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Peter D. Yurchenco is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work is concentrated on several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Immunology and Allergy, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research topics cover Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Muscle Physiology and Disorders, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, RNA Research and Splicing, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Platelet Disorders and Treatments, and Connective tissue disorders research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Peter D. Yurchenco include:

  • Karen K. McKee
  • Arkadiusz W. Kulczyk
  • Hubert J.M. Smeets
  • Markus A. Rüegg
  • Maya Aleksandrova

They have published extensively in various academic venues. Some of the primary publication venues are:

  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Matrix Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Development

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Peter D. Yurchenco include:

  • "A mutation affecting laminin alpha 5 polymerisation gives rise to a syndromic developmental disorder" (2020, Development)
  • "Organization of the laminin polymer node" (2021, Matrix Biology)
  • "Amelioration of muscle and nerve pathology of Lama2-related dystrophy by AAV9-laminin-αLN linker protein" (2022, JCI Insight)
  • "Cryo-EM reveals the molecular basis of laminin polymerization and LN-lamininopathies" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Polymerizing laminins in development, health, and disease" (2024, Journal of Biological Chemistry)

Best Publications

  • Form and function: the laminin family of heterotrimers.

    Holly Colognato;Peter D. Yurchenco

  • Molecular architecture of basement membranes.

    Peter D. Yurchenco;Johannes C. Schittny

  • A simplified laminin nomenclature

    Monique Aumailley;Leena Bruckner-Tuderman;William G. Carter;Rainer Deutzmann

  • Basement Membranes: Cell Scaffoldings and Signaling Platforms

    Peter D. Yurchenco

  • A new nomenclature for the laminins.

    Robert E. Burgeson;Matthias Chiquet;Rainer Deutzmann;Peter Ekblom

  • Laminin functions in tissue morphogenesis

    Jeffrey H. Miner;Peter D. Yurchenco

  • Laminin mediates tissue-specific gene expression in mammary epithelia

    Charles H. Streuli;Christian Schmidhauser;Nina Bailey;Peter Yurchenco

  • Rac1 orientates epithelial apical polarity through effects on basolateral laminin assembly

    Lucy Erin O'Brien;Tzuu Shuh Jou;Tzuu Shuh Jou;Anne L. Pollack;Qihang Zhang

  • The nature and biology of basement membranes.

    Ambra Pozzi;Ambra Pozzi;Peter D. Yurchenco;Renato V. Iozzo

  • Laminins in basement membrane assembly

    Erhard Hohenester;Peter D. Yurchenco

  • Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) is required for polarizing the epiblast, cell adhesion, and controlling actin accumulation

    Takao Sakai;Shaohua Li;Denitsa Docheva;Carsten Grashoff

  • Basement membrane assembly, stability and activities observed through a developmental lens.

    Peter D. Yurchenco;Peter S. Amenta;Bruce L. Patton

  • Self-assembly of basement membrane collagen

    Peter D. Yurchenco;Heinz Furthmayr

  • Basement membrane structure in situ: evidence for lateral associations in the type IV collagen network.

    Peter Yurchenco;G. C. Ruben

  • Laminin-binding protein 120 from brain is closely related to the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein, dystroglycan, and binds with high affinity to the major heparin binding domain of laminin.

    S. H. Gee;R. W. Blacher;P. J. Douville;P. R. Provost

  • Basal lamina assembly

    Peter D. Yurchenco;Julian J. O'Rear

  • Matrix assembly, regulation, and survival functions of laminin and its receptors in embryonic stem cell differentiation

    Shaohua Li;David Harrison;Salvatore Carbonetto;Salvatore Carbonetto;Reinhard Fässler

  • Developmental and pathogenic mechanisms of basement membrane assembly.

    Peter D. Yurchenco;Bruce L. Patton

  • Laminin Polymerization Induces a Receptor–Cytoskeleton Network

    Holly Colognato;Donald A. Winkelmann;Peter D. Yurchenco

  • The role of laminin in embryonic cell polarization and tissue organization.

    Shaohua Li;David Edgar;Reinhard Fässler;William Wadsworth

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus A. Rüegg
Markus A. Rüegg University of Basel
Roy Zent
Roy Zent Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ambra Pozzi
Ambra Pozzi Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kevin P. Campbell
Kevin P. Campbell University of Iowa
Reinhard Fässler
Reinhard Fässler Max Planck Society
Yoshihiko Yamada
Yoshihiko Yamada National Institutes of Health
Salvatore Carbonetto
Salvatore Carbonetto McGill University
Jürgen Engel
Jürgen Engel University of Basel
Sidney Strickland
Sidney Strickland Rockefeller University
Karl Tryggvason
Karl Tryggvason Karolinska Institute

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