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Role of impaired lysosomal trafficking in the development of lung fibrosis in a murine model of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome Inaugural- Dissertation

First of all, I thank my supervisor Prof. H. Yserentant for his valuable direction. My best thanks go to Prof. R. Hiptmair for his support, encouragement and fruitful discussions. I thank the German Research Foundation (DFG), Sonderforschungsbereich 382 “Verfahren und Algorithmen zur Simulation

Transport of metal oxide nanoparticles across the human air-blood barrier- in-teractions with physiologically relevant

Interactions of 3 nm, 8 nm, and 15 nm gold particles with human alveolar epithelial cells: A microscopy study

Regulation of Toll-like receptor expression by glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper and p38 MAPK

The thing is: I owe very much to many people. So let me cite only a few. I am very grateful to Wolfgang Spohn, my supervisor, for all his patience, his humour, his helpful comments on this book as well as his warm support over the years. I would like to thank Konstanz University as well as the German National Academic Foundation for the scholarships they provided me with. I had a great time at New York University and owe very much to Stephen Schiffer for all his comments on my work. I am deeply indebted to my parents, Ekkehard and Verena Morlock, and my sister, Rebecca Morlock, for always encouraging me when I was discouraged. Finally, I would like to warmly thank my friends for the way they believed in me over the years, for the way the accepted me with all my preferences for motorbikes and firefighting and for all the inconveniences they sweetly tolerated. ii Are we in a position to have a priori knowledge, to know independently of experience? And which are the conditions that have to be fulfilled in order that

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Conformational equilibria and spectroscopy of gas-phase homologous peptides from first principles

ATP release from activated neutrophils occurs via connexin 43 and modulates adenosine-dependent endothelial cell function Inaugural-Dissertation