Publications
List of Recent Publications
2026
Pühringer K, Czarda P, Iluca S, Fehringer B, Sherovski P, Ohindovschi A et al. Comparative validation of oxidative bisulfite sequencing (oxBS) and chemical-assisted pyridine borane sequencing (CAPS) protocols for locus-specific 5-hydroxymethylcytosine quantification. Epigenetics and Chromatin . 2026 Dec;19(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s13072-026-00672-3
Andronache J, Dobrovolny S, Hochegger R, Cichna-Markl M. A validated DNA metabarcoding approach for routine authentication of processed bivalves. Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences. 2026 Jun;12:100384. doi: 10.1016/j.fochms.2026.100384
Pühringer K, Fehringer B, Zappe K, Berger W, Weis S, Spiegl-Kreinecker S et al. MGMT Promoter and Enhancer Methylation in Melanoma Brain Metastases and Glioblastoma: Shared and Distinct Features. Cells. 2026 Mar;15(5):410. doi: 10.3390/cells15050410
2025
Procak M, Rojek S, Jawień W, Walczak M, Hiesmayr M, Cichna-Markl M. Pharmacokinetics of midazolam, 1´-OH-midazolam, 4-OH-midazolam, 1´-OH-midazolam-β-D-glucuronide, and 4-OH-midazolam-β-D-glucuronide in serum and urine from patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Folia medica Cracoviensia. 2025 Dec 31;65(4):69-86. doi: 10.24425/fmc.2025.156700
Scheibelreiter J, Pühringer K, Bogeva E, Ivanova-Petropulos V, Cichna-Markl M. Discrimination of Indigenous and Local Grape Cultivars (Vitis vinifera L.) Grown in North Macedonia using PCR and High-Resolution Melting Analysis. Food Analytical Methods. 2025 Dec 23;19(1):56. doi: 10.1007/s12161-025-02963-z
Hoefler K, Sukop U, Reiter E, Bender D, Jekle M, Roch P et al. Comparative Characterization of Oxidative Enzymes for Arabinoxylan and Protein Cross-Linking via Ferulic Acid and Tyrosine in Model Systems. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2025 Dec 17;73(50):32183-32194. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5c09766
Zappe K, Jenik A, Berger D, Uhlik L, Heffeter P, Cichna-Markl M. DNA Methylation and Transcript Variant Analysis of CDKN2A Exon 2 Despite High Sequence Identity with CDKN2B Exon 2. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2025 Jul;26(13):6128. doi: 10.3390/ijms26136128
Andronache J, Cichna-Markl M, Dobrovolny S, Hochegger R. Development of a DNA Metabarcoding Method for the Identification of Crustaceans (Malacostraca) and Cephalopods (Coleoidea) in Processed Foods. Foods. 2025 May;14(9):1549. doi: 10.3390/foods14091549
Pühringer K, Czarda P, Iluca S, Zappe K, Weis S, Spiegl-Kreinecker S et al. Association of Intergenic and Intragenic MGMT Enhancer Methylation with MGMT Promoter Methylation, MGMT Protein Expression and Clinical and Demographic Parameters in Glioblastoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2025 Apr;26(7):3390. doi: 10.3390/ijms26073390
Wildbacher M, Andronache J, Pühringer K, Dobrovolny S, Hochegger R, Cichna-Markl M. Authentication of EU-Authorized Edible Insect Species in Food Products by DNA Barcoding and High-Resolution Melting (HRM) Analysis. Foods. 2025 Mar;14(5):751. doi: 10.3390/foods14050751
2024
Schlachter S, Tadus K, Weiss R, Reiter E, Strnad I, Cichna-Markl M et al. Simultaneous Determination of Animal Products from Ruminant, Pig, Poultry, and Fish in Feedingstuff by Targeted High-Resolution LC-MS/MS. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2024 Jul 10;72(27):15357-15365. Epub 2024. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c00516
Zappe K, Cichna-Markl M. Temperature-Wise Calibration Increases the Accuracy of DNA Methylation Levels Determined by High-Resolution Melting (HRM). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024 May;25(10):5082. doi: 10.3390/ijms25105082
Petreska Stanoeva J, Damjanovski V, Cichna-Markl M, Stefova M. Anthocyanin fingerprinting as an authentication testing tool for blueberry, aronia, and pomegranate juices. European Food Research and Technology. 2024 Mar;250(3):751-762. doi: 10.1007/s00217-023-04416-5
Beyer B, Obrist D, Czarda P, Pühringer K, Vymyslicky F, Siegmund B et al. Influence of Roasting Temperature on the Detectability of Potentially Allergenic Lupin by SDS-PAGE, ELISAs, LC-MS/MS, and Real-Time PCR. Foods. 2024 Mar;13(5):673. doi: 10.3390/foods13050673
2023
Zappe K, Pühringer K, Pflug S, Berger D, Weis S, Spiegl-Kreinecker S et al. Association of MGMT Promoter and Enhancer Methylation with Genetic Variants, Clinical Parameters, and Demographic Characteristics in Glioblastoma. Cancers. 2023 Dec;15(24):5777. doi: 10.3390/cancers15245777
Zappe K, Kopic A, Scheichel A, Schier AK, Schmidt LE, Borutzki Y et al. Aberrant DNA Methylation, Expression, and Occurrence of Transcript Variants of the ABC Transporter ABCA7 in Breast Cancer. Cells. 2023 Jun;12(11):1462. doi: 10.3390/cells12111462
Zappe K, Pühringer K, Pflug S, Berger D, Böhm A, Spiegl-Kreinecker S et al. Association between MGMT Enhancer Methylation and MGMT Promoter Methylation, MGMT Protein Expression, and Overall Survival in Glioblastoma. Cells. 2023 Jun;12(12):1639. doi: 10.3390/cells12121639
Cichna-Markl M, Mafra I. Techniques for Food Authentication: Trends and Emerging Approaches. Foods. 2023 Mar;12(6):1134. doi: 10.3390/foods12061134
2022
Dobrovolny S, Uhlig S, Frost K, Schlierf A, Nichani K, Simon K et al. Interlaboratory Validation of a DNA Metabarcoding Assay for Mammalian and Poultry Species to Detect Food Adulteration. Foods. 2022 Apr 12;11(8):1108. doi: 10.3390/foods11081108
Kaltenbrunner M, Hochegger R, Cichna-Markl M. Design of Mismatch Primers to Identify and Differentiate Closely Related (Sub)Species: Application to the Authentication of Meat Products. In PCR Primer Design. Humana Press, Springer. 2022. p. 65-82. (Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 2392). doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1799-1_5