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229

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Daniel Ricklin is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions in various subfields including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Hematology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Pharmacology.

Their work addresses key topics such as the complement system in diseases, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, platelet disorders and treatments, chemical synthesis and analysis, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism, and renal diseases and glomerulopathies.

Ricklin has published frequently in venues including Immunobiology, Frontiers in Immunology, ChemMedChem, Seminars in Immunopathology, and Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Ricklin include:

  • "Tipping the balance: intricate roles of the complement system in disease and therapy" (2021) published in Seminars in Immunopathology
  • "The Promiscuous Profile of Complement Receptor 3 in Ligand Binding, Immune Modulation, and Pathophysiology" (2021) published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Compstatins: the dawn of clinical C3-targeted complement inhibition" (2022) published in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
  • "C1q binding to surface-bound IgG is stabilized by C1r 2 s 2 proteases" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "From discovery to approval: A brief history of the compstatin family of complement C3 inhibitors" (2021) published in Clinical Immunology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ricklin include Said Rabbani, Christina Lamers, Oliver Schwardt, Richard B. Pouw, and John D. Lambris. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse range of studies in immunological and pharmacological science.

Best Publications

  • Complement: a key system for immune surveillance and homeostasis

    Daniel Ricklin;George Hajishengallis;Kun Yang;John D Lambris

  • Complement evasion by human pathogens

    John D. Lambris;Daniel Ricklin;Brian V. Geisbrecht

  • Complement in disease: a defence system turning offensive

    Daniel Ricklin;Edimara S. Reis;John D. Lambris

  • Complement-targeted therapeutics.

    Daniel Ricklin;John D Lambris

  • Complement in Immune and Inflammatory Disorders: Pathophysiological Mechanisms

    Daniel Ricklin;John D. Lambris

  • Complement component C3 – The “Swiss Army Knife” of innate immunity and host defense

    Daniel Ricklin;Edimara S. Reis;Dimitrios C. Mastellos;Piet Gros

  • Interactions between coagulation and complement—their role in inflammation

    Katerina Oikonomopoulou;Daniel Ricklin;Peter A. Ward;John D. Lambris

  • Novel mechanisms and functions of complement

    George Hajishengallis;Edimara S Reis;Dimitrios C Mastellos;Daniel Ricklin

  • Structure of complement fragment C3b-factor H and implications for host protection by complement regulators.

    Jin Wu;You-Qiang Wu;Daniel Ricklin;Bert J C Janssen

  • Complement in cancer: untangling an intricate relationship.

    Edimara S. Reis;Dimitrios C. Mastellos;Daniel Ricklin;Alberto Mantovani

  • The renaissance of complement therapeutics

    Daniel Ricklin;Dimitrios C. Mastellos;Edimara S. Reis;John D. Lambris

  • Complement in immune and inflammatory disorders: therapeutic interventions.

    Daniel Ricklin;John D. Lambris

  • Clinical promise of next-generation complement therapeutics.

    Dimitrios C. Mastellos;Daniel Ricklin;John D. Lambris

  • Structures of C3B in Complex with Factors B and D Give Insight Into Complement Convertase Formation.

    Federico Forneris;Daniel Ricklin;Jin Wu;Apostolia Tzekou

  • Oligohis-tags: mechanisms of binding to Ni2+-NTA surfaces.

    Steven Knecht;Daniel Ricklin;Alex N. Eberle;Beat Ernst

  • Structural and functional implications of the alternative complement pathway C3 convertase stabilized by a staphylococcal inhibitor

    Suzan H M Rooijakkers;Jin Wu;Maartje Ruyken;Robert van Domselaar

  • Peptide inhibitors of C3 activation as a novel strategy of complement inhibition for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

    Antonio M. Risitano;Daniel Ricklin;Yijun Huang;Edimara S. Reis

  • Compstatin: a complement inhibitor on its way to clinical application.

    Daniel Ricklin;John D. Lambris

  • Protection of host cells by complement regulators.

    Christoph Q. Schmidt;John D. Lambris;Daniel Ricklin

  • Compstatin: a C3-targeted complement inhibitor reaching its prime for bedside intervention

    Dimitrios C. Mastellos;Despina Yancopoulou;Petros Kokkinos;Markus Huber-Lang

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Lambris
John D. Lambris University of Pennsylvania
Bo Nilsson
Bo Nilsson Uppsala University
Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl
Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl Uppsala University
George Hajishengallis
George Hajishengallis University of Pennsylvania
Piet Gros
Piet Gros Utrecht University
Tom Eirik Mollnes
Tom Eirik Mollnes Oslo University Hospital
Hubert Schrezenmeier
Hubert Schrezenmeier University of Ulm
Thomas Simmet
Thomas Simmet University of Ulm
Paul N. Barlow
Paul N. Barlow University of Edinburgh
Florea Lupu
Florea Lupu Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

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