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Paul E. Fraser

Paul E. Fraser

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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
106
Citations
52986
World Ranking
1133
National Ranking
27

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Paul E. Fraser is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and focuses mainly on research within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scientific contributions span multiple subfields, including physiology, molecular biology, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and genetics.

The scientist's work covers several key topics in biomedical research such as Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, and tryptophan and brain disorders.

Paul E. Fraser has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Pro-inflammatory interleukin-6 signaling links cognitive impairments and peripheral metabolic alterations in Alzheimer's disease (2021) - Translational Psychiatry
  • Wild-type sTREM2 blocks Aβ aggregation and neurotoxicity, but the Alzheimer's R47H mutant increases Aβ aggregation (2021) - Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Reactive or transgenic increase in microglial TYROBP reveals a TREM2-independent TYROBP-APOE link in wild-type and Alzheimer's-related mice (2020) - Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Tau is not necessary for amyloid-β-induced synaptic and memory impairments (2020) - Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Behavioral Abnormalities in Knockout and Humanized Tau Mice (2020) - Frontiers in Endocrinology

Their research has been disseminated in various publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (9 publications)
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia (6 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications (2 publications)
  • Translational Psychiatry (1 publication)

Paul E. Fraser often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jeffrey T. Henderson
  • Ottavio Arancio
  • Elliya Park
  • Chunsheng He
  • Xiao Yu Wu

Best Publications

  • Cloning of a gene bearing missense mutations in early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease

    R. Sherrington;E. I. Rogaev;Y. Liang;E. A. Rogaeva

  • Familial Alzheimer's disease in kindreds with missense mutations in a gene on chromosome 1 related to the Alzheimer's disease type 3 gene

    E. I. Rogaev;R. Sherrington;E. A. Rogaeva;G. Levesque

  • Common core structure of amyloid fibrils by synchrotron X-ray diffraction.

    Margaret Sunde;Louise C Serpell;Mark Bartlam;Paul E Fraser

  • Aβ peptide immunization reduces behavioural impairment and plaques in a model of Alzheimer's disease

    Christopher Janus;Jacqueline Pearson;JoAnne McLaurin;Paul M. Mathews

  • Mutant presenilins of Alzheimer's disease increase production of 42-residue amyloid β-protein in both transfected cells and transgenic mice

    Martin Citron;David Westaway;Weiming Xia;George Carlson

  • The cellular prion protein binds copper in vivo

    D R Brown;K Qin;J W Herms;A Madlung

  • The neuronal sortilin-related receptor SORL1 is genetically associated with Alzheimer disease

    Ekaterina Rogaeva;Ekaterina Rogaeva;Yan Meng;Joseph H. Lee;Yongjun Gu;Yongjun Gu

  • Instability, unfolding and aggregation of human lysozyme variants underlying amyloid fibrillogenesis

    David R. Booth;Margaret Sunde;Vittorio Bellotti;Vittorio Bellotti;Carol V. Robinson

  • Nicastrin modulates presenilin-mediated notch/glp-1 signal transduction and βAPP processing

    Gang Yu;Masaki Nishimura;Shigeki Arawaka;Shigeki Arawaka;Diane Levitan

  • Early-onset Amyloid Deposition and Cognitive Deficits in Transgenic Mice Expressing a Double Mutant Form of Amyloid Precursor Protein 695

    M. Azhar Chishti;Dun-Shen Yang;Christopher Janus;Amie L. Phinney

  • ALS/FTD Mutation-Induced Phase Transition of FUS Liquid Droplets and Reversible Hydrogels into Irreversible Hydrogels Impairs RNP Granule Function

    Tetsuro Murakami;Seema Qamar;Julie Qiaojin Lin;Gabriele S Kaminski Schierle

  • FUS Phase Separation Is Modulated by a Molecular Chaperone and Methylation of Arginine Cation-π Interactions

    Seema Qamar;Guo Zhen Wang;Suzanne J. Randle;Francesco Simone Ruggeri

  • α-Synuclein Membrane Interactions and Lipid Specificity

    Euijung Jo;JoAnne McLaurin;Christopher M. Yip;Peter St. George-Hyslop;Peter St. George-Hyslop

  • Arresting amyloidosis in vivo using small-molecule anionic sulphonates or sulphates: implications for Alzheimer's disease

    Robert Kisilevsky;Laura J. Lemieux;Paul E. Fraser;Xianqi Kong

  • A kinetic model for amyloid formation in the prion diseases: importance of seeding.

    Jon H. Come;Paul E. Fraser;Peter T. Lansbury

  • Therapeutically effective antibodies against amyloid-β peptide target amyloid-β residues 4−10 and inhibit cytotoxicity and fibrillogenesis

    J McLaurin;R Cecal;M E Kierstead;X Tian

  • The Presenilin 1 Protein Is a Component of a High Molecular Weight Intracellular Complex That Contains β-Catenin

    Gang Yu;Fusheng Chen;G. Levesque;M. Nishimura

  • The protofilament substructure of amyloid fibrils.

    Louise C Serpell;Margaret Sunde;Merrill D Benson;Glenys A Tennent

  • pH-dependent structural transitions of Alzheimer amyloid peptides.

    P. E. Fraser;J. T. Nguyen;Witold K. Surewicz;D. A. Kirschner

  • An important role of heparan sulfate proteoglycan (perlecan) in a model system for the deposition and persistence of fibrillar aβ-amyloid in rat brain

    Alan D. Snow;Raymond Sekiguchi;David Nochlin;Paul Fraser

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter St George-Hyslop
Peter St George-Hyslop Columbia University
David Westaway
David Westaway University of Alberta
Johanna M. Rommens
Johanna M. Rommens University of Toronto
Ekaterina Rogaeva
Ekaterina Rogaeva University of Toronto
P. H. St George-Hyslop
P. H. St George-Hyslop University of Toronto
JoAnne McLaurin
JoAnne McLaurin Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Ralph N. Martins
Ralph N. Martins Edith Cowan University
Paul M. Mathews
Paul M. Mathews New York University
Daniel A. Kirschner
Daniel A. Kirschner Boston College
Avijit Chakrabartty
Avijit Chakrabartty University of Toronto

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