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Ebba Nexo is a researcher affiliated with Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, specializing in the field of medicine. Their work spans several subfields including rheumatology, hematology, molecular biology, nutrition and dietetics, and surgery.

The primary focus of their research revolves around folate and B vitamins, as well as iron metabolism and related disorders. Other notable research topics include porphyrin metabolism and disorders, child nutrition and water access, cassava research and cyanide, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, and aspects of agriculture sustainability and environmental impact.

Their publication record includes articles in prominent journals such as Nutrients, European Journal of Nutrition, Cell Reports, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, and Journal of Virology. Nutrients features as the most frequent venue with five publications.

  • The importance of vitamin B12 for individuals choosing plant-based diets (2022, European Journal of Nutrition)
  • Corrination of a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist for Glycemic Control without Emesis (2020, Cell Reports)
  • The Avian Retroviral Receptor Tva Mediates the Uptake of Transcobalamin Bound Vitamin B 12 (Cobalamin) (2021, Journal of Virology)
  • Plasma Vitamin B12 Levels, High-Dose Vitamin B12 Treatment, and Risk of Dementia (2021, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease)
  • Effects of Prolonged Whey Protein Supplementation and Resistance Training on Biomarkers of Vitamin B12 Status: A 1-Year Randomized Intervention in Healthy Older Adults (the CALM Study) (2020, Nutrients)

Ebba Nexo collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Sergey N. Fedosov, Christian W. Heegaard, Andrew McCaddon, Ralph Green, and Kourosh R. Ahmadi, reflecting a networked approach to their scientific investigations.

Best Publications

  • Facts and Recommendations about Total Homocysteine Determinations: An Expert Opinion

    Helga Refsum;A. David Smith;Per M. Ueland;Ebba Nexo

  • Vitamin B12 transport from food to the body's cells--a sophisticated, multistep pathway.

    Marianne Jensby Nielsen;Mie Rostved Rasmussen;Christian Brix Folsted Andersen;Ebba Nexø

  • Plasma concentrations of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D are related to the phenotype of Gc (vitamin D-binding protein): a cross-sectional study on 595 early postmenopausal women.

    A. L. Lauridsen;P. Vestergaard;A. P. Hermann;C. Brot

  • Screening for vitamin B-12 and folate deficiency in older persons

    Robert Clarke;Helga Refsum;Jacqueline Birks;John Grimley Evans

  • Cubilin Is Essential for Albumin Reabsorption in the Renal Proximal Tubule

    Sabine Amsellem;Jakub Gburek;Ghislaine Hamard;Rikke Nielsen

  • Immunohistochemical localization of epidermal growth factor in rat and man

    S S Poulsen;E Nexø;P S Olsen;J Hess

  • Low vitamin B-12 status and risk of cognitive decline in older adults

    Robert Clarke;Jacqueline Birks;Ebba Nexo;Per M Ueland

  • Megalin-mediated endocytosis of transcobalamin-vitamin-B12 complexes suggests a role of the receptor in vitamin-B12 homeostasis.

    Soren K. Moestrup;Henrik Birn;Per B. Fischer;Claus M. Petersen

  • Holotranscobalamin, a marker of vitamin B-12 status: analytical aspects and clinical utility

    Ebba Nexo;Elke Hoffmann-Lücke

  • Towards Quantitative mRNA Analysis in Paraffin-Embedded Tissues Using Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction: A Methodological Study on Lymph Nodes from Melanoma Patients

    Helene Nortvig Abrahamsen;Torben Steiniche;Ebba Nexo;Stephen J. Hamilton-Dutoit

  • Monitoring of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor‐sensitizing and resistance mutations in the plasma DNA of patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer during treatment with erlotinib

    Boe S. Sorensen;Lin Wu;Wen Wei;Julie Tsai

  • Biomarkers of vitamin B-12 status in NHANES: a roundtable summary

    Elizabeth A Yetley;Christine M Pfeiffer;Karen W Phinney;Regan L Bailey

  • Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with [11C]-labeled erlotinib: a micro-PET study on mice with lung tumor xenografts.

    Ashfaque A Memon;Steen Jakobsen;Frederik Dagnaes-Hansen;Boe S Sorensen

  • Characterization of an Epithelial ∼460-kDa Protein That Facilitates Endocytosis of Intrinsic Factor-Vitamin B12 and Binds Receptor-associated Protein *

    Henrik Birn;Pierre J. Verroust;Ebba Nexø;Henrik Hager

  • Mean Serum Concentration of Vitamin D-binding Protein (Gc Globulin) Is Related to the Gc Phenotype in Women

    Anna Lis Lauridsen;Peter Vestergaard;Ebba Nexo

  • Detection of epidermal growth factor-urogastrone and its receptor during fetal mouse development

    Ebba Nexø;Morley D. Hollenberg;Alvaro Figueroa;Robert M. Pratt

  • Increased prevalence of autoimmunity in Turner syndrome – influence of age

    K. H. Mortensen;L. Cleemann;B. E. Hjerrild;E. Nexo

  • Influence of epidermal growth factor on liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in rats.

    Peter Skov Olsen;Steen Boesby;Preben Kirkegaard;Kim Therkelsen

  • Activation of ErbB3, EGFR and Erk is essential for growth of human breast cancer cell lines with acquired resistance to fulvestrant

    Thomas Frogne;Rikke V. Benjaminsen;Katrine Sonne-Hansen;Boe S. Sorensen

  • Holotranscobalamin – a first choice assay for diagnosing early vitamin B12 deficiency?

    A.‐M. Hvas;E. Nexo

Frequent Co-Authors

Steen Seier Poulsen
Steen Seier Poulsen University of Copenhagen
Per Magne Ueland
Per Magne Ueland University of Bergen
Torben E. Petersen
Torben E. Petersen Aarhus University
Søren K. Moestrup
Søren K. Moestrup Aarhus University
Anne M. Molloy
Anne M. Molloy Trinity College Dublin
Helga Refsum
Helga Refsum University of Oslo
Lars Thim
Lars Thim Novo Nordisk (Denmark)
John M. Scott
John M. Scott Trinity College Dublin
Erik Ilsø Christensen
Erik Ilsø Christensen Aarhus University
Lindsay H. Allen
Lindsay H. Allen United States Department of Agriculture

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