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Monica Nistér

Monica Nistér

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
60
Citations
11745
World Ranking
1973
National Ranking
30

Overview

Monica Nistér is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research spans primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broad areas, their work focuses on subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Neurology, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The scientist's main topics of research include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, ATP Synthase and ATPases Research, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, and Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments.

Monica Nistér has published research in various scientific venues, frequently appearing in journals such as F1000Research, Acta Neuropathologica, Oncogene, Frontiers in Endocrinology, and Nature Communications. Some of their recent publications include:

  • Sarek: A portable workflow for whole-genome sequencing analysis of germline and somatic variants, 2020, F1000Research
  • Regulation of Mammalian Mitochondrial Dynamics: Opportunities and Challenges, 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Spatially resolved transcriptomic profiling of degraded and challenging fresh frozen samples, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Amplification of the PLAG-family genes-PLAGL1 and PLAGL2-is a key feature of the novel tumor type CNS embryonal tumor with PLAGL amplification, 2022, Acta Neuropathologica

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Monica Nistér include Teresita Díaz de Ståhl, Jian Zhao, Min Guo, Johanna Sandgren, and Alia Shamikh, each contributing significantly across multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Platelet-derived Growth Factor and Its Receptors in Human Glioma Tissue: Expression of Messenger RNA and Protein Suggests the Presence of Autocrine and Paracrine Loops

    Monica Hermanson;Keiko Funa;Magdalena Hartman;Lena Claesson-Welsh

  • Binding of different dimeric forms of PDGF to human fibroblasts: evidence for two separate receptor types

    Carl-Henrik Heldin;Gudrun Bäckström;Arne Östman;Annet Hammacher

  • A hypoxic niche regulates glioblastoma stem cells through hypoxia inducible factor 2α

    Sascha Seidel;Boyan K. Garvalov;Valtteri Wirta;Louise von Stechow

  • p53 suppresses the self-renewal of adult neural stem cells.

    Konstantinos Meletis;Valtteri Wirta;Sanna-Maria Hede;Monica Nistér

  • Induction of Brain Tumors in Mice Using a Recombinant Platelet-derived Growth Factor B-Chain Retrovirus

    Lene Uhrbom;Göran Hesselager;Monica Nistér;Bengt Westermark

  • Human MIEF1 recruits Drp1 to mitochondrial outer membranes and promotes mitochondrial fusion rather than fission

    Jian Zhao;Tong Liu;Shaobo Jin;Xinming Wang

  • Endothelial cell hyperplasia in human glioblastoma: coexpression of mRNA for platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) B chain and PDGF receptor suggests autocrine growth stimulation

    Monica Hermansson;Monica Nister;Christer Betsholtz;Carl-Henrik Heldin

  • A glioma-derived PDGF A chain homodimer has different functional activities from a PDGF AB heterodimer purified from human platelets.

    Monica Nistér;Annet Hammacher;Karin Mellström;Agneta Siegbahn

  • Platelet-derived growth factor in human glioma

    Bengt Westermark;Carl-Henrik Heldin;Monica Nistér

  • Identification and structural analysis of the A type receptor for platelet-derived growth factor. Similarities with the B type receptor.

    L Claesson-Welsh;A Hammacher;B Westermark;C H Heldin

  • A transactivation-deficient mouse model provides insights into Trp53 regulation and function.

    Gretchen S. Jimenez;Monica Nister;Jayne M. Stommel;Jayne M. Stommel;Michelle Beeche

  • Neurotrophic activity of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF): Rat neuronal cells possess functional PDGF beta-type receptors and respond to PDGF.

    Anja Smits;Mitsuyasu Kato;Bengt Westermark;Monica Nister

  • Differential expression of platelet-derived growth factor receptors in human malignant glioma cell lines.

    M Nistér;L Claesson-Welsh;A Eriksson;C H Heldin

  • Ultraviolet light induces expression of p53 and p21 in human skin: effect of sunscreen and constitutive p21 expression in skin appendages

    Fredrik Pontén;Berit Berne;Zhi-Ping Ren;Monica Nistér

  • Human Fis1 regulates mitochondrial dynamics through inhibition of the fusion machinery.

    Rong Yu;Shao‐Bo Jin;Urban Lendahl;Monica Nistér

  • A glioma-derived analog to platelet-derived growth factor: demonstration of receptor competing activity and immunological crossreactivity.

    Monica Nister;Carl-Henrik Heldin;Ake Wasteson;Bengt Westermark

  • The effect of platelet-derived growth factor on morphology and motility of human glial cells

    K Mellstroöm;A S Höglund;M Nistér;C H Heldin

  • Induction of senescence in human malignant glioma cells by p16INK4A

    Lene Uhrbom;Monica Nister;Bengt Westermark

  • Rat brain capillary endothelial cells express functional PDGF B-type receptors.

    Anja Smits;Monica Hermansson;Monica Nister;Irina Karnushina

  • Enhanced expression of transforming growth factor-β and its type-I and type-II receptors in human glioblastoma

    Naoshi Yamada;Mitsuyasu Kato;Hidetoshi Yamashita;Monica Nistér

Frequent Co-Authors

Bengt Westermark
Bengt Westermark Uppsala University
Carl-Henrik Heldin
Carl-Henrik Heldin Uppsala University
Arne Östman
Arne Östman Karolinska Institute
Fredrik Pontén
Fredrik Pontén Uppsala University
Jan Pontén
Jan Pontén Uppsala University
Christer Betsholtz
Christer Betsholtz Uppsala University
Lars Rönnstrand
Lars Rönnstrand Lund University
Lena Claesson-Welsh
Lena Claesson-Welsh Uppsala University
Joakim Lundeberg
Joakim Lundeberg Royal Institute of Technology
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute

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