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Harry Scherthan

Harry Scherthan

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Genetics

D-Index
71
Citations
18731
World Ranking
2194
National Ranking
162

Overview

Harry Scherthan is affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging, with significant work in cancer research, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover several areas related to radiation and molecular mechanisms. Key areas of work include DNA repair mechanisms, effects of radiation exposure, carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, radiation therapy and dosimetry, radiation dose and imaging, radiopharmaceutical chemistry and applications, and advanced X-ray and CT imaging.

Frequent publication venues for Harry Scherthan include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine
  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Radiation Research
  • Cancers

Key recent papers authored by or involving Harry Scherthan include:

  • Human skin aging is associated with increased expression of the histone variant H2A.J in the epidermis, 2021, npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease
  • The microRNA-202 as a Diagnostic Biomarker and a Potential Tumor Suppressor, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • DNA damage and repair in peripheral blood mononuclear cells after internal ex vivo irradiation of patient blood with 131I, 2021, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Initial experience on abdominal photon-counting computed tomography in clinical routine: general image quality and dose exposure, 2022, European Radiology
  • RENEB Inter-Laboratory Comparison 2021: Inter-Assay Comparison of Eight Dosimetry Assays, 2023, Radiation Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Harry Scherthan include:

  • Matthias Port
  • Michael Laßmann
  • Uta Eberlein
  • Sarah Schumann
  • Andreas K. Buck

Harry Scherthan's interdisciplinary work emphasizes molecular biology techniques applied to medical and radiological challenges. Their research contributes to understanding DNA repair pathways and the biological impact of radiation, supporting advances in imaging technologies and dosimetry.

Best Publications

  • Loss of the Suv39h histone methyltransferases impairs mammalian heterochromatin and genome stability.

    Antoine H.F.M. Peters;Dónal O'Carroll;Harry Scherthan;Karl Mechtler

  • Role of Chromosome Territories in the Functional Compartmentalization of the Cell Nucleus

    Thomas Cremer;A. Kurz;R. M. Zirbel;S. Dietzel

  • The clustering of telomeres and colocalization with Rap1, Sir3, and Sir4 proteins in wild-type Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Monica Gotta;Thierry Laroche;Andrea Formenton;Laurent Maillet

  • A bouquet makes ends meet.

    Harry Scherthan

  • Centromere and telomere movements during early meiotic prophase of mouse and man are associated with the onset of chromosome pairing.

    Harry Scherthan;S Weich;H Schwegler;C Heyting

  • A mouse cytoplasmic exoribonuclease (mXRN1p) with preference for G4 tetraplex substrates

    Vladimir I. Bashkirov;Harry Scherthan;Jachen A. Solinger;Jean Marie Buerstedde

  • Cohesin SMC1 beta is required for meiotic chromosome dynamics, sister chromatid cohesion and DNA recombination.

    Ekaterina Revenkova;Maureen Eijpe;Christa Heyting;Craig A. Hodges

  • Nuclear pore complexes in the organization of silent telomeric chromatin.

    Vincent Galy;Jean-Christophe Olivo-Marin;Harry Scherthan;Valerie Doye

  • Comparative chromosome painting discloses homologous segments in distantly related mammals

    Harry Scherthan;Thomas Cremer;Ulfur Arnason;Heinz-Ulrich Weier

  • hTERT associates with human telomeres and enhances genomic stability and DNA repair

    Girdhar G Sharma;Girdhar G Sharma;Arun Gupta;Arun Gupta;Huichen Wang;Harry Scherthan

  • Isolation and Characterization of Suv39h2, a Second Histone H3 Methyltransferase Gene That Displays Testis-Specific Expression

    Dónal O'Carroll;Harry Scherthan;Antoine H. F. M. Peters;Susanne Opravil

  • Real-time xCELLigence impedance analysis of the cytotoxicity of dental composite components on human gingival fibroblasts.

    Ebru Urcan;Ursula Haertel;Marianthi Styllou;Reinhard Hickel

  • Meiotic telomere protein Ndj1p is required for meiosis-specific telomere distribution, bouquet formation and efficient homologue pairing.

    Edgar Trelles-Sticken;Michael E. Dresser;Harry Scherthan

  • Emerging Patterns of Comparative Genome Organization in Some Mammalian Species as Revealed by Zoo-FISH

    Bhanu P. Chowdhary;Terje Raudsepp;Lutz Frönicke;Harry Scherthan

  • Yeast nuclei display prominent centromere clustering that is reduced in nondividing cells and in meiotic prophase.

    Quan-wen Jin;Edgar Trelles-Sticken;Harry Scherthan;Josef Loidl

  • Telomere attachment and clustering during meiosis.

    Harry Scherthan

  • Comparative analysis of the cattle and human genomes: detection of ZOO-FISH and gene mapping-based chromosomal homologies

    B. P. Chowdhary;L. Frönicke;I. Gustavsson;H. Scherthan

  • Nuclear architecture and spatial positioning help establish transcriptional states of telomeres in yeast.

    Frank Feuerbach;Vincent Galy;Edgar Trelles-Sticken;Micheline Fromont-Racine

  • Bouquet formation in budding yeast: initiation of recombination is not required for meiotic telomere clustering

    Edgar Trelles-Sticken;Josef Loidl;Harry Scherthan

  • Dynamics of chromosome organization and pairing during meiotic prophase in fission yeast.

    H Scherthan;J Bähler;J Kohli

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef Loidl
Josef Loidl University of Vienna
Thomas Cremer
Thomas Cremer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Tej K. Pandita
Tej K. Pandita Houston Methodist
Bhanu P. Chowdhary
Bhanu P. Chowdhary Texas A&M University
Reinhard Hickel
Reinhard Hickel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Andreas Tzschach
Andreas Tzschach University of Freiburg
Christer Höög
Christer Höög Karolinska Institute
Hans-Hilger Ropers
Hans-Hilger Ropers Max Planck Society
Mark S. Cragg
Mark S. Cragg University of Southampton

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