermann DR, Dours-Zimmermann MT.  
Extracellular matrix of the central nervous system: from neglect to challenge.
Histochem Cell Biol. 2008 Oct;130(4):635-53. Epub 2008 Aug 12.
 
Gaumann A, Bode-Lesniewska B, Zimmermann DR, Fanburg-Smith JC, Kirkpatrick CJ, Hofstädter F, Woenckhaus M, Stoehr R, Obermann EC, Dietmaier W, Hartmann A.  
Exploration of the APC/beta-catenin (WNT) pathway and a histologic classification system for pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma. A study of 18 cases.
Virchows Arch. 2008 Nov;453(5):473-84. Epub 2008 Sep 20.
 
Polkinghorne A, Borel N, Becker A, Lu ZH, Zimmermann DR, Brugnera E, Pospischil A, Vaughan L.  
Molecular evidence for chlamydial infections in the eyes of sheep.
Vet Microbiol. 2008 Sep 13. [Epub ahead of print]
 
Wiederkehr DD, Sydler T, Buergi E, Haessig M, Zimmermann D, Pospischil A, Brugnera E, Sidler X.  
A new emerging genotype subgroup within PCV-2b dominates the PMWS epizooty in Switzerland.
Vet Microbiol. 2008 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print]
 
2007  
Sakko AJ, Ricciardelli C, Mayne K, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Zimmermann DR, Neufing P, Tilley WD, Marshall VR, Horsfall DJ.  
Changes in steroid receptors and proteoglycan expression in the guinea pig prostate stroma during puberty and hormone manipulation.
Prostate. 2007 Feb 15;67(3):288-300.
 
Padberg BC, Zimmermann DR, Welti S, Streich M.  
Persistierende Infektion mit Hochrisiko-Humanen Papillomaviren (HPV) nach der Konisation bei zervikaler intraepithelialer Neoplasie (CIN)
Schweiz Med Forum. 2007 Jan;7:105-8. No abstract available.
 
Teankum K, Pospischil A, Janett F, Brugnera E, Hoelzle LE, Hoelzle K, Weilenmann R, Zimmermann DR, Gerber A, Polkinghorne A, Borel N.  
Prevalence of chlamydiae in semen and genital tracts of bulls, rams and bucks.
Theriogenology. 2007 Jan 15;67(2):303-310. Epub 2006 Aug 28.
 
Blumer C, Zimmermann DR, Weilenmann R, Vaughan L, Pospischil A.  
Chlamydiae in free-ranging and captive frogs in Switzerland.
Vet Pathol. 2007 Mar;44(2):144-50.
 
Frigerio S, Padberg BC, Strebel RT, Lenggenhager DM, Messthaler A, Abdou MT, Moch H, Zimmermann DR.  
Improved detection of bladder carcinoma cells in voided urine by standardized microsatellite analysis.
Int J Cancer. 2007 Jul 15;121(2):329-38.
 
Dedes KJ, Dedes M, Varga Z, Zimmermann DR, Fink D, Fehr MK  
Curative treatment of a pelvic side wall recurrence after conization for microinvasive cervical cancer stage IA1: a case report and review of the literature
J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2007 Jul;11(3):177-81
 
Becker A, Lutz-Wohlgroth L, Brugnera E, Lu ZH, Zimmermann DR, Grimm F, Grosse Beilage E, Kaps S, Spiess B, Pospischil A, Vaughan L.  
Intensively kept pigs pre-disposed to chlamydial associated conjunctivitis.
J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med. 2007 Aug;54(6):307-13.
 
Petersen I, Schewe C, Schlüns K, Dietel M, Speich N, Schmitt C, Bollmann M, Sotlar K, Bültmann B, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Padberg B, Zimmermann DR.  
Inter-laboratory validation of PCR-based HPV detection in pathology specimens.
Virchows Arch. 2007 Sep;451(3):701-16. Epub 2007 Jul 10.
 
Bode-Lesniewska B, Frigerio S, Exner U, Abdou MT, Moch H, Zimmermann DR.  
Relevance of translocation type in myxoid liposarcoma and identification of a novel EWSR1-DDIT3 fusion.
Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2007 Nov;46(11):961-71.
 
Gerber A, Thoma R, Vretou E, Psarrou E, Kaiser C, Doherr MG, Zimmermann DR, Polkinghorne A, Pospischil A, Borel N.  
Ovine Enzootic Abortion (OEA): a comparison of antibody responses in vaccinated and naturally-infected swiss sheep over a two year period.
BMC Vet Res. 2007 Sep 28;3:24.
 
2006  
Padberg BC, Bode B, Zimmermann DR.  
Metastatic warty (condylomatous) carcinoma of the uterine cervix associated with low-risk HPV type 6.
Acta Cytol. 2006 Mar-Apr;50(2):235-8. No abstract available.
 
Bode B, Frigerio S, Behnke S, Senn B, Odermatt B, Zimmermann DR, Moch H.  
Mutations in the tyrosine kinase domain of the EGFR gene are rare in synovial sarcoma.
Mod Pathol. 2006 Apr;19(4):541-7.
 
Teankum K, Pospischil A, Janett F, Burgi E, Brugnera E, Hoelzle K, Polkinghorne A, Weilenmann R, Zimmermann DR, Borel N.  
Detection of chlamydiae in boar semen and genital tracts.
Vet Microbiol. 2006 Apr 28; [Epub ahead of print]
 
Kloeckener-Gruissem B, Bartholdi D, Abdou MT, Zimmermann DR, Berger W.  
Identification of the genetic defect in the original Wagner syndrome family.
Mol Vis. 2006 Apr 17;12:350-5.
 
Dutt S, Kleber M, Matasci M, Sommer L, Zimmermann DR.  
Versican V0 and V1 guide migratory neural crest cells.
J Biol Chem. 2006 Apr 28;281(17):12123-31. Epub 2006 Mar 1.
 
Lutz-Wohlgroth L, Becker A, Brugnera E, Huat ZL, Zimmermann D, Grimm F, Haessig M, Greub G, Kaps S, Spiess B, Pospischil A, Vaughan L.  
Chlamydiales in guinea-pigs and their zoonotic potential.
J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med. 2006 May;53(4):185-93.
 
Borel N, Thoma R, Spaeni P, Weilenmann R, Teankum K, Brugnera E, Zimmermann DR, Vaughan L, Pospischil A.  
Chlamydia-related abortions in cattle from Graubunden, Switzerland.
Vet Pathol. 2006 Sep;43(5):702-8.
 
Wong CE, Paratore C, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Rochat A, Pietri T, Suter U, Zimmermann DR, Dufour S, Thiery JP, Meijer D, Beermann F, Barrandon Y, Sommer L.  
Neural crest-derived cells with stem cell features can be traced back to multiple lineages in the adult skin.
J Cell Biol. 2006 Dec 11; [Epub ahead of print]
 
Dutt S, Matasci M, Sommer L, Zimmermann DR.  
Guidance of neural crest cell migration: the inhibitory function of the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, versican.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2006 Sep 6;6:1114-7.
 
2005  
Beggah AT, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Barras FM, Brosius A, Zimmermann DR, Zurn AD.  
Lesion-induced differential expression and cell association of Neurocan, Brevican, Versican V1 and V2 in the mouse dorsal root entry zone.
Neuroscience. 2005;133(3):749-62.
 
Cogliatti SB, Bertoni F, Zimmermann DR, Henz S, Diss TC, Ghielmini M, Schmid U.  
IgV H mutations in blastoid mantle cell lymphoma characterize a subgroup with a tendency to more favourable clinical outcome.
J Pathol. 2005 Jul;206(3):320-7.
 
2004  
Camenisch U, Lu ZH, Vaughan L, Corboz L, Zimmermann DR, Wittenbrink MM, Pospischil A, Sydler T.  
Diagnostic investigation into the role of Chlamydiae in cases of increased rates of return to oestrus in pigs.
Vet Rec. 2004 Nov 6;155(19):593-6.
 
Schweigreiter R, Walmsley AR, Niederost B, Zimmermann DR, Oertle T, Casademunt E, Frentzel S, Dechant G, Mir A, Bandtlow CE.  
Versican V2 and the central inhibitory domain of Nogo-A inhibit neurite growth via p75NTR/NgR-independent pathways that converge at RhoA.
Mol Cell Neurosci. 2004 Oct;27(2):163-74.
 
Rubben A, Kempf W, Kadin ME, Zimmermann DR, Burg G.  
Multilineage progression of genetically unstable tumor subclones in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
Exp Dermatol. 2004 Aug;13(8):472-83.
 
Soldati G, Lu ZH, Vaughan L, Polkinghorne A, Zimmermann DR, Huder JB, Pospischil A.  
Detection of mycobacteria and chlamydiae in granulomatous inflammation of reptiles: a retrospective study.
Vet Pathol. 2004 Jul;41(4):388-97.
 
Fehr T, Zimmermann DR, Wuthrich RP, Ammann P.  
A young renal transplant recipient with unexplained resting sinus tachycardia, hypertension and beta-blocker resistance.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2004 Jun;19(6):1646-9. No abstract available.
 
Westling J, Gottschall PE, Thompson VP, Cockburn A, Perides G, Zimmermann DR, Sandy JD.  
ADAMTS4 (aggrecanase-1) cleaves human brain versican V2 at Glu405-Gln406 to generate glial hyaluronate binding protein.
Biochem J. 2004 Feb 1;377(Pt 3):787-95.
 
Padberg BC, Bode B, Zimmermann DR.  
Unaufhaltsamer Schritt in die richtige Richtung: HPV-Typisierung und gynäkologische Krebsvorsorge
Schweiz Med Forum 2004 Apr;4:851-4. No abstract available.
 
2003  
von Bomhard W, Polkinghorne A, Lu ZH, Vaughan L, Vogtlin A, Zimmermann DR, Spiess B, Pospischil A.  
Detection of novel chlamydiae in cats with ocular disease.
Am J Vet Res. 2003 Nov;64(11):1421-8.
 
Padberg BC, Rodriguez C, Zimmermann D.  
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) typing by PCR and direct sequencing in cervical smears: Correlation with morphologic findings in 352 cytologic and 142 histologically proven cases.
Path Res Pract 2003 199:211. No abstract available.
 
2002  
Albinger-Hegyi A, Hochreutener B, Abdou MT, Hegyi I, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Kurrer MO, Heitz PU, Zimmermann DR.  
High frequency of t(14;18)-translocation breakpoints outside of major breakpoint and minor cluster regions in follicular lymphomas: improved polymerase chain reaction protocols for their detection.
Am J Pathol. 2002 Mar;160(3):823-32.
 
von Bomhard W, Pospischil A, Richter M, Kaps S, Polkinghorne A, Zimmermann DR.  
Amoebic infections in cats with ocular disease.
Vet Rec. 2002 Apr 27;150(17):556. No abstract available.
 
Oohashi T, Hirakawa S, Bekku Y, Rauch U, Zimmermann DR, Su WD, Ohtsuka A, Murakami T, Ninomiya Y.  
Bral1, a brain-specific link protein, colocalizing with the versican V2 isoform at the nodes of Ranvier in developing and adult mouse central nervous systems.
Mol Cell Neurosci. 2002 Jan;19(1):43-57.
 
Padberg BC, Rodrigues C, Zimmermann DR.  
Molekularbiologischer Nachweis und Typisierung humaner Papillomaviren in der gynäkologischen Krebsvorsorge
Schweiz Med Forum 2002 Okt;42:1002-5. No abstract available.
 
2001  
Sandy JD, Westling J, Kenagy RD, Iruela-Arispe ML, Verscharen C, Rodriguez-Mazaneque JC, Zimmermann DR, Lemire JM, Fischer JW, Wight TN, Clowes AW.  
Versican V1 proteolysis in human aorta in vivo occurs at the Glu441-Ala442 bond, a site that is cleaved by recombinant ADAMTS-1 and ADAMTS-4.
J Biol Chem. 2001 Apr 20;276(16):13372-8. Epub 2001 Jan 26.
 
2000  
Schmalfeldt M, Bandtlow CE, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Winterhalter KH, Zimmermann DR.  
Brain derived versican V2 is a potent inhibitor of axonal growth.
J Cell Sci. 2000 Mar;113 ( Pt 5):807-16.
 
Cogliatti SB, Griesser H, Peng H, Du MQ, Isaacson PG, Zimmermann DR, Maibach RC, Schmid U.  
Significantly different bcl-2 expression profiles in gastric and non-gastric primary extranodal high-grade B-cell lymphomas.
J Pathol. 2000 Dec;192(4):470-8.
 
Bandtlow CE, Zimmermann DR.  
Proteoglycans in the developing brain: new conceptual insights for old proteins.
Physiol Rev. 2000 Oct;80(4):1267-90. Review.
 
1999  
Niederost BP, Zimmermann DR, Schwab ME, Bandtlow CE.  
Bovine CNS myelin contains neurite growth-inhibitory activity associated with chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans.
J Neurosci. 1999 Oct 15;19(20):8979-89.
 
1998  
Schmalfeldt M, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Winterhalter KH, Zimmermann DR.  
Versican V2 is a major extracellular matrix component of the mature bovine brain.
J Biol Chem. 1998 Jun 19;273(25):15758-64.
 
Wenger RH, Rolfs A, Spielmann P, Zimmermann DR, Gassmann M.  
Mouse hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha is encoded by two different mRNA isoforms: expression from a tissue-specific and a housekeeping-type promoter.
Blood. 1998 May 1;91(9):3471-80.
 
Laeng RH, Altermatt HJ, Scheithauer BW, Zimmermann DR.  
Amyloidomas of the nervous system: a monoclonal B-cell disorder with monotypic amyloid light chain lambda amyloid production.
Cancer. 1998 Jan 15;82(2):362-74.
 
1997  
Wenger RH, Rolfs A, Kvietikova I, Spielmann P, Zimmermann DR, Gassmann M.  
The mouse gene for hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha--genomic organization, expression and characterization of an alternative first exon and 5' flanking sequence.
Eur J Biochem. 1997 May 15;246(1):155-65.
 
Zimmermann DR, Stadeli-Brodbeck R, Ajmo M, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Pfyffer GE, Heitz PU.  
[Molecular pathologic detection of mycobacteria]
Verh Dtsch Ges Pathol. 1997;81:273-80. German.
 
1996  
Isenmann S, Zimmermann DR, Wichmann W, Moll C.  
Tuberculoma mimicking meningioma of the falx cerebri. PCR diagnosis of mycobacterial DNA from formalin-fixed tissue.
Clin Neuropathol. 1996 May-Jun;15(3):155-8.
 
Paulus W, Baur I, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Zimmermann DR.  
Differential expression of versican isoforms in brain tumors.
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 1996 May;55(5):528-33.
 
Dummer R, Potoczna N, Haffner AC, Zimmermann DR, Gilardi S, Burg G.  
A primary cutaneous non-T, non-B CD4+, CD56+ lymphoma.
Arch Dermatol. 1996 May;132(5):550-3.
 
Dommann SN, Dommann-Scherrer CC, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Zimmermann DR, Kural-Serbes B, Burg G.  
Clonal disease in extracutaneous compartments in cutaneous T-cell lymphomas. A comparative study between cutaneous T-cell lymphomas and pseudo lymphomas.
Arch Dermatol Res. 1996 Apr;288(4):163-7.
 
Bode-Lesniewska B, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Odermatt BF, Briner J, Heitz PU, Zimmermann DR.  
Distribution of the large aggregating proteoglycan versican in adult human tissues.
J Histochem Cytochem. 1996 Apr;44(4):303-12.
 
Simon HU, Yousefi S, Dommann-Scherrer CC, Zimmermann DR, Bauer S, Barandun J, Blaser K.  
Expansion of cytokine-producing CD4-CD8- T cells associated with abnormal Fas expression and hypereosinophilia.
J Exp Med. 1996 Mar 1;183(3):1071-82.
 
Bauer S, Schaub N, Dommann-Scherrer CC, Zimmermann DR, Simon HU, Wegmann W.  
Long-term outcome of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome--transition to eosinophilic gastroenteritis and clonal expansion of T-cells.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1996 Feb;8(2):181-5.
 
1995  
Boni R, Dummer R, Dommann-Scherrer C, Dommann S, Zimmermann DR, Joller-Jemelka H, Burg G.  
Necrotizing herpes zoster mimicking relapse of vasculitis in angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinaemia.
Br J Dermatol. 1995 Dec;133(6):978-82. Review.
 
Bruckner-Tuderman L, Nilssen O, Zimmermann DR, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Kalinke DU, Gedde-Dahl T Jr, Winberg JO.  
Immunohistochemical and mutation analyses demonstrate that procollagen VII is processed to collagen VII through removal of the NC-2 domain.
J Cell Biol. 1995 Oct;131(2):551-9.
 
Landolt RM, Vaughan L, Winterhalter KH, Zimmermann DR.  
Versican is selectively expressed in embryonic tissues that act as barriers to neural crest cell migration and axon outgrowth.
Development. 1995 Aug;121(8):2303-12.
 
Weber P, Zimmermann DR, Winterhalter KH, Vaughan L.  
Tenascin-C binds heparin by its fibronectin type III domain five.
J Biol Chem. 1995 Mar 3;270(9):4619-23.
 
Knecht H, Martius F, Bachmann E, Hoffman T, Zimmermann DR, Rothenberger S, Sandvej K, Wegmann W, Hurwitz N, Odermatt BF, et al.  
A deletion mutant of the LMP1 oncogene of Epstein-Barr virus is associated with evolution of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy into B immunoblastic lymphoma.
Leukemia. 1995 Mar;9(3):458-65.
 
Dommann-Scherrer CC, Kurer SB, Zimmermann DR, Odermatt BF, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Briner J, Heitz PU.  
Occult hepatosplenic T-gamma delta lymphoma. Value of genotypic analysis in the differential diagnosis.
Virchows Arch. 1995;426(6):629-34.
 
1994  
Dours-Zimmermann MT, Zimmermann DR.  
A novel glycosaminoglycan attachment domain identified in two alternative splice variants of human versican.
J Biol Chem. 1994 Dec 30;269(52):32992-8.
 
Naso MF, Zimmermann DR, Iozzo RV.  
Characterization of the complete genomic structure of the human versican gene and functional analysis of its promoter.
J Biol Chem. 1994 Dec 30;269(52):32999-3008.
 
Zimmermann DR, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Schubert M, Bruckner-Tuderman L.  
Versican is expressed in the proliferating zone in the epidermis and in association with the elastic network of the dermis.
J Cell Biol. 1994 Mar;124(5):817-25.
 
Nadal D, Caduff R, Frey E, Hassam S, Zimmermann DR, Seigneurin JM, Pluss HJ, Seger RA.  
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in four children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Association with Epstein-Barr Virus and treatment.
Cancer. 1994 Jan 1;73(1):224-30.
 
Zimmermann DR, Dours-Zimmermann MT, Schubert M, Bruckner-Tuderman L, Heitz PU.  
[Expression of the extracellular matrix proteoglycan, versican, in human skin]
Verh Dtsch Ges Pathol. 1994;78:481-4. German.
 
Vaughan L, Zisch AH, Weber P, D'Allesandri L, Ferber P, David G, Zimmermann DR, Winterhalter KH.  
Cellular receptors for tenascin.
Contrib Nephrol. 1994;107:80-4. No abstract available.
 
1992  
LeBaron RG, Zimmermann DR, Ruoslahti E.  
Hyaluronate binding properties of versican.
J Biol Chem. 1992 May 15;267(14):10003-10.
 
1991  
Kaplony A, Zimmermann DR, Fischer RW, Imhof BA, Odermatt BF, Winterhalter KH, Vaughan L.  
Tenascin Mr 220,000 isoform expression correlates with corneal cell migration.
Development. 1991 Jun;112(2):605-14.
 
1989  
Zimmermann DR, Ruoslahti E.  
Multiple domains of the large fibroblast proteoglycan, versican.
EMBO J. 1989 Oct;8(10):2975-81.
 
1988  
Zimmermann DR, Fischer RW, Winterhalter KH, Witmer R, Vaughan L.  
Comparative studies of collagens in normal and keratoconus corneas.
Exp Eye Res. 1988 Mar;46(3):431-42.
 
 

 

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