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Johan Ericsson is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland. Their research spans across several intersecting fields, primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with an extended interest in medicine.

Ericsson's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these areas, Ericsson concentrates on the following subfields:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Genetics
  • Surgery
  • Rheumatology

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of complex biological processes and diseases, including:

  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Nuclear Structure and Function
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes

Ericsson has contributed to multiple publications, often collaborating with other researchers in the field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Maria T. Bengoechea-Alonso
  • Iman Hawari
  • Sanaa Sharari
  • Idris Mohammed
  • Basma Haris

The scientist's recent published papers demonstrate a focus on oncology, metabolic diseases, and molecular mechanisms. Selected recent papers include:

  • Development of a cancer metastasis-on-chip assay for high throughput drug screening, 2024, Frontiers in Oncology
  • The SREBP-dependent regulation of cyclin D1 coordinates cell proliferation and lipid synthesis, 2022, Frontiers in Oncology
  • Accelerated epigenetic aging and DNA methylation alterations in Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy, 2023, Human Molecular Genetics
  • Understanding the Mechanism of Dysglycemia in a Fanconi-Bickel Syndrome Patient, 2022, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Loss of the Fbw7 tumor suppressor rewires cholesterol metabolism in cancer cells leading to activation of the PI3K-AKT signalling axis, 2022, Frontiers in Oncology

Ericsson's work is frequently published in venues including:

  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Human Molecular Genetics
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Cell Death and Disease

Best Publications

  • Sterols and Isoprenoids: Signaling Molecules Derived from the Cholesterol Biosynthetic Pathway

    Peter A. Edwards;Johan Ericsson

  • Increased Lipogenesis, Induced by AKT-mTORC1-RPS6 Signaling, Promotes Development of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Diego F. Calvisi;Chunmei Wang;Coral Ho;Sara Ladu

  • Control of lipid metabolism by phosphorylation-dependent degradation of the SREBP family of transcription factors by SCF(Fbw7).

    Anders Sundqvist;Maria T. Bengoechea-Alonso;Xin Ye;Vasyl Lukiyanchuk

  • Control of Smad7 stability by competition between acetylation and ubiquitination.

    Eva Grönroos;Ulf Hellman;Carl-Henrik Heldin;Johan Ericsson

  • Fatty Acid Synthase Gene Is Up-regulated by Hypoxia via Activation of Akt and Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein-1

    Eiji Furuta;Sudha K. Pai;Rui Zhan;Sucharita Bandyopadhyay

  • Branch-point reactions in the biosynthesis of cholesterol, dolichol, ubiquinone and prenylated proteins.

    Jacob Grünler;Johan Ericsson;Gustav Dallner;Gustav Dallner

  • SREBP in signal transduction: cholesterol metabolism and beyond

    Maria T Bengoechea-Alonso;Johan Ericsson

  • Identification of Glycerol-3-phosphate Acyltransferase as an Adipocyte Determination and Differentiation Factor 1- and Sterol Regulatory Element-binding Protein-responsive Gene

    Johan Ericsson;Simon M. Jackson;Jae Bum Kim;Bruce M. Spiegelman

  • Coactivator-Dependent Acetylation Stabilizes Members of the SREBP Family of Transcription Factors

    Valeria Giandomenico;Maria Simonsson;Eva Grönroos;Johan Ericsson

  • YY1 inhibits the activation of the p53 tumor suppressor in response to genotoxic stress.

    Eva Grönroos;Alexei A. Terentiev;Tanel Punga;Johan Ericsson

  • The balance between acetylation and deacetylation controls Smad7 stability

    Maria Simonsson;Carl-Henrik Heldin;Johan Ericsson;Eva Grönroos

  • Sterol regulatory element binding protein binds to a cis element in the promoter of the farnesyl diphosphate synthase gene

    Johan Ericsson;Simon M. Jackson;Bernard C. Lee;Peter A. Edwards

  • Regulation of lipogenesis by cyclin-dependent kinase 8–mediated control of SREBP-1

    Xiaoping Zhao;Daorong Feng;Qun Wang;Arian Abdulla

  • Cytosolic Lipid Droplets Increase in Size by Microtubule-Dependent Complex Formation

    Pontus Boström;Mikael Rutberg;Johanna Ericsson;Peter Holmdahl

  • Nuclear Factor YY1 Inhibits Transforming Growth Factor β- and Bone Morphogenetic Protein-Induced Cell Differentiation

    Keiko Kurisaki;Akira Kurisaki;Ulrich Valcourt;Alexei A. Terentiev

  • TRAF6 ubiquitinates TGFβ type I receptor to promote its cleavage and nuclear translocation in cancer.

    Yabing Mu;Reshma Sundar;Noopur Thakur;Maria Ekman

  • The transcriptional co-activator P/CAF potentiates TGF-β/Smad signaling

    Susumu Itoh;Johan Ericsson;Jun-ichi Nishikawa;Carl-Henrik Heldin

  • A phosphorylation cascade controls the degradation of active SREBP1.

    Maria T. Bengoechea-Alonso;Johan Ericsson;Johan Ericsson

  • Platelet-derived Growth Factor Stimulates Membrane Lipid Synthesis Through Activation of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase and Sterol Regulatory Element-binding Proteins

    Jean-Baptiste Demoulin;Jean-Baptiste Demoulin;Johan Ericsson;Anders Kallin;Charlotte Rorsman

  • NF-Y Has a Novel Role in Sterol-dependent Transcription of Two Cholesterogenic Genes

    Simon M. Jackson;Johan Ericsson;Timothy F. Osborne;Peter A. Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Gustav Dallner
Gustav Dallner Karolinska Institute
Peter A. Edwards
Peter A. Edwards University of California, Los Angeles
Carl-Henrik Heldin
Carl-Henrik Heldin Uppsala University
Ivan Gout
Ivan Gout University College London
Ning Zheng
Ning Zheng University of Washington
Bruce E. Clurman
Bruce E. Clurman Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Roberto Mantovani
Roberto Mantovani University of Milan
Susumu Itoh
Susumu Itoh Showa Pharmaceutical University
Ian Dunham
Ian Dunham European Bioinformatics Institute
Prim B. Singh
Prim B. Singh Nazarbayev University

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