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Gunilla Olivecrona

Gunilla Olivecrona

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
13001
World Ranking
7973
National Ranking
106

Overview

Gunilla Olivecrona is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and contributes to the fields of medicine as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on lipid metabolism and disorders, with particular interest in diabetes, cardiovascular risks, and lipoproteins.

Olivecrona's work spans several subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, cancer research, biochemistry, and genetics. This diverse range reflects an interdisciplinary approach to understanding complex metabolic and cardiovascular processes.

The scientist has published research in journals such as the Journal of Lipid Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Metabolism, Journal of clinical lipidology, and Cardiovascular Research. Among these, the Journal of Lipid Research features two of their publications, indicating repeated contributions to the field of lipid studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Olivecrona include Sander Kersten, Stefan K. Nilsson, Oleg Kovrov, Fredrik Landfors, and Valeria Saar-Kovrov. These collaborations underline a consistent network within metabolic and cardiovascular research communities.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Olivecrona are as follows:

  • Unfolding of monomeric lipoprotein lipase by ANGPTL4: Insight into the regulation of plasma triglyceride metabolism, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Fasting induces ANGPTL4 and reduces LPL activity in human adipose tissue, 2020, Molecular Metabolism
  • ANGPTL4 silencing via antisense oligonucleotides reduces plasma triglycerides and glucose in mice without causing lymphadenopathy, 2022, Journal of Lipid Research
  • Role of lipoprotein lipase activity measurement in the diagnosis of familial chylomicronemia syndrome, 2023, Journal of clinical lipidology
  • Lipoprotein size is a main determinant for the rate of hydrolysis by exogenous LPL in human plasma, 2021, Journal of Lipid Research

Their published topics encompass lipid metabolism and disorders, diabetes, cardiovascular risks and lipoproteins, cancer and lipid metabolism, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, hyperglycemia and glycemic control in clinical settings, lipid biosynthesis, and cardiovascular function and risk factors.

Best Publications

  • Angiopoietin-like protein 4 converts lipoprotein lipase to inactive monomers and modulates lipase activity in adipose tissue

    Valentina Sukonina;Aivar Lookene;Thomas Olivecrona;Gunilla Olivecrona

  • Depletion of FOXP3+ regulatory T cells promotes hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis.

    Roland Klingenberg;Norbert Gerdes;Robert M. Badeau;Anton Gisterå

  • Adipose Tissue Has Aberrant Morphology and Function in PCOS: Enlarged Adipocytes and Low Serum Adiponectin, but not Circulating Sex Steroids, Are Strongly Associated with Insulin Resistance

    Louise Mannerås-Holm;Henrik Leonhardt;Joel Kullberg;Eva Jennische

  • GPIHBP1 Is Responsible for the Entry of Lipoprotein Lipase into Capillaries

    Brandon S.J. Davies;Anne P. Beigneux;Richard H. Barnes;Yiping Tu

  • TREM2 regulates microglial cell activation in response to demyelination in vivo

    Claudia Cantoni;Bryan Bollman;Danilo Licastro;Mingqiang Xie

  • Sortilin/Neurotensin Receptor-3 Binds and Mediates Degradation of Lipoprotein Lipase

    Morten Schallburg Nielsen;Christian Jacobsen;G. Olivecrona;Jørgen Gliemann

  • Triglyceride lipases and atherosclerosis.

    Gunilla Olivecrona;Thomas Olivecrona

  • Triglyceride lpases and atherosclerosis

    Gunilla Olivecrona;Thomas Olivecrona

  • Lipoprotein lipase and hepatic lipase

    T. Olivecrona;G. Olivecrona

  • The second and fourth cluster of class A cysteine-rich repeats of the low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein share ligand-binding properties.

    J. G. Neels;B. M. M. Van Den Berg;A. Lookene;G. Olivecrona

  • Apolipoproteins C-I and C-III Inhibit Lipoprotein Lipase Activity by Displacement of the Enzyme from Lipid Droplets

    Mikael Larsson;Evelina Vorrsjö;Philippa Talmud;Aivar Lookene

  • A common variant in the gene for lipoprotein lipase (Asp9→Asn) : functional implications and prevalence in normal and hyperlipidemic subjects

    Yesim Tugrul;Paul W. A. Reymer;Taco Bruin

  • Lipoprotein Lipase Mass and Activity in Plasma and Their Increase After Heparin Are Separate Parameters With Different Relations to Plasma Lipoproteins

    Per Tornvall;Gunilla Olivecrona;Fredrik Karpe;Anders Hamsten

  • Chronic intermittent hypoxia induces atherosclerosis via activation of adipose angiopoietin-like 4.

    Luciano F. Drager;Qiaoling Yao;Karen L. Hernandez;Karen L. Hernandez;Mi Kyung Shin

  • Role of lipoprotein lipase in lipid metabolism.

    Gunilla Olivecrona

  • The Effects of Cortisol on the Regulation of Lipoprotein Lipase Activity in Human Adipose Tissue

    M Ottosson;K Vikman-Adolfsson;S Enerbäck;G Olivecrona

  • Intermittent hypoxia inhibits clearance of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and inactivates adipose lipoprotein lipase in a mouse model of sleep apnoea.

    Luciano F. Drager;Jianguo Li;Mi Kyung Shin;Christian Reinke;Christian Reinke

  • Apolipoprotein A-V-heparin interactions: implications for plasma lipoprotein metabolism.

    Aivar Lookene;Jennifer A. Beckstead;Solveig Nilsson;Gunilla Olivecrona

  • The VLDL receptor promotes lipotoxicity and increases mortality in mice following an acute myocardial infarction

    Jeanna C. Perman;Pontus Boström;Malin Lindbom;Ulf Lidberg

  • INTERACTION OF LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE WITH HEPARIN FRAGMENTS AND WITH HEPARAN SULFATE : STOICHIOMETRY, STABILIZATION, AND KINETICS

    Aivar Lookene;Olivier Chevreuil;Per Østergaard;Gunilla Olivecrona

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Olivecrona
Thomas Olivecrona Umeå University
Sander Kersten
Sander Kersten Wageningen University & Research
Michael Ploug
Michael Ploug University of Copenhagen
Joerg Heeren
Joerg Heeren Universität Hamburg
Fredrik Karpe
Fredrik Karpe University of Oxford
Stephen G. Young
Stephen G. Young University of California, Los Angeles
Anders Hamsten
Anders Hamsten Karolinska Institute
Per-Olof Berggren
Per-Olof Berggren Karolinska Institute
Jørgen Gliemann
Jørgen Gliemann Aarhus University
Anders Nykjaer
Anders Nykjaer Aarhus University

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