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Overview

Gunnar Dittmar is affiliated with the Luxembourg Institute of Health in Luxembourg. Their research primarily spans the broad fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a considerable focus also on Medicine. Within these fields, they concentrate on several prominent subfields including Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Cell Biology, Oncology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications, Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis.

Gunnar Dittmar has contributed to numerous publication venues, with frequent contributions found in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Nature Communications, Cancers, and iScience.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Gunnar Dittmar include:

  • The emerging landscape of single-molecule protein sequencing technologies, 2021, Nature Methods
  • Prognostic Biomarkers in Endometrial Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Linear Ubiquitin Chains: Cellular Functions and Strategies for Detection and Quantification, 2020, Frontiers in Chemistry
  • The arginine methyltransferase PRMT7 promotes extravasation of monocytes resulting in tissue injury in COPD, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Influence of wood species on toxicity of log-wood stove combustion aerosols: a parallel animal and air-liquid interface cell exposure study on spruce and pine smoke, 2020, Particle and Fibre Toxicology

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including Antoine Lesur, Daniel Pérez-Hernández, Petr V. Nazarov, Marta Mendes, and Simone P. Niclou. Collaboration counts range from 11 to 16 joint works, highlighting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Global quantification of mammalian gene expression control

    Björn Schwanhäusser;Dorothea Busse;Na Li;Gunnar Dittmar

  • Translation of CircRNAs

    Nagarjuna Reddy Pamudurti;Osnat Bartok;Marvin Jens;Reut Ashwal-Fluss

  • Senescence-associated reprogramming promotes cancer stemness

    Maja Milanovic;Dorothy N. Y. Fan;Dimitri Belenki;J. Henry M. Däbritz

  • Proteasome subunit Rpn1 binds ubiquitin-like protein domains.

    Suzanne Elsasser;Rayappa R. Gali;Martin Schwickart;Christopher N. Larsen

  • Cell Cycle–Regulated Modification of the Ribosome by a Variant Multiubiquitin Chain

    Jean Spence;Rayappa Reddy Gali;Gunnar Dittmar;Fred Sherman

  • A map of human circular RNAs in clinically relevant tissues

    Philipp G. Maass;Petar Glažar;Sebastian Memczak;Gunnar Dittmar

  • Global analysis of cellular protein translation by pulsed SILAC

    Björn Schwanhäusser;Manfred Gossen;Gunnar Dittmar;Matthias Selbach

  • The emerging landscape of single-molecule protein sequencing technologies

    Javier Antonio Alfaro;Peggy Bohländer;Mingjie Dai;Mike Filius

  • A Cytoplasmic ATM-TRAF6-cIAP1 Module Links Nuclear DNA Damage Signaling to Ubiquitin-Mediated NF-κB Activation

    Michael Hinz;Michael Stilmann;Seda Çöl Arslan;Seda Çöl Arslan;Kum Kum Khanna

  • Corrigendum: Global quantification of mammalian gene expression control

    Björn Schwanhäusser;Dorothea Busse;Na Li;Gunnar Dittmar

  • Elevated proteasome capacity extends replicative lifespan in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Undine Kruegel;Brett Robison;Brett Robison;Thomas Dange;Günther Kahlert

  • The E3 Ligase Parkin Maintains Mitochondrial Integrity by Increasing Linear Ubiquitination of NEMO

    Anne Kathrin Müller-Rischart;Anna Pilsl;Patrick Beaudette;Maria Patra

  • Neural precursor cells induce cell death of high-grade astrocytomas through stimulation of TRPV1

    Kristin Stock;Jitender Kumar;Michael Synowitz;Stefania Petrosino

  • The tRNA methyltransferase Dnmt2 is required for accurate polypeptide synthesis during haematopoiesis

    Francesca Tuorto;Friederike Herbst;Nader Alerasool;Sebastian Bender

  • The CHK2-BRCA1 tumour suppressor pathway ensures chromosomal stability in human somatic cells.

    Ailine Stolz;Norman Ertych;Anne Kienitz;Celia Vogel;Celia Vogel

  • Queuosine-modified tRNAs confer nutritional control of protein translation.

    Francesca Tuorto;Carine Legrand;Cansu Cirzi;Cansu Cirzi;Giuseppina Federico

  • Glioma-derived versican promotes tumor expansion via glioma-associated microglial/macrophages Toll-like receptor 2 signaling

    Feng Hu;Omar Dildar a Dzaye;Alexander Hahn;Yong Yu

  • Simultaneous extraction of proteins and metabolites from cells in culture

    Sean C. Sapcariu;Tamara Kanashova;Daniel Weindl;Jenny Ghelfi

  • Complement Receptor Mac-1 Is an Adaptor for NB1 (CD177)-mediated PR3-ANCA Neutrophil Activation

    Uwe Jerke;Susanne Rolle;Gunnar Dittmar;Behnaz Bayat

  • Crosstalk between C/EBPβ phosphorylation, arginine methylation, and SWI/SNF/Mediator implies an indexing transcription factor code

    Elisabeth Kowenz-Leutz;Ole Pless;Gunnar Dittmar;Maria Knoblich

Frequent Co-Authors

Achim Leutz
Achim Leutz Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Francisco Azuaje
Francisco Azuaje Genomics England
Olli Sippula
Olli Sippula University of Eastern Finland
Matthias Selbach
Matthias Selbach Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Ralf Zimmermann
Ralf Zimmermann University of Rostock
Thomas Günther Pomorski
Thomas Günther Pomorski Ruhr University Bochum
Maija-Riitta Hirvonen
Maija-Riitta Hirvonen University of Eastern Finland
Jorma Jokiniemi
Jorma Jokiniemi University of Eastern Finland
Thomas Sommer
Thomas Sommer Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Philipp Mertins
Philipp Mertins Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

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