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1150

Overview

Alan L. Schwartz is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of topics with a notable emphasis on clinical and biological studies related to infant health, immune disorders, and labor processes. Recent publications include:

  • Estimated Prevalence and Clinical Manifestations of UBA1 Variants Associated With VEXAS Syndrome in a Clinical Population (2023, JAMA)
  • A multidisciplinary Prematurity Research Cohort Study (2022, PLoS ONE)
  • Noninvasive electromyometrial imaging of human uterine maturation during term labor (2023, Nature Communications)
  • RNA-Seq identifies genes whose proteins are upregulated during syncytia development in murine C2C12 myoblasts and human BeWo trophoblasts (2021, Physiological Reports)
  • A Multidisciplinary Prematurity Research Cohort Study (2021, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

The primary topics covered by their research include:

  • Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Pregnancy and Preeclampsia Studies
  • Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Histiocytic Disorders and Treatments

Frequent co-authorship indicates collaboration with other researchers in related fields. Alan L. Schwartz has notably worked multiple times with the following colleagues:

  • Alison G. Cahill
  • Peinan Zhao
  • Phillip S. Cuculich
  • Yong Wang
  • George A. Macones

The scholar has published most frequently in the following venues:

  • Physiological Reports
  • JAMA
  • PLoS ONE
  • Nature Communications
  • The Journal of Pediatrics

Best Publications

  • Ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis: biological regulation via destruction.

    Aaron Ciechanover;Amir Orian;Alan L. Schwartz

  • Omentin Plasma Levels and Gene Expression Are Decreased in Obesity

    Celia M. De Souza Batista;Rong Ze Yang;Mi Jeong Lee;Nicole M. Glynn

  • Intracellular site of asialoglycoprotein receptor-ligand uncoupling: Double-label immunoelectron microscopy during receptor-mediated endocytosis

    Hans J. Geuze;Jan Willem Slot;Ger J.A.M. Strous;Harvey F. Lodish

  • Kinetics of internalization and recycling of transferrin and the transferrin receptor in a human hepatoma cell line. Effect of lysosomotropic agents.

    A Ciechanover;A L Schwartz;A Dautry-Varsat;H F Lodish

  • The Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway and Pathogenesis of Human Diseases

    Alan L. Schwartz;Aaron Ciechanover

  • The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway: The complexity and myriad functions of proteins death

    Aaron Ciechanover;Alan L. Schwartz

  • Targeting proteins for destruction by the ubiquitin system: implications for human pathobiology.

    Alan L. Schwartz;Aaron Ciechanover

  • Kinetics of internalization and recycling of the asialoglycoprotein receptor in a hepatoma cell line.

    A L Schwartz;S E Fridovich;H F Lodish

  • The ubiquitin conjugation system is required for ligand-induced endocytosis and degradation of the growth hormone receptor.

    G J Strous;P van Kerkhof;R Govers;A Ciechanover

  • Degradation of nuclear oncoproteins by the ubiquitin system in vitro.

    Aaron Ciechanover;Joseph A. Digiuseppe;Beatrice Bercovich;Amir Orian

  • Modulators of cyclic AMP metabolism induce syncytiotrophoblast formation in vitro.

    Burton Wice;David Menton;Hans Geuze;Alan L. Schwartz;Alan L. Schwartz

  • Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein mediates apolipoprotein E-dependent neurite outgrowth in a central nervous system-derived neuronal cell line

    David M. Holtzman;Robert E. Pitas;Joshua Kilbridge;Britto Nathan

  • Ubiquitin-dependent Degradation of Certain Protein Substrates in Vitro Requires the Molecular Chaperone Hsc70

    Beatrice Bercovich;Ilana Stancovski;Arie Mayer;Nava Blumenfeld

  • Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein/alpha 2-macroglobulin receptor is an hepatic receptor for tissue-type plasminogen activator.

    Guojun Bu;Suzanne Williams;Dudley K. Strickland;Alan L. Schwartz

  • Intracellular receptor sorting during endocytosis: comparative immunoelectron microscopy of multiple receptors in rat liver.

    Hans J. Geuze;Jan W. Slot;Ger J.A.M. Strous;Jane Peppard

  • The ubiquitin-mediated proteolytic pathway: mode of action and clinical implications.

    Aaron Ciechanover;Amir Orian;Alan L. Schwartz

  • Inhibition of entry of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax sporozoites into cultured cells: an in vitro assay of protective antibodies

    M. R. Hollingdale;E. H. Nardin;S. Tharavanij;Alan Schwartz

  • The spectrum of brain MR abnormalities in sickle-cell disease: a report from the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease

    Franklin G. Moser;Scott T. Miller;Jacqueline A. Bello;Charles H. Pegelow

  • 39 kDa receptor-associated protein is an ER resident protein and molecular chaperone for LDL receptor-related protein.

    Guojun Bu;H. J. Geuze;G. J. Strous;A. L. Schwartz

  • α2‐Macroglobulin Complexes with and Mediates the Endocytosis of β‐Amyloid Peptide via Cell Surface Low‐Density Lipoprotein Receptor‐Related Protein

    Masaaki Narita;David M. Holtzman;Alan L. Schwartz;Guojun Bu

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron Ciechanover
Aaron Ciechanover Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Guojun Bu
Guojun Bu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hans J. Geuze
Hans J. Geuze Utrecht University
Ger J. Strous
Ger J. Strous BIMINI Biotech
George J. Broze
George J. Broze Washington University in St. Louis
Jan W. Slot
Jan W. Slot Utrecht University
David M. Holtzman
David M. Holtzman Washington University in St. Louis
Philip D. Stahl
Philip D. Stahl Washington University in St. Louis
Alain Israël
Alain Israël Institut Pasteur

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