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Joost Schalkwijk

Joost Schalkwijk

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
20855
World Ranking
4350
National Ranking
104

Overview

Joost Schalkwijk is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Dermatology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Immunology and Allergy, and Genetics.

Their work intersects with a variety of main topics such as Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis, and Gut Microbiota and Health.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • The tumour microenvironment shapes dendritic cell plasticity in a human organotypic melanoma culture, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Loss of Tenascin-X expression during tumor progression: A new pan-cancer marker, 2020, Matrix Biology Plus
  • Identification of Keratinocyte Mitogens: Implications for Hyperproliferation in Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis, 2021, JID Innovations
  • Skin microbiota in health and disease: From sequencing to biology, 2020, The Journal of Dermatology
  • Preclinical characterization and target validation of the antimalarial pantothenamide MMV693183, 2022, Nature Communications

Joost Schalkwijk has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including Ellen H. van den Bogaard, Patrick L.J.M. Zeeuwen, Diana Rodijk-Olthuis, Patrick A.M. Jansen, and Hanna Niehues.

Their research contributions have been published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Experimental Dermatology
  • Matrix Biology Plus

Best Publications

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Jo Knight;Eva Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies New Psoriasis Susceptibility Loci and an Interaction Between HLA-C and ERAP1

    Amy Strange;Francesca Capon;Chris C A Spencer

  • A guiding map for inflammation

    Mihai G Netea;Frances Balkwill;Michel Chonchol;Fabio Cominelli

  • Psoriasis is associated with increased beta-defensin genomic copy number.

    Edward J Hollox;Ulrike Huffmeier;Patrick L J M Zeeuwen;Raquel Palla

  • Deletion of the late cornified envelope LCE3B and LCE3C genes as a susceptibility factor for psoriasis

    Rafael De Cid;Eva Riveira-Munoz;Patrick L.J.M. Zeeuwen;Jason Robarge

  • Increased angiogenesis and blood vessel maturation in acellular collagen-heparin scaffolds containing both FGF2 and VEGF.

    Suzan T.M. Nillesen;Paul J. Geutjes;Ronnie Wismans;Joost Schalkwijk

  • A recessive form of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome caused by tenascin-X deficiency.

    Joost Schalkwijk;Manon C. Zweers;Peter M. Steijlen;Willow B. Dean

  • Coal tar induces AHR-dependent skin barrier repair in atopic dermatitis

    Ellen H. van den Bogaard;Judith G.M. Bergboer;Mieke Vonk-Bergers;Ivonne M.J.J. van Vlijmen-Willems

  • Microbe-host interplay in atopic dermatitis and psoriasis

    Nanna Fyhrquist;Nanna Fyhrquist;Gareth Muirhead;Stefanie Prast-Nielsen;Marine Jeanmougin

  • High Expression Levels of Keratinocyte Antimicrobial Proteins in Psoriasis Compared with Atopic Dermatitis

    Gys J. de Jongh;Patrick L.J.M. Zeeuwen;Martina Kucharekova;Rolph Pfundt

  • Microbiome dynamics of human epidermis following skin barrier disruption

    Patrick L J M Zeeuwen;Jos Boekhorst;Ellen H van den Bogaard;Heleen D de Koning

  • The trappin gene family: proteins defined by an N-terminal transglutaminase substrate domain and a C-terminal four-disulphide core

    Joost Schalkwijk;Oliver Wiedow;Shigehisa Hirose

  • Haploinsufficiency of TNXB Is Associated with Hypermobility Type of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

    Manon C. Zweers;Jim Bristow;Peter M. Steijlen;Willow B. Dean

  • Microbiome and skin diseases.

    Patrick L.J.M. Zeeuwen;Michiel Kleerebezem;Harro M. Timmerman;Joost Schalkwijk

  • SKALP/elafin: an elastase inhibitor from cultured human keratinocytes. Purification, cDNA sequence, and evidence for transglutaminase cross-linking.

    H. O. F. Molhuizen;H. A. C. Alkemade;P. L. J. M. Zeeuwen;G. J. De Jongh

  • β-Defensin-2 Protein Is a Serum Biomarker for Disease Activity in Psoriasis and Reaches Biologically Relevant Concentrations in Lesional Skin

    Patrick A. M. Jansen;Diana Rodijk-Olthuis;Edward J. Hollox;Marijke Kamsteeg

  • Development and Validation of Human Psoriatic Skin Equivalents

    Geuranne Tjabringa;Mieke Bergers;Desiree van Rens;Roelie de Boer

  • Accurate, high-throughput typing of copy number variation using paralogue ratios from dispersed repeats

    John A. L. Armour;Raquel Palla;Patrick L. J. M. Zeeuwen;Martin den Heijer

  • Constitutive and Inducible Expression of SKALP/Elafin Provides Anti-Elastase Defense in Human Epithelia

    Rk Pfundt;F. Van Ruissen;I. M. J. J. Van Vlijmen-Willems;H. A. C. Alkemade

  • A genome-wide asociation study identifies new psoriasis susceptibility loci and an interaction betwEn HLA-C and ERAP1

    A. Strange;F. Capon;C. C. A. Spencer;J. Knight

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick L.J.M. Zeeuwen
Patrick L.J.M. Zeeuwen Radboud University
Ben C. J. Hamel
Ben C. J. Hamel Radboud University
Irma Joosten
Irma Joosten Radboud University
John A.L. Armour
John A.L. Armour University of Nottingham
Anna Simon
Anna Simon Christian Medical College & Hospital
Martin den Heijer
Martin den Heijer University of Amsterdam
Wiljan Hendriks
Wiljan Hendriks Radboud University Medical Center
Jos W. M. van der Meer
Jos W. M. van der Meer Radboud University Medical Center
Pieter S. Hiemstra
Pieter S. Hiemstra Leiden University Medical Center
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute

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