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Boye Schnack Nielsen

Boye Schnack Nielsen

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
8555
World Ranking
17252
National Ranking
189

Overview

Boye Schnack Nielsen is affiliated with Bioneer in Denmark and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research encompasses a broad spectrum of topics with a strong emphasis on cancer biology and molecular mechanisms underlying disease regulation.

The main areas of study for Boye Schnack Nielsen include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, notable subfields of study they have contributed to are:

  • Cancer Research
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Surgery
  • Oncology

Their research topics cover the following subjects:

  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Cancer Research and Treatments
  • Circular RNAs in diseases
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease

Boye Schnack Nielsen has published several research papers across various scientific journals. Some recent publications include:

  • MicroRNA Biomarkers in IBD-Differential Diagnosis and Prediction of Colitis-Associated Cancer (2020) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Human iPSC-derived hepatocytes in 2D and 3D suspension culture for cryopreservation and in vitro toxicity studies (2022) in Reproductive Toxicology
  • Monocyte Infiltration and Differentiation in 3D Multicellular Spheroid Cancer Models (2021) in Pathogens
  • Staphylococcus aureus Induces Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 5-Dependent miR-155 Expression in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (2021) in Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • MicroRNA-27a-3p targets FoxO signalling to induce tumour-like phenotypes in bile duct cells (2022) in Journal of Hepatology

Their frequent co-authors include Jaslin James, Lene Riis, Mikkel Malham, Estrid Høgdall, and Kim Holmstrøm, reflecting ongoing collaborations in the research community.

Publishing venues where Boye Schnack Nielsen has contributed repeatedly are:

  • Cancer Research
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

In addition to journal articles, Boye Schnack Nielsen has a contribution to book publications, including a work published by Springer Science+Business Media:

  • In Situ Hybridization Protocols (2020)

Best Publications

  • Induction of NGAL synthesis in epithelial cells of human colorectal neoplasia and inflammatory bowel diseases.

    B S Nielsen;N Borregaard;J R Bundgaard;S Timshel

  • Tumor Cell–Derived and Macrophage-Derived Cathepsin B Promotes Progression and Lung Metastasis of Mammary Cancer

    Olga Vasiljeva;Anna Papazoglou;Achim Krüger;Harald Brodoefel

  • Cancer invasion and tissue remodeling--cooperation of protease systems and cell types.

    Keld Danø;John Rømer;Boye S. Nielsen;Signe Bjørn

  • Functional overlap between two classes of matrix‐degrading proteases in wound healing

    Leif R. Lund;John Rømer;Thomas H. Bugge;Boye S. Nielsen

  • High levels of microRNA-21 in the stroma of colorectal cancers predict short disease-free survival in stage II colon cancer patients

    Boye Schnack Nielsen;Stine Jørgensen;Jacob Ulrik Fog;Rolf Søkilde

  • Localization of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP‐1) in human colorectal adenoma and adenocarcinoma

    Mads N. Holten-Andersen;Ulla Hansen;Nils Brünner;Hans Jørgen Nielsen

  • Deregulated matriptase causes ras-independent multistage carcinogenesis and promotes ras-mediated malignant transformation

    Karin List;Roman Szabo;Alfredo Molinolo;Virote Sriuranpong

  • Biosynthesis of granule proteins in normal human bone marrow cells. Gelatinase is a marker of terminal neutrophil differentiation

    N Borregaard;M Sehested;BS Nielsen;H Sengelov

  • Robust one-day in situ hybridization protocol for detection of microRNAs in paraffin samples using LNA probes

    Stine Jørgensen;Adam Baker;Søren Møller;Boye Schnack Nielsen

  • 92 kDa type IV collagenase (MMP-9) is expressed in neutrophils and macrophages but not in malignant epithelial cells in human colon cancer.

    Boye S. Nielsen;Susanne Timshel;Lars Kjeldsen;Maxwell Sehested

  • Reduced metastasis of Polyoma virus middle T antigen-induced mammary cancer in plasminogen-deficient mice

    Thomas H Bugge;Leif R Lund;Keith K Kombrinck;Boye S Nielsen

  • Reduced metastasis of transgenic mammary cancer in urokinase-deficient mice.

    Kasper Almholt;Leif R. Lund;Jørgen Rygaard;Boye S. Nielsen

  • Collagenase-3 expression in breast myofibroblasts as a molecular marker of transition of ductal carcinoma in situ lesions to invasive ductal carcinomas.

    Boye Schnack Nielsen;Fritz Rank;José Manuel López;Milagros Balbin

  • Lactational competence and involution of the mouse mammary gland require plasminogen

    L.R. Lund;S.F. Bjorn;M.D. Sternlicht;B.S. Nielsen

  • Plasminogen activation independent of uPA and tPA maintains wound healing in gene-deficient mice.

    Leif R Lund;Kirsty A Green;Allart A Stoop;Michael Ploug

  • MMP-9 is differentially expressed in primary human colorectal adenocarcinomas and their metastases.

    Martin Illemann;Nigel Bird;Ali Majeed;Maxwell Sehested

  • Sequential coexpression of the multidrug resistance genes MRP and mdr1 and their products in VP-16 (etoposide)-selected H69 small cell lung cancer cells.

    Inger Brock;David R. Hipfner;Boye S. Nielsen;Peter B. Jensen

  • The murine receptor for urokinase-type plasminogen activator is primarily expressed in tissues actively undergoing remodeling.

    Helene Solberg;Michael Ploug;Gunilla Høyer–Hansen;Boye S. Nielsen

  • The urokinase receptor as a potential target in cancer therapy.

    John Romer;Boye Schnack Nielsen;Michael Ploug

  • Intracellular collagen degradation mediated by uPARAP/Endo180 is a major pathway of extracellular matrix turnover during malignancy.

    Alejandro C. Curino;Lars H. Engelholm;Susan S. Yamada;Kenn Holmbeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Leif R. Lund
Leif R. Lund University of Copenhagen
Keld Danø
Keld Danø Copenhagen University Hospital
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
Ib Jarle Christensen
Ib Jarle Christensen University of Copenhagen
Maxwell Sehested
Maxwell Sehested Rigshospitalet
Nils Brünner
Nils Brünner University of Copenhagen
Gunilla Høyer-Hansen
Gunilla Høyer-Hansen University of Copenhagen
Michael Ploug
Michael Ploug University of Copenhagen
Thomas H. Bugge
Thomas H. Bugge National Institutes of Health
Niels Behrendt
Niels Behrendt Technical University of Denmark

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