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Gilbert Weidinger

Gilbert Weidinger

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
10346
World Ranking
17099
National Ranking
1183

Overview

Gilbert Weidinger is affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany and has contributed significantly to multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research spans a variety of interdisciplinary topics with a strong focus on molecular biology and immunological processes.

Weidinger's work covers a range of subfields such as Molecular Biology, Immunology, Microbiology, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. The main research themes in their publications include Congenital Heart Defects Research, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Coronary Artery Anomalies, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Chemokine Receptors and Signaling, and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses.

Frequent coauthors of Gilbert Weidinger include:

  • Ludger Ständker
  • Frank Kirchhoff
  • Armando Rodríguez
  • Ivonne M. Sehring
  • Denise Posadas Pena

The scientist's papers have been published in various venues, with several publications appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Other important journals include Advanced Healthcare Materials, Developmental Biology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Cell Reports.

Recent selected publications by Gilbert Weidinger are:

  • An optimized derivative of an endogenous CXCR4 antagonist prevents atopic dermatitis and airway inflammation, 2020, Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
  • Delivery by Dendritic Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Enhances the Antimicrobial Activity of a Napsin-Derived Peptide Against Intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 2021, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling acts cell-autonomously to promote cardiomyocyte regeneration in the zebrafish heart, 2021, Developmental Biology
  • Computational modeling and experimental validation of the EPI-X4/CXCR4 complex allows rational design of small peptide antagonists, 2021, Communications Biology
  • BMP7 promotes cardiomyocyte regeneration in zebrafish and adult mice, 2024, Cell Reports

Best Publications

  • Genetic interaction of PGE2 and Wnt signaling regulates developmental specification of stem cells and regeneration.

    Wolfram Goessling;Trista E. North;Trista E. North;Sabine Loewer;Sabine Loewer;Allegra M. Lord;Allegra M. Lord

  • Biphasic role for Wnt/β-catenin signaling in cardiac specification in zebrafish and embryonic stem cells

    Shuichi Ueno;Gilbert Weidinger;Tomoaki Osugi;Aimee D. Kohn

  • Distinct Wnt signaling pathways have opposing roles in appendage regeneration.

    Cristi L. Stoick-Cooper;Gilbert Weidinger;Gilbert Weidinger;Kimberly J. Riehle;Charlotte Hubbert

  • dead end, a Novel Vertebrate Germ Plasm Component, Is Required for Zebrafish Primordial Germ Cell Migration and Survival

    Gilbert Weidinger;Jürg Stebler;Krasimir Slanchev;Karin Dumstrei

  • Bone Regenerates via Dedifferentiation of Osteoblasts in the Zebrafish Fin

    Franziska Knopf;Christina Hammond;Avinash Chekuru;Thomas Kurth

  • Advances in signaling in vertebrate regeneration as a prelude to regenerative medicine

    Cristi L. Stoick-Cooper;Randall T. Moon;Gilbert Weidinger

  • Regeneration of Cryoinjury Induced Necrotic Heart Lesions in Zebrafish Is Associated with Epicardial Activation and Cardiomyocyte Proliferation

    Kristin Schnabel;Chi-Chung Wu;Thomas Kurth;Gilbert Weidinger

  • In vivo Wnt signaling tracing through a transgenic biosensor fish reveals novel activity domains.

    Enrico Moro;Gunes Ozhan-Kizil;Alessandro Mongera;Dimitris Beis

  • The Sp1-Related Transcription Factors sp5 and sp5-like Act Downstream of Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling in Mesoderm and Neuroectoderm Patterning

    Gilbert Weidinger;Chris J. Thorpe;Katrin Wuennenberg-Stapleton;John Ngai

  • Production of maternal-zygotic mutant zebrafish by germ-line replacement

    Brian Ciruna;Gilbert Weidinger;Holger Knaut;Bernard Thisse

  • Adult zebrafish heart as a model for human heart? An electrophysiological study.

    Petros Nemtsas;Erich Wettwer;Torsten Christ;Gilbert Weidinger

  • Single-cell analysis uncovers that metabolic reprogramming by ErbB2 signaling is essential for cardiomyocyte proliferation in the regenerating heart

    Hessel Honkoop;Dennis Em de Bakker;Alla Aharonov;Fabian Kruse

  • APC mutant zebrafish uncover a changing temporal requirement for wnt signaling in liver development.

    Wolfram Goessling;Trista E. North;Allegra M. Lord;Craig Ceol

  • Anterior specification of embryonic ectoderm: the role of the Xenopus cement gland-specific gene XAG-2

    Fritz Aberger;Gilbert Weidinger;Horst Grunz;Klaus Richter

  • Identification of tissues and patterning events required for distinct steps in early migration of zebrafish primordial germ cells.

    Gilbert Weidinger;Uta Wolke;Marion Köprunner;Michael Klinger

  • Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Defines Organizing Centers that Orchestrate Growth and Differentiation of the Regenerating Zebrafish Caudal Fin

    Daniel Wehner;Wiebke Cizelsky;Mohankrishna Dalvoy Vasudevaro;Günes Özhan

  • Spatially Resolved Genome-wide Transcriptional Profiling Identifies BMP Signaling as Essential Regulator of Zebrafish Cardiomyocyte Regeneration

    Chi Chung Wu;Fabian Kruse;Mohankrishna Dalvoy Vasudevarao;Jan Philipp Junker

  • Wnt signaling controls pro-regenerative Collagen XII in functional spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish

    Daniel Wehner;Themistoklis M. Tsarouchas;Andria Michael;Christa Haase

  • Multiple Levels of Posttranscriptional Control Lead to Germ Line-Specific Gene Expression in the Zebrafish

    Uta Wolke;Gilbert Weidinger;Marion Köprunner;Erez Raz

  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in heart regeneration

    Gunes Ozhan;Gilbert Weidinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Randall T. Moon
Randall T. Moon University of Washington
Erez Raz
Erez Raz University of Münster
Felix B. Engel
Felix B. Engel University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Michael Brand
Michael Brand TU Dresden
Jeroen Bakkers
Jeroen Bakkers Utrecht University
Francesco Argenton
Francesco Argenton University of Padua
Steffen Stenger
Steffen Stenger University of Ulm
Trista E. North
Trista E. North Boston Children's Hospital
Jan Münch
Jan Münch University of Ulm
Frank Kirchhoff
Frank Kirchhoff University of Ulm

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