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Erik Ilsø Christensen

Erik Ilsø Christensen

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
85
Citations
25905
World Ranking
3152
National Ranking
32

Best Publications

  • Vasopressin increases water permeability of kidney collecting duct by inducing translocation of aquaporin-CD water channels to plasma membrane

    Søren Nielsen;Chung Lin Chou;David Marples;Erik I. Christensen

  • Megalin and cubilin: multifunctional endocytic receptors

    Erik Ilsø Christensen;Henrik Birn

  • Distribution of the aquaporin CHIP in secretory and resorptive epithelia and capillary endothelia

    Soren Nielsen;Barbara L. Smith;Erik Ilso Christensen;Peter Agre

  • Megalin and cubilin : synergistic endocytic receptors in renal proximal tubule

    Erik Ilsø Christensen;Henrik Birn

  • The sortilin cytoplasmic tail conveys Golgi–endosome transport and binds the VHS domain of the GGA2 sorting protein

    Morten S. Nielsen;Peder Madsen;Erik I. Christensen;Anders Nykjær

  • Megalin Knockout Mice as an Animal Model of Low Molecular Weight Proteinuria

    Jörg-Robert Leheste;Boris Rolinski;Henrik Vorum;Jan Hilpert

  • Recycling of the urokinase receptor upon internalization of the uPA:serpin complexes.

    Anders Nykjær;Massimo Conese;Erik I. Christensen;David Olson

  • The intrinsic factor-vitamin B12 receptor, cubilin, is a high-affinity apolipoprotein A-I receptor facilitating endocytosis of high-density lipoprotein.

    Renata Kozyraki;John Fyfe;Mette Kristiansen;Christian Gerdes

  • Cubilin is an albumin binding protein important for renal tubular albumin reabsorption

    Henrik Birn;John C. Fyfe;Christian Jacobsen;Francoise Mounier

  • Cubilin dysfunction causes abnormal metabolism of the steroid hormone 25(OH) vitamin D(3).

    Anders Nykjaer;John C. Fyfe;Renata Kozyraki;Jörg Robert Leheste

  • The functional cobalamin (vitamin B12)-intrinsic factor receptor is a novel complex of cubilin and amnionless.

    John C Fyfe;Mette Madsen;Peter Hojrup;Erik I Christensen

  • Endocytic receptors in the renal proximal tubule.

    Erik I. Christensen;Henrik Birn;Tina Storm;Kathrin Weyer

  • Loss of chloride channel ClC-5 impairs endocytosis by defective trafficking of megalin and cubilin in kidney proximal tubules.

    Erik I Christensen;Olivier Devuyst;Geneviève Dom;Rikke Nielsen

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

    Sabine Amsellem;Jakub Gburek;Ghislaine Hamard;Rikke Nielsen

  • Megalin-dependent cubilin-mediated endocytosis is a major pathway for the apical uptake of transferrin in polarized epithelia

    Renata Kozyraki;John Fyfe;Pierre J. Verroust;Christian Jacobsen

  • Receptor-mediated endocytosis in renal proximal tubule

    Erik Ilsø Christensen;Pierre J. Verroust;Rikke Nielsen

  • Cellular Disposal of miR23b by RAB27-Dependent Exosome Release Is Linked to Acquisition of Metastatic Properties

    Marie Stampe Ostenfeld;Dennis K. Jeppesen;Jens R. Laurberg;Anders T. Boysen

  • Evidence for an Essential Role of Megalin in Transepithelial Transport of Retinol

    Erik Ilsø Christensen;Jan Øivind Moskaug;Henrik Vorum;Christian Jacobsen

  • The intrinsic factor-vitamin B12 receptor and target of teratogenic antibodies is a megalin-binding peripheral membrane protein with homology to developmental proteins.

    Søren K. Moestrup;Renata Kozyraki;Mette Kristiansen;James H. Kaysen

  • Retromer Binds the FANSHY Sorting Motif in SorLA to Regulate Amyloid Precursor Protein Sorting and Processing

    Anja W Fjorback;Matthew Seaman;Camilla Gustafsen;Arnela Mehmedbasic

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre J. Verroust
Pierre J. Verroust Aarhus University
Søren K. Moestrup
Søren K. Moestrup Aarhus University
Thomas E. Willnow
Thomas E. Willnow Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Søren Nielsen
Søren Nielsen Aalborg University
Anders Nykjaer
Anders Nykjaer Aarhus University
Olivier Devuyst
Olivier Devuyst University of Zurich
Jørgen Gliemann
Jørgen Gliemann Aarhus University
Christian Jacobsen
Christian Jacobsen Aarhus University
Claus Munck Petersen
Claus Munck Petersen Aarhus University
Pierre J. Courtoy
Pierre J. Courtoy Université Catholique de Louvain

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