Theo Rein

	Theo Rein, Dr. rer. nat. Research group leader RG Rein: Chaperones
	Phone:	089/30622-531
	Fax:	089/30622-605
	Email:	theorein[a]mpipsykl.mpg.de
	Interests:	Molecular Chaperones, Corticosteroid Signal Transduction, Stress Physiology, Molecular Targets of Antidepressants, Epigenetic Programming, Glutamate Transporter
CV: Born in Heilbron/Neckar. Study of chemistry at the University of Stuttgart and the Ludwig Maximillians University of Munich. Post Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Professor at the Department of Medicine at the National Institute of Child and Institute of Child Health and Human Develoment, Bethesda, USA. Since 1998 research group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. CV (pdf)
Selected publications: Schmidt MV, Schülke J-P, Liebl C, Stiess M, Avrabos C, Bock J, Wochnik GM, Davies HA, Zimmermann N, Scharf SH, Trümbach D, Wurst W, Zieglgänsberger W, Turck C, Holsboer F, Stewart MG, Bradke F, Eder M, Müller MB, Rein T (2011) The tumor suppressor DRR1 is a stress-induced actin bundling factor that modulates synaptic efficacy and cognition. Proccedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, in press. Touma C, Gassen NC, Herrmann L, Cheung-Flynn J, Büll DR, Ionescu IA, Heinzmann JM, Knapman A, Siebertz A, Depping AM, Hartmann J, Hausch F, Schmidt MV, Holsboer F, Ising M, Cox MB, Schmidt U, Rein T. (2011) FKBP5 shapes stress responsiveness: Modulation of neuroendocrine reactivity and coping behavior. Biological Psychiatry, in press. Wochnik, G.M., J. Rüegg, J., G.A. Abel, U. Schmidt, F. Holsboer, and T. Rein (2005) FKBP51 and FKBP52 differentially regulate dynein interaction and nuclear translocation of the glucocorticoid receptor in mammalian cells. J Biol. Chem. 280:4609-4616 Binder, E.B., D. Salyakina, P. Lichtner, G.M. Wochnik, M. Ising, B. Pütz, S. Papiol, S. Seaman, S. Lucae, M.A. Kohli, T. Nickel, H.E. Künzel, B. Fuchs, M. Majer, A. Pfennig, N. Kern, J. Brunner, S. Modell, T. Baghai, T. Deiml, P. Zill, B. Bondy, R. Rupprecht, T. Messer, O. Köhnlein, H. Dabitz, T. Bruckl, N. Müller, H. Pfister, R. Lieb, J.C. Mueller, E. Lohmussaar, T.M. Strom, T. Bettecken, T. Meitinger, M. Uhr M, T. Rein, F. Holsboer, and B. Müller-Myhsok B. (2004) Polymorphisms in FKBP5 are associated with increased recurrence of depressive episodes and rapid response to antidepressant treatment. Nature Genetics 36:1319-25 Rüegg, J., F. Holsboer, C. Turck, and T. Rein (2004) Cofilin 1 is revealed as an inhibitor of glucocorticoid receptor by analysis of hormone-resistant cells. Mol Cell Biol. 24:9371-82

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