User:Johannes W. Dietrich

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Johannes W. Dietrich (an artistic interpretation)

Dr. Johannes Wolfgang Christian Dietrich
Consultant Endocrinologist
Bergmannsheil University Hospitals, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, NRW, Germany
Laboratory XU44
Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1
D-44789 Bochum, NRW, Germany
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I learned about OpenWetWare from Search engine (searching for biological simulation tools), and I've joined because I might be able to add content related to biomedical cybernetics and computational systems biology..

Education

• 2011, Board Certified Specialist for Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes
• 2001, Dr. med., Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich
• 1994, MD, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich

Research interests

1. Biomedical cybernetics
2. Differential proteomics
3. Thyroid research

Publications

1. Hoermann R, Midgley JE, Larisch R, and Dietrich JW. Homeostatic Control of the Thyroid-Pituitary Axis: Perspectives for Diagnosis and Treatment. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2015;6:177. DOI:10.3389/fendo.2015.00177 |
2. Dietrich JW, Midgley JE, Larisch R, and Hoermann R. Of rats and men: thyroid homeostasis in rodents and human beings. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015 Dec;3(12):932-3. DOI:10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00421-0 |
3. Midgley JE, Larisch R, Dietrich JW, and Hoermann R. Variation in the biochemical response to l-thyroxine therapy and relationship with peripheral thyroid hormone conversion efficiency. Endocr Connect. 2015 Dec;4(4):196-205. DOI:10.1530/ec-150056 |
4. Müller P, Maier J, Dietrich JW, Barth S, Griese DP, Schiedat F, Szöllösi A, Halbfass P, Nentwich K, Roos M, Krug J, Schade A, Schmitt R, Mügge A, and Deneke T. Association between left atrial low-voltage area, serum apoptosis, and fibrosis biomarkers and incidence of silent cerebral events after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2015 Oct;44(1):55-62. DOI:10.1007/s10840-015-0020-6 |
5. Hoermann R, Midgley JE, Larisch R, and Dietrich JW. Integration of Peripheral and Glandular Regulation of Triiodothyronine Production by Thyrotropin in Untreated and Thyroxine-Treated Subjects. Horm Metab Res. 2015 Aug;47(9):674-80. DOI:10.1055/s-0034-1398616 |
6. Müller P, Dietrich JW, Halbfass P, Abouarab A, Fochler F, Szöllösi A, Nentwich K, Roos M, Krug J, Schade A, Mügge A, and Deneke T. Higher incidence of esophageal lesions after ablation of atrial fibrillation related to the use of esophageal temperature probes. Heart Rhythm. 2015 Jul;12(7):1464-9. DOI:10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.04.005 |
7. Frank CU, Braeth S, Dietrich JW, Wanjura D, and Loos U. Bridge Technology with TSH Receptor Chimera for Sensitive Direct Detection of TSH Receptor Antibodies Causing Graves' Disease: Analytical and Clinical Evaluation. Horm Metab Res. 2015 Nov;47(12):880-8. DOI:10.1055/s-0035-1554662 |
8. Müller P, Grabowski C, Schiedat F, Shin DI, Dietrich JW, Mügge A, Deneke T, Walther JW, and Kara K. Reverse Remodelling of the Atria After Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: Evidence from Electro-mechanical and Endocrine Markers. Heart Lung Circ. 2016 Jan;25(1):53-60. DOI:10.1016/j.hlc.2015.05.004 |
9. Dietrich JW, Müller P, Schiedat F, Schlömicher M, Strauch J, Chatzitomaris A, Klein HH, Mügge A, Köhrle J, Rijntjes E, and Lehmphul I. Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome in Cardiac Illness Involves Elevated Concentrations of 3,5-Diiodothyronine and Correlates with Atrial Remodeling. Eur Thyroid J. 2015 Jun;4(2):129-37. DOI:10.1159/000381543 |
10. Chatzitomaris A, Scheeler M, Gotzmann M, Köditz R, Schildroth J, Knyhala KM, Nicolas V, Heyer C, Mügge A, Klein HH, and Dietrich JW. Second degree AV block and severely impaired contractility in cardiac myxedema: a case report. Thyroid Res. 2015;8:6. DOI:10.1186/s13044-015-0018-2 |
11. Schade A, Schumacher B, Dietrich JW, Langbein A, Groschup G, Koucky K, Krug J, Stahl C, Müller P, Nentwich K, Roos M, and Deneke T. Stand-alone mapping using different transluminal mapping catheters--an accurate and safe way to isolate all pulmonary veins with the cryoballoon?. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2015 Jan;42(1):33-41. DOI:10.1007/s10840-014-9957-0 |
12. Deneke T, Nentwich K, Schmitt R, Christhopoulos G, Krug J, Di Biase L, Natale A, Szollosi A, Mugge A, Muller P, Dietrich JW, Shin DI, Kerber S, and Schade A. Exchanging Catheters Over a Single Transseptal Sheath During Left Atrial Ablation is Associated with a Higher Risk for Silent Cerebral Events. Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J. 2014 Sep;14(5):240-9. DOI:10.1016/s0972-6292(16)30795-1 |
13. Hoermann R, Midgley JE, Giacobino A, Eckl WA, Wahl HG, Dietrich JW, and Larisch R. Homeostatic equilibria between free thyroid hormones and pituitary thyrotropin are modulated by various influences including age, body mass index and treatment. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2014 Dec;81(6):907-15. DOI:10.1111/cen.12527 |
14. Rohrer S and Dietrich JW. [Refeeding syndrome: a review of the literature]. Z Gastroenterol. 2014 Jun;52(6):593-600. DOI:10.1055/s-0034-1366430 |
15. Goede SL, Leow MK, Smit JW, Klein HH, and Dietrich JW. Hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid feedback control: implications of mathematical modeling and consequences for thyrotropin (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) reference ranges. Bull Math Biol. 2014 Jun;76(6):1270-87. DOI:10.1007/s11538-014-9955-5 |
16. Goede SL, Leow MK, Smit JW, and Dietrich JW. A novel minimal mathematical model of the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis validated for individualized clinical applications. Math Biosci. 2014 Mar;249:1-7. DOI:10.1016/j.mbs.2014.01.001 |
17. Knoop U, Dietrich JW, Heyer CM, Koch A, and Knoop H. "Still crazy after all these years"--tuberculosis as an old disease with diverse facets in a thirty-five-year-old male patient. Pneumologie. 2014 Mar;68(3):206-7. DOI:10.1055/s-0033-1358910 |
18. Müller P, Schiedat F, Bialek A, Bösche L, Ewers A, Kara K, Dietrich JW, Mügge A, and Deneke T. Total atrial conduction time assessed by tissue doppler imaging (PA-TDI Interval) to predict early recurrence of persistent atrial fibrillation after successful electrical cardioversion. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2014 Feb;25(2):161-7. DOI:10.1111/jce.12306 |
19. Dietrich JW, Leow MK, Goede SL, Midgley JE, Landgrafe G, and Hoermann R. Do thyroid-stimulating hormone, body weight, or body mass index serve as adequate markers to guide levothyroxine dose titration?. J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Oct;217(4):752-3. DOI:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.06.008 |
20. Müller P, Deneke T, Schiedat F, Bösche L, Strauch J, Dietrich JW, Vogt M, Tannapfel A, Stiegler H, Mügge A, and Ewers A. Increased preoperative serum apoptosis marker fas ligand correlates with histopathology and new-onset of atrial fibrillation in patients after cardiac surgery. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2013 Oct;24(10):1110-5. DOI:10.1111/jce.12191 |
21. Dietrich JW, Ehren M, Ruff-Dietrich S, and Klein HH. [43-year-old woman with diabetes and postoperative circulatory collapse]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2013 May;138(18):945-6. DOI:10.1055/s-0032-1332869 |
22. Ehren M and Dietrich JW. [Woman with type 1 diabetes mellitus and rapidly progressive edema]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2013 May;138(18):940-4. DOI:10.1055/s-0033-1343162 |
23. Midgley JE, Hoermann R, Larisch R, and Dietrich JW. Physiological states and functional relation between thyrotropin and free thyroxine in thyroid health and disease: in vivo and in silico data suggest a hierarchical model. J Clin Pathol. 2013 Apr;66(4):335-42. DOI:10.1136/jclinpath-2012-201213 |
24. Knoop H, Knoop U, Behr J, Heyer CM, Kuert S, Roggenland D, Suermann M, and Dietrich JW. Syndrome of inadequate antidiuretic hormone secretion in pulmonary tuberculosis - a therapeutic challenge. Pneumologie. 2013 Apr;67(4):219-22. DOI:10.1055/s-0032-1326101 |
25. Müller P, Hars C, Schiedat F, Bösche LI, Gotzmann M, Strauch J, Dietrich JW, Vogt M, Tannapfel A, Deneke T, Mügge A, and Ewers A. Correlation between total atrial conduction time estimated via tissue Doppler imaging (PA-TDI Interval), structural atrial remodeling and new-onset of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2013 Jun;24(6):626-31. DOI:10.1111/jce.12084 |
26. Hoermann R, Midgley JE, Larisch R, and Dietrich JW. Is pituitary TSH an adequate measure of thyroid hormone-controlled homoeostasis during thyroxine treatment?. Eur J Endocrinol. 2013 Feb;168(2):271-80. DOI:10.1530/EJE-12-0819 |
27. Dietrich JW, Landgrafe G, and Fotiadou EH. TSH and Thyrotropic Agonists: Key Actors in Thyroid Homeostasis. J Thyroid Res. 2012;2012:351864. DOI:10.1155/2012/351864 |
28. Dietrich JW. [Thyroid storm]. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2012 Sep;107(6):448-53. DOI:10.1007/s00063-012-0113-2 |
29. Giebelstein J, Poschmann G, Højlund K, Schechinger W, Dietrich JW, Levin K, Beck-Nielsen H, Podwojski K, Stühler K, Meyer HE, and Klein HH. The proteomic signature of insulin-resistant human skeletal muscle reveals increased glycolytic and decreased mitochondrial enzymes. Diabetologia. 2012 Apr;55(4):1114-27. DOI:10.1007/s00125-012-2456-x |
30. Boehm BO, Rosinger S, Belyi D, and Dietrich JW. The parathyroid as a target for radiation damage. N Engl J Med. 2011 Aug 18;365(7):676-8. DOI:10.1056/NEJMc1104982 |
31. Ueberberg S, Deutschbein T, Klein HH, Dietrich JW, Akinturk S, Prochnow N, Schirrmacher R, and Schneider S. Protection from diabetes development by single-chain antibody-mediated delivery of a NF-κB inhibitor specifically to β-cells in vivo. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Jul;301(1):E83-90. DOI:10.1152/ajpendo.00603.2010 |
32. Germing A, Gotzmann M, Rausse R, Brodherr T, Holt S, Lindstaedt M, Dietrich J, Ranft U, Krämer U, and Mügge A. Normal values for longitudinal function of the right ventricle in healthy women >70 years of age. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2010 Sep;11(8):725-8. DOI:10.1093/ejechocard/jeq053 |
33. Ueberberg S, Ziegler D, Schechinger W, Dietrich JW, Akinturk S, Klein HH, and Schneider S. In vitro phage display in a rat beta cell line: a simple approach for the generation of a single-chain antibody targeting a novel beta cell-specific epitope. Diabetologia. 2010 Jul;53(7):1384-94. DOI:10.1007/s00125-010-1725-9 |
34. Ueberberg S, Meier JJ, Waengler C, Schechinger W, Dietrich JW, Tannapfel A, Schmitz I, Schirrmacher R, Köller M, Klein HH, and Schneider S. Generation of novel single-chain antibodies by phage-display technology to direct imaging agents highly selective to pancreatic beta- or alpha-cells in vivo. Diabetes. 2009 Oct;58(10):2324-34. DOI:10.2337/db09-0658 |
35. Boehm BO, Steinert M, Dietrich JW, Peter RU, Belyi D, Wagemaker G, Rosinger S, Fliedner TM, and Weiss M. Thyroid examination in highly radiation-exposed workers after the Chernobyl accident. Eur J Endocrinol. 2009 Apr;160(4):625-30. DOI:10.1530/EJE-08-0492 |

36. Klein HH, Giebelstein J, Dietrich JW, Schechinger W, Poschmann G, Podwojski K, Stühler K, Meyer HE, Levin K, Beck-Nielsen H, Hojlund K. Proteome analysis in muscle biopsies of lean, obese and obese type 2 diabetic patients. Diabetologia. Spring 2009; 52(Suppl1):S99.

37. Dietrich JW, Stachon A, Antic B, Klein HH, and Hering S. The AQUA-FONTIS study: protocol of a multidisciplinary, cross-sectional and prospective longitudinal study for developing standardized diagnostics and classification of non-thyroidal illness syndrome. BMC Endocr Disord. 2008 Oct 13;8:13. DOI:10.1186/1472-6823-8-13 |
38. Dietrich JW, Brisseau K, and Boehm BO. [Absorption, transport and bio-availability of iodothyronines]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2008 Aug;133(31-32):1644-8. DOI:10.1055/s-0028-1082780 |
39. Dietrich JW and Boehm BO. Thyroxine in goiter, H. pylori infection, and gastritis. N Engl J Med. 2006 Sep 14;355(11):1177; author reply 1177. DOI:10.1056/NEJMc061447 |
40. Dietrich JW, Gieselbrecht K, Holl RW, and Boehm BO. Absorption kinetics of levothyroxine is not altered by proton-pump inhibitor therapy. Horm Metab Res. 2006 Jan;38(1):57-9. DOI:10.1055/s-2006-924980 |

41. Dietrich JW, Tesche A, Pickardt CR, Mitzdorf U. Thyrotropic Feedback Control: Evidence for an Additional Ultrashort Feedback Loop from Fractal Analysis. Cybernetics and Systems. 2004 June ; 35(4):315-31.

42. Gärtner R, Gasnier BC, Dietrich JW, Krebs B, and Angstwurm MW. Selenium supplementation in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis decreases thyroid peroxidase antibodies concentrations. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Apr;87(4):1687-91. DOI:10.1210/jcem.87.4.8421 |
43. Fischer MR, Dietrich JW, Maleck M, Stade UD, and Eitel F. [Computer-assisted instruction in medicine: a multicenter evaluation study in 7 German language media resource centers]. Gesundheitswesen. 2000 May;62(5):289-94. DOI:10.1055/s-2000-10976 |
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