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Ilka Wittig is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a strong focus on subfields such as molecular biology, cancer research, physiology, immunology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's work concentrates on several major topics, including mitochondrial function and pathology, RNA modifications and cancer, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, RNA research and splicing, ATP synthase and ATPases research, RNA regulation and disease, and interferon and immune responses.

Ilka Wittig has contributed to numerous publications, among which these recent papers are noteworthy:

  • Impaired complex I repair causes recessive Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • The proteogenomic subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia, 2022, Cancer Cell
  • A salvage pathway maintains highly functional respiratory complex I, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Mapping the Endothelial Cell S-Sulfhydrome Highlights the Crucial Role of Integrin Sulfhydration in Vascular Function, 2020, Circulation
  • Aging-regulated anti-apoptotic long non-coding RNA Sarrah augments recovery from acute myocardial infarction, 2020, Nature Communications

The frequent co-authors in Ilka Wittig's research include:

  • Ralf P. Brandes
  • Alfredo Cabrera-Orefice
  • Matthias S. Leisegang
  • Ingrid Fleming
  • Juliana Heidler

Ilka Wittig's publications are often found in specialized venues, reflecting their research focus. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • Redox Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Circulation Research

Best Publications

  • Blue native PAGE

    Ilka Wittig;Hans-Peter Braun;Hermann Schägger

  • High Resolution Clear Native Electrophoresis for In-gel Functional Assays and Fluorescence Studies of Membrane Protein Complexes

    Ilka Wittig;Michael Karas;Hermann Schägger

  • Structure of the yeast F1Fo-ATP synthase dimer and its role in shaping the mitochondrial cristae.

    Karen M. Davies;Claudio Anselmi;Ilka Wittig;José D. Faraldo-Gómez

  • Mitochondrion-Derived Reactive Oxygen Species Lead to Enhanced Amyloid Beta Formation

    Kristina Leuner;Tanja Schütt;Christopher Kurz;Schamim H. Eckert

  • Advantages and limitations of clear-native PAGE.

    Ilka Wittig;Hermann Schägger

  • Complexome Profiling Identifies TMEM126B as a Component of the Mitochondrial Complex I Assembly Complex

    Heinrich Heide;Lea Bleier;Mirco Steger;Jörg Ackermann

  • Exome sequencing identifies ACAD9 mutations as a cause of complex I deficiency.

    Tobias B. Haack;Katharina Danhauser;Birgit Haberberger;Jonathan Hoser

  • Supercomplexes and subcomplexes of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation.

    Ilka Wittig;Rosalba Carrozzo;Filippo M. Santorelli;Hermann Schägger

  • Human Ind1, an Iron-Sulfur Cluster Assembly Factor for Respiratory Complex I

    Alex D. Sheftel;Oliver Stehling;Antonio J. Pierik;Daili J. A. Netz

  • Features and applications of blue-native and clear-native electrophoresis

    Ilka Wittig;Hermann Schägger

  • Supramolecular organization of ATP synthase and respiratory chain in mitochondrial membranes.

    Ilka Wittig;Hermann Schägger

  • Long Noncoding RNA MANTIS Facilitates Endothelial Angiogenic Function

    Matthias S. Leisegang;Christian Fork;Ivana Josipovic;Florian Martin Richter

  • Molecular diagnosis in mitochondrial complex I deficiency using exome sequencing

    Tobias B Haack;Birgit Haberberger;Eva-Maria Frisch;Thomas Wieland

  • The mitochondrial complexome of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Jennifer Senkler;Michael Senkler;Holger Eubel;Tatjana Hildebrandt

  • Generator-specific targets of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species

    Lea Bleier;Ilka Wittig;Heinrich Heide;Mirco Steger

  • Identification of the Mitochondrial ND3 Subunit as a Structural Component Involved in the Active/Deactive Enzyme Transition of Respiratory Complex I

    Alexander Galkin;Björn Meyer;Ilka Wittig;Michael Karas

  • Loss of mitochondrial peptidase Clpp leads to infertility, hearing loss plus growth retardation via accumulation of CLPX, mtDNA and inflammatory factors

    Suzana Gispert;Dajana Parganlija;Michael Klinkenberg;Stefan Dröse

  • The interaction of specific peptide aptamers with the DNA binding domain and the dimerization domain of the transcription factor Stat3 inhibits transactivation and induces apoptosis in tumor cells.

    Kerstin Nagel-Wolfrum;Claudia Buerger;Ilka Wittig;Karin Butz

  • APOOL is a cardiolipin-binding constituent of the Mitofilin/MINOS protein complex determining cristae morphology in mammalian mitochondria.

    Tobias Alexander Weber;Sebastian Koob;Heinrich Heide;Ilka Wittig

  • Mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes as sources and targets of thiol-based redox-regulation.

    Stefan Dröse;Ulrich Brandt;Ulrich Brandt;Ilka Wittig

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Brandt
Ulrich Brandt Radboud University
Hermann Schägger
Hermann Schägger Goethe University Frankfurt
Holger Prokisch
Holger Prokisch Technical University of Munich
Ralf P. Brandes
Ralf P. Brandes Goethe University Frankfurt
Thomas Meitinger
Thomas Meitinger Technical University of Munich
Ingrid Fleming
Ingrid Fleming Goethe University Frankfurt
Wolfgang Sperl
Wolfgang Sperl Paracelsus Medical University
Stefanie Dimmeler
Stefanie Dimmeler Goethe University Frankfurt
Tobias B. Haack
Tobias B. Haack University of Tübingen
Andreas S. Reichert
Andreas S. Reichert Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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