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Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan

Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
26527
World Ranking
2350
National Ranking
1252

Overview

Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has contributed significantly to research primarily in the fields of Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses a range of topics that include Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Trace Elements in Health, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, as well as Retinal Development and Disorders.

The scientist's main subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, Physiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. These disciplines underscore a focus on cellular mechanisms, eye health, and nutrition-related physiology.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan include the following:

  • Single-cell profiling reveals an endothelium-mediated immunomodulatory pathway in the eye choroid, 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Lipofuscin causes atypical necroptosis through lysosomal membrane permeabilization, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Apolipoprotein L-1 renal risk variants form active channels at the plasma membrane driving cytotoxicity, 2020, eLife
  • Copper(II) import and reduction are dependent on His-Met clusters in the extracellular amino terminus of human copper transporter-1, 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Regulation of the apico-basolateral trafficking polarity of the homologous copper-ATPases ATP7A and ATP7B, 2023, Journal of Cell Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan include:

  • Ryan Schreiner
  • Guillermo L. Lehmann
  • Ignacio Benedicto
  • Christin Hanke-Gogokhia
  • Saptarshi Maji

Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan has published multiple works in scientific venues such as The FASEB Journal, UNC Libraries, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), along with contributions to The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Morphogenesis of the polarized epithelial cell phenotype

    E Rodriguez-Boulan;WJ Nelson

  • Organization of vesicular trafficking in epithelia

    Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan;Geri Kreitzer;Anne Müsch

  • Organization and execution of the epithelial polarity programme

    Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan;Ian G. Macara

  • Sec6/8 Complex Is Recruited to Cell–Cell Contacts and Specifies Transport Vesicle Delivery to the Basal-Lateral Membrane in Epithelial Cells

    Kent K Grindstaff;Charles Yeaman;Niroshana Anandasabapathy;Shu-Chan Hsu

  • A glycophospholipid membrane anchor acts as an apical targeting signal in polarized epithelial cells.

    M P Lisanti;I W Caras;M A Davitz;E Rodriguez-Boulan

  • Polarity of Epithelial and Neuronal Cells

    Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan;Sharon K. Powell

  • Polarized apical distribution of glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins in a renal epithelial cell line

    Michael P. Lisanti;Massimo Sargiacomo;Lutz Graeve;Alan R. Saltiel

  • Itinerant exosomes: emerging roles in cell and tissue polarity

    Aparna Lakkaraju;Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan

  • Phagocytosis of rod outer segments by retinal pigment epithelial cells requires αvβ5 integrin for binding but not for internalization

    Silvia C. Finnemann;Vera L. Bonilha;Alan D. Marmorstein;Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan

  • Catenins and zonula occludens-1 form a complex during early stages in the assembly of tight junctions.

    A K Rajasekaran;M Hojo;T Huima;E Rodriguez-Boulan

  • The O-glycosylated Stalk Domain Is Required for Apical Sorting of Neurotrophin Receptors in Polarized MDCK Cells

    Charles Yeaman;Annick H. Le Gall;Anne N. Baldwin;Laure Monlauzeur

  • Dynein- and microtubule-mediated translocation of adenovirus serotype 5 occurs after endosomal lysis.

    Philip L. Leopold;Geri Kreitzer;Naoki Miyazawa;Stephanie Rempel

  • Apical trafficking in epithelial cells: signals, clusters and motors.

    Ora A. Weisz;Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan

  • The lipofuscin component A2E selectively inhibits phagolysosomal degradation of photoreceptor phospholipid by the retinal pigment epithelium

    Silvia C. Finnemann;Lawrence W. Leung;Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan

  • Microtubular organization and its involvement in the biogenetic pathways of plasma membrane proteins in Caco-2 intestinal epithelial cells.

    T Gilbert;A Le Bivic;A Quaroni;E Rodriguez-Boulan

  • Formation of the apical pole of epithelial (Madin-Darby canine kidney) cells: polarity of an apical protein is independent of tight junctions while segregation of a basolateral marker requires cell-cell interactions.

    Dora E. Vega-Salas;Pedro J. I. Salas;Doris Gundersen;Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan

  • Viral glycoproteins destined for apical or basolateral plasma membrane domains traverse the same Golgi apparatus during their intracellular transport in doubly infected Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.

    M J Rindler;I E Ivanov;H Plesken;E Rodriguez-Boulan

  • Integral and peripheral protein composition of the apical and basolateral membrane domains in MDCK cells.

    M Sargiacomo;M Lisanti;L Graeve;A Le Bivic

  • Caveolin-2 Localizes to the Golgi Complex but Redistributes to Plasma Membrane, Caveolae, and Rafts when Co-expressed with Caveolin-1

    Rosalia Mora;Vera L. Bonilha;Alan Marmorstein;Philipp E. Scherer

  • Glycophospholipid membrane anchoring provides clues to the mechanism of protein sorting in polarized epithelial cells

    Michael P. Lisanti;Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan

Frequent Co-Authors

Chiara Zurzolo
Chiara Zurzolo Institut Pasteur
Shahin Rafii
Shahin Rafii Cornell University
Olivier Elemento
Olivier Elemento Cornell University
Alan R. Saltiel
Alan R. Saltiel University of California, San Diego
André Le Bivic
André Le Bivic Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Massimo Sargiacomo
Massimo Sargiacomo Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Ivan R. Nabi
Ivan R. Nabi University of British Columbia
David D. Sabatini
David D. Sabatini New York University
David E. Cohen
David E. Cohen Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Dean Bok
Dean Bok University of California, Los Angeles

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