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Kaj Fried is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, focusing primarily on research within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including molecular biology, cell biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, rheumatology, and physiology.

The researcher has contributed notably to topics such as zebrafish biomedical research applications, congenital heart defects research, developmental biology and gene regulation, axon guidance and neuronal signaling, dental development and anomalies, neuroblastoma research and treatments, and cellular mechanics and interactions.

Among recent publications are the following:

  • Dental cell type atlas reveals stem and differentiated cell types in mouse and human teeth (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Single-cell transcriptomics of human embryos identifies multiple sympathoblast lineages with potential implications for neuroblastoma origin (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Schwann cell precursors represent a neural crest-like state with biased multipotency (2022, The EMBO Journal)
  • Secondary ossification center induces and protects growth plate structure (2020, eLife)
  • Directionality of developing skeletal muscles is set by mechanical forces (2023, Nature Communications)

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Igor Adameyko (16 publications)
  • Maria Eleni Kastriti (8 publications)
  • Tomáš Zikmund (7 publications)
  • Jozef Kaiser (7 publications)
  • Markéta Tesařová (6 publications)

Publication venues with multiple contributions feature:

  • Nature Communications (8 publications)
  • Nature Genetics (1 publication)
  • The EMBO Journal (1 publication)
  • eLife (1 publication)
  • Current Biology (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Spatiotemporal structure of cell fate decisions in murine neural crest

    Ruslan Soldatov;Marketa Kaucka;Marketa Kaucka;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Julian Petersen;Julian Petersen

  • Multipotent peripheral glial cells generate neuroendocrine cells of the adrenal medulla

    Alessandro Furlan;Vyacheslav Dyachuk;Vyacheslav Dyachuk;Vyacheslav Dyachuk;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Laura Calvo-Enrique

  • Plasticity of sodium channel expression in DRG neurons in the chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain.

    Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj;Jenny Fjell;Jenny Fjell;Jenny Fjell;Theodore R. Cummins;Theodore R. Cummins;Zheng Zheng

  • Characterization of glial trkB receptors: differential response to injury in the central and peripheral nervous systems.

    Jonas Frisen;Valerie M. K. Verge;Kaj Fried;Marten Risling

  • Differential role of GDNF and NGF in the maintenance of two TTX-resistant sodium channels in adult DRG neurons.

    Jenny Fjell;Theodore R Cummins;Theodore R Cummins;Sulayman D Dib-Hajj;Sulayman D Dib-Hajj;Kaj Fried

  • Gdnf mrna in Schwann cells and Drg satellite cells after chronic sciatic nerve injury

    H. Hammarberg;F. Piehl;S. Cullheim;J. Fjell

  • Parasympathetic neurons originate from nerve-associated peripheral glial progenitors

    Vyacheslav Dyachuk;Vyacheslav Dyachuk;Alessandro Furlan;Maryam Khatibi Shahidi;Marcela Giovenco

  • Dental cell type atlas reveals stem and differentiated cell types in mouse and human teeth.

    Jan Krivanek;Jan Krivanek;Ruslan A. Soldatov;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Tatiana Chontorotzea

  • Single-cell transcriptomics of human embryos identifies multiple sympathoblast lineages with potential implications for neuroblastoma origin.

    Polina Kameneva;Artem V Artemov;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Louis Faure

  • Increased levels of trkB mRNA and trkB protein-like immunoreactivity in the injured rat and cat spinal cord

    J. Frisen;V. M. K. Verge;S. Cullheim;H. Persson

  • Structural basis of sympathetic-sensory coupling in rat and human dorsal root ganglia following peripheral nerve injury.

    Vera Shinder;Ruth Govrin-Lippmann;Shulamith Cohen;Michael Belenky

  • Susceptibility to chronic pain following nerve injury is genetically affected by CACNG2

    Jonathan Nissenbaum;Marshall Devor;Ze'ev Seltzer;Mathias Gebauer

  • Expression of the intermediate filament nestin during rodent tooth development.

    C Terling;A Rass;T A Mitsiadis;K Fried

  • In Vivo NGF Deprivation Reduces SNS Expression and TTX-R Sodium Currents in IB4-Negative DRG Neurons

    Jenny Fjell;Jenny Fjell;Jenny Fjell;Theodore R. Cummins;Theodore R. Cummins;Kaj Fried;Joel A. Black;Joel A. Black

  • NGF, BDNF, NT3, NT4 and GDNF in tooth development

    Christopher A. Nosrat;Kaj Fried;Ted Ebendal;Lars Olson

  • Integrin-laminin interactions controlling neurite outgrowth from adult DRG neurons in vitro.

    Stefan Plantman;Manuel Patarroyo;Kaj Fried;Anna Domogatskaya

  • Reactivation of Delta–Notch Signaling after Injury: Complementary Expression Patterns of Ligand and Receptor in Dental Pulp

    Thimios A. Mitsiadis;Kaj Fried;Christo Goridis

  • Spinal axons in central nervous system scar tissue are closely related to laminin-immunoreactive astrocytes

    J. Frisén;A. Hægerstrand;M. Risling;K. Fried

  • Ultrastructure of afferent axon endings in a neuroma.

    K Fried;R Govrin-Lippmann;F Rosenthal;M H Ellisman

  • Cellular expression of neurotrophin mRNAs during tooth development.

    Christopher A. Nosrat;Kaj Fried;Sven Lindskog;Lars Olson

  • Nerve Injury-!Induced Pain in the Trigeminal System

    K. Fried;U. Bongenhielm;F. M. Boissonade;P. P. Robinson

  • Multipotent peripheral glial cells generate neuroendocrine cells of the adrenal medulla

    Furlan A;Dyachuk;Kastriti Me;Calvo-Enrique L

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel A. Black
Joel A. Black Yale University
Stephen G. Waxman
Stephen G. Waxman Yale University
Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute
Marshall Devor
Marshall Devor Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Staffan Cullheim
Staffan Cullheim Karolinska Institute
Theodore R. Cummins
Theodore R. Cummins Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Mårten Risling
Mårten Risling Karolinska Institute
Patrik Ernfors
Patrik Ernfors Karolinska Institute
Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj
Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj Yale University
Ernst Brodin
Ernst Brodin Karolinska Institute

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