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53
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18968
World Ranking
2357
National Ranking
40

Overview

Jörn Dengjel is affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a particular emphasis on molecular and cell biology subfields.

Their work frequently appears in several publication venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Autophagy
  • Cell Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Jörn Dengjel has contributed extensively to research topics such as:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Ubiquitin and Proteasome Pathways
  • Cellular Transport and Secretion
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Fungal and Yeast Genetics Research
  • Calcium Signaling and Nucleotide Metabolism

Some of their notable recent papers include:

  • "Dietary spermidine improves cognitive function," 2021, Cell Reports
  • "Raft-like lipid microdomains drive autophagy initiation via AMBRA1-ERLIN1 molecular association within MAMs," 2020, Autophagy
  • "Spermidine is essential for fasting-mediated autophagy and longevity," 2024, Nature Cell Biology
  • "Spermidine-induced hypusination preserves mitochondrial and cognitive function during aging," 2021, Autophagy
  • "The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lectin LecB Causes Integrin Internalization and Inhibits Epithelial Wound Healing," 2020, mBio

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jörn Dengjel include:

  • Michael Stumpe
  • Devanarayanan Siva Sankar
  • Zehan Hu
  • Jianwen Zhou
  • Alexandre Leytens

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Autophagy promotes MHC class II presentation of peptides from intracellular source proteins

    Jörn Dengjel;Oliver Schoor;Rainer Fischer;Michael Reich

  • Matrix Protein 2 of Influenza A Virus Blocks Autophagosome Fusion with Lysosomes

    Monique Gannagé;Dorothee Dormann;Randy Albrecht;Jörn Dengjel

  • Unexpected Abundance of HLA Class II Presented Peptides in Primary Renal Cell Carcinomas

    Jörn Dengjel;Maria-Dorothea Nastke;Cécile Gouttefangeas;Gitsios Gitsioudis

  • Alternate Day Fasting Improves Physiological and Molecular Markers of Aging in Healthy, Non-obese Humans.

    Slaven Stekovic;Sebastian J. Hofer;Norbert Tripolt;Miguel A. Aon

  • Nucleocytosolic depletion of the energy metabolite acetyl-coenzyme a stimulates autophagy and prolongs lifespan.

    Tobias Eisenberg;Sabrina Schroeder;Aleksandra Andryushkova;Tobias Pendl

  • Staphylococcus aureus deficient in lipidation of prelipoproteins is attenuated in growth and immune activation.

    Hartmut Stoll;Jörn Dengjel;Christiane Nerz;Friedrich Götz

  • Autophagy proteins stabilize pathogen-containing phagosomes for prolonged MHC II antigen processing.

    Susana Romao;Nathalie Gasser;Andrea C. Becker;Bruno Guhl

  • HUWE1 E3 ligase promotes PINK1/PARKIN-independent mitophagy by regulating AMBRA1 activation via IKKα.

    Anthea Di Rita;Anthea Di Rita;Angelo Peschiaroli;Pasquale Dâ²Acunzo;Daniela Strobbe

  • Ordered Organelle Degradation during Starvation-induced Autophagy

    Anders Riis Kristensen;Soeren Schandorff;Maria Hoyer-Hansen;Maria Overbeck Nielsen

  • Guidelines and recommendations on yeast cell death nomenclature

    Didac Carmona-Gutierrez;Maria Anna Bauer;Andreas Zimmermann;Andrés Aguilera

  • The Ca2+-Dependent Release of the Mia40-Induced MICU1-MICU2 Dimer from MCU Regulates Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uptake

    Carmelina Petrungaro;Carmelina Petrungaro;Katharina M. Zimmermann;Victoria Küttner;Manuel Fischer

  • Differential quantitative analysis of MHC ligands by mass spectrometry using stable isotope labeling

    Claudia Lemmel;Steffen Weik;Ute Eberle;Jörn Dengjel

  • Control of RAB7 activity and localization through the retromer‐TBC1D5 complex enables RAB7‐dependent mitophagy

    Ana Jimenez-Orgaz;Arunas Kvainickas;Heike Nägele;Justin Denner

  • Cargo-selective SNX-BAR proteins mediate retromer trimer independent retrograde transport

    Arunas Kvainickas;Ana Jimenez-Orgaz;Heike Nägele;Zehan Hu

  • Losartan ameliorates dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa and uncovers new disease mechanisms

    Alexander Nyström;Kerstin Thriene;Venugopal Mittapalli;Johannes S Kern

  • Nrf2-Mediated Fibroblast Reprogramming Drives Cellular Senescence by Targeting the Matrisome.

    Paul Hiebert;Mateusz S. Wietecha;Michael Cangkrama;Eric Haertel

  • Autophagy in innate and adaptive immunity against intracellular pathogens.

    Dorothee Schmid;Jörn Dengjel;Oliver Schoor;Stefan Stevanovic

  • Dietary spermidine improves cognitive function.

    Sabrina Schroeder;Sebastian J. Hofer;Andreas Zimmermann;Raimund Pechlaner

  • Macroautophagy Proteins Control MHC Class I Levels on Dendritic Cells and Shape Anti-viral CD8+ T Cell Responses

    Monica Loi;Anne Müller;Karin Steinbach;Jennifer Niven;Jennifer Niven

Frequent Co-Authors

Tobias Eisenberg
Tobias Eisenberg University of Graz
Frank Madeo
Frank Madeo University of Graz
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Thomas R. Pieber
Thomas R. Pieber Medical University of Graz
Stefan Stevanovic
Stefan Stevanovic University of Tübingen
Stephan J. Sigrist
Stephan J. Sigrist Freie Universität Berlin
Leena Bruckner-Tuderman
Leena Bruckner-Tuderman University of Freiburg
Claudio De Virgilio
Claudio De Virgilio University of Fribourg
Didac Carmona-Gutierrez
Didac Carmona-Gutierrez University of Graz
Jens S. Andersen
Jens S. Andersen University of Southern Denmark

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