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Gerd Krause is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Neurology, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's work covers multiple key topics, including:

  • Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Connexins and lens biology
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Gerd Krause has contributed to various scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • European Thyroid Journal
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • Science Advances
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Gerd Krause include:

  • Modulating TSH Receptor Signaling for Therapeutic Benefit, 2020, European Thyroid Journal
  • Linsitinib, an IGF-1R inhibitor, attenuates disease development and progression in a model of thyroid eye disease, 2023, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Stitching the synapse: Cross-linking mass spectrometry into resolving synaptic protein interactions, 2020, Science Advances
  • Molecular architecture and assembly of the tight junction backbone, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • Assembly of Tight Junction Strands: Claudin-10b and Claudin-3 Form Homo-Tetrameric Building Blocks that Polymerise in a Channel-Independent Manner, 2020, Journal of Molecular Biology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, such as:

  • Jonas Protze
  • Anja Eckstein
  • Annika Kreuchwig
  • Anne Gulbins
  • Mareike Horstmann

Best Publications

  • Hakai, a c-Cbl-like protein, ubiquitinates and induces endocytosis of the E-cadherin complex

    Yasuyuki Fujita;Gerd Krause;Martin Scheffner;Dietmar Zechner

  • Structure and function of claudins.

    Gerd Krause;Lars Winkler;Sebastian L. Mueller;Reiner F. Haseloff

  • Formation of tight junction: determinants of homophilic interaction between classic claudins

    Jörg Piontek;Lars Winkler;Hartwig Wolburg;Sebastian L. Müller

  • AhR sensing of bacterial pigments regulates antibacterial defence

    Pedro Moura-Alves;Kellen Faé;Erica Houthuys;Anca Dorhoi

  • Specific interactions between the syntrophin PDZ domain and voltage-gated sodium channels.

    Johan Schultz;Ulrich Hoffmuüller;Gerd Krause;Jennifer Ashurst

  • Establishment of a Human Blood-Brain Barrier Co-culture Model Mimicking the Neurovascular Unit Using Induced Pluri- and Multipotent Stem Cells.

    Antje Appelt-Menzel;Alevtina Cubukova;Katharina Günther;Frank Edenhofer

  • A Dileucine Sequence and an Upstream Glutamate Residue in the Intracellular Carboxyl Terminus of the Vasopressin V2Receptor Are Essential for Cell Surface Transport in COS.M6 Cells

    Ralf Schülein;Ricardo Hermosilla;Alexander Oksche;Marcel Dehe

  • Pharmacochaperones post-translationally enhance cell surface expression by increasing conformational stability of wild-type and mutant vasopressin V2 receptors.

    Stefan Wüller;Burkhard Wiesner;Anja Löffler;Jens Furkert

  • General structural motifs of amyloid protofilaments

    Neil Ferguson;Johanna Becker;Henning Tidow;Sandra Tremmel

  • The Tight Junction Protein Occludin and the Adherens Junction Protein α-Catenin Share a Common Interaction Mechanism with ZO-1

    Sebastian L. Müller;Michael Portwich;Anke Schmidt;Darkhan I. Utepbergenov

  • Quantification of PDZ domain specificity, prediction of ligand affinity and rational design of super-binding peptides.

    Urs Wiedemann;Prisca Boisguerin;Prisca Boisguerin;Rainer Leben;Dietmar Leitner

  • WW domain sequence activity relationships identified using ligand recognition propensities of 42 WW domains.

    Livia Otte;Urs Wiedemann;Brigitte Schlegel;José Ricardo Pires

  • On the self-association potential of transmembrane tight junction proteins

    I. E. Blasig;L. Winkler;B. Lassowski;S. L. Mueller

  • Thyrotropin and Homologous Glycoprotein Hormone Receptors: Structural and Functional Aspects of Extracellular Signaling Mechanisms

    Gunnar Kleinau;Gerd Krause

  • Molecular determinants of the interaction between Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin fragments and claudin-3.

    Lars Winkler;Claudia Gehring;Ariane Wenzel;Sebastian L. Müller

  • Essential Molecular Determinants for Thyroid Hormone Transport and First Structural Implications for Monocarboxylate Transporter 8

    Anita Kinne;Gunnar Kleinau;Gunnar Kleinau;Carolin S. Hoefig;Annette Grüters

  • Characterization of determinants of ligand binding to the nicotinic acid receptor GPR109A (HM74A/PUMA-G).

    Sorin Tunaru;Jens Lättig;Jukka Kero;Gerd Krause

  • A low molecular weight agonist signals by binding to the transmembrane domain of thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) and luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptor (LHCGR).

    Holger Jäschke;Holger Jäschke;Susanne Neumann;Susanna Moore;Craig J. Thomas

  • Structure and function of extracellular claudin domains.

    Gerd Krause;Lars Winkler;Christian Piehl;Ingolf Blasig

  • Host Monitoring of Quorum Sensing During Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection

    Pedro Moura-Alves;Pedro Moura-Alves;Andreas Puyskens;Anne Stinn;Marion Klemm

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Paschke
Ralf Paschke University of Calgary
Hartmut Oschkinat
Hartmut Oschkinat Freie Universität Berlin
Peter Schmieder
Peter Schmieder Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Ingolf E. Blasig
Ingolf E. Blasig Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Marvin C. Gershengorn
Marvin C. Gershengorn National Institutes of Health
Walter Rosenthal
Walter Rosenthal Freie Universität Berlin
Ulrich Schweizer
Ulrich Schweizer University of Bonn
Enno Klussmann
Enno Klussmann Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Dorothee Günzel
Dorothee Günzel Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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