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MRI, Cardiac, Neuroscience, Metabolic dysfunction, Microscopy, Cellular and molecular biology

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Employment (5)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine: Berlin, DE

2022-05-16 to present | Principal Investigator (Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.))
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Min-Chi Ku

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine: Berlin, DE

2013-01-03 to 2020-10-31 | scientist (Berlin Ultrahigh-Field Facility (B.U.F.F.) )
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Min-Chi Ku

Max Delbrück Centrum für Molekulare Medizin: Berlin, DE

2008-09 to 2013-02-01 | PhD candidate (Cellular Neurosciences)
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Min-Chi Ku

Academia Sinica: Taipei, TW

2006-07 to 2008-07 | Research scientist (Animal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility)
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Min-Chi Ku

Academia Sinica: Taipei, TW

2000-07 to 2003-06 | Research assiatant (Institute of Biomedical Sciences)
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Min-Chi Ku

Education and qualifications (4)

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Berlin, DE

2008-09-01 to 2013-02-01 | PhD/ Medical Neuroscience
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Min-Chi Ku

Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Berlin, Berlin, DE

2008-09 to 2013-02 | PhD
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Min-Chi Ku

National Defence Medical Center: Taipei, TW

2003-09 to 2005-07 | Master of science/ Molecular Neuroscience (Physiology)
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Min-Chi Ku

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science: Taipei, TW

1999-09 to 2001-07 | Bachlor of science/ Nuesing
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Min-Chi Ku

Professional activities (5)

European Society of Molecular Imaging: Cologne, Germany, DE

2024 to present | Reviewer
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Min-Chi Ku

European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB): Vienna, Austria, AT

2023-05-14 to present
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Min-Chi Ku

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: Gloucester City, US

2018-11 to present
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Min-Chi Ku

German Centre for Cardiovascular Research: Berlin, DE

2017-03 to present
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Min-Chi Ku

International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: Berkeley, California, US

2014-01 to present
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Min-Chi Ku

Funding (3)

AI-Enhanced Multimodal Imaging for Biomarker and Vascular Phenotype Identification in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

2024-10 to 2026-01 | Grant
BIH (Berlin, Berlin, DE)
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Min-Chi Ku

Non-invasive Monitoring of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Virtual Biopsy (cardiacMRBIOPSY)

2021-01-01 to present | Grant
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Bonn, DE)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9769410
GRANT_NUMBER: 461017576
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Min-Chi Ku via DimensionsWizard

PhD scholarship

2008-09 to 2011-08 | Salary award
NeuroCure (Berlin, DE)
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Min-Chi Ku

Works (32)

Glutamatergic argonaute2 promotes the formation of the neurovascular unit in mice

Science Signaling
2025-02-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adl6745
Contributors: Chandan Sona; Yu-Te Yeh; Yunxiao Li; Xiaoxuan Liu; Adhideb Ghosh; Laura C. Hinte; Min-Chi Ku; Thomas Rathjen; Thoralf Niendorf; Guoxing Yu et al.
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Cardiac MRI Strain as an Early Indicator of Myocardial Dysfunction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2025-02-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/ijms26041407
Contributors: Siqin Liu; Oumaima Laghzali; Shahriar Shalikar; Mara-Camelia Rusu; Lucie Carrier; Thoralf Niendorf; Min-Chi Ku
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Fluorine (19F) MRI for Assessing Inflammatory Cells in the Kidney: Experimental Protocol

Methods in Molecular Biology
2021 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0978-1_30
Part of ISBN: 9781071609774
Part of ISBN: 9781071609781
Part of ISSN: 1064-3745
Part of ISSN: 1940-6029
Contributors: Min-Chi Ku
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Min-Chi Ku

Noninvasive Renal Perfusion Measurement Using Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) MRI: Basic Concept

Methods in Molecular Biology
2021 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0978-1_13
Part of ISBN: 9781071609774
Part of ISBN: 9781071609781
Part of ISSN: 1064-3745
Part of ISSN: 1940-6029
Contributors: Min-Chi Ku
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Min-Chi Ku

Quantitative Analysis of Renal Perfusion by Arterial Spin Labeling

Methods in Molecular Biology
2021 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0978-1_39
Part of ISBN: 9781071609774
Part of ISBN: 9781071609781
Part of ISSN: 1064-3745
Part of ISSN: 1940-6029
Contributors: Min-Chi Ku
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Min-Chi Ku

Renal Blood Flow Using Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) MRI: Experimental Protocol and Principles

Methods in Molecular Biology
2021 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0978-1_26
Part of ISBN: 9781071609774
Part of ISBN: 9781071609781
Part of ISSN: 1064-3745
Part of ISSN: 1940-6029
Contributors: Min-Chi Ku
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Min-Chi Ku

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance detects microvascular dysfunction in a mouse model of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12968-021-00754-z
Part of ISSN: 1532-429X
Contributors: Min-Chi Ku
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Tumour-derived CSF2/granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor controls myeloid cell accumulation and progression of gliomas

British Journal of Cancer
2020-08-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41416-020-0862-2
Part of ISSN: 0007-0920
Part of ISSN: 1532-1827
Contributors: Min-Chi Ku
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Min-Chi Ku

Controlled Release of Therapeutics from Thermoresponsive Nanogels: A Thermal Magnetic Resonance Feasibility Study

Cancers
2020-05-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/cancers12061380
Part of ISSN: 2072-6694
Contributors: Min-Chi Ku
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Min-Chi Ku

Cardiorenal sodium MRI in small rodents using a quadrature birdcage volume resonator at 9.4 T

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine
2020-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-019-00810-x
Part of ISSN: 0968-5243
Part of ISSN: 1352-8661
Contributors: Min-Chi Ku
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Diffusion-weighted Renal MRI at 9.4 Tesla Using RARE to Improve Anatomical Integrity

Scientific Reports
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56184-6
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Min-Chi Ku
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Assessment of Blood Brain Barrier Leakage with Gadolinium-Enhanced MRI

Methods Mol Biol
2018 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7531-0_23
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Cardiac MRI in Small Animals

Methods Mol Biol
2018 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7531-0_16
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Myocardial Effective Transverse Relaxation Time T 2 * is Elevated in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A 7.0 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Scientific Reports
2018-03-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22439-x
Contributors: Till Huelnhagen; Min-Chi Ku; Henning Matthias Reimann; Teresa Serradas Duarte; Andreas Pohlmann; Bert Flemming; Erdmann Seeliger; Christina Eichhorn; Victor A. Ferrari; Marcel Prothmann et al.
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Myocardial T<inf>2</inf>* mapping with ultrahigh field magnetic resonance: Physics and frontier applications

Frontiers in Physics
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2017.00022
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2-s2.0-85029655688
Contributors: Huelnhagen, T.; Paul, K.; Ku, M.-C.; Duarte, T.S.; Niendorf, T.
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Min-Chi Ku via Scopus - Elsevier

Regulation of body weight and energy homeostasis by neuronal cell adhesion molecule 1

Nature Neuroscience
2017-08-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4590
Contributors: Thomas Rathjen; Xin Yan; Natalia L Kononenko; Min-Chi Ku; Kun Song; Leiron Ferrarese; Valentina Tarallo; Dmytro Puchkov; Gaga Kochlamazashvili; Sebastian Brachs et al.
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ERK1 as a Therapeutic Target for Dendritic Cell Vaccination against High-Grade Gliomas

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-15-0850
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2-s2.0-84985905146
Contributors: Ku, M.-C.; Edes, I.; Bendix, I.; Pohlmann, A.; Waiczies, H.; Prozorovski, T.; Günther, M.; Martin, C.; Pagès, G.; Wolf, S.A. et al.
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Min-Chi Ku via Scopus - Elsevier

Anchoring dipalmitoyl phosphoethanolamine to nanoparticles boosts cellular uptake and fluorine-19 magnetic resonance signal.

2015 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1038/srep08427

PMID:

25673047
Contributors: Waiczies S; Lepore S; Sydow K; Drechsler S; Ku MC; Martin C; Lorenz D; Schütz I; Reimann HM; Purfürst B et al.
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Min-Chi Ku via Europe PubMed Central
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Glioma-associated microglial MMP9 expression is upregulated by TLR2 signaling and sensitive to minocycline.

2014-12 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/ijc.28908

PMID:

24752463
Contributors: Hu F; Ku MC; Markovic D; a Dzaye OD; Lehnardt S; Synowitz M; Wolf SA; Kettenmann H
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Min-Chi Ku via Europe PubMed Central
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Cerebral blood volume estimation by ferumoxytol-enhanced steady-state MRI at 9.4 T reveals microvascular impact of α1 -adrenergic receptor antibodies.

2014-09 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/nbm.3160

PMID:

25060359
Contributors: Pohlmann A; Karczewski P; Ku MC; Dieringer B; Waiczies H; Wisbrun N; Kox S; Palatnik I; Reimann HM; Eichhorn C et al.
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Min-Chi Ku via Europe PubMed Central
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Generation of neuronal progenitor cells in response to tumors in the human brain.

2014-01 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/stem.1581

PMID:

24170295
Contributors: Macas J; Ku MC; Nern C; Xu Y; Bühler H; Remke M; Synowitz M; Franz K; Seifert V; Plate KH et al.
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Min-Chi Ku via Europe PubMed Central
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Simple SPION incubation as an efficient intracellular labeling method for tracking neural progenitor cells using MRI.

2013 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1371/journal.pone.0056125

PMID:

23468856

PMC:

PMC3585319
Contributors: Chen CC; Ku MC; D M J; Lai JS; Hueng DY; Chang C
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Min-Chi Ku via Europe PubMed Central
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Toll-like receptor 2 mediates microglia/brain macrophage MT1-MMP expression and glioma expansion.

2013-11 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1093/neuonc/not115

PMID:

24014382

PMC:

PMC3813418
Contributors: Vinnakota K; Hu F; Ku MC; Georgieva PB; Szulzewsky F; Pohlmann A; Waiczies S; Waiczies H; Niendorf T; Lehnardt S et al.
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Min-Chi Ku via Europe PubMed Central
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TUMOR MODELS (IN VIVO/IN VITRO).

2013-11 | Journal article
PMC:

PMC3823908
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Min-Chi Ku via Europe PubMed Central

GDNF mediates glioblastoma-induced microglia attraction but not astrogliosis.

2013-04 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1007/s00401-013-1079-8

PMID:

23344256
Contributors: Ku MC; Wolf SA; Respondek D; Matyash V; Pohlmann A; Waiczies S; Waiczies H; Niendorf T; Synowitz M; Glass R et al.
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Min-Chi Ku via Europe PubMed Central
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Dual effects of antioxidants in neurodegeneration: direct neuroprotection against oxidative stress and indirect protection via suppression of glia-mediated inflammation.

2006 | Journal article
DOI:

10.2174/138161206778343109

PMID:

17017945
Contributors: Wang JY; Wen LL; Huang YN; Chen YT; Ku MC
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Min-Chi Ku via Europe PubMed Central
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GABAB-receptor-mediated suppression of sympathetic outflow from the spinal cord of neonatal rats.

2005-11 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1152/japplphysiol.00334.2005

PMID:

16037405
Contributors: Cheng YW; Ku MC; Ho CM; Chai CY; Su CK
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Min-Chi Ku via Europe PubMed Central
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Reduced 2,4-dinitro-1-fluorobenzene-induced contact hypersensitivity response in IL-15 receptor alpha-deficient mice correlates with diminished CCL5/RANTES and CXCL10/IP-10 expression.

2005-03 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/eji.200425577

PMID:

15719370
Contributors: Chen JP; Liao NS; Lai SL; Hsu L; Mao WY; Ku MC; Liao F
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Min-Chi Ku via Europe PubMed Central
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Advancing Cardiovascular, Neurovascular, and Renal Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Small Rodents Using Cryogenic Radiofrequency Coil Technology

Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00255
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Min-Chi Ku
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Claudin peptidomimetics modulate tissue barriers for enhanced drug delivery

Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13359
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Min-Chi Ku
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ERK1 as a Therapeutic Target for Dendritic Cell Vaccination against High-Grade Gliomas

Journal article
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163
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Min-Chi Ku

Stonin1 mediates endocytosis of the proteoglycan NG2 and regulates focal adhesion dynamics and cell motility

Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9535
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Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance. (2)
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