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Kay Ohlendieck is affiliated with the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Their research primarily focuses on the intersecting fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. The scientist has published extensively in specialized subfields such as molecular biology, cell biology, spectroscopy, physiology, and rheumatology.

The main areas of scholarly work include muscle physiology and disorders, muscle metabolism and nutrition, advanced proteomics techniques and applications, adipose tissue and metabolism, biotin-related studies, nutrition and health in aging, as well as GDF15 and related biomarkers.

Ohlendieck has contributed numerous publications to a range of scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Methods in molecular biology
  • European Journal of Translational Myology
  • Expert Review of Proteomics
  • Proteomes
  • Life

Selected recent research papers:

  • "Fiber-Type Shifting in Sarcopenia of Old Age: Proteomic Profiling of the Contractile Apparatus of Skeletal Muscles," 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "The Dystrophin Node as Integrator of Cytoskeletal Organization, Lateral Force Transmission, Fiber Stability and Cellular Signaling in Skeletal Muscle," 2021, Proteomes
  • "Complexity of skeletal muscle degeneration: multi-systems pathophysiology and organ crosstalk in dystrophinopathy," 2021, Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
  • "Identification of marker proteins of muscular dystrophy in the urine proteome from the mdx-4cv model of dystrophinopathy," 2020, Molecular Omics
  • "Protocol for the Bottom-Up Proteomic Analysis of Mouse Spleen," 2020, STAR Protocols

Ohlendieck has worked collaboratively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Paul Dowling
  • Dieter Swandulla
  • Stephen Gargan
  • Margit Zweyer
  • Michael Henry

Their body of work intersects techniques in proteomics with applications relevant to muscle physiology and systemic pathophysiology in muscular dystrophies and related disorders. Many publications address the molecular mechanisms underlying muscle degeneration and adaptations in aging muscle tissue.

Best Publications

  • Deficiency of a glycoprotein component of the dystrophin complex in dystrophic muscle.

    James M. Ervasti;Kay Ohlendieck;Steven D. Kahl;Mitchell G. Gaver

  • Association of dystrophin-related protein with dystrophin-associated proteins in mdx mouse muscle.

    Kiichiro Matsumura;James M. Ervasti;Kay Ohlendieck;Steven D. Kahl

  • Dystrophin-associated proteins are greatly reduced in skeletal muscle from mdx mice.

    K Ohlendieck;K P Campbell

  • Dystrophin-related protein is localized to neuromuscular junctions of adult skeletal muscle

    Kay Ohlendieck;James M. Ervasti;Kiichiro Matsumura;Steven D. Kahl

  • Dystrophin-glycoprotein complex is highly enriched in isolated skeletal muscle sarcolemma

    Kay Ohlendieck;James M. Ervasti;Joseph B. Snook;Kevin P. Campbell

  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Deficiency of dystrophin‐associated proteins in the sarcolemma

    K. Ohlendieck;K. Matsumura;V. V. Ionasescu;J. A. Towbin

  • Towards an understanding of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex: linkage between the extracellular matrix and the membrane cytoskeleton in muscle fibers.

    K Ohlendieck

  • Disruption of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex in the cardiomyopathic hamster.

    Steven L. Roberds;James M. Ervasti;Richard D. Anderson;Kay Ohlendieck

  • Enrichment and biochemical characterization of boundary membrane contact sites from rat-liver mitochondria.

    Kay Ohlendieck;Ingrid Riesinger;Volker Adams;Jürgen Krause

  • Proteome analysis of the dystrophin-deficient MDX diaphragm reveals a drastic increase in the heat shock protein cvHSP.

    Philip Doran;Geraldine Martin;Paul Dowling;Harald Jockusch

  • Drastic reduction of calsequestrin-like proteins and impaired calcium binding in dystrophic mdx muscle.

    Kevin Culligan;Niamh Banville;Paul Dowling;Kay Ohlendieck

  • Skeletal muscle proteomics: current approaches, technical challenges and emerging techniques

    Kay Ohlendieck

  • The importance of alcohol-induced muscle disease

    Victor R Preedy;Kay Ohlendieck;Junko Adachi;Michael Koll

  • Proteomic profiling of antisense-induced exon skipping reveals reversal of pathobiochemical abnormalities in dystrophic mdx diaphragm

    Philip Doran;Steve D. Wilton;Sue Fletcher;Kay Ohlendieck

  • Phosphoproteomic analysis of aged skeletal muscle.

    Joan Gannon;Lisa Staunton;Kathleen O'Connell;Philip Doran

  • Role of dystrophin isoforms and associated proteins in muscular dystrophy (review).

    K G Culligan;A J Mackey;D M Finn;P B Maguire

  • Aging skeletal muscle shows a drastic increase in the small heat shock proteins αB-crystallin/HspB5 and cvHsP/HspB7

    Philip Doran;Joan Gannon;Kathleen O’Connell;Kay Ohlendieck

  • Cross-linking analysis of the ryanodine receptor and alpha1-dihydropyridine receptor in rabbit skeletal muscle triads.

    Brendan E. Murray;Kay Ohlendieck

  • Dystrophin constitutes 5% of membrane cytoskeleton in skeletal muscle.

    Kay Ohlendieck;Kevin P. Cambell

  • Proteomic DIGE analysis of the mitochondria-enriched fraction from aged rat skeletal muscle

    Kathleen O'Connell;Kay Ohlendieck

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin P. Campbell
Kevin P. Campbell University of Iowa
Dirk Pette
Dirk Pette University of Konstanz
William J. Lennarz
William J. Lennarz Stony Brook University
James M. Ervasti
James M. Ervasti University of Minnesota
Timothy J. Peters
Timothy J. Peters University of Bristol
Vincent Mouly
Vincent Mouly Université Paris Cité
Lars-Eric Thornell
Lars-Eric Thornell Umeå University
George Dickson
George Dickson Royal Holloway University of London
Martin Clynes
Martin Clynes Dublin City University
Gillian Butler-Browne
Gillian Butler-Browne Université Paris Cité

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