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Donald Gullberg

Donald Gullberg

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
12444
World Ranking
11418
National Ranking
52

Overview

Donald Gullberg is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Immunology and Allergy, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Rehabilitation.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, TGF-β signaling in diseases, Wound Healing and Treatments, Platelet Disorders and Treatments, Muscle metabolism and nutrition, and Spaceflight effects on biology.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Cédric Zeltz
  • Ning Lü
  • Joan Chang
  • Karl E. Kadler
  • Uwe Hansen

Their recent papers include:

  • "Collagen Assembly at the Cell Surface: Dogmas Revisited," 2021, published in Cells
  • "Integrin Binding Dynamics Modulate Ligand-Specific Mechanosensing in Mammary Gland Fibroblasts," 2020, published in iScience
  • "Ablation of integrin-mediated cell-collagen communication alleviates fibrosis," 2023, published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "Integrin α11β1 in tumor fibrosis: more than just another cancer-associated fibroblast biomarker?" 2022, published in Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling
  • "Integrin α11β1 is a receptor for collagen XIII," 2020, published in Cell and Tissue Research

Donald Gullberg has published multiple times in these venues:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • iScience
  • eLife
  • Matrix Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Integrins

    Malgorzata Barczyk;Sergio Carracedo;Donald Gullberg

  • Beta 1 integrin-dependent and -independent polymerization of fibronectin.

    Krister Wennerberg;Lars Lohikangas;Donald Gullberg;Martin Pfaff

  • Beta 1 integrin-mediated collagen gel contraction is stimulated by PDGF.

    Donald Gullberg;Anders Tingström;Ann Charlotte Thuresson;Lennart Olsson

  • Analysis of alpha 1 beta 1, alpha 2 beta 1 and alpha 3 beta 1 integrins in cell--collagen interactions: identification of conformation dependent alpha 1 beta 1 binding sites in collagen type I.

    D. Gullberg;K.R. Gehlsen;D.C. Turner;K. Ahlén

  • Expression of collagen binding integrins during cardiac development and hypertrophy.

    L Terracio;K Rubin;D Gullberg;E Balog

  • α11β1 Integrin Is a Receptor for Interstitial Collagens Involved in Cell Migration and Collagen Reorganization on Mesenchymal Nonmuscle Cells

    Carl-Fredrik Tiger;Francoise Fougerousse;Gunilla Grundström;Teet Velling

  • Differentiation and integrity of cardiac muscle cells are impaired in the absence of beta 1 integrin.

    Reinhard Fässler;Jürgen Rohwedel;Victor Maltsev;Wilhelm Bloch

  • Presence of Laminin α5 Chain and Lack of Laminin α1 Chain during Human Muscle Development and in Muscular Dystrophies

    Carl-Fredrik Tiger;Marie-France Champliaud;Fatima Pedrosa-Domellof;Lars-Eric Thornell

  • α11β1 Integrin Recognizes the GFOGER Sequence in Interstitial Collagens

    Wan-Ming Zhang;Jarmo Käpylä;J. Santeri Puranen;C. Graham Knight

  • Cancer-associated fibroblasts in desmoplastic tumors: emerging role of integrins.

    Cédric Zeltz;Irina Primac;Pugazendhi Erusappan;Jahedul Alam

  • Tiggrin, a novel Drosophila extracellular matrix protein that functions as a ligand for Drosophila alpha PS2 beta PS integrins

    F.J. Fogerty;L.I. Fessler;T.A. Bunch;Y. Yaron

  • Integrin α11β1 regulates cancer stromal stiffness and promotes tumorigenicity and metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer.

    Navab R;Strumpf D;To C;Pasko E;Pasko E

  • The integrin-collagen connection - a glue for tissue repair?

    Cédric Zeltz;Donald Gullberg

  • cDNA cloning and chromosomal localization of human alpha(11) integrin. A collagen-binding, I domain-containing, beta(1)-associated integrin alpha-chain present in muscle tissues.

    Teet Velling;Marion Kusche-Gullberg;Thomas Sejersen;Donald Gullberg

  • Integrin α11 regulates IGF2 expression in fibroblasts to enhance tumorigenicity of human non-small-cell lung cancer cells

    Chang-Qi Zhu;Svetlana N. Popova;Ewan R. S. Brown;Dalia Barsyte-Lovejoy

  • Laminin α1-Chain Shows a Restricted Distribution in Epithelial Basement Membranes of Fetal and Adult Human Tissues

    Ismo Virtanen;Donald Gullberg;Jan Rissanen;Eero Kivilaakso

  • Extracellular matrix component signaling in cancer.

    Hinke A.B. Multhaupt;Birgit Leitinger;Donald Gullberg;John R. Couchman

  • Integrins α2β1 and α11β1 regulate the survival of mesenchymal stem cells on collagen I.

    C Popov;T Radic;F Haasters;W C Prall

  • Toward understanding scarless skin wound healing and pathological scarring.

    Sanna-Maria Karppinen;Ritva Leena Heljasvaara;Donald Gullberg;Kaisa Tasanen;Kaisa Tasanen

  • Integrins during evolution: Evolutionary trees and model organisms

    Mark S. Johnson;Ning Lu;Konstantin Denessiouk;Jyrki Heino

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristofer Rubin
Kristofer Rubin Uppsala University
Thomas K. Borg
Thomas K. Borg Medical University of South Carolina
Beate Eckes
Beate Eckes University of Cologne
Ming-Sound Tsao
Ming-Sound Tsao Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Louis Terracio
Louis Terracio New York University
Thomas Krieg
Thomas Krieg University of Cologne
Richard W. Farndale
Richard W. Farndale University of Cambridge
Ismo Virtanen
Ismo Virtanen University of Helsinki
Peter Ekblom
Peter Ekblom Lund University
Taina Pihlajaniemi
Taina Pihlajaniemi University of Oulu

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