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Joachim F. Ernst is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with three publications contributing to these areas. Within these broader fields, their work is concentrated in the subfields of Immunology and Microbiology, encompassing two and one publication(s) respectively.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

Joachim F. Ernst has coauthored research with several frequent collaborators, including Heike C. Hawerkamp, Lasse van Geelen, Jan Korte, Jérémy Di Domizio, and Marc Swidergall. These collaborations have contributed to a focused body of work in related scientific areas.

Their recent publication record consists of the following paper:

  • Interleukin-26 activates macrophages and facilitates killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 2020, Scientific Reports

Their work has been published in venues such as Scientific Reports, which accounts for one publication.

Best Publications

  • Efg1p, an essential regulator of morphogenesis of the human pathogen Candida albicans, is a member of a conserved class of bHLH proteins regulating morphogenetic processes in fungi

    Volker R. Stoldt;Anja Sonneborn;Christoph E. Leuker;Joachim F. Ernst

  • Transcription factors in Candida albicans - environmental control of morphogenesis.

    Joachim F. Ernst

  • The Siderophore Iron Transporter of Candida albicans (Sit1p/Arn1p) Mediates Uptake of Ferrichrome-Type Siderophores and Is Required for Epithelial Invasion

    Petra Heymann;Michaela Gerads;Martin Schaller;Francoise Dromer

  • APSES Proteins Regulate Morphogenesis and Metabolism in Candida albicans

    Thomas Doedt;Shankarling Krishnamurthy;Dirk P. Bockmühl;Bernd Tebarth

  • Identification and sequence of the gene encoding cytochrome c heme lyase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    M.E. Dumont;J.F. Ernst;D.M. Hampsey;F. Sherman

  • Protein kinase A encoded by TPK2 regulates dimorphism of Candida albicans

    Anja Sonneborn;Dirk P. Bockmühl;Michaela Gerads;Katharina Kurpanek

  • Distinct and redundant roles of the two protein kinase A isoforms Tpk1p and Tpk2p in morphogenesis and growth of Candida albicans.

    Dirk P. Bockmühl;Shankarling Krishnamurthy;Michaela Gerads;Anja Sonneborn

  • Transcriptional response of Candida albicans to hypoxia: linkage of oxygen sensing and Efg1p-regulatory networks.

    Eleonora R. Setiadi;Thomas Doedt;Fabien Cottier;Christine Noffz

  • Control of white-opaque phenotypic switching in Candida albicans by the Efg1p morphogenetic regulator.

    Anja Sonneborn;Bernd Tebarth;Joachim F. Ernst

  • Multiple Functions of Pmt1p-mediated ProteinO-Mannosylation in the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans

    Claudia Timpel;Sabine Strahl-Bolsinger;Karl Ziegelbauer;Joachim F. Ernst

  • A potential phosphorylation site for an A-type kinase in the Efg1 regulator protein contributes to hyphal morphogenesis of Candida albicans.

    Dirk P. Bockmühl;Joachim F. Ernst

  • Increased biological activity of deglycosylated recombinant human granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor produced by yeast or animal cells

    Peter Moonen;Jean-Jacques Mermod;Joachim F. Ernst;Marlis Hirschi

  • PMT family of Candida albicans: five protein mannosyltransferase isoforms affect growth, morphogenesis and antifungal resistance.

    Stephan K.-H. Prill;Birgit Klinkert;Claudia Timpel;Cheryl A. Gale

  • Characterization of the Aspergillus nidulans transporters for the siderophores enterobactin and triacetylfusarinine C.

    Hubertus Haas;Michelle Schoeser;Emmanuel Lesuisse;Joachim F Ernst

  • Chlamydospore Formation in Candida albicans Requires the Efg1p Morphogenetic Regulator

    Anja Sonneborn;Dirk P. Bockmühl;Joachim F. Ernst

  • Identification and substrate specificity of a ferrichrome-type siderophore transporter (Arn1p) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Petra Heymann;Joachim F. Ernst;Günther Winkelmann

  • Coupling of heme attachment to import of cytochrome c into yeast mitochondria. Studies with heme lyase-deficient mitochondria and altered apocytochromes c.

    M E Dumont;J F Ernst;F Sherman

  • A gene of the major facilitator superfamily encodes a transporter for enterobactin (Enb1p) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Petra Heymann;Joachim F. Ernst;Günther Winkelmann

  • Morphogenesis, adhesive properties, and antifungal resistance depend on the Pmt6 protein mannosyltransferase in the fungal pathogen candida albicans.

    Claudia Timpel;Sigrid Zink;Sabine Strahl-Bolsinger;Klaus Schröppel

  • Review: the Cct eukaryotic chaperonin subunits of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other yeasts.

    Volker Stoldt;Felicitas Rademacher;Verena Kehren;Joachim F. Ernst

  • Sequence and promoter regulation of the PCK1 gene encoding phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans

    Christoph E Leuker;Anja Sonneborn;Sebastian Delbrück;Joachim F Ernst

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesús Pla
Jesús Pla Complutense University of Madrid
Karl-Erich Jaeger
Karl-Erich Jaeger Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Fred Sherman
Fred Sherman University of Rochester
Anna Vecchiarelli
Anna Vecchiarelli University of Perugia
Ilse D. Jacobsen
Ilse D. Jacobsen Leibniz Association
Alistair J. P. Brown
Alistair J. P. Brown University of Exeter
Christophe d'Enfert
Christophe d'Enfert Institut Pasteur
Axel A. Brakhage
Axel A. Brakhage Leibniz Association
Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad Amity University
Olaf Kniemeyer
Olaf Kniemeyer Leibniz Association

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