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Dennis Strand is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focused on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. The scientist's work also intersects with various subfields including molecular biology, immunology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, epidemiology, and rheumatology.

The main research topics covered by Dennis Strand include:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

Recent publications by Dennis Strand demonstrate a range of scientific interests and include the following works:

  • "Lipid presentation by the protein C receptor links coagulation with autoimmunity," 2021, Science
  • "Autophagy interferes with human cytomegalovirus genome replication, morphogenesis, and progeny release," 2020, Autophagy
  • "Externalized histones fuel pulmonary fibrosis via a platelet-macrophage circuit of TGFβ1 and IL-27," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Rbfox1 Is Expressed in the Mouse Brain in the Form of Multiple Transcript Variants and Contains Functional E Boxes in Its Alternative Promoters," 2020, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • "Biallelic MAD2L1BP (p31comet) mutation is associated with mosaic aneuploidy and juvenile granulosa cell tumors," 2023, JCI Insight

Strand frequently publishes in scientific venues such as:

  • Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Autophagy
  • JCI Insight
  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Collaborations form an important aspect of Strand's research output. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Susanne Strand (4 joint publications)
  • Jennifer Winter (3 joint publications)
  • Friederike Häuser (2 joint publications)
  • Ulrich Zechner (2 joint publications)
  • Markus P. Radsak (2 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Blockade of interleukin 6 trans signaling suppresses T-cell resistance against apoptosis in chronic intestinal inflammation: evidence in crohn disease and experimental colitis in vivo.

    R Atreya;J Mudter;S Finotto;J Müllberg

  • Lymphocyte apoptosis induced by CD95 (APO-1/Fas) ligand-expressing tumor cells--a mechanism of immune evasion?

    Susanne Strand;Walter J. Hofmann;Hubert Hug;Martina Müller

  • CD28-dependent Rac1 activation is the molecular target of azathioprine in primary human CD4+ T lymphocytes.

    Imke Tiede;Gerhard Fritz;Susanne Strand;Daniela Poppe

  • The transcription factor ZEB1 (δEF1) promotes tumour cell dedifferentiation by repressing master regulators of epithelial polarity

    K Aigner;B Dampier;L Descovich;M Mikula

  • The Transcriptional Repressor ZEB1 Promotes Metastasis and Loss of Cell Polarity in Cancer

    Simone Spaderna;Otto Schmalhofer;Mandy Wahlbuhl;Arno Dimmler

  • Persistent and Transient Replication of Full-Length Hepatitis C Virus Genomes in Cell Culture

    Thomas Pietschmann;Volker Lohmann;Artur Kaul;Nicole Krieger

  • Constitutive p40 promoter activation and IL-23 production in the terminal ileum mediated by dendritic cells

    Christoph H Becker;Stefan Wirtz;Manfred Blessing;Jaana Pirhonen

  • Paraoxonase-2 Reduces Oxidative Stress in Vascular Cells and Decreases Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress–Induced Caspase Activation

    Sven Horke;Ines Witte;Petra Wilgenbus;Maximilian Krüger

  • Diagnosing Helicobacter pylori in vivo by confocal laser endoscopy.

    Ralf Kiesslich;Martin Goetz;Juergen Burg;Manfred Stolte

  • Activation Pattern of Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STAT) Factors in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

    Jonas Mudter;Benno Weigmann;Brigitte Bartsch;Ralf Kiesslich

  • CD8 T Cells Control Cytomegalovirus Latency by Epitope-Specific Sensing of Transcriptional Reactivation

    Christian O. Simon;Rafaela Holtappels;Hanna-Mari Tervo;Verena Böhm

  • Azathioprine suppresses ezrin-radixin-moesin-dependent T cell-APC conjugation through inhibition of Vav guanosine exchange activity on Rac proteins

    Daniela Poppe;Imke Tiede;Gerhard Fritz;Christoph Becker

  • The Drosophila lethal(2)giant larvae tumor suppressor protein forms homo-oligomers and is associated with nonmuscle myosin II heavy chain.

    Dennis Strand;Rainer Jakobs;Gunter Merdes;Beate Neumann

  • Sirtuin-6-dependent genetic and epigenetic alterations are associated with poor clinical outcome in hepatocellular carcinoma patients.

    Jens U. Marquardt;Kerstin Fischer;Katharina Baus;Anubha Kashyap

  • Reduced expression of Hugl-1, the human homologue of Drosophila tumour suppressor gene lgl, contributes to progression of colorectal cancer

    Carl C Schimanski;Gösta Schmitz;Anuba Kashyap;Anja K Bosserhoff

  • Molybdenum trioxide nanoparticles with intrinsic sulfite oxidase activity.

    Ruben Ragg;Filipe Natalio;Muhammad Nawaz Tahir;Henning Janssen

  • Multifunctional Two-Photon Active Silica-Coated Au@MnO Janus Particles for Selective Dual Functionalization and Imaging

    Isabel Schick;Steffen Lorenz;Dominik Gehrig;Anna-Maria Schilmann

  • Cleavage of CD95 by matrix metalloproteinase-7 induces apoptosis resistance in tumour cells

    Susanne Strand;Petra Vollmer;Lothar van den Abeelen;Daniela Gottfried

  • Identification of a Dynein Interacting Domain in the Papillomavirus Minor Capsid Protein L2

    Luise Florin;Katrin A. Becker;Carsten Lambert;Thorsten Nowak

  • The human protein Hugl-1 substitutes for Drosophila lethal giant larvae tumour suppressor function in vivo.

    Daniela Grifoni;Flavio Garoia;Christoph C Schimanski;Gösta Schmitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter R. Galle
Peter R. Galle Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Markus F. Neurath
Markus F. Neurath University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Stefan Wirtz
Stefan Wirtz University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Detlef Schuppan
Detlef Schuppan Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Christoph Becker
Christoph Becker University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Wolfgang Tremel
Wolfgang Tremel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Hans Heid
Hans Heid German Cancer Research Center
Hansjörg Schild
Hansjörg Schild Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Matthias J. Reddehase
Matthias J. Reddehase Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Muhammad Nawaz Tahir
Muhammad Nawaz Tahir King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

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