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Gregg Duester is affiliated with the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology and Genetics within these domains.

Their work covers a range of topics including Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes, Retinal Development and Disorders, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Vestibular and auditory disorders.

Among their recent scientific papers are the following:

  • "Retinoic acid degradation shapes zonal development of vestibular organs and sensitivity to transient linear accelerations," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Retinoic acid, RARs and early development," 2022, Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
  • "Discovery of genes required for body axis and limb formation by global identification of retinoic acid-regulated epigenetic marks," 2020, PLoS Biology
  • "Towards a Better Vision of Retinoic Acid Signaling during Eye Development," 2022, Cells
  • "Role of Retinoic Acid Signaling, FGF Signaling and Meis Genes in Control of Limb Development," 2021, Biomolecules

Gregg Duester collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including Marie Berenguer, Kazuya Ono, James E. Keller, Omar López, and Antonia González-Garrido.

Their work is often published in journals such as Preprints.org, Nature Communications, Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, PLoS Biology, and Cells. Specifically, they have multiple publications in Preprints.org and individual contributions in the other venues.

Best Publications

  • Retinoic Acid Synthesis and Signaling during Early Organogenesis

    Gregg Duester

  • Families of retinoid dehydrogenases regulating vitamin A function

    Gregg Duester

  • Mechanisms of retinoic acid signalling and its roles in organ and limb development

    Thomas J. Cunningham;Gregg Duester

  • Retinaldehyde represses adipogenesis and diet-induced obesity.

    Ouliana Ziouzenkova;Gabriela Orasanu;Molly Sharlach;Taro E Akiyama

  • An Evolutionarily Conserved Long Noncoding RNA TUNA Controls Pluripotency and Neural Lineage Commitment

    Nianwei Lin;Kung-Yen Chang;Zhonghan Li;Keith Gates

  • Involvement of Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Short-Chain Dehydrogenase/Reductase, Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, and Cytochrome P450 in the Control of Retinoid Signaling by Activation of Retinoic Acid Synthesis†

    Gregg Duester

  • N6-methyladenosine RNA modification regulates embryonic neural stem cell self-renewal through histone modifications.

    Yang Wang;Yue Li;Minghui Yue;Jun Wang

  • Retinoic acid signaling pathways.

    Norbert B. Ghyselinck;Gregg Duester

  • Cytosolic retinoid dehydrogenases govern ubiquitous metabolism of retinol to retinaldehyde followed by tissue-specific metabolism to retinoic acid

    Gregg Duester;Felix A Mic;Andrei Molotkov

  • Recommended nomenclature for the vertebrate alcohol dehydrogenase gene family.

    Gregg Duester;Jaume Farrés;Michael R Felder;Roger S Holmes

  • Novel retinoic acid generating activities in the neural tube and heart identified by conditional rescue of Raldh2 null mutant mice.

    Felix A. Mic;Robert J. Haselbeck;Arnold E. Cuenca;Gregg Duester

  • Metabolic Deficiencies in Alcohol Dehydrogenase Adh1,Adh3, and Adh4 Null Mutant Mice OVERLAPPING ROLES OF Adh1 AND Adh4 IN ETHANOL CLEARANCE AND METABOLISM OF RETINOL TO RETINOIC ACID

    Louise Deltour;Mario H. Foglio;Gregg Duester

  • Retinoic acid generated by Raldh2 in mesoderm is required for mouse dorsal endodermal pancreas development

    Andrei Molotkov;Natalia Molotkova;Gregg Duester

  • Targeted Disruption of Aldh1a1 (Raldh1) Provides Evidence for a Complex Mechanism of Retinoic Acid Synthesis in the Developing Retina

    Xiaohong Fan;Andrei Molotkov;Shin-Ichi Manabe;Christine M. Donmoyer

  • Retinoid activation of retinoic acid receptor but not retinoid X receptor is sufficient to rescue lethal defect in retinoic acid synthesis

    Felix A. Mic;Andrei Molotkov;Doris M. Benbrook;Gregg Duester

  • Multiple and Additive Functions of ALDH3A1 and ALDH1A1: CATARACT PHENOTYPE AND OCULAR OXIDATIVE DAMAGE IN Aldh3a1(−/−)/Aldh1a1(−/−) KNOCK-OUT MICE

    Natalie Lassen;J. Bronwyn Bateman;Tia Estey;Jer R. Kuszak

  • Ethanol inhibition of retinoic acid synthesis as a potential mechanism for fetal alcohol syndrome.

    Louise Deltour;Hwee Luan Ang;Gregg Duester

  • Retinoic acid response element in the human alcohol dehydrogenase gene ADH3: implications for regulation of retinoic acid synthesis.

    G Duester;M L Shean;M S McBride;M J Stewart

  • A Hypothetical Mechanism for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Involving Ethanol Inhibition of Retinoic Acid Synthesis at the Alcohol Dehydrogenase Step

    Gregg Duester

  • Retinoic acid guides eye morphogenetic movements via paracrine signaling but is unnecessary for retinal dorsoventral patterning

    Andrei Molotkov;Natalia Molotkova;Gregg Duester

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Trainor
Paul A. Trainor University of Kansas
Mark Mercola
Mark Mercola Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Vasilis Vasiliou
Vasilis Vasiliou Yale University
Mark Lewandoski
Mark Lewandoski National Institutes of Health
Joram Piatigorsky
Joram Piatigorsky National Institutes of Health
Kathleen E. Cullen
Kathleen E. Cullen Johns Hopkins University
Muthu Periasamy
Muthu Periasamy The Ohio State University
Norbert B. Ghyselinck
Norbert B. Ghyselinck Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Charles C. Della Santina
Charles C. Della Santina Johns Hopkins University
Bin Gao
Bin Gao National Institutes of Health

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