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Britta Brügger

Britta Brügger

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
22541
World Ranking
6901
National Ranking
500

Overview

Britta Brügger is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and works primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research portfolio comprises 51 publications, with a focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Spectroscopy, Biochemistry, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Nuclear Structure and Function
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Cellular transport and secretion

Brügger has published in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell
  • Molecular Systems Biology
  • Communications Biology
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry

Their recent papers include:

  • Introducing the Lipidomics Minimal Reporting Checklist, 2022, Nature Metabolism
  • Nutrient-regulated control of lysosome function by signaling lipid conversion, 2023, Cell
  • Protease-resistant streptavidin for interaction proteomics, 2020, Molecular Systems Biology
  • EHD2-mediated restriction of caveolar dynamics regulates cellular fatty acid uptake, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ice2 promotes ER membrane biogenesis in yeast by inhibiting the conserved lipin phosphatase complex, 2021, The EMBO Journal

In collaboration, Brügger frequently works with co-authors such as:

  • Christian Lüchtenborg
  • Martin Lehmann
  • Volker Haucke
  • D. D. Kale
  • Jeffrey G. McDonald

Best Publications

  • Ceramide Triggers Budding of Exosome Vesicles into Multivesicular Endosomes

    Katarina Trajkovic;Chieh Hsu;Salvatore Chiantia;Lawrence Rajendran

  • Molecular Anatomy of a Trafficking Organelle

    Shigeo Takamori;Matthew Holt;Katinka Stenius;Edward A. Lemke

  • Quantitative analysis of biological membrane lipids at the low picomole level by nano-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.

    B. Brügger;G. Erben;R. Sandhoff;F. T. Wieland

  • High cholesterol level is essential for myelin membrane growth.

    Gesine Saher;Britta Brügger;Corinna Lappe-Siefke;Wiebke Möbius

  • The HIV lipidome: A raft with an unusual composition

    Britta Brügger;Bärbel Glass;Per Haberkant;Iris Leibrecht

  • Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry (Esi-Ms/Ms) Analysis of the Lipid Molecular Species Composition of Yeast Subcellular Membranes Reveals Acyl Chain-Based Sorting/Remodeling of Distinct Molecular Species En Route to the Plasma Membrane

    Roger Schneiter;Britta Brügger;Roger Sandhoff;Guenther Zellnig

  • Biochemical and Morphological Properties of Hepatitis C Virus Particles and Determination of Their Lipidome

    Andreas Merz;Gang Long;Marie-Sophie Hiet;Britta Brügger

  • Axonal loss and neuroinflammation caused by peroxisome-deficient oligodendrocytes

    Celia Michèle Kassmann;Corinna Lappe-Siefke;Myriam Baes;Britta Brugger

  • Molecular recognition of a single sphingolipid species by a protein’s transmembrane domain

    F.-Xabier Contreras;Andreas M. Ernst;Per Haberkant;Per Haberkant;Patrik Björkholm;Patrik Björkholm

  • Lipidomics: analysis of the lipid composition of cells and subcellular organelles by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

    Britta Brügger

  • Evidence for Segregation of Sphingomyelin and Cholesterol during Formation of Copi-Coated Vesicles

    Britta Brügger;Roger Sandhoff;Sabine Wegehingel;Karin Gorgas

  • The genetic interactome of prohibitins: coordinated control of cardiolipin and phosphatidylethanolamine by conserved regulators in mitochondria

    Christof Osman;Mathias Haag;Christoph Potting;Jonathan Rodenfels

  • A Critical Role for Ceramide Synthase 2 in Liver Homeostasis: I. ALTERATIONS IN LIPID METABOLIC PATHWAYS*

    Yael Pewzner-Jung;Hyejung Park;Elad L. Laviad;Liana C. Silva;Liana C. Silva

  • Inactivation of ether lipid biosynthesis causes male infertility, defects in eye development and optic nerve hypoplasia in mice

    Claus Rodemer;Thanh-Phuong Thai;Britta Brugger;Thomas Kaercher

  • Peroxisomal alterations in Alzheimer's disease

    Jianqiu Kou;Gabor G. Kovacs;Romana Höftberger;Willem Kulik

  • Sphingomyelin-enriched microdomains at the Golgi complex.

    I Gkantiragas;B Brügger;E Stüven;D Kaloyanova

  • Comparative lipidomics analysis of HIV-1 particles and their producer cell membrane in different cell lines.

    Maier Lorizate;Timo Sachsenheimer;Bärbel Glass;Anja Habermann

  • CerS6-Derived Sphingolipids Interact with Mff and Promote Mitochondrial Fragmentation in Obesity.

    Philipp Hammerschmidt;Daniela Ostkotte;Hendrik Nolte;Mathias J. Gerl

  • Unconventional Secretion of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Is Mediated by Direct Translocation across the Plasma Membrane of Mammalian Cells

    Tobias Schäfer;Hanswalter Zentgraf;Christoph Zehe;Britta Brügger

  • Specificity of Intramembrane Protein–Lipid Interactions

    Francesc-Xabier Contreras;Andreas Max Ernst;Felix Wieland;Britta Brügger

Frequent Co-Authors

Felix T. Wieland
Felix T. Wieland Heidelberg University
Walter Nickel
Walter Nickel Heidelberg University
Klaus-Armin Nave
Klaus-Armin Nave Max Planck Society
Thomas Langer
Thomas Langer Max Planck Society
Hans-Georg Kräusslich
Hans-Georg Kräusslich Heidelberg University
Carsten Schultz
Carsten Schultz Oregon Health & Science University
Irmgard Sinning
Irmgard Sinning Heidelberg University
Wiebke Möbius
Wiebke Möbius Max Planck Society
Peter Rehling
Peter Rehling University of Göttingen
Anthony H. Futerman
Anthony H. Futerman Weizmann Institute of Science

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