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15705
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1105

Overview

Gerald Thiel is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine.

Their main research interests encompass molecular biology, sensory systems, cellular and molecular neuroscience, immunology, and surgery.

Key research topics addressed by Gerald Thiel include:

  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • Pancreatic Function and Diabetes
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • NF-κB Signaling Pathways
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Their publication record features contributions to journals such as:

  • Preprints.org
  • Molecules
  • Biochemical Pharmacology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biomolecules

Recent papers authored by Gerald Thiel include:

  • "Ca2+ Microdomains, Calcineurin and the Regulation of Gene Transcription" (2021, Cells)
  • "Insulin-Responsive Transcription Factors" (2021, Biomolecules)
  • "Critical Protein-Protein Interactions Determine the Biological Activity of Elk-1, a Master Regulator of Stimulus-Induced Gene Transcription" (2021, Molecules)

Their collaborative work involves frequent coauthors such as Oliver G. Rößler, Tobias M. Backes, Myriam Ulrich, Lisbeth A. Guethlein, and Daniel S. Langfermann.

The research contributions of Gerald Thiel span a wide range of themes related to gene transcription regulation, signaling pathways relevant in diabetes and pancreatic function, and ion channel activity, reflecting their multidisciplinary focus across molecular and cellular biology domains.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of life and death by the zinc finger transcription factor Egr-1

    Gerald Thiel;Giuseppe Cibelli;Giuseppe Cibelli

  • Identification of a protein that binds to the SH3 region of Abl and is similar to Bcr and GAP-rho

    Piera Cicchetti;Bruce J. Mayer;Gerald Thiel;David Baltimore

  • Induction of CHOP expression by amino acid limitation requires both ATF4 expression and ATF2 phosphorylation.

    Julien Averous;Alain Bruhat;Céline Jousse;Valérie Carraro

  • Regulation of synapsin I gene expression by the zinc finger transcription factor zif268/egr-1.

    G Thiel;S Schoch;D Petersohn

  • Synapsin I, Synapsin II, and Synaptophysin: Marker Proteins of Synaptic Vesicles

    Gerald Thiel

  • Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II: identification of threonine-286 as the autophosphorylation site in the alpha subunit associated with the generation of Ca2+-independent activity.

    Gerald Thiel;Andrew J. Czernik;Fred Gorelick;Angus C. Nairn

  • The human synapsin II gene promoter. Possible role for the transcription factor zif268/egr-1, polyoma enhancer activator 3, and AP2.

    Dirk Petersohn;Susanne Schoch;Dirk R. Brinkmann;Gerald Thiel

  • Neuron-specific Gene Expression of Synapsin I MAJOR ROLE OF A NEGATIVE REGULATORY MECHANISM

    Susanne Schoch;Giuseppe Cibelli;Gerald Thiel

  • HDAC4 controls histone methylation in response to elevated cardiac load

    Mathias Hohl;Michael Wagner;Jan-Christian Reil;Sarah-Anne Müller

  • Epidermal growth factor and thrombin induced proliferation of immortalized human keratinocytes is coupled to the synthesis of Egr-1, a zinc finger transcriptional regulator

    Katrin Kaufmann;Gerald Thiel

  • Neural invasion in pancreatic cancer: A mutual tropism between neurons and cancer cells

    Güralp O. Ceyhan;Ihsan Ekin Demir;Burak Altintas;Ulrich Rauch

  • The human transcriptional repressor protein NAB1: expression and biological activity.

    Gerald Thiel;Katrin Kaufmann;Angela Magin;Michael Lietz;Michael Lietz

  • How mammalian transcriptional repressors work

    Gerald Thiel;Michael Lietz;Mathias Hohl

  • Characterization of tissue-specific transcription by the human synapsin I gene promoter.

    Gerald Thiel;Paul Greengard;Thomas C. Sudhof

  • Biological Activity and Modular Structure of RE-1-silencing Transcription Factor (REST), a Repressor of Neuronal Genes *

    Gerald Thiel;Michael Lietz;Matthias Cramer

  • Opposing roles for ATF2 and c-Fos in c-Jun-mediated neuronal apoptosis.

    Zhongmin Yuan;Shoufang Gong;Jingyan Luo;Zhihao Zheng

  • Neuroprotection of immortalized hippocampal neurones by brain-derived neurotrophic factor and Raf-1 protein kinase: role of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.

    Oliver G. Rössler;Klaus M. Giehl;Gerald Thiel

  • Specificity of transcriptional regulation by the zinc finger transcription factors Sp1, Sp3, and Egr-1.

    Alia Al-Sarraj;Regina M. Day;Gerald Thiel

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor triggers neurite outgrowth of a catecholaminergic immortalized neuron via cAMP and MAP kinase signalling pathways.

    Giuseppe Cibelli;Patriza Corsi;Gennaro Diana;Francesco Vitiello

  • Epidermal-growth-factor-induced proliferation of astrocytes requires Egr transcription factors.

    Sabine I. Mayer;Oliver G. Rössler;Takeshi Endo;Patrick Charnay

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles Vinson
Charles Vinson National Institutes of Health
Lisbeth A. Guethlein
Lisbeth A. Guethlein Stanford University
Naofumi Mukaida
Naofumi Mukaida Kanazawa University
Matthias W. Laschke
Matthias W. Laschke Saarland University
Oliver Ullrich
Oliver Ullrich University of Zurich
Fred Schaper
Fred Schaper Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Markus Hoth
Markus Hoth Saarland University
Thomas Wirth
Thomas Wirth University of Ulm
Jörg T. Epplen
Jörg T. Epplen Ruhr University Bochum
Olaf Riess
Olaf Riess University of Tübingen

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