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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
18201
World Ranking
6640
National Ranking
126

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Nicolas Demaurex is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Neuroscience. Specific subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems, Physiology, Cell Biology, and Immunology.

The main topics covered in their research focus on Ion Channels and Receptors, Ion channel regulation and function, Cellular transport and secretion, Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling, and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research.

Among recent publications attributed to or associated with their research are:

  • TMBIM5 is the Ca 2+ /H + antiporter of mammalian mitochondria, 2022, EMBO Reports
  • The ER stress sensor IRE1 interacts with STIM1 to promote store-operated calcium entry, T cell activation, and muscular differentiation, 2023, Cell Reports
  • Control of lysosomal-mediated cell death by the pH-dependent calcium channel RECS1, 2021, Science Advances
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection alkalinizes the ERGIC and lysosomes through the viroporin activity of the viral envelope protein, 2023, Journal of Cell Science
  • Molecular Mechanisms of Calcium Signaling During Phagocytosis, 2020, Advances in experimental medicine and biology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Demaurex include Amado Carreras-Sureda, Wen-An Wang, Paula Nunes, Cyril Castelbou, and Sana Kouba.

Demaurex's work is often published in venues such as Journal of Cell Science, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), SSRN Electronic Journal, Cell Calcium, and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics.

In 2013, Nicolas Demaurex was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • The dendritic cell-specific adhesion receptor DC-SIGN internalizes antigen for presentation to T cells.

    Anneke Engering;Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek;Sandra J. van Vliet;Mietske Wijers

  • A Ca(2+)-activated NADPH oxidase in testis, spleen, and lymph nodes.

    Botond Bánfi;Gergely Molnár;Andres Maturana;Klaus Steger

  • Bcl-2 decreases the free Ca2+ concentration within the endoplasmic reticulum

    Reyhaneh Foyouzi-Youssefi;Serge Arnaudeau;Christoph Borner;William L. Kelley

  • mTOR complex 2-Akt signaling at mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membranes (MAM) regulates mitochondrial physiology

    Charles Betz;Daniele Stracka;Cristina Prescianotto-Baschong;Maud Frieden

  • Calreticulin is essential for integrin-mediated calcium signalling and cell adhesion

    Marc G. Coppolino;Michael J. Woodside;Nicolas Demaurex;Sergio Grinstein

  • Apoptosis--the Calcium Connection

    Nicolas Demaurex;Clark W. Distelhorst

  • A mammalian H+ channel generated through alternative splicing of the NADPH oxidase homolog NOH-1.

    Botond Bánfi;Andrés Maturana;Stefano Jaconi;Serge Arnaudeau

  • Endosome-to-cytosol transport of viral nucleocapsids

    Isabelle Le Blanc;Isabelle Le Blanc;Pierre-Philippe Luyet;Véronique Pons;Charles Ferguson

  • HIV-1 Nef protein binds to the cellular protein PACS-1 to downregulate class I major histocompatibility complexes

    Vincent Piguet;Lei Wan;Christelle Borel;Aram Mangasarian

  • Nef-Induced CD4 Degradation: A Diacidic-Based Motif in Nef Functions as a Lysosomal Targeting Signal through the Binding of β-COP in Endosomes

    Vincent Piguet;Feng Gu;Michelangelo Foti;Nicolas Demaurex

  • Calcium uptake mechanisms of mitochondria

    Jaime Santo-Domingo;Nicolas Demaurex

  • The Recycling Endosome of Madin-Darby Canine Kidney Cells Is a Mildly Acidic Compartment Rich in Raft Components

    Raluca Gagescu;Nicolas Demaurex;Robert G. Parton;Walter Hunziker

  • Functional specialization of calreticulin domains.

    Kimitoshi Nakamura;Anna Zuppini;Serge Arnaudeau;Jeffery Lynch

  • Caffeine and halothane sensitivity of intracellular Ca2+ release is altered by 15 calcium release channel (ryanodine receptor) mutations associated with malignant hyperthermia and/or central core disease.

    Jiefei Tong;Hideto Oyamada;Nicolas Demaurex;Sergio Grinstein

  • Dynamic Regulation of the Mitochondrial Proton Gradient during Cytosolic Calcium Elevations

    Damon Poburko;Jaime Santo-Domingo;Nicolas Demaurex

  • Mitochondria recycle Ca(2+) to the endoplasmic reticulum and prevent the depletion of neighboring endoplasmic reticulum regions

    Serge Arnaudeau;William L. Kelley;John V. Walsh;Nicolas Demaurex

  • Cyclopiazonic acid depletes intracellular Ca2+ stores and activates an influx pathway for divalent cations in HL-60 cells.

    Nicolas Demaurex;Daniel Pablo Lew;Karl-Heinz Krause

  • pH Homeostasis of Cellular Organelles

    Nicolas Demaurex

  • From the Cover: STIM1-induced precortical and cortical subdomains of the endoplasmic reticulum

    Lelio Orci;Mariella Ravazzola;Marion Le Coadic;Wei-wei Shen

  • The role of calcium signaling in phagocytosis

    Paula Nunes;Nicolas Demaurex

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl-Heinz Krause
Karl-Heinz Krause University of Geneva
Daniel Pablo Lew
Daniel Pablo Lew University of Geneva
Werner Schlegel
Werner Schlegel University of Geneva
Wolfgang F. Graier
Wolfgang F. Graier Medical University of Graz
Jacques Schrenzel
Jacques Schrenzel University of Geneva
Claes B. Wollheim
Claes B. Wollheim University of Geneva
Roland Malli
Roland Malli Medical University of Graz
Jean Gruenberg
Jean Gruenberg University of Geneva
Lelio Orci
Lelio Orci University of Geneva
John Orlowski
John Orlowski McGill University

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