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Judson J. Van Wyk was affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focused on aspects related to endocrinology and metabolism, particularly involving growth hormones and insulin-like growth factors.

The scientist contributed to several research publications, predominantly found in the UNC Libraries. The topics of their work often intersected with the regulation and function of somatomedin and insulin-like growth factors, as well as their roles in cellular processes and metabolism. Key areas of study included:

  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Their research spanned multiple subfields, notably:

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Molecular Biology

Throughout their career, Judson J. Van Wyk collaborated frequently with several coauthors. Prominent collaborators included:

  • D R Clemmons
  • A J D'Ercole
  • F C Kull
  • S Jacobs
  • Y F Su

Notable papers by Judson J. Van Wyk include:

  • Monoclonal antibodies to receptors for insulin and somatomedin-C., 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Evidence for a functional role of endogenously produced somatomedinlike peptides in the regulation of DNA synthesis in cultured human fibroblasts and porcine smooth muscle cells., 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Cultured fibroblast monolayers secrete a protein that alters the cellular binding of somatomedin-C/insulinlike growth factor I., 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Hormonal Control of Immunoreactive Somatomedin Production by Cultured Human Fibroblasts, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Interaction of secreted insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) with cell surface receptors is the dominant mechanism of IGF-I's autocrine actions, 2021, UNC Libraries

Their research predominantly appeared in UNC Libraries, with five publications listed under that venue. Judson J. Van Wyk's work contributed to a better understanding of the hormonal regulation mechanisms and cellular interactions involving growth factors, which are important in endocrinology and metabolic disease research.

Best Publications

  • Estimation of Somatomedin-C Levels in Normals and Patients with Pituitary Disease by Radioimmunoassay

    Richard W. Furlanetto;Louis E. Underwood;Judson J. Van Wyk;A. Joseph D'Ercole

  • Insulin-like growth factors as intraovarian regulators of granulosa cell growth and function.

    E Y Adashi;C E Resnick;A J D'Ercole;M E Svoboda

  • Somatomedin: Proposed Designation for Sulphation Factor

    Daughaday Wh;Hall K;Raben Ms;Salmon Wd

  • Reduction of Plasma Immunoreactive Somatomedin C during Fasting in Humans

    David R. Clemmons;Anne Klibanski;Louis E. Underwood;Janet W. McARTHUR

  • Induction of immunoreactive somatomedin C human serum by growth hormone: dose-response relationships and effect on chromatographic profiles.

    Kenneth C. Copeland;Louis E. Underwood;Judson J. Van Wyk

  • Syndrome of precocious menstruation and galactorrhea in juvenile hypothyroidism: an example of hormonal overlap in pituitary feedback

    Judson J. Van Wyk;Judson J. Van Wyk;Melvin M. Grumbach;Melvin M. Grumbach

  • Hormonal Control of Immunoreactive Somatomedin Production by Cultured Human Fibroblasts

    David R. Clemmons;Louis E. Underwood;Judson J. Van Wyk

  • Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and somatomedin C regulate G1 progression in competent BALB/c-3T3 cells.

    Edward B. Leof;Walker Wharton;Judson J. Van Wyk;W.J. Pledger

  • 6 Factors controlling blood concentration of somatomedin C

    David R. Clemmons;Judson J. Van Wyk

  • Characterization of the Insulin and Somatomedin-C Receptors in Human Placental Cell Membranes

    Robert N. Marshall;Louis E. Underwood;Sandra J. Voina;Doretha B. Foushee

  • Severe endocrine and nonendocrine manifestations of the McCune-Albright syndrome associated with activating mutations of stimulatory G protein Gs

    Andrew Shenker;Lee S. Weinstein;Antoinette Moran;Ora H. Pescovitz

  • Sequence analysis of somatomedin-C: confirmation of identity with insulin-like growth factor I.

    David G. Klapper;Marjorie E. Svoboda;Judson J. Van Wyk

  • Human growth hormone and somatomedin C suppress the spontaneous release of growth hormone in unanesthetized rats

    Hiromi Abe;Hiromi Abe;Mark E. Molitch;Judson J. Van Wyk;Louis E. Underwood

  • Evidence for a functional role of endogenously produced somatomedinlike peptides in the regulation of DNA synthesis in cultured human fibroblasts and porcine smooth muscle cells.

    D R Clemmons;J J Van Wyk

  • Adrenomedullary dysplasia and hypofunction in patients with classic 21-hydroxylase deficiency.

    Deborah P. Merke;George P. Chrousos;Graeme Eisenhofer;Martina Weise

  • Immunoreactive sites and accumulation of somatomedin-C in rat Sertoli-spermatogenic cell co-cultures

    Laura L. Tres;Eric P. Smith;Judson J. Van Wyk;A.L. Kierszenbaum

  • Somatomedin-C-mediated potentiation of follicle-stimulating hormone-induced aromatase activity of cultured rat granulosa cells.

    Eli Y. Adashi;Carol E. Resnick;Angela M. H. Brodie;Marjorie E. Svoboda

  • Somatomedin-C/Insulin-Like Growth Factor I as an Enhancer of Androgen Biosynthesis by Cultured Rat Ovarian Cells

    Eleuterio R. Hernandez;Carol E. Resnick;Marjorie E. Svoboda;Judson J. Van Wyk

  • Evidence from radioligand assays that somatomedin-C and insulin-like growth factor-I are similar to each other and different from other somatomedins.

    Judson J. Van Wyk;Marjorie E. Svoboda;Louis E. Underwood

  • Chromosomal sex in gonadal dysgenesis (ovarian agenesis): relationship to male pseudohermaphrodism and theories of human sex differentiation.

    Melvin M. Grumbach;Judson J. Van Wyk;Lawson Wilkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis E. Underwood
Louis E. Underwood University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David R. Clemmons
David R. Clemmons University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eli Y. Adashi
Eli Y. Adashi Brown University
Frank S. French
Frank S. French University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Melvin M. Grumbach
Melvin M. Grumbach University of California, San Francisco
W. J. Pledger
W. J. Pledger University of South Florida
Anna Wedell
Anna Wedell Karolinska University Hospital
G. Yancey Gillespie
G. Yancey Gillespie University of Alabama at Birmingham
Evan R. Simpson
Evan R. Simpson Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Anne Klibanski
Anne Klibanski Harvard University

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