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Kurt Engeland

Kurt Engeland

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
9237
World Ranking
18891
National Ranking
1295

Overview

Kurt Engeland is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and has focused research efforts mainly within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work encompasses a range of specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cell Biology, Immunology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

They have contributed to research topics such as Cancer-related Molecular Pathways, DNA Repair Mechanisms, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Ubiquitin and Proteasome Pathways.

Their recent publications include:

  • Cell cycle regulation: p53-p21-RB signaling, 2022, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Apoptotic cell death in disease-Current understanding of the NCCD 2023, 2023, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Ki-67 gene expression, 2021, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • The Role of lncRNAs TAPIR-1 and -2 as Diagnostic Markers and Potential Therapeutic Targets in Prostate Cancer, 2020, Cancers
  • A-MYB substitutes for B-MYB in activating cell cycle genes and in stimulating proliferation, 2024, Nucleic Acids Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kurt Engeland include:

  • R. Köhler
  • Gerd A. Müller
  • Sigrid Uxa
  • Paola Castillo-Binder
  • Lukas Nöltner

Common venues for their publications are:

  • Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Cancers
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Glycoconjugate Journal
  • Cell Death Discovery

Kurt Engeland's body of work is characterized by its focus on cellular and molecular mechanisms related to cancer biology and cell cycle regulation, as well as the integration of genetic and biochemical methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Cell cycle arrest through indirect transcriptional repression by p53: I have a DREAM

    Kurt Engeland

  • Cell cycle regulation of the cyclin A, cdc25C and cdc2 genes is based on a common mechanism of transcriptional repression.

    J. Zwicker;F. C. Lucibello;L. A. Wolfraim;C. Gross

  • Human chorionic gonadotropin attracts regulatory T cells into the fetal-maternal interface during early human pregnancy.

    Anne Schumacher;Nadja Brachwitz;Sindy Sohr;Kurt Engeland

  • The p53-p21-DREAM-CDE/CHR pathway regulates G2/M cell cycle genes

    Martin Fischer;Marianne Quaas;Lydia Steiner;Kurt Engeland

  • The Forkhead Transcription Factor FOXM1 Controls Cell Cycle-Dependent Gene Expression through an Atypical Chromatin Binding Mechanism

    Xi Chen;Gerd A. Müller;Marianne Quaas;Martin Fischer

  • Expression of p73 and Its Relation to Histopathology and Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Andrea Tannapfel;Mark Wasner;Karen Krause;Felix Geissler

  • Cell Cycle Regulation of E2F Site Occupation in Vivo

    Jörk Zwicker;Ningshu Liu;Kurt Engeland;Frances C. Lucibello

  • The tumour suppressor protein p53 can repress transcription of cyclin B

    Karen Krause;Mark Wasner;Wibke Reinhard;Ulrike Haugwitz

  • NF-Y Mediates the Transcriptional Inhibition of thecyclin B1, cyclin B2, and cdc25CPromoters upon Induced G2 Arrest

    Isabella Manni;Giuseppina Mazzaro;Aymone Gurtner;Roberto Mantovani

  • The transcription factor p53: Not a repressor, solely an activator

    Martin Fischer;Lydia Steiner;Kurt Engeland

  • The cyclin B2 promoter depends on NF-Y, a trimer whose CCAAT-binding activity is cell-cycle regulated

    Fabrizio Bolognese;Mark Wasner;Christine Lange Zu Dohna;Aymone Gurtner

  • Ki-67 gene expression.

    Sigrid Uxa;Paola Castillo-Binder;Robin Kohler;Konstanze Stangner;Konstanze Stangner

  • Cell cycle regulation of cdc25C transcription is mediated by the periodic repression of the glutamine-rich activators NF-Y and Sp1

    J Zwicker;C Gross;F C Lucibello;M Truss

  • The central role of CDE/CHR promoter elements in the regulation of cell cycle‐dependent gene transcription

    Gerd A. Müller;Kurt Engeland

  • RHAMM is differentially expressed in the cell cycle and downregulated by the tumor suppressor p53.

    Sindy Sohr;Kurt Engeland

  • Decreased expression of p27 protein is associated with advanced tumor stage in hepatocellular carcinoma

    Andrea Tannapfel;Dorothee Grund;Alexander Katalinic;Dirk Uhlmann

  • p53 can repress transcription of cell cycle genes through a p21(WAF1/CIP1)-dependent switch from MMB to DREAM protein complex binding at CHR promoter elements.

    Marianne Quaas;Gerd A. Müller;Kurt Engeland

  • The CHR promoter element controls cell cycle-dependent gene transcription and binds the DREAM and MMB complexes

    Gerd A. Müller;Marianne Quaas;Michael Schümann;Eberhard Krause

  • Cell Cycle-Regulated Repression of B-myb Transcription: Cooperation of an E2F Site with a Contiguous Corepressor Element

    Ningshu Liu;Frances C. Lucibello;Jörk Zwicker;Kurt Engeland

  • p53 activates the PANK1/miRNA-107 gene leading to downregulation of CDK6 and p130 cell cycle proteins

    Levin Böhlig;Maik Friedrich;Kurt Engeland

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Mössner
Joachim Mössner Leipzig University
Andrea Tannapfel
Andrea Tannapfel Leipzig University
Rolf Müller
Rolf Müller Saarland University
Peter F. Stadler
Peter F. Stadler Leipzig University
Helmut Kindl
Helmut Kindl Philipp University of Marburg
Roberto Mantovani
Roberto Mantovani University of Milan
Alexander Katalinic
Alexander Katalinic University of Lübeck
Nancy C. Andrews
Nancy C. Andrews Duke University
Achim Aigner
Achim Aigner Leipzig University
Bert L. Vallee
Bert L. Vallee Harvard University

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