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Overview

Espen Stang is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway and works primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research emphasizes Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Oncology, Cancer Research, and Immunology and Allergy.

The main topics of their work include extracellular vesicles in disease, RNA interference and gene delivery, protease and inhibitor mechanisms, cell adhesion molecules research, HER2/EGFR in cancer research, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, and peptidase inhibition and analysis.

Espen Stang has contributed to a number of scientific papers spanning recent years. Notable publications include:

  • Intercellular transfer of cancer cell invasiveness via endosome-mediated protease shedding, 2024, Nature Communications
  • siRNA screening reveals that SNAP29 contributes to exosome release, 2023, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Hsp90 inhibition and co-incubation with pertuzumab induce internalization and degradation of trastuzumab: Implications for use of T-DM1, 2020, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
  • Next-generation sequencing reveals mitogenome diversity in plasma extracellular vesicles from colorectal cancer patients, 2023, BMC Cancer
  • Long-Term Follow-Up of Pediatric Excimer Laser-Assisted Penetrating Keratoplasty for Congenital Stromal Corneal Dystrophy, 2024, Cornea

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Stang include Andreas Brech, Tonje Bjørnetrø, Paula A. Bousquet, Kathrine Røe Redalen, and Anne-Marie Siebke Trøseid.

Publication venues where Stang's work often appears include Nature Communications, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, BMC Cancer, and Cornea.

Best Publications

  • A lipid associated with the antiphospholipid syndrome regulates endosome structure and function

    T Kobayashi;E Stang;K S Fang;P de Moerloose

  • Hrs sorts ubiquitinated proteins into clathrin-coated microdomains of early endosomes

    Camilla Raiborg;Kristi G. Bache;David J. Gillooly;Inger Helene Madshus

  • Dominant-negative caveolin inhibits H-Ras function by disrupting cholesterol-rich plasma membrane domains

    Sandrine Roy;Robert Luetterforst;Angus Harding;Ann Apolloni

  • Ubiquitination and proteasomal activity is required for transport of the EGF receptor to inner membranes of multivesicular bodies.

    Karianne E. Longva;Frøydis D. Blystad;Espen Stang;Astrid M. Larsen

  • Hrs recruits clathrin to early endosomes.

    Camilla Raiborg;Kristi Cecilie Gronvold Bache;Anja Mehlum;Espen Stang

  • Caveolin-3 Associates with Developing T-tubules during Muscle Differentiation

    Robert G. Parton;Michael Way;Natasha Zorzi;Espen Stang

  • FYVE and coiled-coil domains determine the specific localisation of Hrs to early endosomes.

    Camilla Raiborg;Bjørn Bremnes;Anja Mehlum;David J. Gillooly

  • Major histocompatibility complex class I molecules mediate association of SV40 with caveolae.

    Espen Stang;Juergen Kartenbeck;Robert G. Parton

  • Cholesterol is important in control of EGF receptor kinase activity but EGF receptors are not concentrated in caveolae

    Tove Ringerike;Frøydis D. Blystad;Finn O. Levy;Inger H. Madshus

  • Cell surface HLA-DR-invariant chain complexes are targeted to endosomes by rapid internalization

    Paul A. Roche;Christina L. Teletski;Espen Stang;Oddmund Bakke

  • Direct interaction of Cbl with pTyr 1045 of the EGF receptor (EGFR) is required to sort the EGFR to lysosomes for degradation.

    Lene Melsæther Grøvdal;Espen Stang;Alexander Sorkin;Inger Helene Madshus

  • Internalization and intracellular sorting of the EGF receptor: a model for understanding the mechanisms of receptor trafficking.

    Inger Helene Madshus;Inger Helene Madshus;Espen Stang;Espen Stang

  • The Mysterious Ways of ErbB2/HER2 Trafficking

    Vibeke Bertelsen;Espen Stang

  • Cbl-dependent ubiquitination is required for progression of EGF receptors into clathrin-coated pits.

    Espen Stang;Frøydis D. Blystad;Maja Kazazic;Vibeke Bertelsen

  • Herceptin-induced inhibition of ErbB2 signaling involves reduced phosphorylation of Akt but not endocytic down-regulation of ErbB2

    Karianne E. Longva;Nina Marie Pedersen;Camilla Haslekås;Espen Stang

  • Involvement of the transmembrane protein p23 in biosynthetic protein transport

    Manuel Rojo;Rainer Pepperkok;Gregory Emery;Roland Kellner

  • Activation of the Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Receptor Induces Formation of EGF Receptor- and Grb2-Containing Clathrin-Coated Pits

    Lene E. Johannessen;Nina Marie Pedersen;Ketil Winther Pedersen;Inger Helene Madshus

  • MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF CAVEOLIN ASSOCIATION WITH THE GOLGI COMPLEX : IDENTIFICATION OF A CIS-GOLGI TARGETING DOMAIN IN THE CAVEOLIN MOLECULE

    Robert Luetterforst;Espen Stang;Natasha Zorzi;Amanda Carozzi

  • Polyubiquitination of the epidermal growth factor receptor occurs at the plasma membrane upon ligand-induced activation.

    Espen Stang;Lene E. Johannessen;Sigrun L. Knardal;Inger Helene Madshus

  • Platelet-derived LIGHT induces inflammatory responses in endothelial cells and monocytes.

    Kari Otterdal;Camilla Smith;Erik Øie;Turid M. Pedersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Trond Berg
Trond Berg University of Oslo
Oddmund Bakke
Oddmund Bakke University of Oslo
Harald Alfred Stenmark
Harald Alfred Stenmark University of Oslo
Robert G. Parton
Robert G. Parton University of Queensland
Jean-Pierre Gorvel
Jean-Pierre Gorvel Aix-Marseille University
Rainer Pepperkok
Rainer Pepperkok European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Anne Simonsen
Anne Simonsen University of Oslo
Linton M. Traub
Linton M. Traub University of Pittsburgh
Guttorm Haraldsen
Guttorm Haraldsen Oslo University Hospital
Kaare R. Norum
Kaare R. Norum University of Oslo

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