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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
48933
World Ranking
2494
National Ranking
61

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Peter J. Peters is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans several interrelated fields with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The main fields of study related to their work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, the subfields most frequently represented are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Structural Biology
  • Epidemiology
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

The principal research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Their publication record includes papers published in prominent scientific venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science
  • Journal of Structural Biology

Notable recent papers by Peter J. Peters include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 productively infects human gut enterocytes, 2020, Science
  • SARS-CoV-2 Productively Infects Human Gut Enterocytes, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • An organoid-derived bronchioalveolar model for SARS-CoV-2 infection of human alveolar type II-like cells, 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • High-Resolution mRNA and Secretome Atlas of Human Enteroendocrine Cells, 2020, Cell
  • Engineered human hepatocyte organoids enable CRISPR-based target discovery and drug screening for steatosis, 2023, Nature Biotechnology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Raimond B. G. Ravelli
  • Hans Clevers
  • Carmen López-Iglesias
  • Kèvin Knoops
  • Willine J. van de Wetering

Best Publications

  • Single Lgr5 stem cells build crypt-villus structures in vitro without a mesenchymal niche.

    Toshiro Sato;Robert G J Vries;Hugo J. Snippert;Marc van de Wetering

  • Identification of stem cells in small intestine and colon by marker gene Lgr5

    Nick Barker;Johan H. van Es;Jeroen Kuipers;Pekka Kujala

  • Depletion of epithelial stem-cell compartments in the small intestine of mice lacking Tcf-4.

    V Korinek;N Barker;P Moerer;E van Donselaar

  • SARS-CoV-2 productively infects human gut enterocytes.

    Mart M. Lamers;Joep Beumer;Jelte van der Vaart;Kèvin Knoops

  • Lgr5+ve Stem Cells Drive Self-Renewal in the Stomach and Build Long-Lived Gastric Units In Vitro

    Nick Barker;Meritxell Huch;Pekka Kujala;Marc van de Wetering

  • Lgr5 homologues associate with Wnt receptors and mediate R-spondin signalling

    Wim De Lau;Nick Barker;Nick Barker;Teck Y. Low;Bon Kyoung Koo

  • M. tuberculosis and M. leprae Translocate from the Phagolysosome to the Cytosol in Myeloid Cells

    Nicole van der Wel;David Hava;Diane Houben;Donna Fluitsma

  • Long-term expanding human airway organoids for disease modeling

    Norman Sachs;Angelos Papaspyropoulos;Domenique D. Zomer-van Ommen;Inha Heo

  • Cytotoxic T lymphocyte granules are secretory lysosomes, containing both perforin and granzymes.

    P J Peters;J Borst;V Oorschot;M Fukuda

  • Segregation of MHC class II molecules from MHC class I molecules in the Golgi complex for transport to lysosomal compartments.

    Peter J. Peters;Jacques J. Neefjes;Viola Oorschot;Hidde L. Ploegh

  • Transcription factor achaete scute-like 2 controls intestinal stem cell fate.

    Laurens G van der Flier;Marielle E van Gijn;Pantelis Hatzis;Pekka Kujala

  • In Vitro Expansion of Human Gastric Epithelial Stem Cells and Their Responses to Bacterial Infection

    Sina Bartfeld;Tülay Bayram;Marc van de Wetering;Meritxell Huch

  • Cell-type and Tissue-specific Expression of Caveolin-2 CAVEOLINS 1 AND 2 CO-LOCALIZE AND FORM A STABLE HETERO-OLIGOMERIC COMPLEX IN VIVO

    Philipp E. Scherer;Renée Y. Lewis;Daniela Volonté;Jeffrey A. Engelman

  • Long-Term Expansion of Functional Mouse and Human Hepatocytes as 3D Organoids

    Huili Hu;Huili Hu;Helmuth Gehart;Benedetta Artegiani;Carmen LÖpez-Iglesias

  • Complete Polarization of Single Intestinal Epithelial Cells upon Activation of LKB1 by STRAD

    Annette F Baas;Jeroen Kuipers;Nicole N van der Wel;Eduard Batlle

  • The biosynthetic pathway of MHC class II but not class I molecules intersects the endocytic route.

    Jacques J. Neefjes;Volker Stollorz;Peter J. Peters;Hans J. Geuze

  • Loss of the intermembrane space protein Mgm1/OPA1 induces swelling and localized constrictions along the lengths of mitochondria.

    Lorena Griparic;Nicole N. van der Wel;Ian J. Orozco;Peter J. Peters

  • CD63 antigen. A novel lysosomal membrane glycoprotein, cloned by a screening procedure for intracellular antigens in eukaryotic cells.

    M. J. Metzelaar;P. L. J. Wijngaard;P. J. Peters;J. J. Sixma

  • Visualization of a short-range Wnt gradient in the intestinal stem-cell niche

    Henner F Farin;Ingrid Jordens;Mohammed H Mosa;Mohammed H Mosa;Onur Basak

  • Differentiated Troy+ Chief Cells Act as Reserve Stem Cells to Generate All Lineages of the Stomach Epithelium

    Daniel E. Stange;Daniel E. Stange;Bon-Kyoung Koo;Bon-Kyoung Koo;Meritxell Huch;Greg Sibbel

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Clevers
Hans Clevers Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research
Raimond B. G. Ravelli
Raimond B. G. Ravelli Maastricht University
Michael B. Brenner
Michael B. Brenner Harvard Medical School
Victor W. Hsu
Victor W. Hsu Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hans J. Geuze
Hans J. Geuze Utrecht University
Nick Barker
Nick Barker Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Marc van de Wetering
Marc van de Wetering Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Johan H. van Es
Johan H. van Es Utrecht University
Sriram Subramaniam
Sriram Subramaniam University of British Columbia
Wilbert Bitter
Wilbert Bitter Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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