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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Dontscho Kerjaschki is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine, particularly focusing on Nephrology and Molecular Biology. Their research spans across several aspects of renal diseases, lymphatic system pathology, and molecular mechanisms underlying kidney function and disorders.

The scientist's recent publications include the following:

  • Lymphatic Capillaries in Aging, 2020, published in Gerontology
  • LIM and SH3 protein 1 (LASP-1): A novel link between the slit membrane and actin cytoskeleton dynamics in podocytes, 2020, published in The FASEB Journal
  • In memoriam: Marilyn Gist Farquhar, 1928-2019, 2020, published in Kidney International
  • Table of Contents, 2020, published in Kidney International
  • Proteolytic processing of dynamin by cytoplasmic cathepsin L is a mechanism for proteinuric kidney disease, 2020, published in UNC Libraries

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Hermann Pavenstädt
  • Yashpal S. Kanwar
  • Robert A. Orlando
  • Sanna Lehtonen
  • Aaro Miettinen

Key publication venues where Dontscho Kerjaschki frequently appears are:

  • Kidney International
  • Gerontology
  • The FASEB Journal
  • UNC Libraries

Their main fields of study are in Medicine, with subfields including:

  • Nephrology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Genetics

The primary research topics covered by Dontscho Kerjaschki include:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Lymphatic System and Diseases
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment

Dontscho Kerjaschki has been recognized by scientific communities through various awards including the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2007 for contributions in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. They are also a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Angiosarcomas Express Mixed Endothelial Phenotypes of Blood and Lymphatic Capillaries: Podoplanin as a Specific Marker for Lymphatic Endothelium

    Silvana Breiteneder-Geleff;Afschin Soleiman;Heinrich Kowalski;Reinhard Horvat

  • Isolated lymphatic endothelial cells transduce growth, survival and migratory signals via the VEGF‐C/D receptor VEGFR‐3

    Taija Mäkinen;Tanja Veikkola;Satu Mustjoki;Terhi Karpanen

  • Macrophages regulate salt-dependent volume and blood pressure by a vascular endothelial growth factor-C–dependent buffering mechanism

    Agnes Machnik;Wolfgang Neuhofer;Jonathan Jantsch;Anke Dahlmann

  • Tumor-Associated Macrophages Express Lymphatic Endothelial Growth Factors and Are Related to Peritumoral Lymphangiogenesis

    Sebastian F. Schoppmann;Peter Birner;Johannes Stöckl;Romana Kalt

  • Lymphatic endothelial reprogramming of vascular endothelial cells by the Prox-1 homeobox transcription factor

    Tatiana V. Petrova;Taija Mäkinen;Tomi P. Mäkelä;Janna Saarela

  • Autophagy influences glomerular disease susceptibility and maintains podocyte homeostasis in aging mice

    Björn Hartleben;Markus Gödel;Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger;Shuya Liu

  • Tumor invasion in the absence of epithelial-mesenchymal transition: Podoplanin-mediated remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton

    Andreas Wicki;François Lehembre;Nikolaus Wick;Brigitte Hantusch

  • The pathogenic antigen of Heymann nephritis is a membrane glycoprotein of the renal proximal tubule brush border

    Dontscho Kerjaschki;Marilyn Gist Farquhar

  • Role of the Microvascular Endothelium in Progressive Renal Disease

    Duk-Hee Kang;John Kanellis;Christian Hugo;Luan D Truong

  • Positional cloning uncovers mutations in PLCE1 responsible for a nephrotic syndrome variant that may be reversible.

    Bernward Hinkes;Roger C. Wiggins;Rasheed Gbadegesin;Christopher N. Vlangos

  • Defective valves and abnormal mural cell recruitment underlie lymphatic vascular failure in lymphedema distichiasis

    Tatiana V Petrova;Terhi Karpanen;Camilla Norrmén;Russell Mellor

  • Isolation and Characterization of Dermal Lymphatic and Blood Endothelial Cells Reveal Stable and Functionally Specialized Cell Lineages

    Ernst Kriehuber;Silvana Breiteneder-Geleff;Marion Groeger;Afschin Soleiman

  • Identification and characterization of podocalyxin--the major sialoprotein of the renal glomerular epithelial cell

    D Kerjaschki;D J Sharkey;M G Farquhar

  • Capillary Deposition of Complement Split Product C4d in Renal Allografts is Associated with Basement Membrane Injury in Peritubular and Glomerular Capillaries: A Contribution of Humoral Immunity to Chronic Allograft Rejection

    Heinz Regele;Georg A. Böhmig;Antje Habicht;Daniela Gollowitzer

  • Podoplanin, novel 43-kd membrane protein of glomerular epithelial cells, is down-regulated in puromycin nephrosis.

    S Breiteneder-Geleff;K Matsui;A Soleiman;P Meraner

  • Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vasculopathy

    Reiner A. Wimmer;Alexandra Leopoldi;Martin Aichinger;Nikolaus Wick

  • Immunocytochemical localization of the Heymann nephritis antigen (GP330) in glomerular epithelial cells of normal Lewis rats

    D Kerjaschki;MG Farquhar

  • Role of mTOR in podocyte function and diabetic nephropathy in humans and mice

    Markus Gödel;Björn Hartleben;Nadja Herbach;Shuya Liu

  • Molecular mimicry in pauci-immune focal necrotizing glomerulonephritis

    Renate Kain;Markus Exner;Ricarda Brandes;Reinhard Ziebermayr;Reinhard Ziebermayr

  • Lymphatic Neoangiogenesis in Human Kidney Transplants Is Associated with Immunologically Active Lymphocytic Infiltrates

    Dontscho Kerjaschki;Heinrich M. Regele;Isabella Moosberger;Katalyn Nagy-Bojarski

Frequent Co-Authors

Kari Alitalo
Kari Alitalo University of Helsinki
Tobias B. Huber
Tobias B. Huber Universität Hamburg
Marilyn G. Farquhar
Marilyn G. Farquhar University of California, San Diego
Harry Holthöfer
Harry Holthöfer University of Helsinki
Gerd Walz
Gerd Walz University of Freiburg
Annunziata Gloghini
Annunziata Gloghini University of Milan
Matthias Kretzler
Matthias Kretzler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Josef M. Penninger
Josef M. Penninger University of British Columbia
David J. Kerr
David J. Kerr University of Oxford
Michael Sixt
Michael Sixt Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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