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Biology and Biochemistry
India
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
85
Citations
22670
World Ranking
3192
National Ranking
1612

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in India Leader Award

Overview

Dolores D. Mruk is affiliated with the Population Council in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including reproductive medicine, molecular biology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, surgery, and rheumatology.

The scientist's research contributions focus heavily on reproductive biology and related physiological processes. Key topics addressed in their research include sperm and testicular function, hormonal and reproductive studies, cholesterol and lipid metabolism, urologic and reproductive health conditions, drug transport and resistance mechanisms, reproductive biology and fertility, as well as genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities.

Dolores D. Mruk has published several papers in notable venues. These include:

  • Modulating the Blood-Testis Barrier Towards Increasing Drug Delivery, 2020, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
  • Testin regulates the blood-testis barrier via disturbing occludin/ZO-1 association and actin organization, 2020, Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • Spermiation: Insights from Studies on the Adjudin Model, 2021, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
  • Unraveling the Regulation of Cancer/Testis Antigens in Tumorigenesis Through an Analysis of Normal Germ Cell Development in Rodents, 2021, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, and Journal of Cellular Physiology.

Dolores D. Mruk collaborates frequently with other researchers, including C. Yan Cheng, Haiqi Chen, Yu Jiang, Baiping Mao, and Tiao Bu. Among these coauthors, the collaboration with C. Yan Cheng is the most frequent.

Best Publications

  • Sertoli-Sertoli and Sertoli-Germ Cell Interactions and Their Significance in Germ Cell Movement in the Seminiferous Epithelium during Spermatogenesis

    Dolores D. Mruk;C. Yan Cheng

  • The Blood-Testis Barrier and Its Implications for Male Contraception

    C. Yan Cheng;Dolores D. Mruk

  • Cell Junction Dynamics in the Testis: Sertoli-Germ Cell Interactions and Male Contraceptive Development

    C. Yan Cheng;Dolores D. Mruk

  • The Mammalian Blood-Testis Barrier: Its Biology and Regulation

    Dolores D. Mruk;C. Yan Cheng

  • Cadmium-induced testicular injury.

    Erica R. Siu;Dolores D. Mruk;Catarina S. Porto;C. Yan Cheng

  • Antioxidant superoxide dismutase - a review: its function, regulation in the testis, and role in male fertility.

    Dolores D. Mruk;Bruno Silvestrini;Meng-yun Mo;C.Yan Cheng

  • A local autocrine axis in the testes that regulates spermatogenesis

    C. Yan Cheng;Dolores D. Mruk

  • Blood-testis barrier dynamics are regulated by testosterone and cytokines via their differential effects on the kinetics of protein endocytosis and recycling in Sertoli cells

    Helen H. N. Yan;Dolores D. Mruk;Will M. Lee;C. Yan Cheng

  • Enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL) for routine immunoblotting: An inexpensive alternative to commercially available kits.

    Dolores D. Mruk;C. Yan Cheng

  • Regulation of blood-testis barrier dynamics: an in vivo study

    Ching-hang Wong;Dolores D. Mruk;Wing-yee Lui;C. Yan Cheng

  • Adhering junction dynamics in the testis are regulated by an interplay of β1-integrin and focal adhesion complex-associated proteins

    Michelle K. Y. Siu;Dolores D. Mruk;Will M. Lee;C. Yan Cheng

  • Biology and regulation of ectoplasmic specialization, an atypical adherens junction type, in the testis.

    Elissa W.P. Wong;Dolores D. Mruk;C. Yan Cheng

  • Tumor necrosis factor {alpha} reversibly disrupts the blood-testis barrier and impairs Sertoli-germ cell adhesion in the seminiferous epithelium of adult rat testes.

    Michelle W M Li;Weiliang Xia;Dolores D Mruk;Claire Q F Wang

  • Regulation of Spermatogenesis in the Microenvironment of the Seminiferous Epithelium: New Insights and Advances

    C. Yan Cheng;Elissa W.P. Wong;Helen H.N. Yan;Dolores D. Mruk

  • Sertoli Cell Tight Junction Dynamics: Their Regulation During Spermatogenesis

    Wing-Yee Lui;Dolores Mruk;Will M Lee;C. Yan Cheng

  • Is the cadherin/catenin complex a functional unit of cell-cell actin-based adherens junctions in the rat testis?

    Nikki P.Y. Lee;Dolores Mruk;Will M. Lee;C. Yan Cheng

  • TGF-β3 Regulates the Blood-Testis Barrier Dynamics via the p38 Mitogen Activated Protein (MAP) Kinase Pathway: An in Vivo Study

    Wing-Yee Lui;Ching-Hang Wong;Dolores D. Mruk;C. Yan Cheng

  • TGF-β3 and TNFα perturb blood-testis barrier (BTB) dynamics by accelerating the clathrin-mediated endocytosis of integral membrane proteins: A new concept of BTB regulation during spermatogenesis

    Weiliang Xia;Elissa W.P. Wong;Dolores D. Mruk;C. Yan Cheng

  • Disruption of the blood-testis barrier integrity by bisphenol A in vitro: Is this a suitable model for studying blood-testis barrier dynamics?

    Michelle W.M. Li;Dolores D. Mruk;Will M. Lee;C. Yan Cheng

  • Sertoli-germ cell junctions in the testis: a review of recent data.

    Ilona A. Kopera;Barbara Bilinska;C. Yan Cheng;Dolores D. Mruk

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Yan Cheng
C. Yan Cheng Population Council
Will M. Lee
Will M. Lee University of Hong Kong
Chris K.C. Wong
Chris K.C. Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
Weiliang Xia
Weiliang Xia Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Moira K O'Bryan
Moira K O'Bryan University of Melbourne
Tanya N. Mayadas
Tanya N. Mayadas Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ian G. Mills
Ian G. Mills University of Oxford
Alicia Alonso
Alicia Alonso University of the Basque Country
Roland Foisner
Roland Foisner Medical University of Vienna
Ben-Zion Shilo
Ben-Zion Shilo Weizmann Institute of Science

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