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Anthony P. H. Wright

Anthony P. H. Wright

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Molecular Biology

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7399
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National Ranking
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Overview

Anthony P. H. Wright is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Oncology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their scholarly work addresses a range of topics reflecting intersections between oncology, molecular biology, and immunology. Key research areas include:

  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding

Their publication record comprises numerous articles published in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to venues such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Cancers, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Pancreatology, and Frontiers in Neuroscience. Notable recent papers include:

  • Disentangling the Amyloid Pathways: A Mechanistic Approach to Etiology (2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • 3D heterospecies spheroids of pancreatic stroma and cancer cells demonstrate key phenotypes of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (2021, Translational Oncology)
  • Intrinsic 5-lipoxygenase activity regulates migration and adherence of mantle cell lymphoma cells (2021, Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators)
  • Differential B-Cell Receptor Signaling Requirement for Adhesion of Mantle Cell Lymphoma Cells to Stromal Cells (2020, Cancers)
  • Migration and Adhesion of B-Lymphocytes to Specific Microenvironments in Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Interplay between Signaling Pathways and the Epigenetic Landscape (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

Anthony Wright has collaborated with several recurring co-authors throughout their career. Frequent collaborators include Laia Sadeghi, Gustav Arvidsson, Magali Merrien, Birgitta Sander, and Matthias Löhr.

Best Publications

  • c-Myc associates with ribosomal DNA and activates RNA polymerase I transcription.

    Azadeh Arabi;Azadeh Arabi;Siqin Wu;Karin Ridderstråle;Holger Bierhoff

  • Activation functions 1 and 2 of nuclear receptors: molecular strategies for transcriptional activation.

    Anette Wärnmark;Eckardt Treuter;Anthony P.H. Wright;Jan Åke Gustafsson

  • Activation Domain–Mediated Targeting of the SWI/SNF Complex to Promoters Stimulates Transcription from Nucleosome Arrays

    Kristen E Neely;Ahmed H Hassan;Annika E Wallberg;David J Steger

  • IDENTIFICATION AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL MITOCHONDRIAL THIOREDOXIN SYSTEM IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

    José R. Pedrajas;Effie Kosmidou;Antonio Miranda-Vizuete;Jan-Åke Gustafsson

  • Interaction of the glucocorticoid receptor DNA-binding domain with DNA as a dimer is mediated by a short segment of five amino acids.

    Karin Dahlman-Wright;Anthony Wright;Jan-Ake Gustafsson;Jan Carlstedt-Duke

  • Structural determinants of DNA-binding specificity by steroid receptors.

    Johanna Zilliacus;Anthony P. H. Wright;Jan Carlstedt-Duke;Jan-Ake Gustafsson

  • Mechanism of gene expression by the glucocorticoid receptor: Role of protein-protein interactions

    Iain J. McEwan;Anthony P. H. Wright;Jan‐Åke Gustafsson

  • Structural characterization of a minimal functional transactivation domain from the human glucocorticoid receptor.

    Karin Dahlman-Wright;Herbert Baumann;Iain J. McEwan;Tova Almlof

  • Dicer is required for chromosome segregation and gene silencing in fission yeast cells

    Patrick Provost;Rebecca A. Silverstein;David Dishart;Julian Walfridsson

  • myc Boxes, Which Are Conserved in myc Family Proteins, Are Signals for Protein Degradation via the Proteasome

    Elizabeth M. Flinn;C. Magnus C. Busch;Anthony P. H. Wright

  • The N-terminal regions of estrogen receptor alpha and beta are unstructured in vitro and show different TBP binding properties.

    Anette Wärnmark;Anja Wikström;Anja Wikström;Anthony P.H. Wright;Anthony P.H. Wright;Jan Åke Gustafsson

  • Recruitment of the SWI-SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complex as a Mechanism of Gene Activation by the Glucocorticoid Receptor τ1 Activation Domain

    Annika E. Wallberg;Kristen E. Neely;Ahmed H. Hassan;Jan-Åke Gustafsson

  • FUNCTIONAL INTERACTION OF THE C-MYC TRANSACTIVATION DOMAIN WITH THE TATA BINDING PROTEIN : EVIDENCE FOR AN INDUCED FIT MODEL OF TRANSACTIVATION DOMAIN FOLDING

    Iain J. McEwan;Karin Dahlman-Wright;Jacqueline Ford;Anthony P. H. Wright

  • Role of Acidic and Phosphorylated Residues in Gene Activation by the Glucocorticoid Receptor

    Tova Almlöf;Anthony P.H. Wright;Jan-Åke Gustafsson

  • Refined solution structure of the glucocorticoid receptor DNA-binding domain.

    H. Baumann;K. Paulsen;H. Kovacs;H. Berglund

  • Vectors for the construction of gene banks and the integration of cloned genes in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Wright A;Maundrell K;Heyer Wd;Beach D

  • Structure and function of the glucocorticoid receptor

    Anthony P.H. Wright;Johanna Zilliacus;Iain J. McEwan;Karin Dahlman-Wright

  • Interaction of the ligand-activated glucocorticoid receptor with the 14- 3-3η protein

    Hideki Wakui;Anthony P.H. Wright;Jan-Åke Gustafsson;Johanna Zilliacus

  • Delineation of a small region within the major transactivation domain of the human glucocorticoid receptor that mediates transactivation of gene expression.

    Karin Dahlman-Wright;Tova Almlöf;Iain J. Mcewan;Jan Åke Gustafsson

  • Accumulation of c-Myc and proteasomes at the nucleoli of cells containing elevated c-Myc protein levels.

    Azadeh Arabi;Cecilia Rustum;Einar Hallberg;Anthony P. H. Wright

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan-Åke Gustafsson
Jan-Åke Gustafsson University of Houston
Jan Carlstedt-Duke
Jan Carlstedt-Duke Nanyang Technological University
Karin Dahlman-Wright
Karin Dahlman-Wright Karolinska Institute
Jerry L. Workman
Jerry L. Workman Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Karl Ekwall
Karl Ekwall Karolinska Institute
Torleif Härd
Torleif Härd Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Lennart Nilsson
Lennart Nilsson Karolinska Institute
Samir El Andaloussi
Samir El Andaloussi Karolinska Institute
Susanne Åkesson
Susanne Åkesson Lund University
Staffan Bensch
Staffan Bensch Lund University

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