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Overview

Alex Odermatt is a researcher affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland, with a focus on medicine and the intersecting subfields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scientific contributions span various subfields including endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, molecular biology, clinical biochemistry, pathology and forensic medicine, and cell biology.

The researcher's main topics of work cover broad and specialized areas, such as:

  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Parasitic infections in humans and animals
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

Odermatt's publication record includes frequent contributions to several journals and repositories, with the largest number of works published on Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), followed by toxicology-related journals such as Toxicology Letters and Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. Other publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) from La Trobe University.

Their recent papers illustrate the diversity of research topics and methodologies explored, including:

  • "Systematic evidence on migrating and extractable food contact chemicals: Most chemicals detected in food contact materials are not listed for use" (2022) published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
  • "Development and Validation of a Highly Sensitive LC-MS/MS Method for the Analysis of Bile Acids in Serum, Plasma, and Liver Tissue Samples" (2020) published in Metabolites
  • "Molecular mechanisms of posaconazole- and itraconazole-induced pseudohyperaldosteronism and assessment of other systemically used azole antifungals" (2020) published in The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • "The Antioxidative Role of Cytoglobin in Podocytes: Implications for a Role in Chronic Kidney Disease" (2020) published in Antioxidants and Redox Signaling
  • "Src/lck inhibitor dasatinib reversibly switches off cytokine release and T cell cytotoxicity following stimulation with T cell bispecific antibodies" (2021) published in Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Odermatt collaborates with a network of frequent co-authors who contribute to the multidisciplinary scope of their research. Notable frequent co-authors include Simon Stücheli, Michael Weingärtner, Denise V. Kratschmar, Cristina Gómez, and Julia Birk.

Best Publications

  • Charting biologically relevant chemical space: A structural classification of natural products (SCONP)

    Marcus A. Koch;Ansgar Schuffenhauer;Michael Scheck;Stefan Wetzel

  • Primary structure of two P-type ATPases involved in copper homeostasis in Enterococcus hirae.

    A. Odermatt;H. Suter;R. Krapf;M. Solioz

  • Copper and Silver Transport by CopB-ATPase in Membrane Vesicles of Enterococcus hirae

    Marc Solioz;Alex Odermatt

  • Rapid dephosphorylation of the renal sodium chloride cotransporter in response to oral potassium intake in mice

    Mads V. Sorensen;Solveig Grossmann;Marian Roesinger;Nikolay Gresko

  • Mutations in the gene-encoding SERCA1, the fast-twitch skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase, are associated with Brody disease.

    Alex Odermatt;Peter E. M. Taschner;Vijay K. Khanna;Herman F. M. Busch

  • Sarcolipin regulates the activity of SERCA1, the fast-twitch skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase.

    Alex Odermatt;Stefan Becker;Vijay K. Khanna;Kazimierz Kurzydlowski

  • The Western-style diet: a major risk factor for impaired kidney function and chronic kidney disease

    Alex Odermatt

  • Hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase determines the reaction direction of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 as an oxoreductase

    Atanas G Atanasov;Lyubomir G Nashev;Roberto A.S Schweizer;Christoph Frick

  • The N-terminal Anchor Sequences of 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases Determine Their Orientation in the Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane

    Alex Odermatt;Peter Arnold;Anita Stauffer;Brigitte M. Frey

  • Two trans-Acting Metalloregulatory Proteins Controlling Expression of the Copper-ATPases of Enterococcus hirae*

    Alex Odermatt;Marc Solioz

  • Compound library development guided by protein structure similarity clustering and natural product structure

    Marcus A. Koch;Lars-Oliver Wittenberg;Sudipta Basu;Duraiswamy A. Jeyaraj

  • Calcification of vascular smooth muscle cells is induced by secondary calciprotein particles and enhanced by tumor necrosis factor-α

    Parisa Aghagolzadeh;Matthias Bachtler;Rakesh Bijarnia;Christopher Jackson

  • Pharmacophore Models and Pharmacophore-Based Virtual Screening: Concepts and Applications Exemplified on Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases

    Teresa Kaserer;Katharina R Beck;Muhammad Akram;Alex Odermatt

  • Characterization of the gene encoding human sarcolipin (SLN), a proteolipid associated with SERCA1: absence of structural mutations in five patients with Brody disease.

    Alex Odermatt;Peter E.M. Taschner;Stephen W. Scherer;Barbara Beatty

  • Prevalence of cam-type deformity on hip magnetic resonance imaging in young males: A cross-sectional study

    Stephan Reichenbach;Peter Jüni;Stefan Werlen;Eveline Nüesch

  • Tissue-specific modulation of mineralocorticoid receptor function by 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases : an overview

    Alex Odermatt;Denise V. Kratschmar

  • Glucocorticoid-mediated mineralocorticoid receptor activation and hypertension.

    Felix J Frey;A Odermatt;Brigitte M Frey

  • Copper pumping ATPases: Common concepts in bacteria and man

    Marc Solioz;Alex Odermatt;Reto Krapf

  • Endoplasmic reticulum: reduced and oxidized glutathione revisited.

    Julia Birk;Mariangela Meyer;Isabel Aller;Henning G. Hansen

  • Rapid Hepatic Metabolism of 7-Ketocholesterol by 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 SPECIES-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RAT, HUMAN, AND HAMSTER ENZYME

    Roberto A.S. Schweizer;Marcel Zürcher;Zoltan Balazs;Bernhard Dick

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniela Schuster
Daniela Schuster Paracelsus Medical University
Atanas G. Atanasov
Atanas G. Atanasov Medical University of Vienna
Michael E. Baker
Michael E. Baker University of California, San Diego
Jerzy Adamski
Jerzy Adamski Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Serge Rudaz
Serge Rudaz University of Geneva
Hermann Stuppner
Hermann Stuppner University of Innsbruck
Marc Solioz
Marc Solioz University of Bern
Gerhard Wolber
Gerhard Wolber Freie Universität Berlin
Rolf W. Hartmann
Rolf W. Hartmann Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Gábor Bánhegyi
Gábor Bánhegyi Semmelweis University

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