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Karin U. Schallreuter

Karin U. Schallreuter

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
12679
World Ranking
10334
National Ranking
785

Overview

Karin U. Schallreuter is affiliated with the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions and academic pursuits are primarily associated with this institution.

There are no details available regarding recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, book publications, or specific fields and subfields of study related to this researcher. Similarly, no information about particular research topics or awards won has been documented.

Best Publications

  • Hair Follicle Pigmentation

    Andrzej Slominski;Jacobo Wortsman;Przemyslaw M. Plonka;Karin U. Schallreuter;Karin U. Schallreuter

  • In Vivo and In Vitro Evidence for Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Accumulation in the Epidermis of Patients with Vitiligo and its Successful Removal by a UVB-Activated Pseudocatalase

    Karin U. Schallreuter;Jeremy Moore;John M. Wood;Wayne D. Beazley

  • A review of the worldwide prevalence of vitiligo in children/adolescents and adults.

    Christian Krüger;Karin Uta Schallreuter;Karin Uta Schallreuter

  • Regulation of melanogenesis – controversies and new concepts

    Karin U. Schallreuter;Sonal Kothari;Bhaven Chavan;Jennifer D. Spencer

  • Regulation of melanin biosynthesis in the human epidermis by tetrahydrobiopterin

    K U Schallreuter;J M Wood;M R Pittelkow;M Gütlich

  • Low catalase levels in the epidermis of patients with vitiligo.

    Karin U Schallreuter;John M Wood;Jürgen Berger

  • What are melanocytes really doing all day long

    Przemyslaw M. Plonka;Thierry Passeron;Michaela Brenner;Desmond J. Tobin

  • Epidermal H2O2 accumulation alters tetrahydrobiopterin (6BH4) recycling in vitiligo: Identification of a general mechanism in regulation of all 6BH4-Dependent processes?

    Karin U. Schallreuter;Jeremy Moore;John M. Wood;Wayne D. Beazley

  • Adrenergic and Cholinergic Control in the Biology of Epidermis: Physiological and Clinical Significance

    Sergei A. Grando;Mark R. Pittelkow;Karin U. Schallreuter

  • Vitiligo pathogenesis: autoimmune disease, genetic defect, excessive reactive oxygen species, calcium imbalance, or what else?

    K.U. Schallreuter;P. Bahadoran;M. Picardo;A. Slominski

  • Melanocytes are not absent in lesional skin of long duration vitiligo.

    Desmond J. Tobin;Nelle N. Swanson;Mark R. Pittelkow;Eva M. Peters

  • Senile hair graying: H2O2-mediated oxidative stress affects human hair color by blunting methionine sulfoxide repair

    J. M. Wood;H. Decker;H. Hartmann;B. Chavan

  • Vitiligo and other diseases: coexistence or true association? Hamburg study on 321 patients.

    K.U. Schallreuter;R. Lemke;O. Brandt;R. Schwartz

  • Activation/deactivation of acetylcholinesterase by H2O2: more evidence for oxidative stress in vitiligo.

    Karin U Schallreuter;Souna M.A Elwary;Nicholas C.J Gibbons;Hartmut Rokos;Hartmut Rokos

  • Perturbed 6-Tetrahydrobiopterin Recycling via Decreased Dihydropteridine Reductase in Vitiligo: More Evidence for H2O2 Stress

    Sybille Hasse;Nicholas C.J. Gibbons;Hartmut Rokos;Lee K. Marles

  • Oxidative Stress in Vitiligo: Photo-oxidation of Pterins Produces H2O2 and Pterin-6-carboxylic Acid

    Hartmut Rokos;Wayne D. Beazley;Karin U. Schallreuter

  • The mechanism of action of the nitrosourea anti-tumor drugs on thioredoxin reductase, glutathione reductase and ribonucleotide reductase.

    Karin U. Schallreuter;Florence K. Gleason;John M. Wood

  • Regulation of Human Epidermal Melanocyte Biology By β-Endorphin

    Söbia Kauser;Karin U Schallreuter;Anthony J Thody;Christopher Gummer

  • Catecholamines in Human Keratinocyte Differentiation

    Karin U. Schallreuter;K Regina Lemke;Mark R. Pittelkow;John M. Wood

  • Free radical reduction in the human epidermis.

    Karin U. Schallreuter;John M. Wood

Frequent Co-Authors

Desmond J. Tobin
Desmond J. Tobin University College Dublin
Ralf Paus
Ralf Paus University of Miami
Andrzej Slominski
Andrzej Slominski University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nenad Blau
Nenad Blau University of Zurich
Mauro Picardo
Mauro Picardo Sapienza University of Rome
Thomas A. Luger
Thomas A. Luger University of Münster
Aurora Martinez
Aurora Martinez University of Bergen
Diana Anderson
Diana Anderson University of Bradford
Richard J. Cornall
Richard J. Cornall University of Oxford

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