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Overview

Achim Lass is affiliated with the University of Graz in Austria. Their research spans across medicine and the biochemical, genetic, and molecular biology fields, with a particular focus on molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, surgery, and epidemiology.

The scientist's main research topics include lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, adipose tissue and metabolism, retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes, pancreatic function and diabetes, antioxidant activity and oxidative stress, drug transport and resistance mechanisms, and liver disease diagnosis and treatment.

Achim Lass has published multiple papers in notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Lipid Research
  • Metabolites
  • Molecular Metabolism
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Physiology

Recent publications highlight the scope and depth of their work. Selected papers include:

  • "Biological Functions of RBP4 and Its Relevance for Human Diseases," 2021, Frontiers in Physiology
  • "Comparative transcriptomics reveals candidate carotenoid color genes in an East African cichlid fish," 2020, BMC Genomics
  • "ATGL-dependent white adipose tissue lipolysis controls hepatocyte PPARα activity," 2022, Cell Reports
  • "Retinoid Homeostasis and Beyond: How Retinol Binding Protein 4 Contributes to Health and Disease," 2022, Nutrients
  • "Small-Molecule Inhibitors Targeting Lipolysis in Human Adipocytes," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaborators in their research include Ulrike Taschler, Carina Wagner, Michael Schupp, Robert Zimmermann, and Dominik Bulfon, with multiple co-authored publications reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts.

Best Publications

  • Fat Mobilization in Adipose Tissue Is Promoted by Adipose Triglyceride Lipase

    Robert Zimmermann;Juliane G. Strauss;Guenter Haemmerle;Gabriele Schoiswohl

  • Defective lipolysis and altered energy metabolism in mice lacking adipose triglyceride lipase

    Guenter Haemmerle;Achim Lass;Robert Zimmermann;Gregor Gorkiewicz

  • FAT SIGNALS - Lipases and Lipolysis in Lipid Metabolism and Signaling

    Rudolf Zechner;Robert Zimmermann;Thomas O. Eichmann;Sepp D. Kohlwein

  • Adipose triglyceride lipase-mediated lipolysis of cellular fat stores is activated by CGI-58 and defective in Chanarin-Dorfman Syndrome.

    Achim Lass;Robert Zimmermann;Guenter Haemmerle;Monika Riederer

  • Adipose Triglyceride Lipase and Hormone-sensitive Lipase Are the Major Enzymes in Adipose Tissue Triacylglycerol Catabolism

    Martina Schweiger;Renate Schreiber;Guenter Haemmerle;Achim Lass

  • ATGL-mediated fat catabolism regulates cardiac mitochondrial function via PPAR-α and PGC-1

    Guenter Haemmerle;Tarek Moustafa;Gerald Woelkart;Sabrina Büttner

  • Lipolysis – A highly regulated multi-enzyme complex mediates the catabolism of cellular fat stores

    Achim Lass;Robert Zimmermann;Monika Oberer;Rudolf Zechner

  • Adipose triglyceride lipase and the lipolytic catabolism of cellular fat stores

    Rudolf Zechner;Petra C. Kienesberger;Guenter Haemmerle;Robert Zimmermann

  • A novel mechanism for the biogenesis of outer membrane vesicles in Gram-negative bacteria

    Sandro Roier;Franz G. Zingl;Fatih Cakar;Sanel Durakovic

  • Lipolysis: pathway under construction.

    Rudolf Zechner;Juliane G Strauss;Guenter Haemmerle;Achim Lass

  • Adiponutrin functions as a nutritionally regulated lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase.

    Manju Kumari;Gabriele Schoiswohl;Gabriele Schoiswohl;Chandramohan Chitraju;Margret Paar

  • Mammalian patatin domain containing proteins: a family with diverse lipolytic activities involved in multiple biological functions.

    Petra C. Kienesberger;Monika Oberer;Achim Lass;Rudolf Zechner

  • Caloric restriction prevents age-associated accrual of oxidative damage to mouse skeletal muscle mitochondria

    Achim Lass;Barbara H. Sohal;Richard Weindruch;Michael J. Forster

  • Neutral lipid storage disease: genetic disorders caused by mutations in adipose triglyceride lipase/PNPLA2 or CGI-58/ABHD5.

    Martina Schweiger;Achim Lass;Robert Zimmermann;Thomas O. Eichmann

  • Monoglyceride Lipase Deficiency in Mice Impairs Lipolysis and Attenuates Diet-induced Insulin Resistance

    Ulrike Taschler;Franz P.W. Radner;Christoph Heier;Renate Schreiber

  • Fate of fat: the role of adipose triglyceride lipase in lipolysis.

    Robert Zimmermann;Achim Lass;Guenter Haemmerle;Rudolf Zechner

  • DAG tales: the multiple faces of diacylglycerol—stereochemistry, metabolism, and signaling

    Thomas Oliver Eichmann;Achim Lass

  • Electron transport-linked ubiquinone-dependent recycling of alpha-tocopherol inhibits autooxidation of mitochondrial membranes.

    Achim Lass;Rajindar S. Sohal

  • Protein tyrosine nitration in mouse peritoneal macrophages activated in vitro and in vivo: evidence against an essential role of peroxynitrite.

    Silvia Pfeiffer;Achim Lass;Kurt Schmidt;Bernd Mayer

  • Studies on the substrate and stereo/regioselectivity of adipose triglyceride lipase, hormone-sensitive lipase, and diacylglycerol-O-acyltransferases.

    Thomas O. Eichmann;Manju Kumari;Joel T. Haas;Robert V. Farese

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf Zechner
Rudolf Zechner University of Graz
Robert Zimmermann
Robert Zimmermann University of Graz
Guenter Haemmerle
Guenter Haemmerle University of Graz
Rolf Breinbauer
Rolf Breinbauer Graz University of Technology
Rajindar S. Sohal
Rajindar S. Sohal University of Southern California
Sepp D. Kohlwein
Sepp D. Kohlwein University of Graz
Bernd Mayer
Bernd Mayer University of Graz
Michael Trauner
Michael Trauner Medical University of Vienna
Thomas Rülicke
Thomas Rülicke University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Frank Eisenhaber
Frank Eisenhaber Agency for Science, Technology and Research

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