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Christer Höög

Christer Höög

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Genetics

D-Index
55
Citations
10647
World Ranking
3584
National Ranking
46

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Christer Höög is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, focusing primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Plant Science, and Surgery.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes

Christer Höög has contributed to multiple publications, with frequent appearances in notable venues such as:

  • Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • Aging Cell
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
  • Chromosome Research

Their recent papers include:

  • "Age-dependent aneuploidy in mammalian oocytes instigated at the second meiotic division," 2022, Aging Cell
  • "Aurora B and Aurora C pools at two chromosomal regions collaboratively maintain chromosome alignment and prevent aneuploidy at the second meiotic division in mammalian oocytes," 2024, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Model-informed development of a cost-saving dosing regimen for enfortumab vedotin," 2025, Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
  • "A cryo-fixation protocol to study the structure of the synaptonemal complex," 2022, Chromosome Research
  • "Crio-fixation of Pachytene Cells," 2020, Microscopy and Microanalysis

Christer Höög has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Rosario Ortíz
  • Abrahan Hernández-Hernández
  • Anna Kouznetsova
  • Sonata Valentiniene
  • Hjalmar Brismar

In recognition of their contributions, Christer Höög was appointed a member of the Academia Europaea in 2009 and is also a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • The murine SCP3 gene is required for synaptonemal complex assembly, chromosome synapsis, and male fertility.

    Li Yuan;Jian-Guo Liu;Jian Zhao;Eva Brundell

  • Female Germ Cell Aneuploidy and Embryo Death in Mice Lacking the Meiosis-Specific Protein SCP3

    Li Yuan;Jian-Guo Liu;Mary-Rose Hoja;Johannes Wilbertz

  • PKA and MPF-Activated Polo-like Kinase Regulate Anaphase-Promoting Complex Activity and Mitosis Progression

    Shuji Kotani;Stuart Tugendreich;Mika Fujii;Pia-Marie Jorgensen

  • Age-Related Meiotic Segregation Errors in Mammalian Oocytes Are Preceded by Depletion of Cohesin and Sgo2

    Lisa Martine Lister;Lisa Martine Lister;Anna Kouznetsova;Louise Ann Hyslop;Dimitrios Kalleas;Dimitrios Kalleas

  • The murine Ki-67 cell proliferation antigen accumulates in the nucleolar and heterochromatic regions of interphase cells and at the periphery of the mitotic chromosomes in a process essential for cell cycle progression

    Maria Starborg;Katarina Gell;Eva Brundell;Christer Höög

  • Identification of BIME as a subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex.

    Jan-Michael Peters;Randall W. King;Christer Höög;Marc W. Kirschner

  • RNF212 is a dosage-sensitive regulator of crossing-over during mammalian meiosis

    April Reynolds;Huanyu Qiao;Ye Yang;Jefferson K Chen

  • High-throughput protein expression of cDNA products as a tool in functional genomics.

    Magnus Larsson;Susanne Gräslund;Li Yuan;Eva Brundell

  • A Meiotic Chromosomal Core Consisting of Cohesin Complex Proteins Recruits DNA Recombination Proteins and Promotes Synapsis in the Absence of an Axial Element in Mammalian Meiotic Cells

    Jeanette Pelttari;Mary-Rose Hoja;Li Yuan;Jian-Guo Liu

  • Regulation of APC/C activity in oocytes by a Bub1-dependent spindle assembly checkpoint.

    Barry E. McGuinness;Martin Anger;Anna Kouznetsova;Ana M. Gil-Bernabé

  • Two novel proteins recruited by synaptonemal complex protein 1 (SYCP1) are at the centre of meiosis

    Yael Costa;Robert Speed;Rupert Öllinger;Manfred Alsheimer

  • A Novel Mouse Synaptonemal Complex Protein Is Essential for Loading of Central Element Proteins, Recombination, and Fertility

    Sabine Schramm;Johanna Fraune;Ronald Naumann;Abrahan Hernandez-Hernandez

  • Differential Functions of the Aurora-B and Aurora-C Kinases in Mammalian Spermatogenesis

    Sarah Kimmins;Claudia Crosio;Noora Kotaja;Jun Hirayama

  • Transmembrane protein Sun2 is involved in tethering mammalian meiotic telomeres to the nuclear envelope

    Johannes Schmitt;Ricardo Benavente;Didier Hodzic;Christer Höög

  • Localization of the N-terminus of SCP1 to the Central Element of the Synaptonemal Complex and Evidence for Direct Interactions between the N-termini of SCP1 Molecules Organized Head-to-Head

    Jian-Guo Liu;Li Yuan;Eva Brundell;Birgitta Björkroth

  • Meiotic failure in male mice lacking an X-linked factor

    Fang Yang;Katarina Gell;Godfried W. van der Heijden;Sigrid Eckardt

  • Characterization of a novel meiosis-specific protein within the central element of the synaptonemal complex

    Geert Hamer;Katarina Gell;Anna Kouznetsova;Ivana Novak

  • Synaptonemal Complex Components Persist at Centromeres and Are Required for Homologous Centromere Pairing in Mouse Spermatocytes

    C. Gaston Bisig;Michel F. Guiraldelli;Anna Kouznetsova;Harry Scherthan

  • Mouse embryonic stem cells form follicle-like ovarian structures but do not progress through meiosis.

    Ivana Novak;Daniel A. Lightfoot;Hong Wang;Annika Eriksson

  • ATR acts stage specifically to regulate multiple aspects of mammalian meiotic silencing

    Hélène Royo;Haydn Prosser;Yaroslava Ruzankina;Shantha K. Mahadevaiah

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Ståhl
Stefan Ståhl Royal Institute of Technology
Ricardo Benavente
Ricardo Benavente University of Würzburg
Bertil Daneholt
Bertil Daneholt Karolinska Institute
Mathias Uhlén
Mathias Uhlén Royal Institute of Technology
Harry Scherthan
Harry Scherthan University of Ulm
Yoshinori Watanabe
Yoshinori Watanabe University of Tokyo
John C. Schimenti
John C. Schimenti Cornell University
Howard J. Cooke
Howard J. Cooke University of Edinburgh
Claes Wahlestedt
Claes Wahlestedt University of Miami

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