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Biology and Biochemistry
Hungary
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
15208
World Ranking
10701
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2003 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

László Vígh is affiliated with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Hungary. Their research spans primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. The scientist has contributed extensively to Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cell Biology, Epidemiology, and Biochemistry through their publications.

Their focused topics of study include:

  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy

They have published numerous articles in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Cells
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Acta Periodica
  • Cell Stress and Chaperones
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some of their recent publications are:

  • "Membrane-Associated Heat Shock Proteins in Oncology: From Basic Research to New Theranostic Targets," 2020, Cells
  • "Delineating the Rules for Structural Adaptation of Membrane-Associated Proteins to Evolutionary Changes in Membrane Lipidome," 2020, Current Biology
  • "Lipids and Trehalose Actively Cooperate in Heat Stress Management of Schizosaccharomyces pombe," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Pharmacological Overview of the BGP-15 Chemical Agent as a New Drug Candidate for the Treatment of Symptoms of Metabolic Syndrome," 2020, Molecules
  • "Cerebrospinal fluid lipidomic biomarker signatures of demyelination for multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barré syndrome," 2020, Scientific Reports

Collaborations with other researchers are a notable aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Zsolt Török (18 publications)
  • Gábor Balogh (16 publications)
  • Mária Péter (15 publications)
  • Imre Gombos (7 publications)
  • Zsolt Balogi (6 publications)

László Vígh has been recognized by their peers through memberships in several scientific academies. These include membership in the European Academy of Sciences since 2003 and in Academia Europaea since 2013.

Best Publications

  • Dynamic, yet structured: The cell membrane three decades after the Singer-Nicolson model

    Vereb G;Szöllosi J;Matkó J;Nagy P

  • HSP72 protects against obesity-induced insulin resistance.

    Jason Chung;Anh-Khoi Nguyen;Darren C Colin Henstridge;Anna G Holmes

  • Membranes: a meeting point for lipids, proteins and therapies

    Pablo V. Escribá;José M. González-Ros;Félix M. Goñi;Paavo K. J. Kinnunen

  • Does the membrane's physical state control the expression of heat shock and other genes?

    Laszlo Vigh;Bruno Maresca;John L. Harwood

  • Heat shock proteins as emerging therapeutic targets.

    Csaba Sõti;Enikõ Nagy;Zoltán Giricz;László Vígh

  • Small heat-shock proteins regulate membrane lipid polymorphism

    Nelly M. Tsvetkova;Ibolya Horváth;Zsolt Török;Willem F. Wolkers

  • Membrane physical state controls the signaling mechanism of the heat shock response in Synechocystis PCC 6803: Identification of hsp17 as a “fluidity gene”

    Ibolya Horváth;Attila Glatz;Viktória Varvasovszki;Zsolt Török

  • The primary signal in the biological perception of temperature: Pd-catalyzed hydrogenation of membrane lipids stimulated the expression of the desA gene in Synechocystis PCC6803

    Laszlo Vigh;Dmitry A. Los;Ibolya Horvath;Norio Murata

  • The small heat shock proteins and their clients

    H. Nakamoto;L. Vígh

  • Bimoclomol: a nontoxic, hydroxylamine derivative with stress protein-inducing activity and cytoprotective effects.

    László Vígh;Péter N. Literáti;Ibolya Horváth;Zsolt Török

  • Synechocystis HSP17 is an amphitropic protein that stabilizes heat-stressed membranes and binds denatured proteins for subsequent chaperone-mediated refolding.

    Zsolt Török;Pierre Goloubinoff;Ibolya Horváth;Nelly M. Tsvetkova

  • Membrane-associated stress proteins: More than simply chaperones

    Ibolya Horváth;Gabriele Multhoff;Alois Sonnleitner;László Vígh

  • The significance of lipid composition for membrane activity: new concepts and ways of assessing function.

    Làszló Vigh;Pablo V. Escribá;Alois Sonnleitner;Max Sonnleitner

  • Evidence for a lipochaperonin: Association of active protein-folding GroESL oligomers with lipids can stabilize membranes under heat shock conditions

    Zsolt Török;Ibolya Horváth;Pierre Goloubinoff;Eszter Kovács

  • Membrane lipid perturbation modifies the set point of the temperature of heat shock response in yeast

    Luisella Carratù;Silvia Franceschelli;Celia L. Pardini;George S. Kobayashi

  • Docosahexaenoic Acid Reduces Amyloid β Production via Multiple Pleiotropic Mechanisms

    Marcus O.W. Grimm;Johanna Kuchenbecker;Sven Grösgen;Verena K. Burg

  • Membrane lipid therapy: Modulation of the cell membrane composition and structure as a molecular base for drug discovery and new disease treatment

    Pablo V. Escribá;Xavier Busquets;Jin Ichi Inokuchi;Gábor Balogh

  • Targeting membrane heat-shock protein 70 (Hsp70) on tumors by cmHsp70.1 antibody

    Stefan Stangl;Mathias Gehrmann;Julia Riegger;Kristin Kuhs

  • Native folding of aggregation-prone recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli by osmolytes, plasmid- or benzyl alcohol–overexpressed molecular chaperones

    Ario de Marco;Laszlo Vigh;Sophia Diamant;Pierre Goloubinoff

  • The role of unsaturated lipids in membrane structure and stability

    P.J. Quinn;F. Joo;L. Vigh

Frequent Co-Authors

Ferenc Joó
Ferenc Joó University of Debrecen
John L. Harwood
John L. Harwood Cardiff University
Pierre Goloubinoff
Pierre Goloubinoff University of Lausanne
Dmitry A. Los
Dmitry A. Los Russian Academy of Sciences
Péter Ferdinandy
Péter Ferdinandy Semmelweis University
John H. Crowe
John H. Crowe University of California, Davis
Elizabeth Vierling
Elizabeth Vierling University of Massachusetts Amherst
Péter Csermely
Péter Csermely Semmelweis University
Balazs Sumegi
Balazs Sumegi University of Pecs
Pieter J. C. Kuiper
Pieter J. C. Kuiper University of Groningen

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