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15615
National Ranking
144

Overview

Harald Esterbauer is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to molecular biology, hematology, surgery, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and immunology.

The scientist's work focuses on various topics including:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Harald Esterbauer has published in several scientific venues frequently. The most common publication venues include:

  • Atherosclerosis
  • Blood
  • Cell
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
  • Cancer Discovery

Some recent papers by Harald Esterbauer are:

  • Functional Precision Medicine Provides Clinical Benefit in Advanced Aggressive Hematologic Cancers and Identifies Exceptional Responders, 2021, Cancer Discovery
  • Oxidative Metabolism Drives Immortalization of Neural Stem Cells during Tumorigenesis, 2020, Cell
  • Hereditary α tryptasemia is a valid genetic biomarker for severe mediator-related symptoms in mastocytosis, 2020, Blood
  • Identification of ALK in Thinness, 2020, Cell
  • Beneficial Metabolic Effects of TREM2 in Obesity Are Uncoupled From Its Expression on Macrophages, 2021, Diabetes

Their frequent collaborators consist of the following scientists:

  • Wolfgang R. Sperr
  • Peter Valent
  • Nadine Witzeneder
  • Gregor Hoermann
  • Ilse Schwarzinger

Best Publications

  • Oxidative damage in multiple sclerosis lesions

    Lukas Haider;Marie T. Fischer;Josa M. Frischer;Jan Bauer

  • The sedoheptulose kinase CARKL directs macrophage polarization through control of glucose metabolism

    Arvand Haschemi;Arvand Haschemi;Paul Kosma;Lars Gille;Charles R. Evans

  • A common polymorphism in the promoter of UCP2 is associated with decreased risk of obesity in middle-aged humans.

    Harald Esterbauer;Clemens Schneitler;Hannes Oberkofler;Christoph Ebenbichler

  • Targeted Deletion of AIF Decreases Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation and Protects from Obesity and Diabetes

    J. Andrew Pospisilik;Claude Knauf;Nicholas Joza;Paule Benit

  • Drosophila Genome-wide Obesity Screen Reveals Hedgehog as a Determinant of Brown versus White Adipose Cell Fate

    J. Andrew Pospisilik;Daniel Schramek;Harald Schnidar;Shane J. F. Cronin

  • Activation of the BCL2 promoter in response to Hedgehog/GLI signal transduction is predominantly mediated by GLI2.

    Gerhard Regl;Maria Kasper;Harald Schnidar;Thomas Eichberger

  • Heme Oxygenase-1 Drives Metaflammation and Insulin Resistance in Mouse and Man

    Alexander Jais;Elisa Einwallner;Omar Sharif;Omar Sharif;Klaus Gossens

  • Human peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 (PPARGC1) gene: cDNA sequence, genomic organization, chromosomal localization, and tissue expression.

    Harald Esterbauer;Hannes Oberkofler;Franz Krempler;Wolfgang Patsch

  • Hedgehog Partial Agonism Drives Warburg-like Metabolism in Muscle and Brown Fat

    Raffaele Teperino;Sabine Amann;Martina Bayer;Sean L. McGee

  • Toll-like receptor 2-deficient mice are protected from insulin resistance and beta cell dysfunction induced by a high-fat diet

    J A Ehses;D T Meier;S Wueest;S Wueest;J Rytka;J Rytka

  • Ecdysone and Mediator Change Energy Metabolism to Terminate Proliferation in Drosophila Neural Stem Cells

    Catarina C.F. Homem;Victoria Steinmann;Thomas R. Burkard;Alexander Jais

  • Stat3 Is a Negative Regulator of Intestinal Tumor Progression in ApcMin Mice

    Monica Musteanu;Leander Blaas;Markus Mair;Michaela Schlederer

  • Carbon Monoxide Orchestrates a Protective Response through PPARγ

    Martin Bilban;Fritz H. Bach;Sherrie L. Otterbein;Emeka Ifedigbo

  • STAT3 regulated ARF expression suppresses prostate cancer metastasis

    Jan Pencik;Michaela Schlederer;Wolfgang Gruber;Christine Unger

  • The novel gaseous vasorelaxant hydrogen sulfide inhibits angiotensin-converting enzyme activity of endothelial cells.

    Hilde Laggner;Marcela Hermann;Harald Esterbauer;Markus K. Muellner

  • Uncoupling protein-1 mRNA expression in obese human subjects: the role of sequence variations at the uncoupling protein-1 gene locus

    Harald Esterbauer;Hannes Oberkofler;Yong-Ming Liu;David Breban

  • Canonical and non-canonical Hedgehog signalling and the control of metabolism.

    Raffaele Teperino;Fritz Aberger;Harald Esterbauer;Natalia Riobo

  • Disruption of STAT3 signalling promotes KRAS-induced lung tumorigenesis

    Beatrice Grabner;Daniel Schramek;Kristina M. Mueller;Herwig P. Moll

  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Coactivator-1 Gene Locus Associations With Obesity Indices in Middle-Aged Women

    Harald Esterbauer;Hannes Oberkofler;Veronika Linnemayr;Bernhard Iglseder

  • Uncoupling protein-2 gene: reduced mRNA expression in intraperitoneal adipose tissue of obese humans.

    H. Oberkofler;Y. M. Liu;H. Esterbauer;E. Hell

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Valent
Peter Valent Medical University of Vienna
Wolfgang Patsch
Wolfgang Patsch Paracelsus Medical University
Oswald Wagner
Oswald Wagner Medical University of Vienna
Martin Bilban
Martin Bilban Medical University of Vienna
Winfried F. Pickl
Winfried F. Pickl Medical University of Vienna
Richard Moriggl
Richard Moriggl University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Josef M. Penninger
Josef M. Penninger University of British Columbia
Sylvia Knapp
Sylvia Knapp Medical University of Vienna
Wolfgang Mikulits
Wolfgang Mikulits Medical University of Vienna
Giulio Superti-Furga
Giulio Superti-Furga Medical University of Vienna

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