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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Germany
2024

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Molecular Biology

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110
Citations
47327
World Ranking
371
National Ranking
33

Medicine

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115
Citations
52066
World Ranking
4517
National Ranking
245

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  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Eckhard Wolf is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research spans several fields, primarily within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work focuses on multiple subfields including surgery, molecular biology, genetics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, as well as endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. These areas relate closely to their research topics, which cover xenotransplantation and immune response, pancreatic function and diabetes, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, animal genetics and reproduction, organ transplantation techniques and outcomes, diabetes and associated disorders, and CRISPR and genetic engineering.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Transplantation
  • Xenotransplantation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cells
  • European Heart Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Eckhard Wolf include:

  • Cellular and Molecular Probing of Intact Human Organs, 2020, published in Cell
  • Somatic gene editing ameliorates skeletal and cardiac muscle failure in pig and human models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 2020, published in Nature Medicine
  • Impact of porcine cytomegalovirus on long-term orthotopic cardiac xenotransplant survival, 2020, published in Scientific Reports
  • Irp2 regulates insulin production through iron-mediated Cdkal1-catalyzed tRNA modification, 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • Porcine models for studying complications and organ crosstalk in diabetes mellitus, 2020, published in Cell and Tissue Research

Among frequent collaborators are Elisabeth Kemter, Bruno Reichart, Barbara Keßler, Mayuko Kurome, and Nikolai Klymiuk. These co-authors have worked with Eckhard Wolf on numerous publications, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • CCR7 coordinates the primary immune response by establishing functional microenvironments in secondary lymphoid organs.

    Reinhold Förster;Andreas Schubel;Dagmar Breitfeld;Elisabeth Kremmer

  • Hippocampal long-term potentiation is impaired in mice lacking brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

    M Korte;P Carroll;E Wolf;G Brem

  • A Putative Chemokine Receptor, BLR1, Directs B Cell Migration to Defined Lymphoid Organs and Specific Anatomic Compartments of the Spleen

    Reinhold Förster;Anita E Mattis;Elisabeth Kremmer;Eckhard Wolf

  • Conservation of methylation reprogramming in mammalian development: aberrant reprogramming in cloned embryos.

    Wendy Dean;Fátima Santos;Miodrag Stojkovic;Valeri Zakhartchenko

  • Genome-wide, large-scale production of mutant mice by ENU mutagenesis

    M. H. Hrabe de Angelis;H. Flaswinkel;H. Fuchs;B. Rathkolb

  • A humanized version of Foxp2 affects cortico-basal ganglia circuits in mice

    Wolfgang Enard;Sabine Gehre;Kurt Hammerschmidt;Sabine M. Hölter

  • Animal models of obesity and diabetes mellitus

    Maximilian Kleinert;Christoffer Clemmensen;Susanna M Hofmann;Mary C Moore

  • Disruption of the CNTF gene results in motor neuron degeneration.

    Yasuo Masu;Eckhard Wolf;Bettina Holtmann;Michael Sendtner

  • Mitochondrial distribution and adenosine triphosphate content of bovine oocytes before and after in vitro maturation: correlation with morphological criteria and developmental capacity after in vitro fertilization and culture.

    Miodrag Stojkovic;Sergio A. Machado;Petra Stojkovic;Valeri Zakhartchenko

  • Epigenetic Marking Correlates with Developmental Potential in Cloned Bovine Preimplantation Embryos

    Fátima Santos;Valeri Zakhartchenko;Miodrag Stojkovic;Antoine Peters

  • Impaired insulin secretory capacity in mice lacking a functional vitamin D receptor.

    Ute Zeitz;Karin Weber;Desi W. Soegiarto;Eckhard Wolf

  • The epidermal growth factor receptor ligands at a glance.

    Marlon R. Schneider;Eckhard Wolf

  • Chimeric 2C10R4 anti-CD40 antibody therapy is critical for long-term survival of GTKO.hCD46.hTBM pig-to-primate cardiac xenograft

    Muhammad M. Mohiuddin;Avneesh K. Singh;Philip C. Corcoran;Marvin L. Thomas

  • Consistent success in life-supporting porcine cardiac xenotransplantation

    Matthias Längin;Tanja Mayr;Bruno Reichart;Sebastian Michel

  • Rapamycin extends murine lifespan but has limited effects on aging

    Frauke Neff;Diana Flores-Dominguez;Devon P. Ryan;Marion Horsch

  • The function of the soluble interleukin 6 (IL-6) receptor in vivo: sensitization of human soluble IL-6 receptor transgenic mice towards IL-6 and prolongation of the plasma half-life of IL-6.

    M Peters;S Jacobs;M Ehlers;P Vollmer

  • Efficient transgenesis in farm animals by lentiviral vectors

    Andreas Hofmann;Barbara Kessler;Sonja Ewerling;Myriam Weppert

  • Genes involved in conceptus-endometrial interactions in ruminants: insights from reductionism and thoughts on holistic approaches.

    Thomas E Spencer;Olivier Sandra;Eckhard Wolf

  • Transgenic pigs as models for translational biomedical research

    Bernhard Aigner;Simone Renner;Barbara Kessler;Nikolai Klymiuk

  • Overexpression of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-2 in transgenic mice reduces postnatal body weight gain.

    Andreas Hoeflich;Minyao Wu;Subburaman Mohan;Jürgen Föll

Frequent Co-Authors

Valeri Zakhartchenko
Valeri Zakhartchenko Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gottfried Brem
Gottfried Brem University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Helmut Fuchs
Helmut Fuchs Helmholtz Zentrum München
Valerie Gailus-Durner
Valerie Gailus-Durner Helmholtz Zentrum München
Martin Hrabé de Angelis
Martin Hrabé de Angelis Technical University of Munich
Helmut Blum
Helmut Blum Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Stefan Bauersachs
Stefan Bauersachs University of Zurich
Martin Klingenspor
Martin Klingenspor Technical University of Munich
Miodrag Stojkovic
Miodrag Stojkovic University of Kragujevac
Dirk H. Busch
Dirk H. Busch Technical University of Munich

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